2017 IIHF World Championship playoff round

The playoff round of the 2017 IIHF World Championship was held from 18 to 21 May 2017. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round.

The teams played crossover in the quarterfinals, with Germany in Cologne and France in Paris, if qualified.^[1]

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
A	United States	Russia	Sweden	Germany
B	Canada	Switzerland	Czech Republic	Finland

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	18 May - Cologne
	United States	0
					20 May - Cologne
	Finland	2
					Finland	1
	18 May - Paris
					Sweden	4
	Switzerland	1
									21 May - Cologne
	Sweden	3
									Sweden (GWS)	2
	18 May - Cologne
									Canada	1
	Canada	2
					20 May - Cologne
	Germany	1
					Canada	4
	18 May - Paris
					Russia	2			Third place
	Russia	3
									21 May - Cologne
	Czech Republic	0
									Russia	5
									Finland	3

All times are local (UTC+2).

18 May 2017 16:15

United States

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 8,968

Game reference
	Jimmy Howard	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Oliver Gouin Antonín Jeřábek Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Miroslav Lhotský
	0–1 21:01 – Rantanen (Savinainen, Aho) (PP) 0–2 46:49 – Kemppainen (J. Aaltonen)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	20

18 May 2017 16:15

Russia

3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 6,209

Game reference
	Andrei Vasilevskiy	Goalies	Pavel Francouz	Referees: Mark Lemelin Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Brian Oliver Nathan Vanoosten
	Orlov (Plotnikov, Antipin) – 08:45 1–0 Kucherov (Kuznetsov, Antipin) (PP) – 13:36 2–0 Panarin (Kucherov, Kuznetsov) – 53:55 3–0
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	27

18 May 2017 20:15

Canada

2–1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Germany

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 16,653

Game reference
	Calvin Pickard	Goalies	Philipp Grubauer	Referees: Jan Hribik Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Judson Ritter Sakari Suominen
	Scheifele (O'Reilly, Marner) (PP) – 17:11 1–0 Skinner (Matheson, Scheifele) – 38:08 2–0 2–1 53:21 – Y. Seidenberg (Ehrhoff) (SH)
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	50	Shots	20

18 May 2017 20:15

Switzerland

1–3 (1–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Sweden

AccorHotels Arena, Paris Attendance: 8,417

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referees: Brett Iverson Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Libor Suchánek
	0–1 04:15 – Bäckström (Lindberg, Nylander) Haas – 12:53 1–1 1–2 33:15 – Nylander (Ekman-Larsson) 1–3 43:44 – Edler (J. Lundqvist)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	29

20 May 2017 15:15

Canada

4–2 (0–0, 0–2, 4–0)

Russia

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 16,469

Game reference
	Calvin Pickard	Goalies	Andrei Vasilevskiy	Referees: Mark Lemelin Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Brian Oliver
	0–1 32:16 – Kuznetsov (Panarin, Kucherov) 0–2 34:50 – Gusev (Shipachyov, Panarin) (PP) Scheifele (MacKinnon, Parayko) (PP) – 40:17 1–2 MacKinnon (Konecny) – 55:07 2–2 O'Reilly (Matheson) – 56:58 3–2 Couturier (O'Reilly, Parayko) (ENG) – 58:53 4–2
	10 min	Penalties	22 min
	38	Shots	28

20 May 2017 19:15

Sweden

4–1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Finland

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 11,242

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Jan Hribik Antonín Jeřábek Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Nathan Vanoosten
	Edler (Bäckström) – 01:49 1–0 1–1 04:45 – Kemppainen (Aaltonen) J. Klingberg (Ekman-Larsson, Nylander) (PP) – 24:36 2–1 Nylander (Bäckström) (PP) – 34:52 3–1 Nordström (Krüger) – 53:52 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	41	Shots	23

21 May 2017 16:15

Russia

5–3 (1–0, 3–1, 1–2)

Finland

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 16,182

Game reference
	Andrei Vasilevskiy	Goalies	Joonas Korpisalo Harri Säteri	Referees: Oliver Gouin Brett Iverson Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Brian Oliver
	Gusev (Antipin, Nichushkin) – 06:58 1–0 Tkachyov (Nichushkin, Zub) (SH) – 21:48 2–0 Gusev (Panarin, Dadonov) (PP) – 27:01 3–0 Kiselevich (Namestnikov, Nichushkin) – 28:16 4–0 4–1 39:33 – Rantanen (Filppula) 4–2 41:16 – Lehtonen (Aho) 4–3 45:29 – Savinainen (Rantanen, Aho) (PP) Kucherov (Gusev, Belov) – 49:49 5–3
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	29

21 May 2017 20:45

Canada

1–2 GWS (0–0, 0–1, 1–0) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Sweden

Lanxess Arena, Cologne Attendance: 17,363

Game reference
	Calvin Pickard	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Sakari Suominen
	0–1 39:39 – Hedman (SH) O'Reilly (Marner, MacKinnon) (PP) – 41:58 1–1
	MacKinnon Point O'Reilly Marner	Shootout	Nylander Bäckström Ekman-Larsson Landeskog
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	42

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