2016 IIHF World Championship playoff round

The playoff round of the 2016 IIHF World Championship was held from 19 to 22 May 2016. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round.

Qualified teams

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

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
A1  Czech Republic 1
B4  United States (GWS) 2
B2  Canada 4
B4  United States 3
B2  Canada 6
A3  Sweden 0
B1  Finland 0
B2  Canada 2
B1  Finland 5
A4  Denmark 1
B1  Finland 3 Bronze medal game
A2  Russia 1
A2  Russia 4 A2  Russia 7
B3  Germany 1 B4  United States 2

All times are local (UTC+3).

Quarterfinals

19 May 2016
16:15
Czech Republic 1–2 GWS
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0)
OT (0–0)
GWS (0–1)
 United StatesVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 7,853
Game reference
Dominik FurchGoaliesKeith KinkaidReferees:
Linus Ohlund
Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Alexander Otmakhov
Henrik Pihlblad
Zohorna (PS) – 15:231–0
1–121:27 – Matthews (Vatrano, Wideman)
Kašpar
Koukal
Zohorna
Shootout Hendricks
Matthews
12 minPenalties12 min
32Shots28
19 May 2016
16:15
Finland 5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)
 DenmarkYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 5,038
Game reference
Mikko KoskinenGoaliesSebastian DahmReferees:
Martin Fraňo
Jozef Kubuš
Linesmen:
Nicolas Fluri
Gleb Lazarev
Granlund (Koivu, Komarov) – 14:291–0
Koskiranta (Pyörälä, Ohtamaa) – 21:452–0
2–131:42 – Eller (Christensen, Ehlers) (PP)
Laine (Hietanen, Jaakola) – 38:573–1
Jokinen (Koivu) (EN) – 57:464–1
Granlund – 58:075–1
6 minPenalties6 min
28Shots17
19 May 2016
20:15
Russia 4–1
(0–1, 3–0, 1–0)
 GermanyVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 12,199
Game reference
Sergei BobrovskyGoaliesThomas GreissReferees:
Tobias Björk
Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
Miroslav Lhotský
Fraser McIntyre
0–104:45 – Reimer
Shipachyov (Dadonov, Belov) – 20:401–1
Dadonov (Shipachyov) – 27:172–1
Shipachyov (Telegin) – 34:143–1
Ovechkin (Kuznetsov, Lyubimov) – 42:454–1
2 minPenalties4 min
37Shots20
19 May 2016
20:15
Canada 6–0
(1–0, 3–0, 2–0)
 SwedenYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 6,090
Game reference
Cam TalbotGoaliesJacob MarkströmReferees:
Roman Gofman
Maxim Sidorenko
Linesmen:
Judson Ritter
Sakari Suominen
Scheifele (O'Reilly, Stone) – 18:391–0
Dumba (Stone, Scheifele) (PP) – 26:052–0
Marchand (Dumba, Scheifele) – 32:023–0
Domi (Reinhart, Matheson) – 32:134–0
Stone – 51:055–0
Brassard (Gallagher, Hall) – 53:226–0
10 minPenalties18 min
34Shots24

Semifinals

21 May 2016
16:15
Finland 3–1
(0–1, 3–0, 0–0)
 RussiaVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 12,215
Game reference
Mikko KoskinenGoaliesSergei BobrovskyReferees:
Martin Fraňo
Jozef Kubuš
Linesmen:
Fraser McIntyre
Judson Ritter
0–102:52 – Shirokov (Telegin, Marchenko)
Aho (Granlund, Lindell) (PP) – 25:341–1
Jokinen (Laine) – 35:502–1
Aho (Koskiranta, Koivu) (PP) – 38:153–1
10 minPenalties8 min
16Shots29
21 May 2016
20:15
Canada 4–3
(2–0, 1–3, 1–0)
 United StatesVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 10,455
Game reference
Cam TalbotGoaliesKeith KinkaidReferees:
Roman Gofman
Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Miroslav Lhotský
Alexander Otmakhov
Gallagher (Jenner, Reinhart) – 08:591–0
Marchand (Ceci) – 18:022–0
2–121:14 – Matthews (Wideman, Larkin) (PP)
2–223:57 – Warsofsky (Nelson, Fasching)
2–328:25 – Motte (Larkin, Compher)
Brassard (O'Reilly, Perry) (PP) – 35:303–3
Ellis (Murray, McDavid) – 41:344–3
6 minPenalties14 min
27Shots33

Bronze medal game

22 May 2016
16:15
Russia 7–2
(2–0, 3–1, 2–1)
 United StatesVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 12,043
Game reference
Sergei BobrovskyGoaliesKeith Kinkaid
Mike Condon
Referees:
Tobias Björk
Martin Fraňo
Linesmen:
Miroslav Lhotský
Henrik Pihlblad
Voynov (Kalinin, Shirokov) – 06:231–0
Mozyakin (Datsyuk, Orlov) (PP) – 13:412–0
Telegin (Datsyuk, Mozyakin) – 29:363–0
Dadonov (Panarin, Shipachyov) – 32:494–0
4–134:29 – Vatrano (Warsofsky, Nelson) (PP)
Panarin (Belov, Chudinov) – 35:225–1
5–243:42 – Vatrano (Warsofsky)
Mozyakin (Datsyuk) – 53:136–2
Shipachyov (Dadonov, Panarin) (PP) – 59:537–2
10 minPenalties8 min
29Shots30

Gold medal game

22 May 2016
20:45
Finland 0–2
(0–1, 0–0, 0–1)
 CanadaVTB Ice Palace, Moscow
Attendance: 11,509
Game reference
Mikko KoskinenGoaliesCam TalbotReferees:
Roman Gofman
Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Gleb Lazarev
Fraser McIntyre
0–111:24 – McDavid (Duchene)
0–259:59 – Duchene (Marchand) (ENG)
6 minPenalties8 min
16Shots33

References