Group B was one of two groups of the 2015 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2016.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | United States | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 17 | Advance to the playoff round |
2 | Finland | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 16 | |
3 | Russia | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 15 | |
4 | Belarus | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 14 | |
5 | Slovakia | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 9 | |
6 | Norway | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 23 | −11 | 6 | |
7 | Denmark | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 4 | |
8 | Slovenia | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 22 | −13 | 3 | Relegation to Division I A |
All times are local (UTC+2).
1 May 2015 16:15 | United States | 5–1 (1–0, 2–1, 2–0) | Finland | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812 |
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Connor Hellebuyck | Goalies | Pekka Rinne | Referees: Tobias Bjork Vyacheslav Bulanov Linesmen: Vit Lederer Rudolf Tošenovjan | |||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||
27 | Shots | 30 |
1 May 2015 20:15 | Russia | 6–2 (4–0, 2–2, 0–0) | Norway | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,314 |
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Sergei Bobrovsky | Goalies | Lars Volden | Referees: Timothy Mayer Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Bevan Mills | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Shots | 19 |
2 May 2015 12:15 | Slovakia | 4–3 GWS (0–0, 0–1, 3–2) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–0) | Denmark | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812 |
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Ján Laco | Goalies | Patrick Galbraith | Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri André Schrader | |||||||||||||||||
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Gáborík Viedenský Dravecký Gáborík Viedenský Daňo | Shootout | Hardt Madsen Spelling J. Jensen Hardt Green | ||||||||||||||||||
6 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||||||||
43 | Shots | 19 |
2 May 2015 16:15 | Belarus | 4–2 (2–1, 1–0, 1–1) | Slovenia | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 5,995 |
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Kevin Lalande | Goalies | Robert Kristan | Referees: Mikael Nord Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Anton Semjonov Vit Lederer | |||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||
26 | Shots | 23 |
2 May 2015 20:15 | Norway | 1–2 (1–1, 0–1, 0–0) | United States | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,301 |
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Lars Haugen | Goalies | Connor Hellebuyck | Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Bevan Mills Rudolf Tošenovjan | ||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 20 min | |||||||||
23 | Shots | 35 |
3 May 2015 12:15 | Russia | 5–3 (3–0, 1–2, 1–1) | Slovenia | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,557 |
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Konstantin Barulin | Goalies | Luka Gračnar | Referees: Tobias Bjork Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Vit Lederer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Shots | 25 |
3 May 2015 16:15 | Belarus | 1–2 OT (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) (OT 0–1) | Slovakia | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812 |
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Kevin Lalande | Goalies | Ján Laco | Referees: Timothy Mayer Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Paul Carnathan Jimmy Dahmen | ||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||
18 | Shots | 34 |
3 May 2015 20:15 | Denmark | 0–3 (0–0, 0–3, 0–0) | Finland | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,353 |
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Sebastian Dahm | Goalies | Pekka Rinne | Referees: Mikael Nord Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: André Schrader Anton Semjonov | ||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||
16 | Shots | 41 |
4 May 2015 16:15 | Russia | 2–4 (0–1, 1–1, 1–2) | United States | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812 |
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Sergei Bobrovsky | Goalies | Jack Campbell | Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Rudolf Tošenovjan Bevan Mills | |||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||||||||
17 | Shots | 20 |
4 May 2015 20:15 | Norway | 0–5 (0–1, 0–2, 0–2) | Finland | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,634 |
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Lars Volden | Goalies | Pekka Rinne | Referees: Timothy Mayer Tobias Bjork Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Vit Lederer | ||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||
20 | Shots | 30 |
5 May 2015 16:15 | Denmark | 1–5 (1–0, 0–3, 0–2) | Belarus | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 4,796 |
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Patrick Galbraith | Goalies | Kevin Lalande | Referees: Daniel Stricker Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri André Schrader | |||||||||||||||||
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18 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||
26 | Shots | 35 |
5 May 2015 20:15 | Slovakia | 3–1 (0–1, 0–0, 3–0) | Slovenia | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812 |
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Ján Laco | Goalies | Robert Kristan | Referees: Konstantin Olenin Roman Gofman Linesmen: Anton Semjonov Paul Carnathan | |||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||
33 | Shots | 23 |
6 May 2015 16:15 | Russia | 5–2 (2–0, 1–1, 2–1) | Denmark | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,682 |
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Sergei Bobrovsky | Goalies | Sebastian Dahm | Referees: Timothy Mayer Tobias Bjork Linesmen: Bevan Mills Anton Semjonov | ||||||||||||||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Shots | 20 |
6 May 2015 20:15 | Slovakia | 2–3 (1–0, 1–2, 0–1) | Norway | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812 |
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Ján Laco | Goalies | Lars Haugen | Referees: Daniel Stricker Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Rudolf Tošenovjan | ||||||||||||||
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45 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||
24 | Shots | 23 |
7 May 2015 16:15 | United States | 2–5 (0–0, 1–3, 1–2) | Belarus | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,648 |
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Jack Campbell | Goalies | Kevin Lalande | Referees: Konstantin Olenin Roman Gofman Linesmen: Vit Lederer André Schrader | ||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 23 |
7 May 2015 20:15 | Finland | 4–0 (2–0, 2–0, 0–0) | Slovenia | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,450 |
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Pekka Rinne | Goalies | Gašper Krošelj | Referees: Jozef Kubuš Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Paul Carnathan | |||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||
33 | Shots | 13 |
8 May 2015 16:15 | Slovenia | 1–3 (0–1, 1–2, 0–0) | Norway | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812 |
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Robert Kristan | Goalies | Lars Haugen | Referees: Daniel Stricker Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Anton Semjonov | |||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||
18 | Shots | 24 |
8 May 2015 20:15 | United States | 1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0) | Denmark | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812 |
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Connor Hellebuyck | Goalies | Sebastian Dahm | Referees: Pavel Hodek Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Rudolf Tošenovjan Bevan Mills | ||
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||
41 | Shots | 21 |
9 May 2015 12:15 | Belarus | 0–7 (0–1, 0–3, 0–3) | Russia | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,363 |
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Kevin Lalande Igor Brikun | Goalies | Sergei Bobrovsky Anton Khudobin | Referees: Daniel Stricker Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Nicolas Fluri | ||||||||||||||||||||
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18 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Shots | 32 |
9 May 2015 16:15 | Finland | 3–0 (0–0, 0–0, 3–0) | Slovakia | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812 |
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Juuse Saros | Goalies | Ján Laco | Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Bevan Mills Paul Carnathan | ||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||
31 | Shots | 22 |
9 May 2015 20:15 | Denmark | 4–1 (2–1, 1–0, 1–0) | Norway | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 7,316 |
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Sebastian Dahm | Goalies | Lars Haugen | Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Bevan Mills Paul Carnathan | ||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
19 | Shots | 25 |
10 May 2015 16:15 | Slovenia | 1–3 (0–2, 1–0, 0–1) | United States | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,202 |
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Robert Kristan | Goalies | Connor Hellebuyck | Referees: Aleksi Rantala Roman Gofman Linesmen: Rudolf Tošenovjan Anton Semjonov | |||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||
22 | Shots | 17 |
10 May 2015 20:15 | Slovakia | 2–3 OT (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) (OT 0–1) | Russia | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812 |
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Július Hudáček | Goalies | Sergei Bobrovsky | Referees: Pavel Hodek Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Vit Lederer | ||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||||||||
22 | Shots | 32 |
11 May 2015 16:15 | Finland | 3–2 GWS (0–0, 0–0, 2–2) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–0) | Belarus | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812 |
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Pekka Rinne | Goalies | Vitali Koval | Referees: Daniel Stricker Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Rudolf Tošenovjan Anton Semjonov | |||||||||||
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Immonen Donskoi Jokinen | Shootout | S. Kostitsyn Stepanov | ||||||||||||
8 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||
26 | Shots | 25 |
11 May 2015 20:15 | Slovenia | 1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0) | Denmark | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 6,768 |
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Gašper Krošelj | Goalies | Sebastian Dahm | Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Paul Carnathan André Schrader | ||
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2 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||
21 | Shots | 24 |
12 May 2015 12:15 | Norway | 2–3 (0–1, 1–2, 1–0) | Belarus | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812 |
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Lars Haugen | Goalies | Kevin Lalande | Referees: Pavel Hodek Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Bevan Mills Paul Carnathan | ||||||||||||||
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16 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||||||||
24 | Shots | 17 |
12 May 2015 16:15 | United States | 5–4 OT (2–0, 2–4, 0–0) (OT 1–0) | Slovakia | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812 |
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Connor Hellebuyck | Goalies | Ján Laco Július Hudáček | Referees: Tobias Wehrli Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Nicolas Fluri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 12 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Shots | 25 |
12 May 2015 20:15 | Finland | 3–2 GWS (0–1, 1–0, 1–1) (OT 0–0) (SO: 1–0) | Russia | ČEZ Aréna, Ostrava Attendance: 8,812 |
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Pekka Rinne | Goalies | Sergei Bobrovsky | Referees: Mikael Nord Tobias Bjork Linesmen: Vit Lederer André Schrader | |||||||||||
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Immonen Donskoi Jokinen Barkov Donskoi | Shootout | Panarin Mozyakin Tarasenko Kovalchuk Panarin | ||||||||||||
25 min | Penalties | 6 min | ||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 35 |
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