Qualified teams
| Group | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A |  United States |  Russia |  Sweden |  Germany |
| B |  Canada |  Switzerland |  Czech Republic |  Finland |
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 | |||||
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| 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 WehrliLinesmen: Brian Oliver Nathan Vanoosten | ||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||
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| 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 KubušLinesmen: Alexander Otmakhov Libor Suchánek | |||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||
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MacKinnon  Point O'Reilly Marner | Shootout | Nylander  Bäckström Ekman-Larsson Landeskog | ||||||
| 10 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||
| 43 | Shots | 42 | ||||||
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