Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

2018 Winter Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14–25 February 2018
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Olympic Athletes from Russia (1st title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played	30
Goals scored	154 (5.13 per game)
Attendance	138,327 (4,611 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Nikita Gusev (12 points)
MVP	Ilya Kovalchuk
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The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held in Gangneung, South Korea between 14 and 25 February 2018. ^[1] Twelve countries qualified for the tournament; eight of them did so automatically by virtue of their ranking by the International Ice Hockey Federation, one, South Korea, automatically qualified as hosts, while the three others took part in a qualification tournament. ^[2]

After five consecutive Olympic tournaments in which the National Hockey League (the world's premier professional league) allowed its players to participate in the Olympics and adjusted its schedule to accommodate the tournament, the NHL announced in 2017 that it would prohibit any player under NHL contract, including those not actually playing for an NHL team, from participating in the Olympics. ^[3] The NHL secured the cooperation of the International Ice Hockey Federation and the IOC ensuring that nations would not be allowed to ask NHL players to participate. ^[4]

Unlike the NHL, the vast majority of European leagues accommodated an Olympic break, headlined by Russia-based KHL's 33-day break, ^[5] Sweden-based Swedish Hockey League's 14-day break, ^[6] Switzerland-based National League's 25-day break, ^[7] German-based Eishockey Liga's 26-day break, ^[8] Czech Republic–based Extraliga's 18-day break, and Slovakia-based Tipsport liga's 14-day break. ^[9] Conversely, Finland-based SM-liiga did not accommodate a break, but allowed its top players to leave the clubs and participate in the Olympic Games. ^[10]

The Russian national team, competing under the name of the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR), won the gold medal, defeating the German national team with a score of 4–3 in overtime in the final. For Germany, winning the silver medal was the greatest achievement in the history of German ice hockey and the first medal win since the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, when West Germany won the bronze medal.

Defending champion Canada secured third place and bronze, defeating Czech Republic 6–4 in the bronze medal game.

Venue

Gangneung Hockey Centre Capacity: 10.000	Kwandong Hockey Centre Capacity: 6.000
Gangneung	Gangneung

Qualification

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

Canada, Russia, Sweden, Finland, United States, Czech Republic, Switzerland, and Slovakia qualified as the top eight teams in the IIHF World Ranking in 2015.

South Korea qualified as host team. To field a competitive team, the South Korean government agreed to grant one American and six Canadian hockey players that were playing in Korean leagues dual citizenship to make them eligible for the national team. ^[11] The remaining three teams qualified from qualification tournaments.

Qualified teams

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Hosts	19 September 2014 [12]	Tenerife	1	South Korea
2015 IIHF World Ranking [a]	2 April 2012 – 17 May 2015	Prague and Ostrava [b]	8 [13]	Canada   Russia [c]   Sweden   Finland   United States   Czech Republic    Switzerland   Slovakia
Final qualification tournament	1–4 September 2016	Minsk	1	Slovenia
Final qualification tournament	1–4 September 2016	Riga	1	Germany
Final qualification tournament	1–4 September 2016	Oslo	1	Norway
Total			12

Notes

1. ^a 2015 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2012 World Championship, 2013 World Championship, 2014 Winter Olympic Games, 2014 World Championship and 2015 World Championship
2. ^b Prague and Ostrava were the sites for 2015 IIHF World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.
3. ^c In December 2017, the IOC suspended Russia from competing at the Winter Olympics as part of its sanctions following state-sponsored doping scandal. Russian athletes deemed clean were permitted to compete as Olympic Athletes from Russia. ^[14]

Rosters

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's team rosters

Match officials

14 referees and 14 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[15]

Referees Oliver Gouin Brett Iverson Jan Hribik Antonín Jeřábek Aleksi Rantala Anssi Salonen Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Daniel Stricker Tobias Wehrli Jozef Kubuš Linus Öhlund Mark Lemelin Timothy Mayer

Linesmen Nathan Vanoosten Vít Lederer Miroslav Lhotský Hannu Sormunen Sakari Suominen Lukas Kohlmüller Gleb Lazarev Alexander Otmakhov Nicolas Fluri Roman Kaderli Jimmy Dahmen Henrik Pihlblad Fraser McIntyre Judson Ritter

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).

Tiebreak criteria

In each group, teams were ranked according to the following criteria:

1. Number of points (three points for a regulation-time win, two points for an overtime or shootout win, one point for an overtime or shootout defeat, no points for a regulation-time defeat);
2. In case two teams were tied on points, the result of their head-to-head match determined the ranking;
3. In case three or four teams were tied on points, the following criteria applied (if, after applying a criterion, only two teams remained tied, the result of their head-to-head match determined their ranking):
   1. Points obtained in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
   2. Goal differential in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
   3. Number of goals scored in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
   4. If three teams remained tied, result of head-to-head matches between each of the teams concerned and the remaining team in the group (points, goal difference, goals scored);
   5. Place in 2017 IIHF World Ranking.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	0	9	4	+5	8	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	0	11	4	+7	7
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	0	2	10	9	+1	3	Qualification playoffs
4	South Korea (H)	3	0	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

15 February 2018 21:10

Czech Republic

2–1 (2–1, 0–0, 0–0)

South Korea

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 6,025

Game reference
	Pavel Francouz	Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Mark Lemelin Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Sakari Suominen
	0–1 07:34 – Cho M.H. (Radunske, Swift) Kovář (Řepík, Sekáč) (PP) – 11:59 1–1 Řepík (Birner, Francouz) (SH) – 16:18 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	18

15 February 2018 21:10

Switzerland

1–5 (0–2, 0–2, 1–1)

Canada

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 2,802

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni Jonas Hiller	Goalies	Ben Scrivens	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Alexander Otmakhov
	0–1 02:57 – Bourque (Lee, Roy) 0–2 07:30 – Noreau (Lee, Roy) (PP) 0–3 25:00 – Bourque (Roy) (PP) 0–4 25:52 – Wolski (Noreau) Moser (Rüfenacht, Ambühl) (PP, EA) – 47:33 1–4 1–5 54:53 – Wolski (Kelly, Ebbett) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	28

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17 February 2018 12:10

Canada

2–3 GWS (2–1, 0–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Czech Republic

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 6,731

Game reference
	Ben Scrivens	Goalies	Pavel Francouz	Referees: Roman Gofman Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Gleb Lazarov Judson Ritter
	Raymond (Vey, Gragnani) (PP) – 01:13 1–0 1–1 06:52 – Kubalík Bourque (Noreau, Brulé) (PP) – 13:30 2–1 2–2 20:25 – Jordán (Birner, Horák)
	Lapierre Wolski Roy Bourque Noreau	Shootout	Růžička Koukal Kovář Červenka
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	21

17 February 2018 16:40

South Korea

0–8 (0–1, 0–2, 0–5)

Switzerland

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 6,568

Game reference
	Matt Dalton Park Sung-je	Goalies	Jonas Hiller	Referees: Jan Hribik Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Fraser McIntyre
	0–1 10:23 – Hollenstein (Haas, Loeffel) 0–2 27:36 – Du Bois 0–3 35:55 – Suter (Herzog) 0–4 43:50 – Rüfenacht (Untersander, Almond) 0–5 45:17 – Suter (Ambühl, Moser) 0–6 46:45 – Schäppi (Almond, Geering) 0–7 51:24 – Suter (Geering, Ambühl) 0–8 55:10 – Corvi (Hofmann, Du Bois)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	34

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18 February 2018 16:40

Czech Republic

4–1 (1–1, 0–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 6,137

Game reference
	Pavel Francouz	Goalies	Jonas Hiller	Referees: Brett Iverson Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Judson Ritter Nathan Vanoosten
	Řepík (Erat, Horák) (PP) – 07:09 1–0 1–1 14:47 – Rüfenacht (Ambühl, Suter) Kubalík (Kovář, Kolář) – 43:02 2–1 Červenka (Kolář) (ENG) – 58:40 3–1 Řepík (Birner, Nakládal) (ENG) – 59:11 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	28	Shots	29

18 February 2018 21:10

Canada

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

South Korea

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 6,038

Game reference
	Kevin Poulin	Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Vít Lederer
	Thomas (Genoway, Wolski) – 07:36 1–0 O'Dell (Gragnani, Noreau) – 34:22 2–0 Lapierre (Roy) – 45:43 3–0 Brulé (Lee, Roy) (PP) – 58:02 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	49	Shots	19

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Olympic Athletes from Russia	3	2	0	0	1	14	5	+9	6	Quarterfinals
2	Slovenia	3	0	2	0	1	8	12	−4	4 [a]	Qualification playoffs
3	United States	3	1	0	1	1	4	8	−4	4 [a]
4	Slovakia	3	1	0	1	1	6	7	−1	4 [a]

Source: IIHF
Notes:

1. Slovenia 4 Pts; USA 4 Pts; Slovakia 1 Pts. Slovenia defeated USA 3–2 in overtime.

14 February 2018 21:10

Slovakia

3–2 (2–2, 0–0, 1–0)

Olympic Athletes from Russia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 4,025

Game reference
	Branislav Konrád	Goalies	Vasily Koshechkin	Referees: Brett Iverson Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Vít Lederer Nathan Vanoosten
	0–1 02:54 – Gavrikov (Voinov, Shirokov) 0–2 04:08 – Kaprizov (Gusev, Gavrikov) Ölvecký (Graňák) – 16:05 1–2 Bakoš – 17:55 2–2 Čerešňák (Haščák, Bakoš) (PP) – 48:30 3–2
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	19	Shots	22

14 February 2018 21:10

United States

2–3 OT (1–0, 1–0, 0–2) (OT 0–1)

Slovenia

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 3,348

Game reference
	Ryan Zapolski	Goalies	Gašper Krošelj	Referees: Jan Hribik Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Lukas Kohlmüller
	O'Neill (Roe, Donato) – 17:44 1–0 Greenway (O'Neill, Sanguinetti) – 32:57 2–0 2–1 45:49 – Urbas (Gregorc, Vidmar) 2–2 58:23 – Muršak (Gregorc, Verlič) 2–3 60:38 – Muršak (Tičar, Urbas)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	25

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16 February 2018 12:10

United States

2–1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 5,652

Game reference
	Ryan Zapolski	Goalies	Ján Laco	Referees: Olivier Gouin Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Alexander Otmakhov
	Donato (Terry, Bourque) (PP) – 07:10 1–0 1–1 07:35 – Kudrna (Surový, Čajkovský) Donato (Arcobello, Bourque) (PP) – 42:51 2–1
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	22

16 February 2018 16:40

Olympic Athletes from Russia

8–2 (2–0, 4–1, 2–1)

Slovenia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 6,018

Game reference
	Vasily Koshechkin Ilya Sorokin	Goalies	Luka Gračnar	Referees: Mark Lemelin Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmüller Hannu Sormunen
	Mozyakin (Datsyuk, Gusev) (PP) – 18:23 1–0 Kovalchuk (Yakovlev, Andronov) – 18:45 2–0 Barabanov (Grigorenko, Kalinin) (PP) – 26:00 3–0 Kablukov (Kovalchuk, Zub) – 28:48 4–0 Kaprizov (Gusev, Kiselevich) – 30:02 5–0 5–1 33:31 – Muršak (Verlič, Kuralt) Kovalchuk (Kalinin, Andronov) – 37:16 6–1 Kaprizov (Datsyuk, Kiselevich) – 41:15 7–1 Kaprizov (Zub, Gusev) – 47:12 8–1 8–2 59:27 – Pance
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	15

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17 February 2018 21:10

Olympic Athletes from Russia

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

United States

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 6,473

Game reference
	Vasily Koshechkin	Goalies	Ryan Zapolski	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Vít Lederer Nicolas Fluri
	Prokhorkin (Mozyakin, Barabanov) – 07:21 1–0 Prokhorkin (Shirokov, Mozyakin) – 22:14 2–0 Kovalchuk (Andronov) – 39:59 3–0 Kovalchuk (Voynov, Andronov) – 40:28 4–0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	29

17 February 2018 21:10

Slovenia

3–2 GWS (0–0, 2–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Slovakia

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 4,085

Game reference
	Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Branislav Konrád	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Sakari Suominen
	Gregorc (Muršak, Kuralt) (PP) – 21:00 1–0 Kuralt (Muršak, Gregorc) (PP) – 24:16 2–0 2–1 35:43 – Bubela (Čerešňák, Graňák) (PP) 2–2 45:56 – Haščák (Graňák, Čerešňák)
	Tičar Urbas Muršak Sabolič Jeglič	Shootout	Kudrna Ölvecký Bakoš Nagy Haščák
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	25

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Quarterfinals
2	Finland	3	2	0	0	1	11	6	+5	6	Qualification playoffs
3	Germany	3	0	1	0	2	4	7	−3	2
4	Norway	3	0	0	1	2	2	11	−9	1

Source: IIHF

15 February 2018 v 12:10

Finland

5–2 (2–1, 2–0, 1–1)

Germany

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,695

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Danny aus den Birken	Referees: Oliver Gouin Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Miroslav Lhotský
	Lepistö (Kontiola, Tolvanen) (PP) – 03:13 1–0 1–1 08:44 – Macek (Ehrhoff, Wolf) (PP) Pyörälä (Lajunen, Manninen) – 15:30 2–1 Tolvanen (Hartikainen, Kemppainen) (PP) – 37:22 3–1 Kukkonen (Kontiola, Tolvanen) – 38:43 4–1 4–2 41:51 – Hördler Kemppainen (Tolvanen, Lepistö) (PP) – 52:48 5–2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	20	Shots	24

15 February 2018 v 16:40

Norway

0–4 (0–2, 0–0, 0–2)

Sweden

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,961

Game reference
	Lars Haugen	Goalies	Viktor Fasth	Referees: Roman Gofman Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Judson Ritter
	0–1 05:29 – Lindholm (Omark, Möller) 0–2 16:46 – Lander (Bertilsson) 0–3 48:42 – Everberg (Omark, Fransson) 0–4 49:04 – Wikstrand (Omark, Everberg)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	17	Shots	27

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16 February 2018 v 21:10

Finland

5–1 (1–1, 1–0, 3–0)

Norway

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 4,180

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Jan Hribik Brett Iverson Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Fraser McIntyre
	0–1 06:29 – P. Thoresen (Kristiansen, K.A. Olimb) (PP) Tolvanen (Lepistö) (PP) – 16:36 1–1 Tolvanen (Peltola) – 25:32 2–1 Savinainen (Koskiranta) – 42:59 3–1 Lepistö (Kontiola) (PP) – 47:54 4–1 Manninen (Kontiola) – 56:48 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	22

16 February 2018 v 21:10

Sweden

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Germany

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,077

Game reference
	Jhonas Enroth	Goalies	Timo Pielmeier	Referees: Timothy Mayer Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Nathan Vanoosten
	Stålberg (Zackrisson, Bergström) – 02:00 1–0
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	28

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18 February 2018 v 12:10

Germany

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

Norway

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 5,534

Game reference
	Danny aus den Birken	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Mark Lemelin Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Alexander Otmakhov
	Hager (Kahun, Macek) (PP) – 32:53 1–0 1–1 45:19 – Reichenberg (Holøs, Bastiansen)
	Hager Plachta Kahun	Shootout	Bastiansen Reichenberg M. Olimb
	10 min	Penalties	55 min
	38	Shots	29

18 February 2018 v 21:10

Sweden

3–1 (1–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Finland

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,861

Game reference
	Viktor Fasth	Goalies	Mikko Koskinen	Referees: Oliver Gouin Antonín Jeřábek Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Lukas Kohlmüller
	Lander (Omark, Fasth) – 14:53 1–0 1–1 21:32 – Kemppainen (Koivisto, Junttila) Zackrisson (Fransson) – 48:53 2–1 Möller (Omark) (PP, ENG) – 59:55 3–1
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	23	Shots	19

Ranking after preliminary round

Following the completion of the preliminary round, all teams were ranked 1D through 12D. To determine this ranking, the following criteria were used in the order presented: ^[16]

1. higher position in the group
2. higher number of points
3. better goal difference
4. higher number of goals scored for
5. better 2017 IIHF World Ranking.

Team advanced to Quarterfinals

Team played in Qualification playoffs

Rank	Team	Group	Pos	GP	Pts	GD	GF	IIHF Rank
1D	Sweden	C	1	3	9	+7	8	3
2D	Czech Republic	A	1	3	8	+5	9	6
3D	Olympic Athletes from Russia	B	1	3	6	+9	14	2
4D	Canada	A	2	3	7	+7	11	1
5D	Finland	C	2	3	6	+5	11	4
6D	Slovenia	B	2	3	4	−4	8	15
7D	United States	B	3	3	4	−4	4	5
8D	Switzerland	A	3	3	3	+1	10	7
9D	Germany	C	3	3	2	−3	4	8
10D	Slovakia	B	4	3	4	−1	6	11
11D	Norway	C	4	3	1	−9	2	9
12D	South Korea	A	4	3	0	−13	1	21

Playoff round

Bracket

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

21 February

Czech Republic (GWS)

3

20 February

United States

2

United States

5

23 February

Slovakia

1

Czech Republic

0

Olympic Athletes from Russia

3

21 February

Olympic Athletes from Russia

6

20 February

Norway

1

Slovenia

1

25 February

Norway (OT)

2

Olympic Athletes from Russia (OT)

4

Germany

3

21 February

Canada

1

20 February

Finland

0

Finland

5

23 February

South Korea

2

Canada

3

Germany

4

Bronze medal game

21 February

24 February

Sweden

3

Czech Republic

4

20 February

Germany (OT)

4

Canada

6

Switzerland

1

Germany (OT)

2

Qualification playoffs

The four highest-ranked teams (1D–4D) received byes and were deemed the home team in the quarterfinals as they were seeded to advance, with the remaining eight teams (5D–12D) playing qualification playoff games as follows. The losers of the qualification playoff games received a final ranking of 9 through 12 based on their preliminary round ranking.

20 February 2018 12:10

United States

5–1 (0–0, 3–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 6,391

Game reference
	Ryan Zapolski	Goalies	Ján Laco	Referees: Aleksi Rantala Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Sakari Suominen
	Donato (Gilroy, Terry) – 21:36 1–0 Wisniewski (Terry) (PP2) – 22:20 2–0 Arcobello (Terry) – 33:30 3–0 3–1 36:54 – Čerešňák (Graňák, Nagy) Roe (Little, O'Neill) – 49:52 4–1 Donato (Wisniewski) (PP) – 56:46 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	33 min
	33	Shots	23

20 February 2018 16:40

Slovenia

1–2 OT (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

Norway

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 6,312

Game reference
	Gašper Krošelj	Goalies	Lars Haugen	Referees: Daniel Stricker Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Vít Lederer Miroslav Lhotský
	Urbas (Muršak) (PP) – 06:38 1–0 1–1 43:06 – Kristiansen (Røymark, Bastiansen) 1–2 63:06 – Bonsaksen (Rosseli Olsen, P. Thoresen)
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	26

20 February 2018 21:10

Finland

5–2 (1–0, 2–2, 2–0)

South Korea

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 5,409

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Matt Dalton	Referees: Roman Gofman Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Gleb Lazarev
	Kontiola (Tolvanen, Kemppainen) (PP) – 04:42 1–0 Kontiola (Lepistö, Tolvanen) (PP) – 23:44 2–0 Heiskanen (Tolvanen) – 26:23 3–0 3–1 30:06 – Radunske (Regan, Kim S.W.) 3–2 32:09 – Ahn J.H. (Shin S.H.) Hietanen (Osala, Savinainen) (PP) – 47:20 4–2 Manninen (Hietanen, Koskiranta) (ENG) – 59:53 5–2
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	19

20 February 2018 21:10

Switzerland

1–2 OT (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Germany

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 2,878

Game reference
	Jonas Hiller	Goalies	Danny aus den Birken	Referees: Jan Hribik Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 01:19 – Pföderl (Hördler, Hager) (PP) Moser (Ambühl, Suter) – 23:40 1–1 1–2 60:26 – Seidenberg (Kahun, Mauer)
	29 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	25

Quarterfinals

Following the quarterfinal games, the winning teams were re-ranked F1 through F4, with the winner of 1D vs. E4 re-ranked as F1, the winner of 2D vs. E3 re-ranked as F2, the winner of 3D vs. E2 re-ranked as F3, and the winner of 4D vs. E1 re-ranked as F4. The losers of the quarterfinal round games received a final ranking of 5 through 8 based on their preliminary round ranking.

21 February 2018 12:10

Czech Republic

3–2 GWS (1–1, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

United States

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 2,948

Game reference
	Pavel Francouz	Goalies	Ryan Zapolski	Referees: Oliver Gouin Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 06:20 – Donato (Terry) Kolář (Kovář) – 15:12 1–1 Kundrátek (Růžička, Mozík) – 28:14 2–1 2–2 30:23 – Slater (O'Neill) (SH)
	Růžička Koukal Kovář Kubalík Kundrátek	Shootout	Bourque Donato Arcobello Terry Butler
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	20

21 February 2018 16:40

Olympic Athletes from Russia

6–1 (3–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Norway

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 3,553

Game reference
	Vasily Koshechkin	Goalies	Lars Haugen Henrik Haukeland	Referees: Jan Hribik Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmüller Judson Ritter
	Grigorenko (Kablukov, Telegin) – 08:54 1–0 Gusev (Mozyakin, Datsyuk) (PP) – 13:25 2–0 Voynov (Gusev, Kaprizov) – 19:20 3–0 3–1 27:21 – Bonsaksen (M. Olimb, K.A. Olimb) Kalinin (Kovalchuk, Voinov) (PP) – 28:35 4–1 Nesterov (Gusev, Datsyuk) (PP) – 33:06 5–1 Telegin (Grigorenko, Kablukov) – 53:15 6–1
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	14

21 February 2018 21:10

Canada

1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Finland

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 2,265

Game reference
	Ben Scrivens Kevin Poulin	Goalies	Mikko Koskinen	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Henrik Pihlblad
	Noreau (O'Dell) – 40:55 1–0
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	21

21 February 2018 21:10

Sweden

3–4 OT (0–2, 0–0, 3–1) (OT 0–1)

Germany

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 2,092

Game reference
	Viktor Fasth	Goalies	Danny aus den Birken	Referees: Mark Lemelin Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Nathan Vanoosten
	0–1 13:48 – Ehrhoff (Hager, Schütz) (PP) 0–2 14:17 – Noebels (Kink) Lander (Dahlin, Omark) – 46:25 1–2 1–3 48:28 – Kahun (Mauer) Hersley (Omark, Wikstrand) (PP) – 49:35 2–3 Wikstrand (Zackrisson) – 51:37 3–3 3–4 61:30 – Reimer (Ehliz, Boyle)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	25

Semifinals

23 February 2018 16:40

Czech Republic

0–3 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Olympic Athletes from Russia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 4,330

Game reference
	Pavel Francouz	Goalies	Vasily Koshechkin	Referees: Brett Iverson Mark Lemelin Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Sakari Suominen
	0–1 27:47 – Gusev (Datsyuk) 0–2 28:14 – Gavrikov (Telegin, Grigorenko) 0–3 59:39 – Kovalchuk (Zub, Zubarev) (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	22

23 February 2018 21:10

Canada

3–4 (0–1, 1–3, 2–0)

Germany

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 4,057

Game reference
	Kevin Poulin	Goalies	Danny aus den Birken	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Alexander Otmakhov
	0–1 14:43 – Macek (Kahun) (PP2) 0–2 23:21 – Plachta (Hager) 0–3 26:49 – Mauer (Goc, Wolf) Brulé (Lee, Noreau) (PP) – 28:17 1–3 1–4 32:31 – Hager (Plachta, Schütz) (PP) Robinson (Thomas, Raymond) – 42:42 2–4 Roy (Lee, Noreau) (PP) – 49:42 3–4
	35 min	Penalties	16 min
	31	Shots	15

Bronze medal game

24 February 2018 21:10

Czech Republic

4–6 (1–3, 0–0, 3–3)

Canada

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 4,807

Game reference
	Pavel Francouz	Goalies	Kevin Poulin	Referees: Timothy Mayer Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Alexander Otmakhov
	0–1 08:57 – Ebbett (Robinson, Gragnani) (PP) Růžička (Červenka) – 09:13 1–1 1–2 09:28 – Kelly (Goloubef, Klinkhammer) 1–3 15:57 – Roy (Kozun, Bourque) 1–4 45:50 – Ebbett (Kozun, Goloubef) Kovář (Horák, Řepík) (EA) – 46:36 2–4 2–5 49:37 – Kelly (Klinkhammer) 2–6 55:23 – Wolski (Howden) Červenka (Nakládal, Mertl) – 56:26 3–6 Červenka (Polášek, Mozík) (PP, EA) – 57:55 4–6
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	26

Gold medal game

25 February 2018 13:10

Olympic Athletes from Russia

4–3 OT (1–0, 0–1, 2–2) (OT 1–0)

Germany

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 5,075

Game reference
	Vasily Koshechkin	Goalies	Danny aus den Birken	Referees: Mark Lemelin Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Sakari Suominen
	Voynov (Gusev, Kaprizov) – 19:59 1–0 1–1 29:32 – Schütz (Macek, Hager) Gusev (Kaprizov, Datsyuk) – 53:21 2–1 2–2 53:31 – Kahun (Mauer, Ehliz) 2–3 56:44 – J. Müller (Ehliz, Hördler) Gusev (Zub, Kaprizov) (SH, EA) – 59:04 3–3 Kaprizov (Gusev, Voynov) (PP) – 69:40 4–3
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	25

Final ranking

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	Olympic Athletes from Russia	6	4	1	0	1	27	9	+18	14	Champions
2	C	Germany	7	1	3	1	2	17	18	−1	10	Runners-up
3	A	Canada	6	4	0	1	1	21	12	+9	13	Third place
4	A	Czech Republic	6	2	2	0	2	16	15	+1	10	Fourth place
5	C	Sweden	4	3	0	1	0	11	5	+6	10	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	C	Finland	5	3	0	0	2	16	9	+7	9
7	B	United States	5	2	0	2	1	11	12	−1	8
8	C	Norway	5	0	1	1	3	5	18	−13	3
9	B	Slovenia	4	0	2	1	1	9	14	−5	5	Eliminated in Qualification playoffs
10	A	Switzerland	4	1	0	1	2	11	11	0	4
11	B	Slovakia	4	1	0	1	2	7	12	−5	4
12	A	South Korea (H)	4	0	0	0	4	3	19	−16	0

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Nikita Gusev	6	4	8	12	+7	4	F
Kirill Kaprizov	6	5	4	9	+7	2	F
Eeli Tolvanen	5	3	6	9	+1	4	F
Ilya Kovalchuk	6	5	2	7	+5	4	F
Patrick Hager	7	3	4	7	–3	4	F
Maxim Noreau	6	2	5	7	+3	0	D
Derek Roy	6	2	5	7	–2	8	F
Linus Omark	4	0	7	7	+6	0	F
Ryan Donato	5	5	1	6	–1	2	F
Jan Muršak	4	3	3	6	–1	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Jonas Hiller	211:19	4	1.14	91	95.60	1
Vasily Koshechkin	348:08	8	1.38	126	93.65	2
Mikko Koskinen	296:38	8	1.62	117	93.16	0
Gašper Krošelj	188:44	6	1.91	87	93.10	0
Ben Scrivens	149:17	4	1.61	56	92.86	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

• Media All-Stars ^[17]
  • Goaltender: Vasily Koshechkin
  • Defencemen: Maxim Noreau, Vyacheslav Voynov
  • Forwards: Ilya Kovalchuk, Pavel Datsyuk, Eeli Tolvanen
• Most Valuable Player: Ilya Kovalchuk
• Best players selected by the directorate:
  • Best Goaltender: Danny aus den Birken
  • Best Defenceman: Vyacheslav Voynov
  • Best Forward: Nikita Gusev

Source: IIHF.com

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External links

• Official IIHF website