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

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2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic rings without rims.svg
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates14–25 February
Teams12
Final positions
Champions  Gold medal blank.svg Olympic flag.svg Olympic Athletes from Russia (1st title)
Runner-up  Silver medal blank.svg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Third place  Bronze medal blank.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Fourth placeFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played30
Goals scored154 (5.13 per game)
Attendance138,327 (4,611 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Olympic flag.svg Nikita Gusev (12 points)
MVP Olympic flag.svg Ilya Kovalchuk
  2014
2022  

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]

Contents

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 Hockey Centre.jpg Catholic Kwandong University Gymnasium 01.jpg
Flag of South Korea.svg Gangneung Flag of South Korea.svg Gangneung

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

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Hosts19 September 2014 [12] Flag of Spain.svg Tenerife 1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
2015 IIHF World Ranking [a] 2 April 2012 –
17 May 2015
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague and Ostrava [b] 8 [13] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [c]
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Final qualification tournament1–4 September 2016 Flag of Belarus.svg Minsk 1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Final qualification tournament1–4 September 2016 Flag of Latvia.svg Riga 1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Final qualification tournament1–4 September 2016 Flag of Norway.svg Oslo 1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Total12
Notes
  1. 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.
  2. 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

Match officials

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

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

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3210094+58 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 32010114+77
3Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 31002109+13 Qualification playoffs
4Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (H)30003114130
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
15 February 2018
21:10
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg2–1
(2–1, 0–0, 0–0)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 6,025
Game reference
Pavel Francouz Goalies Matt Dalton Referees:
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Lemelin
Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Öhlund
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Pihlblad
Flag of Finland.svg Sakari Suominen
0–107:34 – Cho M.H. (Radunske, Swift)
Kovář (Řepík, Sekáč) (PP) – 11:591–1
Řepík (Birner, Francouz) (SH) – 16:182–1
8 minPenalties6 min
40Shots18
15 February 2018
21:10
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg1–5
(0–2, 0–2, 1–1)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 2,802
Game reference
Leonardo Genoni
Jonas Hiller
Goalies Ben Scrivens Referees:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Jeřábek
Flag of Russia.svg Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Dahmen
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Otmakhov
0–102:57 – Bourque (Lee, Roy)
0–207:30 – Noreau (Lee, Roy) (PP)
0–325:00 – Bourque (Roy) (PP)
0–425:52 – Wolski (Noreau)
Moser (Rüfenacht, Ambühl) (PP, EA) – 47:331–4
1–554:53 – Wolski (Kelly, Ebbett) (ENG)
6 minPenalties6 min
29Shots28

17 February 2018
12:10
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg2–3 GWS
(2–1, 0–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 6,731
Game reference
Ben Scrivens Goalies Pavel Francouz Referees:
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Gofman
Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Salonen
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Gleb Lazarov
Flag of the United States.svg Judson Ritter
Raymond (Vey, Gragnani) (PP) – 01:131–0
1–106:52 – Kubalík
Bourque (Noreau, Brulé) (PP) – 13:302–1
2–220:25 – Jordán (Birner, Horák)
Lapierre Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Wolski Ice hockey puck.svg
Roy Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Bourque Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Noreau Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Shootout Ice hockey puck cross.svg Růžička
Ice hockey puck.svg Koukal
Ice hockey puck.svg Kovář
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Červenka
6 minPenalties10 min
33Shots21
17 February 2018
16:40
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg0–8
(0–1, 0–2, 0–5)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 6,568
Game reference
Matt Dalton
Park Sung-je
Goalies Jonas Hiller Referees:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Hribik
Flag of Finland.svg Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miroslav Lhotský
Flag of the United States.svg Fraser McIntyre
0–110:23 – Hollenstein (Haas, Loeffel)
0–227:36 – Du Bois
0–335:55 – Suter (Herzog)
0–443:50 – Rüfenacht (Untersander, Almond)
0–545:17 – Suter (Ambühl, Moser)
0–646:45 – Schäppi (Almond, Geering)
0–751:24 – Suter (Geering, Ambühl)
0–855:10 – Corvi (Hofmann, Du Bois)
8 minPenalties10 min
25Shots34

18 February 2018
16:40
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg4–1
(1–1, 0–0, 3–0)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 6,137
Game reference
Pavel Francouz Goalies Jonas Hiller Referees:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brett Iverson
Flag of Russia.svg Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Judson Ritter
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nathan Vanoosten
Řepík (Erat, Horák) (PP) – 07:091–0
1–114:47 – Rüfenacht (Ambühl, Suter)
Kubalík (Kovář, Kolář) – 43:022–1
Červenka (Kolář) (ENG) – 58:403–1
Řepík (Birner, Nakládal) (ENG) – 59:114–1
10 minPenalties2 min
28Shots29
18 February 2018
21:10
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 6,038
Game reference
Kevin Poulin Goalies Matt Dalton Referees:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Jozef Kubuš
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Daniel Stricker
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nicolas Fluri
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vít Lederer
Thomas (Genoway, Wolski) – 07:361–0
O'Dell (Gragnani, Noreau) – 34:222–0
Lapierre (Roy) – 45:433–0
Brulé (Lee, Roy) (PP) – 58:024–0
8 minPenalties8 min
49Shots19

Group B

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Olympic flag.svg Olympic Athletes from Russia 32001145+96 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 3020181244 [lower-alpha 1] Qualification playoffs
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 310114844 [lower-alpha 1]
4Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 310116714 [lower-alpha 1]
Source: IIHF
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Slovenia 4 Pts; USA 4 Pts; Slovakia 1 Pts. Slovenia defeated USA 3–2 in overtime.
14 February 2018
21:10
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg3–2
(2–2, 0–0, 1–0)
Olympic flag.svg Olympic Athletes from Russia Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 4,025
Game reference
Branislav Konrád Goalies Vasily Koshechkin Referees:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brett Iverson
Flag of Finland.svg Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vít Lederer
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nathan Vanoosten
0–102:54 – Gavrikov (Voinov, Shirokov)
0–204:08 – Kaprizov (Gusev, Gavrikov)
Ölvecký (Graňák) – 16:051–2
Bakoš – 17:552–2
Čerešňák (Haščák, Bakoš) (PP) – 48:303–2
12 minPenalties10 min
19Shots22
14 February 2018
21:10
United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–3 OT
(1–0, 1–0, 0–2)
(OT 0–1)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Kwandong Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 3,348
Game reference
Ryan Zapolski Goalies Gašper Krošelj Referees:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Hribik
Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Salonen
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roman Kaderli
Flag of Germany.svg Lukas Kohlmüller
O'Neill (Roe, Donato) – 17:441–0
Greenway (O'Neill, Sanguinetti) – 32:572–0
2–145:49 – Urbas (Gregorc, Vidmar)
2–258:23 – Muršak (Gregorc, Verlič)
2–360:38 – Muršak (Tičar, Urbas)
6 minPenalties6 min
36Shots25

16 February 2018
12:10
United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 5,652
Game reference
Ryan Zapolski Goalies Ján Laco Referees:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Olivier Gouin
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nicolas Fluri
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Otmakhov
Donato (Terry, Bourque) (PP) – 07:101–0
1–107:35 – Kudrna (Surový, Čajkovský)
Donato (Arcobello, Bourque) (PP) – 42:512–1
4 minPenalties10 min
31Shots22
16 February 2018
16:40
Olympic Athletes from Russia Olympic flag.svg8–2
(2–0, 4–1, 2–1)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 6,018
Game reference
Vasily Koshechkin
Ilya Sorokin
Goalies Luka Gračnar Referees:
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Lemelin
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Daniel Stricker
Linesmen:
Flag of Germany.svg Lukas Kohlmüller
Flag of Finland.svg Hannu Sormunen
Mozyakin (Datsyuk, Gusev) (PP) – 18:231–0
Kovalchuk (Yakovlev, Andronov) – 18:452–0
Barabanov (Grigorenko, Kalinin) (PP) – 26:003–0
Kablukov (Kovalchuk, Zub) – 28:484–0
Kaprizov (Gusev, Kiselevich) – 30:025–0
5–133:31 – Muršak (Verlič, Kuralt)
Kovalchuk (Kalinin, Andronov) – 37:166–1
Kaprizov (Datsyuk, Kiselevich) – 41:157–1
Kaprizov (Zub, Gusev) – 47:128–1
8–259:27 – Pance
8 minPenalties6 min
34Shots15

17 February 2018
21:10
Olympic Athletes from Russia Olympic flag.svg4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 6,473
Game reference
Vasily Koshechkin Goalies Ryan Zapolski Referees:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Jozef Kubuš
Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Öhlund
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vít Lederer
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nicolas Fluri
Prokhorkin (Mozyakin, Barabanov) – 07:211–0
Prokhorkin (Shirokov, Mozyakin) – 22:142–0
Kovalchuk (Andronov) – 39:593–0
Kovalchuk (Voynov, Andronov) – 40:284–0
10 minPenalties10 min
26Shots29
17 February 2018
21:10
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg3–2 GWS
(0–0, 2–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Kwandong Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 4,085
Game reference
Gašper Krošelj Goalies Branislav Konrád Referees:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Jeřábek
Flag of the United States.svg Timothy Mayer
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Hannu Sormunen
Flag of Finland.svg Sakari Suominen
Gregorc (Muršak, Kuralt) (PP) – 21:001–0
Kuralt (Muršak, Gregorc) (PP) – 24:162–0
2–135:43 – Bubela (Čerešňák, Graňák) (PP)
2–245:56 – Haščák (Graňák, Čerešňák)
Tičar Ice hockey puck.svg
Urbas Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Muršak Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Sabolič Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Jeglič Ice hockey puck.svg
Shootout Ice hockey puck cross.svg Kudrna
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Ölvecký
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Bakoš
Ice hockey puck.svg Nagy
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Haščák
4 minPenalties8 min
30Shots25

Group C

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3300081+79 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 32001116+56 Qualification playoffs
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 301024732
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3001221191
Source: IIHF
15 February 2018
12:10
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg5–2
(2–1, 2–0, 1–1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 3,695
Game reference
Mikko Koskinen Goalies Danny aus den Birken Referees:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Oliver Gouin
Flag of Slovakia.svg Jozef Kubuš
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nicolas Fluri
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miroslav Lhotský
Lepistö (Kontiola, Tolvanen) (PP) – 03:131–0
1–108:44 – Macek (Ehrhoff, Wolf) (PP)
Pyörälä (Lajunen, Manninen) – 15:302–1
Tolvanen (Hartikainen, Kemppainen) (PP) – 37:223–1
Kukkonen (Kontiola, Tolvanen) – 38:434–1
4–241:51 – Hördler
Kemppainen (Tolvanen, Lepistö) (PP) – 52:485–2
10 minPenalties10 min
20Shots24
15 February 2018
16:40
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg0–4
(0–2, 0–0, 0–2)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 3,961
Game reference
Lars Haugen Goalies Viktor Fasth Referees:
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Gofman
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Gleb Lazarev
Flag of the United States.svg Judson Ritter
0–105:29 – Lindholm (Omark, Möller)
0–216:46 – Lander (Bertilsson)
0–348:42 – Everberg (Omark, Fransson)
0–449:04 – Wikstrand (Omark, Everberg)
14 minPenalties12 min
17Shots27

16 February 2018
21:10
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg5–1
(1–1, 1–0, 3–0)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 4,180
Game reference
Mikko Koskinen Goalies Lars Haugen Referees:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Hribik
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brett Iverson
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Dahmen
Flag of the United States.svg Fraser McIntyre
0–106:29 – P. Thoresen (Kristiansen, K.A. Olimb) (PP)
Tolvanen (Lepistö) (PP) – 16:361–1
Tolvanen (Peltola) – 25:322–1
Savinainen (Koskiranta) – 42:593–1
Lepistö (Kontiola) (PP) – 47:544–1
Manninen (Kontiola) – 56:485–1
8 minPenalties12 min
30Shots22
16 February 2018
21:10
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 3,077
Game reference
Jhonas Enroth Goalies Timo Pielmeier Referees:
Flag of the United States.svg Timothy Mayer
Flag of Russia.svg Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roman Kaderli
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nathan Vanoosten
Stålberg (Zackrisson, Bergström) – 02:001–0
10 minPenalties6 min
26Shots28

18 February 2018
12:10
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2–1 GWS
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 5,534
Game reference
Danny aus den Birken Goalies Lars Haugen Referees:
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Lemelin
Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Salonen
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Dahmen
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Otmakhov
Hager (Kahun, Macek) (PP) – 32:531–0
1–145:19 – Reichenberg (Holøs, Bastiansen)
Hager Ice hockey puck.svg
Plachta Ice hockey puck.svg
Kahun Ice hockey puck.svg
Shootout Ice hockey puck cross.svg Bastiansen
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Reichenberg
Ice hockey puck cross.svg M. Olimb
10 minPenalties55 min
38Shots29
18 February 2018
21:10
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–1
(1–0, 0–1, 2–0)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 3,861
Game reference
Viktor Fasth Goalies Mikko Koskinen Referees:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Oliver Gouin
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roman Kaderli
Flag of Germany.svg Lukas Kohlmüller
Lander (Omark, Fasth) – 14:531–0
1–121:32 – Kemppainen (Koivisto, Junttila)
Zackrisson (Fransson) – 48:532–1
Möller (Omark) (PP, ENG) – 59:553–1
10 minPenalties14 min
23Shots19

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
RankTeamGroupPosGPPtsGDGFIIHF Rank
1DFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden C139+783
2DFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic A138+596
3DOlympic flag.svg Olympic Athletes from Russia B136+9142
4DFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada A237+7111
5DFlag of Finland.svg  Finland C236+5114
6DFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia B234−4815
7DFlag of the United States.svg  United States B334−445
8DFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland A333+1107
9DFlag of Germany.svg  Germany C332−348
10DFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia B434−1611
11DFlag of Norway.svg  Norway C431−929
12DFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea A430−13121

Playoff round

Bracket

 
PlayoffsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal game
 
              
 
 
 
 
21 February
 
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (GWS)3
 
20 February
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5
 
23 February
 
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0
 
 
Olympic flag.svg Olympic Athletes from Russia 3
 
 
21 February
 
 
Olympic flag.svg Olympic Athletes from Russia 6
 
20 February
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1
 
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1
 
25 February
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway (OT)2
 
Olympic flag.svg Olympic Athletes from Russia (OT)4
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3
 
 
21 February
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1
 
20 February
 
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0
 
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 5
 
23 February
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4 Bronze medal game
 
 
21 February24 February
 
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4
 
20 February
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (OT)4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6
 
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  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  Flag of the United States.svg5–1
(0–0, 3–1, 2–0)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 6,391
Game reference
Ryan Zapolski Goalies Ján Laco Referees:
Flag of Finland.svg Aleksi Rantala
Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Salonen
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Pihlblad
Flag of Finland.svg Sakari Suominen
Donato (Gilroy, Terry) – 21:361–0
Wisniewski (Terry) (PP2) – 22:202–0
Arcobello (Terry) – 33:303–0
3–136:54 – Čerešňák (Graňák, Nagy)
Roe (Little, O'Neill) – 49:524–1
Donato (Wisniewski) (PP) – 56:465–1
8 minPenalties33 min
33Shots23
20 February 2018
16:40
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg1–2 OT
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 6,312
Game reference
Gašper Krošelj Goalies Lars Haugen Referees:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Daniel Stricker
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vít Lederer
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miroslav Lhotský
Urbas (Muršak) (PP) – 06:381–0
1–143:06 – Kristiansen (Røymark, Bastiansen)
1–263:06 – Bonsaksen (Rosseli Olsen, P. Thoresen)
4 minPenalties12 min
34Shots26
20 February 2018
21:10
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg5–2
(1–0, 2–2, 2–0)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 5,409
Game reference
Mikko Koskinen Goalies Matt Dalton Referees:
Flag of Russia.svg Roman Gofman
Flag of the United States.svg Timothy Mayer
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nicolas Fluri
Flag of Russia.svg Gleb Lazarev
Kontiola (Tolvanen, Kemppainen) (PP) – 04:421–0
Kontiola (Lepistö, Tolvanen) (PP) – 23:442–0
Heiskanen (Tolvanen) – 26:233–0
3–130:06 – Radunske (Regan, Kim S.W.)
3–232:09 – Ahn J.H. (Shin S.H.)
Hietanen (Osala, Savinainen) (PP) – 47:204–2
Manninen (Hietanen, Koskiranta) (ENG) – 59:535–2
2 minPenalties8 min
36Shots19
20 February 2018
21:10
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg1–2 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Kwandong Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 2,878
Game reference
Jonas Hiller Goalies Danny aus den Birken Referees:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Hribik
Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Öhlund
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Fraser McIntyre
Flag of Finland.svg Hannu Sormunen
0–101:19 – Pföderl (Hördler, Hager) (PP)
Moser (Ambühl, Suter) – 23:401–1
1–260:26 – Seidenberg (Kahun, Mauer)
29 minPenalties12 min
21Shots25

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  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3–2 GWS
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 2,948
Game reference
Pavel Francouz Goalies Ryan Zapolski Referees:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Oliver Gouin
Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Öhlund
Linesmen:
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roman Kaderli
Flag of Finland.svg Hannu Sormunen
0–106:20 – Donato (Terry)
Kolář (Kovář) – 15:121–1
Kundrátek (Růžička, Mozík) – 28:142–1
2–230:23 – Slater (O'Neill) (SH)
Růžička Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Koukal Ice hockey puck.svg
Kovář Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Kubalík Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Kundrátek Ice hockey puck cross.svg
Shootout Ice hockey puck cross.svg Bourque
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Donato
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Arcobello
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Terry
Ice hockey puck cross.svg Butler
10 minPenalties8 min
29Shots20
21 February 2018
16:40
Olympic Athletes from Russia Olympic flag.svg6–1
(3–0, 2–1, 1–0)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 3,553
Game reference
Vasily Koshechkin Goalies Lars Haugen
Henrik Haukeland
Referees:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Hribik
Flag of the United States.svg Timothy Mayer
Linesmen:
Flag of Germany.svg Lukas Kohlmüller
Flag of the United States.svg Judson Ritter
Grigorenko (Kablukov, Telegin) – 08:541–0
Gusev (Mozyakin, Datsyuk) (PP) – 13:252–0
Voynov (Gusev, Kaprizov) – 19:203–0
3–127:21 – Bonsaksen (M. Olimb, K.A. Olimb)
Kalinin (Kovalchuk, Voinov) (PP) – 28:354–1
Nesterov (Gusev, Datsyuk) (PP) – 33:065–1
Telegin (Grigorenko, Kablukov) – 53:156–1
10 minPenalties10 min
32Shots14
21 February 2018
21:10
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 2,265
Game reference
Ben Scrivens
Kevin Poulin
Goalies Mikko Koskinen Referees:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Jeřábek
Flag of Russia.svg Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Flag of Russia.svg Gleb Lazarev
Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Pihlblad
Noreau (O'Dell) – 40:551–0
6 minPenalties4 min
30Shots21
21 February 2018
21:10
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3–4 OT
(0–2, 0–0, 3–1)
(OT 0–1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Kwandong Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 2,092
Game reference
Viktor Fasth Goalies Danny aus den Birken Referees:
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Lemelin
Flag of Finland.svg Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miroslav Lhotský
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nathan Vanoosten
0–113:48 – Ehrhoff (Hager, Schütz) (PP)
0–214:17 – Noebels (Kink)
Lander (Dahlin, Omark) – 46:251–2
1–348:28 – Kahun (Mauer)
Hersley (Omark, Wikstrand) (PP) – 49:352–3
Wikstrand (Zackrisson) – 51:373–3
3–461:30 – Reimer (Ehliz, Boyle)
4 minPenalties6 min
34Shots25

Semifinals

23 February 2018
16:40
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1)
Olympic flag.svg Olympic Athletes from Russia Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 4,330
Game reference
Pavel Francouz Goalies Vasily Koshechkin Referees:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brett Iverson
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Lemelin
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Dahmen
Flag of Finland.svg Sakari Suominen
0–127:47 – Gusev (Datsyuk)
0–228:14 – Gavrikov (Telegin, Grigorenko)
0–359:39 – Kovalchuk (Zub, Zubarev) (ENG)
6 minPenalties10 min
31Shots22
23 February 2018
21:10
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg3–4
(0–1, 1–3, 2–0)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 4,057
Game reference
Kevin Poulin Goalies Danny aus den Birken Referees:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Jozef Kubuš
Flag of the United States.svg Timothy Mayer
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Fraser McIntyre
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Otmakhov
0–114:43 – Macek (Kahun) (PP2)
0–223:21 – Plachta (Hager)
0–326:49 – Mauer (Goc, Wolf)
Brulé (Lee, Noreau) (PP) – 28:171–3
1–432:31 – Hager (Plachta, Schütz) (PP)
Robinson (Thomas, Raymond) – 42:422–4
Roy (Lee, Noreau) (PP) – 49:423–4
35 minPenalties16 min
31Shots15

Bronze medal game

24 February 2018
21:10
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg4–6
(1–3, 0–0, 3–3)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Bronze medal icon.svg Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 4,807
Game reference
Pavel Francouz Goalies Kevin Poulin Referees:
Flag of the United States.svg Timothy Mayer
Flag of Russia.svg Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Fraser McIntyre
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Otmakhov
0–108:57 – Ebbett (Robinson, Gragnani) (PP)
Růžička (Červenka) – 09:131–1
1–209:28 – Kelly (Goloubef, Klinkhammer)
1–315:57 – Roy (Kozun, Bourque)
1–445:50 – Ebbett (Kozun, Goloubef)
Kovář (Horák, Řepík) (EA) – 46:362–4
2–549:37 – Kelly (Klinkhammer)
2–655:23 – Wolski (Howden)
Červenka (Nakládal, Mertl) – 56:263–6
Červenka (Polášek, Mozík) (PP, EA) – 57:554–6
4 minPenalties6 min
34Shots26

Gold medal game

25 February 2018
13:10
Gold medal icon.svg Olympic Athletes from Russia Olympic flag.svg4–3 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 2–2)
(OT 1–0)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Silver medal icon.svg Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 5,075
Game reference
Vasily Koshechkin Goalies Danny aus den Birken Referees:
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Lemelin
Flag of Finland.svg Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Dahmen
Flag of Finland.svg Sakari Suominen
Voynov (Gusev, Kaprizov) – 19:591–0
1–129:32 – Schütz (Macek, Hager)
Gusev (Kaprizov, Datsyuk) – 53:212–1
2–253:31 – Kahun (Mauer, Ehliz)
2–356:44 – J. Müller (Ehliz, Hördler)
Gusev (Zub, Kaprizov) (SH, EA) – 59:043–3
Kaprizov (Gusev, Voynov) (PP) – 69:404–3
4 minPenalties6 min
30Shots25

Final ranking

PosGrpTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1 B Olympic flag.svg Olympic Athletes from Russia 64101279+1814Champions
2 C Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 713121718110Runners-up
3 A Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 640112112+913Third place
4 A Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 622021615+110Fourth place
5 C Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 43010115+610Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6 C Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 53002169+79
7 B Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52021111218
8 C Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 50113518133
9 B Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4021191455Eliminated in
Qualification playoffs
10 A Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 41012111104
11 B Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 4101271254
12 A Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (H)40004319160
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Olympic flag.svg Nikita Gusev 64812+74F
Olympic flag.svg Kirill Kaprizov 6549+72F
Flag of Finland.svg Eeli Tolvanen 5369+14F
Olympic flag.svg Ilya Kovalchuk 6527+54F
Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Hager 7347–34F
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maxim Noreau 6257+30D
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Derek Roy 6257–28F
Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Omark 4077+60F
Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Donato 5516–12F
Flag of Slovenia.svg Jan Muršak 4336–10F
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.

PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jonas Hiller 211:1941.149195.601
Olympic flag.svg Vasily Koshechkin 348:0881.3812693.652
Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Koskinen 296:3881.6211793.160
Flag of Slovenia.svg Gašper Krošelj 188:4461.918793.100
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ben Scrivens 149:1741.615692.860

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

Source: IIHF.com

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