2016 IIHF World Championship Group B

Group B was one of two groups of the 2016 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2017.^[1]

Standings

Team Canada wins the first match in Saint Petersburg against the United States

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Finland	7	7	0	0	0	29	6	+23	21	Playoff round
2	Canada	7	6	0	0	1	34	8	+26	18
3	Germany	7	4	0	1	2	22	20	+2	13
4	United States	7	3	0	1	3	22	18	+4	10
5	Slovakia	7	2	1	0	4	15	23	−8	8
6	Belarus	7	2	0	0	5	16	32	−16	6
7	France	7	1	1	0	5	11	23	−12	5
8	Hungary (R)	7	1	0	0	6	12	31	−19	3	Relegation to Division I A[lower-alpha 1]

All times are local (UTC+3).

Matches

United States vs Canada

6 May 2016 16:15

United States

1–5 (1–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Canada

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,236

Game reference
	Keith Kinkaid	Goalies	Cam Talbot	Referees: Tobias Björk Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Miroslav Lhotský
	Maroon (Connor, Warsofsky) (PP) – 04:54 1–0 1–1 05:25 – Hall (Brassard, Perry) 1–2 08:48 – Gallagher (O'Reilly) 1–3 31:37 – Duchene (Ceci, Murray) 1–4 45:54 – Jenner (O'Reilly) 1–5 51:16 – Marchand (Duchene) (SH)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	33

Finland vs Belarus

6 May 2016 20:15

Finland

6–2 (0–0, 4–1, 2–1)

Belarus

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,877

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Vitali Koval	Referees: Martin Fraňo Péter Gebei Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Andreas Malmqvist
	Laine (Barkov) – 21:45 1–0 Koivu (Granlund, Lindell) – 32:28 2–0 2–1 37:55 – Stas (Pavlovich) (SH) Laine (Koivu, Jokinen) (PP2) – 38:36 3–1 Granlund (Laine, Barkov) (PP) – 39:56 4–1 Pihlström (Pulkkinen) – 42:59 5–1 Granlund (Salmela, Aho) – 47:51 6–1 6–2 51:01 – Kalyuzhny (A. Kostitsyn, S. Kostitsyn)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	16

Slovakia vs Hungary

7 May 2016 12:15

Slovakia

4–1 (2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Hungary

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 2,830

Game reference
	Branislav Konrád	Goalies	Miklós Rajna	Referees: Timothy Mayer Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Judson Ritter
	Marcinko (Graňák, Dravecký) – 07:07 1–0 1–1 13:30 – Banham (Galló, Bartalis) (PP) Jurčo (Sekera, Marinčin) – 17:43 2–1 Sekera (Jurčo, Marinčin) – 35:09 3–1 Lušňák (Hrnka, Švarný) (ENG) – 57:43 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	21

France vs Germany

7 May 2016 16:15

France

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

Germany

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,750

Game reference
	Cristobal Huet	Goalies	Timo Pielmeier	Referees: Martin Frano Antonin Jerabek Linesmen: Jon Kilian Sakari Suominen
	Raux (Perret, Meunier) – 03:38 1–0 1–1 20:26 – Rieder (Gogulla, Schütz) (PP) 1–2 36:50 – Schütz (Gogulla, Hager) Claireaux (Beron, Chakiachvili) – 39:10 2–2
	Desrosiers Fleury	Shootout	Draisaitl Rieder Goc
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	29

Belarus vs United States

7 May 2016 20:15

Belarus

3–6 (0–2, 2–3, 1–1)

United States

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,762

Game reference
	Kevin Lalande	Goalies	Mike Condon	Referees: Linus Ohlund Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Miroslav Lhotsky
	0–1 09:58 – Wood (Vatrano, Hinostroza) 0–2 13:38 – Wideman (Matthews, Larkin) (PP) 0–3 22:13 – Larkin (Schroeder) (PP) Platt (Stepanov, Linglet) (PP) – 27:10 1–3 1–4 28:09 – Hanifin (Hinostroza, Motte) 1–5 34:25 – Matthews (Connor, Hanifin) (PP) Stas – 38:12 2–5 Korobov (Kostitsyn, Stepanov) (PP2) – 49:28 3–5 3–6 54:40 – Matthews (Vatrano, Hanifin)
	41 min	Penalties	18 min
	23	Shots	33

Hungary vs Canada

8 May 2016 12:15

Hungary

1–7 (1–2, 0–4, 0–1)

Canada

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,825

Game reference
	Zoltán Hetényi Ádám Vay	Goalies	Calvin Pickard	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Linus Ohlund Linesmen: Andreas Malmqvist Sakari Suominen
	0–1 05:54 – Scheifele (Stone, McDavid) (PP) 0–2 10:04 – Perry (Hall, Brassard) Bartalis – 18:14 1–2 1–3 27:12 – Stone (Ceci, Reinhart) 1–4 29:05 – Marchand (McDavid, Matheson) 1–5 31:36 – Brassard (Tanev, Rielly) 1–6 32:45 – Matheson (Hutton, Scheifele) 1–7 44:35 – Hall (Matheson)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	36

Finland vs Germany

8 May 2016 16:15

Finland

5–1 (2–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Germany

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,409

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Timo Pielmeier	Referees: Timothy Mayer Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Jon Killian
	Laine (Hietanen, Jokinen) (PP) – 06:22 1–0 Komarov (Jokinen, Laine) (PP) – 09:08 2–0 Aho (Granlund) – 29:53 3–0 Koskiranta (Pyörälä, Komarov) – 37:50 4–0 4–1 38:42 – Macek (Draisaitl, Kahun) (PP) Laine (Koivu, Granlund) – 59:57 5–1
	12 min	Penalties	28 min
	22	Shots	17

France vs Slovakia

8 May 2016 20:15

France

1–5 (1–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Slovakia

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,850

Game reference
	Cristobal Huet Florian Hardy	Goalies	Július Hudáček	Referees: Tobias Björk Péter Gebei Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Judson Ritter
	Perret (Beron) – 01:09 1–0 1–1 03:55 – Sekera (L. Hudáček, Viedenský) 1–2 13:55 – Graňák (Dravecký, Lušňák) 1–3 34:52 – Bakoš (Meszároš, Sersen) (PP) 1–4 35:40 – L. Hudáček (Jurčo, Viedenský) 1–5 57:55 – Jaroš (Viedenský, Jurčo)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	22

Belarus vs Canada

9 May 2016 16:15

Belarus

0–8 (0–1, 0–4, 0–3)

Canada

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,536

Game reference
	Kevin Lalande Dmitri Milchakov	Goalies	Cam Talbot	Referees: Péter Gebei Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Miroslav Lhotský
	0–1 16:26 – Brassard (Perry, Duchene) 0–2 21:03 – Perry (Murray) 0–3 23:58 – O'Reilly (Jenner, Ceci) (SH) 0–4 31:19 – Duchene (Brassard, Ceci) (PP) 0–5 31:39 – Hall (McDavid) 0–6 41:26 – O'Reilly (Duchene, Scheifele) 0–7 49:17 – Stone (Scheifele) 0–8 53:52 – Matheson (Gallagher, McDavid) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	13	Shots	40

Finland vs United States

9 May 2016 20:15

Finland

3–2 (2–1, 0–0, 1–1)

United States

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,830

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Mike Condon	Referees: Tobias Björk Martin Fraňo Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Andreas Malmqvist
	Koivu (Granlund, Aho) – 09:16 1–0 Pihlström (Pulkkinen, Sallinen) – 12:04 2–0 2–1 13:45 – Vatrano (Matthews) 2–2 40:54 – Murphy (Maroon, Larkin) Komarov (Barkov, Jokinen) (PP) – 44:16 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	18

Slovakia vs Germany

10 May 2016 16:15

Slovakia

1–5 (1–0, 0–3, 0–2)

Germany

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,715

Game reference
	Branislav Konrád Július Hudáček	Goalies	Timo Pielmeier	Referees: Brett Iverson Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Jon Killian Judson Ritter
	Cehlárik (Bartánus, Mikuš) – 08:42 1–0 1–1 24:23 – Hager (Schütz, Gogulla) 1–2 28:57 – Gogulla (Müller, Hager) 1–3 34:48 – Reimer (Kahun, Draisaitl) (PP) 1–4 43:45 – Macek (Braun, Müller) 1–5 54:36 – Kahun (Reimer, Rieder)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	28	Shots	28

Hungary vs France

10 May 2016 20:15

Hungary

2–6 (1–3, 0–1, 1–2)

France

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,340

Game reference
	Miklós Rajna	Goalies	Cristobal Huet	Referees: Roman Gofman Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Miroslav Lhotský
	0–1 09:14 – Ritz (Auvitu, Moisand) M. Vas (G. Nagy, Wehrs) (PP) – 13:10 1–1 1–2 17:28 – S. Treille 1–3 19:26 – Fleury (Bellemare, Auvitu) (PP) 1–4 38:03 – Chakiachvili (Y. Treille) Sofron (M. Vas, Bartalis) – 47:58 2–4 2–5 53:03 – S. Treille (Bellemare, Fleury) (PP) 2–6 56:11 – S. Treille (Bellemare, Claireaux)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	21

Slovakia vs Belarus

11 May 2016 16:15

Slovakia

2–4 (0–0, 2–0, 0–4)

Belarus

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,172

Game reference
	Július Hudáček	Goalies	Vitali Koval	Referees: Roman Gofman Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Jon Killian Sakari Suominen
	Sekera (Réway, Daňo) (PP2) – 20:47 1–0 Jurčo (Mikuš, L. Hudáček) – 36:26 2–0 2–1 42:22 – Gotovets (Lisovets) 2–2 48:34 – Gavrus (Gotovets, Kovyrshin) 2–3 54:42 – Stepanov (Lisovets) 2–4 57:16 – Linglet (Platt, Lisovets)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	26	Shots	20

Finland vs Hungary

11 May 2016 20:15

Finland

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Hungary

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,794

Game reference
	Juuse Saros	Goalies	Ádám Vay	Referees: Brett Iverson Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Andreas Malmqvist
	Ohtamaa (Komarov) – 36:22 1–0 Koivu (Granlund, Komarov) – 49:27 2–0 Barkov (Laine, Jokinen) (PP) – 56:34 3–0
	2 min	Penalties	14 min
	51	Shots	13

United States vs France

12 May 2016 16:15

United States

4–0 (0–0, 3–0, 1–0)

France

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,287

Game reference
	Mike Condon	Goalies	Florian Hardy	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Gleb Lazarev
	Wideman (Foligno, Larkin) (PP) – 34:23 1–0 Murphy (Matthews, Vatrano) – 36:30 2–0 Compher (Hendricks, Motte) – 39:55 3–0 Skjei (Larkin) – 41:19 4–0
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	19

Canada vs Germany

12 May 2016 20:15

Canada

5–2 (1–0, 1–2, 3–0)

Germany

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,369

Game reference
	Cam Talbot	Goalies	Timo Pielmeier	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Judson Ritter
	Hall (Murray) – 03:54 1–0 Perry (Duchene, Brassard) (PP) – 23:22 2–0 2–1 31:31 – Reimer (Noebels, Kahun) 2–2 37:36 – Akdag (Gogulla, Schütz) Hall (McDavid, Matheson) – 43:12 3–2 Jenner (Rielly, Brassard) – 46:50 4–2 Ceci (Reilly) (PP) – 53:17 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	19

United States vs Hungary

13 May 2016 16:15

United States

5–1 (0–0, 3–0, 2–1)

Hungary

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 3,598

Game reference
	Keith Kinkaid	Goalies	Ádám Vay	Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Sakari Suominen
	Foligno (Wideman, Hanifin) (PP) – 24:37 1–0 Hinostroza (Fasching) – 24:55 2–0 Larkin (McCabe, Murphy) – 34:12 3–0 Foligno – 52:07 4–0 Murphy (Foligno) – 55:20 5–0 5–1 57:59 – Sofron (Bartalis, Sarauer) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	8

Germany vs Belarus

13 May 2016 20:15

Germany

5–2 (3–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Belarus

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,275

Game reference
	Thomas Greiss	Goalies	Vitali Koval	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Brett Iverson Linesmen: Jon Killian Andreas Malmqvist
	Reimer (Müller) – 04:26 1–0 Draisaitl (Noebels, Macek) – 05:44 2–0 Schütz (Gogulla, Hager) (PP) – 10:47 3–0 3–1 28:08 – Stepanov (Koval, Linglet) (PP) Brooks (Reul, Noebels) – 34:23 4–1 4–2 49:14 – Stas (Lisovets, Koval) Gogulla (Boyle) (PP, ENG) – 59:51 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	18

France vs Finland

14 May 2016 12:15

France

1–3 (0–0, 0–3, 1–0)

Finland

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,278

Game reference
	Cristobal Huet Ronan Quemener	Goalies	Mikko Koskinen	Referees: Roman Gofman Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Miroslav Lhotský
	0–1 25:00 – Lindell (Granlund, Koivu) (PP) 0–2 30:40 – Barkov (Laine, Jokinen) 0–3 34:50 – Laine (Jokinen) Bellemare (Treille, Auvitu) (PP2) – 52:31 1–3
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	19

Hungary vs Belarus

14 May 2016 16:15

Hungary

5–2 (2–1, 2–1, 1–0)

Belarus

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,539

Game reference
	Miklós Rajna	Goalies	Kevin Lalande Vitali Koval	Referees: Jozef Kubuš Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Judson Ritter Sakari Suominen
	G. Nagy (Sarauer, Kóger) – 5:31 1–0 J. Vas (Sarauer) (SH) – 10:31 2–0 2–1 12:31 – Platt (Stepanov) (PP) 2–2 26:43 – Gavrus (Stepanov, Kovyrshin) Sebők (Szirányi) – 30:32 3–2 Galló (Szirányi, Sofron) – 33:49 4–2 J. Vas (SH,ENG) – 59:57 5–2
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	18	Shots	19

Canada vs Slovakia

14 May 2016 20:15

Canada

5–0 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,512

Game reference
	Cam Talbot	Goalies	Július Hudáček	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Gleb Lazarev
	Rielly (Brassard) – 11:09 1–0 Duchene (Marchand) – 18:30 2–0 Hall (Stone, McDavid) (PP) – 33:56 3–0 Scheifele (Reinhart, Stone) – 38:35 4–0 Brassard (Perry, Murray) – 50:27 5–0
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	18

Germany vs United States

15 May 2016 16:15

Germany

3–2 (2–1, 0–1, 1–0)

United States

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,798

Game reference
	Thomas Greiss	Goalies	Mike Condon	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Andreas Malmqvist
	Hager (Schütz, Boyle) (PP) – 02:19 1–0 1–1 10:35 – McCabe (Compher, Murphy) Ehrhoff (Schütz, Hager) – 13:06 2–1 2–2 20:26 – Matthews (Nelson) (PP) Holzer (Goc) – 59:27 3–2
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	14	Shots	33

Slovakia vs Finland

15 May 2016 20:15

Slovakia

0–5 (0–0, 0–2, 0–3)

Finland

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,679

Game reference
	Július Hudáček	Goalies	Juuse Saros	Referees: Linus Ohlund Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Jon Killian Judson Ritter
	0–1 31:07 – Koivu (Lindell, Aho) (PP) 0–2 31:47 – Pihlström (Sallinen, Pokka) 0–3 46:46 – Barkov (Hietanen, Jaakola) (EA) 0–4 59:45 – Jokinen (Hietanen, Barkov) (PP) 0–5 59:57 – Laine (Barkov)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	14	Shots	35

Canada vs France

16 May 2016 16:15

Canada

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

France

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,219

Game reference
	Calvin Pickard	Goalies	Ronan Quemener	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Linus Ohlund Linesmen: Jon Killian Sakari Suominen
	Stone (Hall, McDavid) (PP) – 08:32 1–0 Duchene (Perry, Ellis) – 35:26 2–0 Scheifele (Stone, Marchand) – 43:51 3–0 Perry (O'Reilly, Gallagher) – 54:45 4–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	46	Shots	13

Germany vs Hungary

16 May 2016 20:15

Germany

4–2 (0–1, 1–0, 3–1)

Hungary

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,038

Game reference
	Thomas Greiss	Goalies	Miklós Rajna	Referees: Martin Fraňo Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Gleb Lazarev
	0–1 09:09 – Sofron (Bartalis) Hager (PP) – 31:42 1–1 Reul – 41:22 2–1 2–2 45:14 – Wehrs (Magosi) Braun (Akdag, Draisaitl) – 57:24 3–2 Goc (Seidenberg, Greiss) (ENG) – 59:27 4–2
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	16

United States vs Slovakia

17 May 2016 12:15

United States

2–3 OT (0–1, 1–0, 1–1) OT (0–1)

Slovakia

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,080

Game reference
	Keith Kinkaid	Goalies	Július Hudáček	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Sakari Suominen
	0–1 18:39 – Jaroš (Viedenský) Nelson (Warsofsky, Vatrano) (PP) – 27:15 1–1 Foligno (Larkin) – 42:53 2–1 2–2 52:14 – Skalický (Marcinko, Graňák) 2–3 60:59 – Daňo (Švarný, Meszároš)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	30

Belarus vs France

17 May 2016 16:15

Belarus

3–0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

France

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 4,895

Game reference
	Vitali Koval	Goalies	Cristobal Huet	Referees: Martin Fraňo Linus Ohlund Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Andreas Malmqvist
	Stas (Linglet, Gotovets) – 25:12 1–0 Platt (Linglet, Gotovets) – 38:23 2–0 Stas (Linglet, Platt) – 44:59 3–0
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	21

Canada vs Finland

17 May 2016 20:15

Canada

0–4 (0–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Finland

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,890

Game reference
	Cam Talbot	Goalies	Mikko Koskinen	Referees: Roman Gofman Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Judson Ritter
	0–1 26:10 – Kivistö (Rantanen) 0–2 36:03 – Komarov (Granlund) 0–3 38:50 – Pyörälä (Aho) 0–4 42:32 – Koskiranta (Pyörälä)
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	19

References

External links

• Official website