2015 IIHF World Championship Group B

Main article: 2015 IIHF World Championship
See also: 2015 IIHF World Championship Group A

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.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2015. Source: Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.[1]

All times are local (UTC+2).

1 May

United States vs Finland

1 May 2015
16:15		United States 5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)		 FinlandČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812
Game reference
Connor HellebuyckGoaliesPekka RinneReferees:
Tobias Bjork
Vyacheslav Bulanov
Linesmen:
Vit Lederer
Rudolf Tošenovjan
Moses (Krug, Nelson) – 19:371–0
1–125:40 – Jokipakka (Pesonen, Kemppainen)
Hendricks (Sexton) – 31:572–1
Sexton (Krug, Hendricks) – 34:743–1
Bonino (Moses, Nelson) – 46:194–1
Hendricks (Larkin) (ENG) – 57:225–1
8 minPenalties4 min
27Shots30

Russia vs Norway

1 May 2015
20:15		Russia 6–2
(4–0, 2–2, 0–0)		 NorwayČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 6,314
Game reference
Sergei BobrovskyGoaliesLars VoldenReferees:
Timothy Mayer
Jyri Rönn
Linesmen:
Jimmy Dahmen
Bevan Mills
Shipachyov (Kovalchuk, Dadonov) (PP) – 02:511–0
Anisimov (Kovalchuk) – 03:102–0
Zaripov (Mozyakin, Tikhonov) – 15:143–0
Tikhonov (Medvedev, Zaripov) – 16:534–0
4–120:25 – Thoresen (M. Olimb, Holøs)
4–226:50 – Thoresen (M. Olimb, Ask)
Chudinov (Mozyakin, Zaripov) – 29:085–2
Panarin (Shipachyov, Biryukov) – 34:106–2
8 minPenalties10 min
36Shots19

2 May

Slovakia vs Denmark

2 May 2015
12:15		Slovakia 4–3 GWS
(0–0, 0–1, 3–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 DenmarkČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812
Game reference
Ján LacoGoaliesPatrick GalbraithReferees:
Vyacheslav Bulanov
Jyri Rönn
Linesmen:
Nicolas Fluri
André Schrader
0–125:05 – Bjorkstrand (J. Jensen, J. B. Jensen) (PP)
Sersen (Hudáček, Pánik) (PP) – 48:081–1
Viedenský (Dravecký, Lušňák) – 49:262–1
2–249:57 – Hardt (Madsen)
Graňák (Dravecký, Laco) (PP) – 51:113–2
3–357:46 – Nielsen
Gáborík
Viedenský
Dravecký
Gáborík
Viedenský
Daňo 		Shootout Hardt
Madsen
Spelling
J. Jensen
Hardt
Green
6 minPenalties10 min
43Shots19

Belarus vs Slovenia

2 May 2015
16:15		Belarus 4–2
(2–1, 1–0, 1–1)		 SloveniaČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 5,995
Game reference
Kevin LalandeGoaliesRobert KristanReferees:
Mikael Nord
Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Anton Semjonov
Vit Lederer
Stas (Korobov, Gavrus) – 10:081–0
1–110:42 – Jeglič (Tičar)
A. Kostitsyn (Stas, Gavrus) – 12:162–1
Kalyuzhny (A. Kostitsyn, S. Kostitsyn) – 23:513–1
3–251:47 – Pance (Razingar, Kopitar)
Kitarov (ENG) – 59:414–2
4 minPenalties4 min
26Shots23

Norway vs United States

2 May 2015
20:15		Norway 1–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)		 United StatesČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 6,301
Game reference
Lars HaugenGoaliesConnor HellebuyckReferees:
Maxim Sidorenko
Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:
Bevan Mills
Rudolf Tošenovjan
Ask (Tollefsen, M. Olimb) – 06:391–0
1–112:14 – Lewis (Vesey)
1–225:58 – Nelson (Krug, Lewis)
12 minPenalties20 min
23Shots35

3 May

Russia vs Slovenia

3 May 2015
12:15		Russia 5–3
(3–0, 1–2, 1–1)		 SloveniaČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 7,557
Game reference
Konstantin BarulinGoaliesLuka GračnarReferees:
Tobias Bjork
Maxim Sidorenko
Linesmen:
Nicolas Fluri
Vit Lederer
Kovalchuk (Dadonov, Barulin) – 04:031–0
Kulemin (Antipin) – 04:392–0
Dadonov (Panarin, Shipachyov) (PP) – 18:563–0
3–123:14 – Kopitar (Pretnar, Kranjc)
Shipachyov (Panarin, Dadonov) – 29:274–1
4–234:30 – Pance
Dadonov (Shipachyov, Panarin) – 45:455–2
5–354:46 – Sabolič (Tičar, Jeglič)
4 minPenalties4 min
35Shots25

Belarus vs Slovakia

3 May 2015
16:15		Belarus 1–2 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT 0–1)		 SlovakiaČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812
Game reference
Kevin LalandeGoaliesJán LacoReferees:
Timothy Mayer
Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:
Paul Carnathan
Jimmy Dahmen
S. Kostitsyn (Kalyuzhny, A. Kostitsyn) – 51:271–0
1–152:31 – Meszároš (Hudáček, Dravecký)
1–261:55 – Meszároš (Jurčo, Tatar)
8 minPenalties10 min
18Shots34

Denmark vs Finland

3 May 2015
20:15		Denmark 0–3
(0–0, 0–3, 0–0)		 FinlandČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,353
Game reference
Sebastian DahmGoaliesPekka RinneReferees:
Mikael Nord
Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
André Schrader
Anton Semjonov
0–127:47 – Jokinen (Salmela, Donskoi)
0–228:58 – Pesonen (Louhivaara, Kemppainen)
0–335:56 – Barkov (Lindell, Jokinen)
8 minPenalties2 min
16Shots41

4 May

Russia vs United States

4 May 2015
16:15		Russia 2–4
(0–1, 1–1, 1–2)		 United StatesČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812
Game reference
Sergei BobrovskyGoaliesJack CampbellReferees:
Marcus Vinnerborg
Daniel Piechaczek
Linesmen:
Rudolf Tošenovjan
Bevan Mills
0–106:22 – Lewis (Jones, Eichel)
Belov (Panarin, Dadonov) – 23:401–1
1–226:22 – Krug (Jones, Faulk) (PP2)
1–351:52 – Arcobello (Vesey)
Plotnikov (Kulikov, Anisimov) – 56:192–3
2–459:51 – Nelson (Lee) (ENG)
6 minPenalties6 min
17Shots20

Norway vs Finland

4 May 2015
20:15		Norway 0–5
(0–1, 0–2, 0–2)		 FinlandČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 6,634
Game reference
Lars VoldenGoaliesPekka RinneReferees:
Timothy Mayer
Tobias Bjork
Linesmen:
Jimmy Dahmen
Vit Lederer
0–105:05 – Lindell (Jokinen, Barkov) (PP)
0–228:39 – Kemppainen (Lindell, Aaltonen) (PP2)
0–330:21 – Kemppainen (Lindell, Aaltonen) (PP2)
0–451:15 – Jokipakka (Komarov, Kemppainen)
0–552:11 – Jokinen (Salmela, Barkov)
10 minPenalties12 min
20Shots30

5 May

Denmark vs Belarus

5 May 2015
16:15		Denmark 1–5
(1–0, 0–3, 0–2)		 BelarusČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 4,796
Game reference
Patrick GalbraithGoaliesKevin LalandeReferees:
Daniel Stricker
Jozef Kubuš
Linesmen:
Nicolas Fluri
André Schrader
Jakobsen (Madsen, Hardt) – 13:381–0
1–120:44 – Gavrus (A. Kostitsyn, Kalyuzhny)
1–227:27 – Kovyrshin (Kulakov, Stepanov)
1–329:35 – Shinkevich (Kalyuzhny, A. Kostitsyn)
1–445:36 – Kovyrshin (Kulakov, Shinkevich)
1–554:44 – Usenko (Kitarov, Demkov)
18 minPenalties8 min
26Shots35

Slovakia vs Slovenia

5 May 2015
20:15		Slovakia 3–1
(0–1, 0–0, 3–0)		 SloveniaČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812
Game reference
Ján LacoGoaliesRobert KristanReferees:
Konstantin Olenin
Roman Gofman
Linesmen:
Anton Semjonov
Paul Carnathan
0–106:20 – Urbas (Kranjc, Kovačevič) (PP)
Meszároš (Surový) (PP) – 47:571–1
Gáborík (Hudáček, Surový) – 54:162–1
Gáborík (ENG) – 59:593–1
6 minPenalties12 min
33Shots23

6 May

Russia vs Denmark

6 May 2015
16:15		Russia 5–2
(2–0, 1–1, 2–1)		 DenmarkČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 7,682
Game reference
Sergei BobrovskyGoaliesSebastian DahmReferees:
Timothy Mayer
Tobias Bjork
Linesmen:
Bevan Mills
Anton Semjonov
Panarin (Dadonov, Shipachyov) (PP) – 10:531–0
Mozyakin (Malkin) – 13:172–0
2–129:35 – Green (Spelling, O. Lauridsen)
Dadonov (Medvedev, Chudinov) (PP) – 38:453–1
3–249:36 – Spelling (PP)
Mozyakin (Kulemin, Malkin) – 57:034–2
Tarasenko (Antipin, Plotnikov) – 57:515–2
12 minPenalties10 min
33Shots20

Slovakia vs Norway

6 May 2015
20:15		Slovakia 2–3
(1–0, 1–2, 0–1)		 NorwayČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812
Game reference
Ján LacoGoaliesLars HaugenReferees:
Daniel Stricker
Marcus Vinnerborg
Linesmen:
Jimmy Dahmen
Rudolf Tošenovjan
Surový (Gáborík, Hudáček) (PP) – 18:031–0
Ďaloga (Mikuš, Tatar) – 21:292–0
2–125:40 – Nørstebø (Holøs, M. Olimb) (PP)
2–235:30 – Rosseli Olsen (Ask, Martinsen)
2–341:56 – Nørstebø (Thoresen, Holøs) (PP)
45 minPenalties10 min
24Shots23

7 May

United States vs Belarus

7 May 2015
16:15		United States 2–5
(0–0, 1–3, 1–2)		 BelarusČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 6,648
Game reference
Jack CampbellGoaliesKevin LalandeReferees:
Konstantin Olenin
Roman Gofman
Linesmen:
Vit Lederer
André Schrader
0–131:11 – Gavrus (Lisovets, Shinkevich)
0–233:01 – Volkov (S. Kostitsyn)
0–336:06 – Kitarov (S. Kostitsyn)
Nelson (Eichel) – 37:211–3
1–441:15 – Kalyuzhny (A. Kostitsyn, Usenko) (PP2)
Krug (Eichel, Lewis) (PP) – 45:352–4
2–548:23 – Kalyuzhny (A. Kostitsyn, Lisovets)
8 minPenalties10 min
30Shots23

Finland vs Slovenia

7 May 2015
20:15		Finland 4–0
(2–0, 2–0, 0–0)		 SloveniaČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 6,450
Game reference
Pekka RinneGoaliesGašper KrošeljReferees:
Jozef Kubuš
Daniel Piechaczek
Linesmen:
Nicolas Fluri
Paul Carnathan
Komarov (Pesonen, Kemppainen) – 05:531–0
Kontiola – 06:342–0
Barkov (Donskoi, Jokinen) – 21:193–0
Kemppainen (Ruutu, Aaltonen) (PP) – 35:574–0
4 minPenalties6 min
33Shots13

8 May

Slovenia vs Norway

8 May 2015
16:15		Slovenia 1–3
(0–1, 1–2, 0–0)		 NorwayČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812
Game reference
Robert KristanGoaliesLars HaugenReferees:
Daniel Stricker
Marcus Vinnerborg
Linesmen:
Jimmy Dahmen
Anton Semjonov
0–1Thoresen (M. Olimb, Holøs) (PP) – 08:23
Muršak (Kopitar, Kranjc) – 20:151–1
1–2Bastiansen(K. Olimb, Sørvik) (PP) – 23:46
1–3Holøs (M. Olimb, Thoresen) (PP) – 38:49
10 minPenalties4 min
18Shots24

United States vs Denmark

8 May 2015
20:15		United States 1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 DenmarkČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812
Game reference
Connor HellebuyckGoaliesSebastian DahmReferees:
Pavel Hodek
Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Rudolf Tošenovjan
Bevan Mills
Nelson – 27:541–0
6 minPenalties6 min
41Shots21

9 May

Belarus vs Russia

9 May 2015
12:15		Belarus 0–7
(0–1, 0–3, 0–3)		 RussiaČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,363
Game reference
Kevin Lalande
Igor Brikun		GoaliesSergei Bobrovsky
Anton Khudobin		Referees:
Daniel Stricker
Daniel Piechaczek
Linesmen:
Jimmy Dahmen
Nicolas Fluri
0–109:53 – Kovalchuk (Kulemin, Anisimov)
0–221:33 – Tarasenko (Anisimov, Medvedev)
0–329:24 – Shipachyov (Panarin, Dadonov)
0–432:22 – Panarin (Shipachyov, Mironov)
0–542:51 – Shirokov (PS)
0–644:49 – Dadonov (Malkin, Kovalchuk) (PP)
0–751:04 – Malkin (Tarasenko, Mozyakin) (PP)
18 minPenalties4 min
13Shots32

Finland vs Slovakia

9 May 2015
16:15		Finland 3–0
(0–0, 0–0, 3–0)		 SlovakiaČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812
Game reference
Juuse SarosGoaliesJán LacoReferees:
Marcus Vinnerborg
Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Bevan Mills
Paul Carnathan
Donskoi (Lindell, Jokinen) – 50:281–0
Aaltonen (Pesonen, Kemppainen) – 55:332–0
Komarov (ENG) – 59:533–0
8 minPenalties10 min
31Shots22

Denmark vs Norway

9 May 2015
20:15		Denmark 4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 NorwayČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 7,316
Game reference
Sebastian DahmGoaliesLars HaugenReferees:
Marcus Vinnerborg
Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Bevan Mills
Paul Carnathan
N. Jensen (A. Poulsen) – 01:511–0
1–103:18 – K. Olimb (Olsen, Bonsaksen)
Nielsen (Jakobsen, Madsen) (PP) – 19:362–1
Storm (J. Jensen, Nielsen) (PP) – 33:013–1
Jakobsen (Hardt, Madsen) – 51:364–1
8 minPenalties8 min
19Shots25

10 May

Slovenia vs United States

10 May 2015
16:15		Slovenia 1–3
(0–2, 1–0, 0–1)		 United StatesČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,202
Game reference
Robert KristanGoaliesConnor HellebuyckReferees:
Aleksi Rantala
Roman Gofman
Linesmen:
Rudolf Tošenovjan
Anton Semjonov
0–104:17 – Nelson (Reilly, Lewis)
0–216:32 – Nelson (Lewis, Faulk) (PP)
Mušič (Ograjenšek, Pretnar) – 26:541–2
1–341:09 – Eichel (Nelson, Lewis)
4 minPenalties6 min
22Shots17

Slovakia vs Russia

10 May 2015
20:15		Slovakia 2–3 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
(OT 0–1)		 RussiaČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812
Game reference
Július HudáčekGoaliesSergei BobrovskyReferees:
Pavel Hodek
Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:
Nicolas Fluri
Vit Lederer
Kopecký (Pánik, Dravecký) – 05:581–0
1–127:07 – Mozyakin (Chudinov, Kulemin) (PP)
1–241:10 – Tarasenko (Antipin)
Gáborík (L. Hudáček) – 47:052–2
2–362:06 – Panarin
4 minPenalties2 min
22Shots32

11 May

Finland vs Belarus

11 May 2015
16:15		Finland 3–2 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 2–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 BelarusČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812
Game reference
Pekka RinneGoaliesVitali KovalReferees:
Daniel Stricker
Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Rudolf Tošenovjan
Anton Semjonov
0–145:09 – Kovyrshin (Stepanov, Kulakov)
Donskoi (Lindell, Jokinen) (PP) – 51:571–1
Hartikainen (Jaakola, Kemppainen) – 52:512–1
2–259:29 – Kalyuzhny (S. Kostitsyn) (EA)
Immonen
Donskoi
Jokinen 		Shootout S. Kostitsyn
Stepanov
8 minPenalties6 min
26Shots25

Slovenia vs Denmark

11 May 2015
20:15		Slovenia 1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)		 DenmarkČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 6,768
Game reference
Gašper KrošeljGoaliesSebastian DahmReferees:
Marcus Vinnerborg
Vladimír Šindler
Linesmen:
Paul Carnathan
André Schrader
Pance (Kovačevič, Kopitar) – 10:001–0
2 minPenalties2 min
21Shots24

12 May

Norway vs Belarus

12 May 2015
12:15		Norway 2–3
(0–1, 1–2, 1–0)		 BelarusČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812
Game reference
Lars HaugenGoaliesKevin LalandeReferees:
Pavel Hodek
Marcus Vinnerborg
Linesmen:
Bevan Mills
Paul Carnathan
0–107:29 – Kalyuzhny (S. Kostitsyn, A. Kostitsyn) (PP)
0–229:01 – Korobov (S. Kostitsyn, Kalyuzhny) (PP)
0–332:03 – A. Kostitsyn (Kalyuzhny, Stepanov) (PP)
Thoresen (M. Olimb, Holøs) – 32:201–3
Nørstebø (M. Olimb, Thoresen) – 45:132–3
16 minPenalties10 min
24Shots17

United States vs Slovakia

12 May 2015
16:15		United States 5–4 OT
(2–0, 2–4, 0–0)
(OT 1–0)		 SlovakiaČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812
Game reference
Connor HellebuyckGoaliesJán Laco
Július Hudáček		Referees:
Tobias Wehrli
Daniel Piechaczek
Linesmen:
Jimmy Dahmen
Nicolas Fluri
Smith (Moore, Arcobello) – 02:361–0
Jones (Eichel, Lewis) (PP) – 04:112–0
Lee (Faulk, Bonino) – 20:273–0
3–126:29 – Gáborík (Dravecký, Meszároš) (PP)
3–230:36 – Jánošík (Gáborík, Sersen)
3–336:27 – Dravecký (Ďaloga, Kopecký)
3–438:22 – Bartovič (Graňák)
Coyle (Redmond, Lee) – 39:084–4
Eichel – 64:325–4
10 minPenalties12 min
34Shots25

Finland vs Russia

12 May 2015
20:15		Finland 3–2 GWS
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 RussiaČEZ Aréna, Ostrava
Attendance: 8,812
Game reference
Pekka RinneGoaliesSergei BobrovskyReferees:
Mikael Nord
Tobias Bjork
Linesmen:
Vit Lederer
André Schrader
0–118:04 – Mozyakin (Malkin, Kulemin)
Barkov (Pesonen, Jokinen) (PP) – 24:541–1
1–254:54 – Panarin (Dadonov, Chudinov)
Donskoi (Barkov, Jokinen) – 57:412–2
Immonen
Donskoi
Jokinen
Barkov
Donskoi 		Shootout Panarin
Mozyakin
Tarasenko
Kovalchuk
Panarin
25 minPenalties6 min
30Shots35

References

  1. ^ "Information - 2015 WM - International Icehockey Federation IIHF". IIHF. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
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