2017 IIHF World Championship final

Canada had finished top of their group; of their seven games, they won six and lost one in overtime. In the knock-out stages, Canada beat Germany in the quarter-finals and Russia in the semi-finals.[1]

Sweden finished third in their group, with five wins, one loss and one overtime loss in their seven games. They defeated Switzerland at the quarter-final stage and traditional rivals Finland in their semi-final.[1]

Canada		Round	Sweden
Opponent	Result	Preliminary round[1]	Opponent	Result
Czech Republic	4–1	Game 1	Russia	1–2 (GWS)
Slovenia	7–2	Game 2	Germany	7–2
Belarus	6–0	Game 3	United States	3–4
France	3–2	Game 4	Latvia	2–0
Switzerland	2–3 (OT)	Game 5	Italy	8–1
Norway	5–0	Game 6	Denmark	4–2
Finland	5–2	Game 7	Slovakia	4–2
Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts  Canada 7 6 0 1 0 32 10 +22 19   Switzerland 7 3 2 2 0 22 14 +8 15  Czech Republic 7 3 2 0 2 23 14 +9 13  Finland 7 2 2 1 2 20 22 −2 11  France 7 2 2 0 3 23 19 +4 10  Norway 7 2 0 2 3 13 19 −6 8  Belarus 7 2 0 1 4 15 27 −12 7  Slovenia 7 0 0 1 6 13 36 −23 1 Source:		Preliminary	Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts  United States 7 6 0 0 1 31 14 +17 18  Russia 7 5 1 0 1 35 10 +25 17  Sweden 7 5 0 1 1 29 13 +16 16  Germany 7 2 2 1 2 20 23 −3 11  Latvia 7 3 0 1 3 14 18 −4 10  Denmark 7 1 2 0 4 13 22 −9 7  Slovakia 7 0 1 2 4 12 28 −16 4  Italy 7 0 0 1 6 6 32 −26 1 Source:
Opponent	Result	Playoff[1]	Opponent	Result
Germany	2–1	Quarterfinals	Switzerland	3–1
Russia	4–2	Semifinals	Finland	4–1

The first period between the two teams was goalless, with Canada managing to kill off two penalties.[2] Sweden opened the scoring with Victor Hedman's short-handed goal shortly before the end of the second period. Canada failed to capitalize from Nicklas Bäckström's penalty for slashing[3] and lost possession. Hedman then sent a backhanded shot past several players towards the Canadian goal, which managed to slide under Calvin Pickard.[4] Canada responded two minutes into the third period by converting a power play. Elias Lindholm was caught high-sticking, and the resulting play allowed Ryan O'Reilly to slot in Mitch Marner's rebounded shot.[5]

The game remained tied after overtime, meaning the game was decided via a five-round shootout. While William Nylander missed the opening penalty shot, Bäckström and Oliver Ekman-Larsson both scored their shots for Sweden. Canada failed to register a goal, with Henrik Lundqvist preventing four attempted penalty shots from converting. The win enabled Sweden to claim their 10th championship title.[5] Nylander was named tournament Most Valuable Player, with seven goals and seven assists in ten games.[6]

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
	0–1 39:39 – Hedman (SH) O'Reilly (Marner, MacKinnon) (PP) – 41:58 1–1
	MacKinnon Point O'Reilly Marner	Shootout	Nylander Bäckström Ekman-Larsson Landeskog
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	42

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