Monday December 31st, 2018 -
Preliminary Round Last Day Schedule (GMT -8)
Group A Pacific Standard Time (GMT -8)
Denmark vs Czech Republic
Period-by-Period:
December 31st 2018, h. 13:00, Rogers Arena, Vancouver
(22:00 CET)
*Direct match for the Quarterfinals,
CZE - with everything on it´s own hands, any result except the lose in regulation time will qualify them for the QF, Any win (Regulation Time or after OT/PSO) will put the Czech team in 3rd place of the group ahead of Switzerland, a lose after OT/PSO will mean a final 4th Group place behind the Swiss.
DEN - Need a win in the 60 minutes of Regulation Time to finish 4th of the group, qualify for the quarterfinals and avoid the Relegation round. Any other result will qualify the Czechs and send Denmark to the Relegation Round.
Russia vs Canada Period-by-Period:
December 31st 2018, h. 17:00, Rogers Arena, Vancouver
(02:00 CET)
*Direct match for the 1st place in the group,
the winner of the match (doesn´t matter if in Regulation Time or after OT/PSO) will top the group and face Slovakia in the Quarterfinal, the losing team will finish 2nd of the Group.
Group B Pacific Standard Time (GMT -8)
Sweden vs Kazakhstan
Period-by-Period:
December 31st 2018, h. 15:30, Save-On-Foods Memorial Center, Victoria
(00:30 CET)
*Sweden playing for the Group´s 1st place, Kazahstan already assured to play the Relegation Round against the last team of Group A.
SWE - A win in this match (doesn´t matter if in regulation time or after OT/PSO) will secure the 1st place of the group and on paper the easiest opponent in the quarterfinals, 1st place is possible even with a lose after OT/PSO but Finland must defeat the USA in regulation time, or the game Finland vs USA must go to overtime,
in some circumstances also a Kazakhstans win in regulation time will be enough for Sweden to top the group, but only if Finland defeat USA after Overtime/Penalty Shoot-Out
United States vs Finland Period-by-Period:
December 31st 2018, h. 19:30, Save-On-Foods Memorial Center, Victoria
(04:30 CET)
*Both teams can still finish 1st, 2nd or 3rd of the Group,
USA - any win over Finland will assure them to finish higher than their opponent and at worst the 2nd place of the group.
A 3 points win will signify 1st place if Sweden lose to Kazakhstan in RT or after OT/PSO otherwise USA will finish seconds of the group.
A 2 points win will signify 1st place if Sweden lose to KAZ in Regulation Time otherwise USA will finish seconds of the group,
FIN - Any win over the USA will assure them to finish higher than their opponent and at worst the 2nd place of the group.
A 3 points win will signify 1st place only if Sweden lose to Kazakhstan in Regulation Time otherwise Finland will finish seconds of the group.
A 2 points win will signify only the 2nd place place of the group ahead of 3rd USA, no matter of the match SWE-KAZ final outcome was,