Standings
playoffs
Quarter-finals Semifinals finals
United States
USA
13
Latvia
LAT
3
Czechia
CZE
8
Switzerland
SUI
0
Sweden
SWE
7
Germany
GER
1
Finland
FIN
6
Canada
CAN
5
ot
United States
USA
6
Czechia
CZE
1
Sweden
SWE
2
Finland
FIN
1
United States
USA
4
Sweden
SWE
6
Gold medal game
Finland
FIN
4
Czechia
CZE
1
Bronze medal game
Playoff Seeding

The top four placed teams from the Preliminary will play a cross-over quarter-final game: 1A vs. 4B, 1B vs. 4A, 2A vs. 3B and 2B vs. 3A. The winner of each quarter-final moves onto the semi-finals.

In the semi-finals the best-ranked team - criteria: 1) placement in the group, 2) points in the preliminary round, 3) goal difference in the preliminary round, 4) goals scored in the preliminary round, 5) seeding coming into the tournament - will play against the lowest-ranked semi-finalist. The 2nd-best ranked semi-finalist will play the 3rd-best ranked semi-finalist. The host if qualified, or otherwise the best-ranked semi-finalist according to beforementioned criteria, shall play the early game. The time slots will officially be determined after the quarter-final games.

The winner of each semi-final game will move onto the gold medal game, while the losers will play in the bronze medal game.