Standings
playoffs
Quarter-finals Semifinals finals
Finland
FIN
2
Sweden
SWE
3
Czechia
CZE
9
Switzerland
SUI
1
Quarter-final winners are reseeded for the semifinal round
QF winners are reseeded for SF
United States
USA
11
Germany
GER
1
Canada
CAN
4
Slovakia
SVK
3
ot
Czechia
CZE
2
Sweden
SWE
1
ot
United States
USA
2
Canada
CAN
6
Czechia
CZE
2
Canada
CAN
3
ot Gold medal game
United States
USA
8
Sweden
SWE
7
ot 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 winner of each semi-final game will move onto the gold medal game, while the losers will play in the bronze medal game.