2022 IIHF World Championship final

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| game_name = 2022 IIHF World Championship final

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| visitor = {{ih|FIN}}

| home = {{ih|CAN}}

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| home_total =

| visitor_per1 = 0

| visitor_per2 = 0

| visitor_per3 = 3

| visitor_OT = 1

| home_per1 = 0

| home_per2 = 1

| home_per3 = 2

| home_OT = 0

| date = 29 May 2022

| arena = Tampere Deck Arena

| city = Tampere

| attendance = 11,487

| previous = 2021

| next = 2023

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The 2022 IIHF World Championship final decided the winner of the 2022 IIHF World Championship. It was played at the Tampere Deck Arena in Tampere, Finland on 29 May 2022.{{Cite web|title=Finland opens Worlds vs. Norway|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/wm/news/27264/2022-worlds-schedule|access-date=18 August 2021|website=iihf.com}}

Finland and Canada faced each other for the third consecutive time in the finals, and sixth overall. Finland won in 2019, while Canada prevailed in 2021.{{Cite web|title=Finland tops USA in semis at men's hockey worlds|url=https://www.tsn.ca/finland-united-states-iihf-world-hockey-championship-semifinal-1.1805631|access-date=28 May 2022|website=tsn.ca|date=28 May 2022 }}{{Cite web|title=Canada books familiar date for gold|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/wm/news/36528/canada_off_to_gold|access-date=28 May 2022|website=iihf.com}} Finland took the gold with a 4–3 overtime win.{{Cite web|title=Finland does it!|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/wm/news/36603/can_fin_gmg|access-date=29 May 2022|website=iihf.com}}

Road to the final

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!colspan=2 style="width:1*"|Finland

!Round

!colspan=2 style="width:1*"|Canada

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|Opponent

|Result

|bgcolor=#F7F6A8|Preliminary round

|Opponent

|Result

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|5–0

|bgcolor=#F7F6A8|Game 1

|align=left|{{ih|GER}}

|5–3

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|2–1

|bgcolor=#F7F6A8|Game 2

|align=left|{{ih|ITA}}

|6–1

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|4–1

|bgcolor=#F7F6A8|Game 3

|align=left|{{ih|SVK}}

|5–1

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|2–3 (GWS)

|bgcolor=#F7F6A8|Game 4

|align=left|{{ih|KAZ}}

|6–3

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|6–0

|bgcolor=#F7F6A8|Game 5

|align=left|{{ih|SUI}}

|3–6

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|3–0

|bgcolor=#F7F6A8|Game 6

|align=left|{{ih|DEN}}

|2–3

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|3–0

|bgcolor=#F7F6A8|Game 7

|align=left|{{ih|FRA}}

|7–1

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{{:2022 IIHF World Championship Group B|only_pld_pts=yes|showteam=FIN}}

|bgcolor="#F7F6A8"|Preliminary

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{{:2022 IIHF World Championship Group A|only_pld_pts=yes|showteam=CAN}}

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|Opponent

|Result

|bgcolor=#F7F6A8|Playoff

|Opponent

|Result

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|4–2

|bgcolor=#F7F6A8|Quarterfinals

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|4–3 (OT)

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|4–3

|bgcolor=#F7F6A8|Semifinals

|align=left|{{ih|CZE|name=Czechia}}

|6–1

Match

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|date = 29 May 2022

|time = 20:20

|team1 = {{ih-rt|FIN}}

|team2 = {{ih|CAN}}

|score = 4–3 {{small|OT}}

|progression= 0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 4–3

|periods = (0–0, 0–1, 3–2, 1–0)

|goalie1 = Juho Olkinuora

|goalie2 = Chris Driedger
Matt Tomkins

|goals1 = Granlund (Heiskanen, Lehtonen) (PP2) – 44:13 / Granlund (Lehtonen, Hartikainen) (PP) – 45:57 / Armia (Lammikko) – 54:04 / Manninen (Granlund, Heiskanen) (PP) – 66:42

|goals2 = 24:00 – Cozens (Barzal, Severson) (PP) / 57:48 – Whitecloud (Barzal, Anderson) (EA) / 58:36 – Comtois (Barzal, Batherson) (EA)

|stadium = Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere

|attendance = 11,487

|official = {{flagicon|SWE}} Mikael Nord

|official2 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Linus Öhlund

|linesman = {{flagicon|USA}} Nick Briganti

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|SVK}} Šimon Synek

|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/749/IHM749164_74_4_0.pdf

|penalties1 = 4

|penalties2 = 10

|shots1 = 31

|shots2 = 22