2022 IIHF World Championship playoff round#Canada vs Czechia

Quarter-finalists were paired according to their positions in the groups: the first-place team in each preliminary-round group played the fourth-place team of the other group, while the second-place team played the third-place team of the other group.{{cite web |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/wm/tournamentinfo/19550/tournament-info |title=Tournament Format |website=IIHF |access-date=21 May 2022}}

Semi-finalists are paired according to their seeding after the preliminary round, which is determined by the following criteria: 1){{nbsp}}position in the group; 2){{nbsp}}number of points; 3){{nbsp}}goal difference; 4){{nbsp}}number of goals scored for; 5){{nbsp}}seeding number entering the tournament. The best-ranked semi-finalist plays against the lowest-ranked semi-finalist, while the second-best ranked semi-finalist plays the third-best ranked semi-finalist.

There was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.

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All times are local (UTC+3).

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|date = 26 May 2022

|time = 16:20

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

|team2 = {{ih|CZE|name=Czechia}}

|score = 1–4

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

|periods = (0–2, 0–1, 1–1)

|goalie1 = Philipp Grubauer

|goalie2 = Karel Vejmelka

|goals1 = Seider (Noebels, Plachta) (EA) – 53:48

|goals2 = 02:17 – Pastrňák (Krejčí, Červenka) (PP) / 10:04 – Červenka (Krejčí, Hronek) (PP) / 32:10 – Krejčí (Pastrňák, Červenka) (PP) / 58:10 – Smejkal (Kämpf) (EN)

|stadium = Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki

|attendance = 4,290

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

|official2 = {{flagicon|SUI}} Miroslav Stolc

|linesman = {{flagicon|CAN}} Maxime Chaput

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

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|penalties1 = 8

|penalties2 = 6

|shots1 = 22

|shots2 = 24

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|date = 26 May 2022

|time = 16:20

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

|team2 = {{ih|CAN}}

|score = 3–4 {{small|OT}}

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

|periods = (2–0, 1–0, 0–3)
(OT: 0–1)

|goalie1 = Linus Ullmark

|goalie2 = Chris Driedger

|goals1 = Klingberg (Lang, Peterson) – 01:27 / Nylander (Nordström) – 07:04 / Friberg (Gustafsson, Ekman-Larsson) – 28:23

|goals2 = 41:21 – Graves (Roy, Comtois) / 58:07 – Dubois (Chabot, Cozens) (PP, EA) / 58:37 – Barzal (Batherson, Comtois) (EA) / 60:43 – Batherson (Barzal, Dubois) (PP)

|stadium = Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere

|attendance = 8,576

|official = {{flagicon|FIN}} Lassi Heikkinen

|official2 = {{flagicon|USA}} Jake Rekucki

|linesman = {{flagicon|FIN}} Hannu Sormunen

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|CZE}} Josef Špůr

|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/749/IHM749358_74_4_0.pdf

|penalties1 = 6

|penalties2 = 10

|shots1 = 19

|shots2 = 42

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|date = 26 May 2022

|time = 20:20

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|team2 = {{ih|USA}}

|score = 0–3

|progression= 0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3

|periods = (0–2, 0–0, 0–1)

|goalie1 = Leonardo Genoni

|goalie2 = Jeremy Swayman

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|goals2 = 11:59 – Meyers (Bellows, Hughes) (PP) / 16:42 – Gaudette (Peeke) / 54:06 – Meyers (Kuhlman, Farrell)

|stadium = Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki

|attendance = 3,727

|official = {{flagicon|LAT}} Andris Ansons

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

|linesman = {{flagicon|DEN}} Andreas Krøyer

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|CAN}} Nathan van Oosten

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|penalties1 = 2

|penalties2 = 4

|shots1 = 33

|shots2 = 22

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|date = 26 May 2022

|time = 20:20

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

|team2 = {{ih|SVK}}

|score = 4–2

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

|periods = (1–2, 1–0, 2–0)

|goalie1 = Juho Olkinuora

|goalie2 = Adam Húska

|goals1 = Anttila (Friman, Pokka) – 18:27 / Anttila – 23:44 / Manninen (Sallinen, Lehtonen) – 44:01 / Mäenalanen (Anttila, Björninen) (EN) – 59:59

|goals2 = 08:17 – Sýkora (Lunter) / 15:16 – Regenda (Takáč, Ivan)

|stadium = Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere

|attendance = 11,341

|official = {{flagicon|CAN}} Fraser Lawrence

|official2 = {{flagicon|USA}} Sean MacFarlane

|linesman = {{flagicon|USA}} Jake Davis

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Emil Yletyinen

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|penalties1 = 4

|penalties2 = 2

|shots1 = 25

|shots2 = 21

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|date = 28 May 2022

|time = 14:20

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

|team2 = {{ih|USA}}

|score = 4–3

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

|periods = (1–1, 2–1, 1–1)

|goalie1 = Juho Olkinuora

|goalie2 = Jeremy Swayman

|goals1 = Heiskanen (Pesonen, Armia) – 16:53 / Manninen (Lehtonen, Hartikainen) (PP) – 24:11 / Vatanen (Pesonen, Heiskanen) – 29:40 / Armia (Heiskanen, Vatanen) – 45:03

|goals2 = 01:04 – Schmidt (Peeke, Tynan) / 26:52 – Farrell (Meyers, Jones) / 57:09 – Gaudette (Boldy, Tynan) (EA)

|stadium = Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere

|attendance = 11,055

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

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

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

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|CAN}} Nathan van Oosten

|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/749/IHM749261_74_3_0.pdf

|penalties1 = 2

|penalties2 = 6

|shots1 = 26

|shots2 = 28

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|date = 28 May 2022

|time = 18:20

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

|team2 = {{ih|CZE|name=Czechia}}

|score = 6–1

|progression= 0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1

|periods = (1–1, 3–0, 2–0)

|goalie1 = Chris Driedger

|goalie2 = Karel Vejmelka

|goals1 = Cozens (Dubois) – 19:27 / Lowry (Johnson, Chabot) (PP) – 27:33 / Johnson (Mercer) – 28:54 / Barzal (Cozens, Batherson) (PP) – 30:52 / Sillinger (Anderson) – 43:56 / Cozens (Batherson, Whitecloud) – 52:50

|goals2 = 07:07 – Krejčí (Červenka, Hronek) (PP)

|stadium = Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere

|attendance = 9,047

|official = {{flagicon|FIN}} Lassi Heikkinen

|official2 = {{flagicon|USA}} Jake Rekucki

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

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|FIN}} Hannu Sormunen

|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/749/IHM749262_74_4_1.pdf

|penalties1 = 8

|penalties2 = 8

|shots1 = 35

|shots2 = 26

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|date = 29 May 2022

|time = 15:20

|team1 = {{ih-rt|CZE|name=Czechia}}

|team2 = {{ih|USA}}

|score = 8–4

|progression= 0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 4–3 / 5–3 / 6–3 / 7–3 / 7–4 / 8–4

|periods = (1–3, 1–0, 6–1)

|goalie1 = Karel Vejmelka
Marek Langhamer

|goalie2 = Jeremy Swayman

|goals1 = Černoch (Flek, Stránský) – 15:19 / Smejkal (Sklenička, Kundrátek) – 32:12 / Pastrňák (Hertl, Zohorna) – 40:51 / Červenka (Krejčí) – 42:29 / Pastrňák (Jordán, Hertl) – 43:37 / Kämpf (Smejkal) (SH) – 54:42 / Kämpf (Šimek) (EN) – 58:08 / Pastrňák (Hertl, Červenka) (PP) – 59:23

|goals2 = 09:33 – Kuhlman (Meyers, Peeke) / 12:14 – Gaudette (Boldy, Tynan) (PP) / 19:47 – Kuhlman (Schmidt, Lafferty) (SH) / 58:41 – Bordeleau (Watson, Hayden)

|stadium = Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere

|attendance = 9,737

|official = {{flagicon|FIN}} Lassi Heikkinen

|official2 = {{flagicon|CAN}} Fraser Lawrence

|linesman = {{flagicon|FIN}} Hannu Sormunen

|linesman2 = {{flagicon|CAN}} Nathan van Oosten

|reference = https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/749/IHM749163_74_4_1.pdf

|penalties1 = 6

|penalties2 = 8

|shots1 = 32

|shots2 = 24

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