Canada2 – Italy veterans 6:1 (end) | USA – Kazakhstan 4:3 (after OT) | Sweden2 – Slovakia2 3:1 (end)
Finland – Switzerland 3:2 (1:0 after SO)
final/OT
USA
4:3 (1:1, 2:1, 0:1 – 1:0)
Kazakhstan
Friday 16.05.2014, 15:45 • Minsk-Arena, Minsk, Belarus • World Championship
     
    American anthem will follow, goodbye for now. (18:10:41)
     
    Roman Starchenko and Seth Jones are named the players of the game as they both scored twice.
     
    The Americans come away victorious despite a great performance by Kazakh goaltender Alexei Ivanov who made 35 saves in the game. Seth Jones won the game for Team USA with his second of the night just about a minute into the overtime.
     
    Game over.
     
    61:05
    Goal for Team USA!

    And this one ends happily for the Americans, just like two years ago. And again, it's a defenseman who scores the game-winner. SETH JONES picked up the lose puck and showed all the fans here why he's a clutch player. Great shot upstairs to end the game.

    Assisted by Dan DeKeyser and Johnny Gaudreau.
     
    60:55
    A couple of shots by DeKeyser and Nelson, but they either miss the net or get blocked in front.
     
    60:32
    Huge one-timer from the right side by Jones, good stop made by Ivanov.
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    And just like two years ago, these two are going to overtime following a great third period by Team Kazakhstan.
     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.
     
    59:57
    Jones was looking to beat the buzzer with a hard one-timer but it misses the target.
     
    59:12
    Krasnoslobodtsev had the puck in a good position in front of Thomas, but Smith came back defensively to take it away.
     
    58:44
    Panshin was almost sprung on a breakaway,but DeKeyser was there to halt him.
     
    57:44
    Starchenko sprinted in and fired one from the left side, just wide of the net.
     
    57:25
    Jones has the puck in his own zone looking to set up a counter-attack.
     
    56:42
    Nelson has his shot deflected wide of the net.
     
    56:10
    Romanov carried the puck in and then Litvinenko fired one hard, everything gets blocked in front of Thomas.
     
    55:19
    Wingels skated out front, but the shot only deflects back to DeKeyser whose drive almost gets tipped in by Stapleton, but Ivanov holds on again.
     
    54:37
    More shots on goal by Murphy, Gardiner and Nelson, but Ivanov comes up big and makes a couple of critical stops.
     
    54:13
    Great feed for Johnson by Smith, but the Spokane native failed to pull the trigger in front.
    Commentary by

    Radoslav Vavřina

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 19. C. Smith (Nelson), 24. Jones (C. Smith), 36. Donovan (Gaudreau), 62. Jones (DeKeyser, Gaudreau) – 15. Starchenko (Upper, Dallman), 22. Romanov (Panshin, Lakiza), 54. Starchenko (Antropov)

    USA: Thomas (Leggio) – Jones, DeKeyser, Gardiner, Murphy, Petry, McCabe, Donovan – T. Johnson, Nelson, C. Smith "A" – Gaudreau, Miele, Abdelkader "C" – J. Hayes, Trocheck, P. Mueller – K. Hayes, Stapleton "A", Wingels – D. Shore.
    Kazakhstan: Ivanov (Yeremeyev) – Dallman, Blokhin, Semyonov, Lakiza, Savchenko, Litvinenko "A", Vasilchenko, Kazantsev – Zhailauov, Starchenko, Antropov "C" – Upper "A", Puhskaryov, Romanov – Polishuk, Gavrilin, Krasnoslobodtsev – Panshin, Spiridonov, Rymarev.
    Referees: Nord (SWE), Sidorenko (RUS) – Fluri (SUI), Lederer (CZE).
    Attendance: 10,779