Sweden – Czech Republic 3:1 (end) | USA – Slovakia 2:3 (end) | Belarus – Russia 2:5 (end)
Canada – USA 3:4 (0:2 after SO)
after shootout (0:2)
Canada
3:4 (2:0, 1:1, 0:2 - 0:0)
USA
Friday 29.12.2017, 21:10 • New Era Field, Buffalo • World Junior Championship • Group A

     
    Game over. (00:36:06)
    Kieffer Bellows (USA) - 3:4
     
    USA has won after the penalty shoot-out.

    The winning goal scored by KIEFFER BELLOWS.
     
    4. series
    0:2
    Drake BATHERSON fails.
     
    3. series
    0:2
    Casey MITTELSTADT fails.
     
    3. series
    0:2
    Taylor RADDYSH fails.
     
    2. series
    0:2
    Brady TKACHUK scores.
     
    2. series
    0:1
    Robert THOMAS fails.
     
    1. series
    0:1
    Kieffer BELLOWS scores.
    Sam Steel (CAN)
     
    1. series
    0:0
    Sam STEEL fails.
     
    Start of shootout.
     
    65:00
    Overtime finished.
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.

     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.


    Goals and assists: 5. Makar (Thomas), 16. Dube (Steel), 38. Katchouk (Bean) – 37. Bellows (Mittelstadt), 47. Perunovich, 47. B. Tkachuk, dec. goal Bellows

    Shootout:

    1. series:
    0:0   Sam Steel (CAN)
    0:1   Kieffer Bellows (USA)
    2. series:
    0:1   Robert Thomas (CAN)
    0:2   Brady Tkachuk (USA)
    3. series:
    0:2   Taylor Raddysh (CAN)
    0:2   Casey Mittelstadt (USA)
    4. series:
    0:2   Drake Batherson (CAN)


    Canada: Hart (C. Point) – Timmins, Mete, Fabbro (A), Clague (A), C. Foote, Bean, Makar – Kyrou, Steel, Dube (C) – Raddysh, Thomas, Katchouk – Batherson, M. McLeod, Gadjovich – Formenton, B. Howden, Comtois – Steenbergen.
    USA: Oettinger (Swayman) – Fox (A), Samberg, Perunovich, R. Lindgren (A), Peeke, M. Anderson, Hughes – J. Anderson (C), Poehling, B. Tkachuk – Yamamoto, Mittelstadt, Jones – Lockwood, Norris, Bellows – Harper, Frederic, Tufte.

    Referees: Kaukokari (FIN), Wiegand (SUI) – Ondráček (CZE), Sysujev (RUS)

    Attendance: 44 592