Denmark – Sweden 4:3 (end) | Norway – Germany 1:5 (end) | Great Britain – Russia 1:7 (end)
Finland – USA 2:1 (end) | Czech Republic – Switzerland 2:5 (end) | Latvia – Kazakhstan 2:3 (3:4 after SO)
after shootout (3:4)
Latvia
2:3 (0:0, 1:1, 1:1 - 0:0)
Kazakhstan
Saturday 22.05.2021, 19:15 • Riga Arena • World Championship • Group B
     
    Game over. (21:51:13)
    Alexei Maklyukov (KAZ) - 2:2
     
    Kazakhstan has won after the penalty shoot-out.

    The winning goal scored by ALEXEI MAKLYUKOV.
    Rihards Bukarts (LAT)
     
    8. series
    3:4
    Rihards BUKARTS fails.
    Alexei Maklyukov (KAZ)
     
    8. series
    3:4
    Alexei MAKLYUKOV scores.
    Darzins (LAT)
     
    7. series
    3:3
    Darzins fails.
    Mikhailis (KAZ)
     
    7. series
    3:3
    Mikhailis fails.
    Miks Indrasis (LAT)
     
    6. series
    3:3
    Miks INDRASIS fails.
    Starchenko (KAZ)
     
    6. series
    3:3
    Starchenko fails.
    Darren Dietz (KAZ)
     
    5. series
    3:3
    Darren DIETZ fails.
    Rihards Bukarts (LAT)
     
    5. series
    3:3
    Rihards BUKARTS fails.
    Starchenko (KAZ)
     
    4. series
    3:3
    Starchenko scores.
    Kaspars Daugavins (LAT)
     
    4. series
    3:2
    Kaspars DAUGAVINS fails.
    Mikhailis (KAZ)
     
    3. series
    3:2
    Mikhailis scores.
    Roberts Bukarts (LAT)
     
    3. series
    3:1
    Roberts BUKARTS scores.
    Curtis Valk (KAZ)
     
    2. series
    2:1
    Curtis VALK fails.
    Darzins (LAT)
     
    2. series
    2:1
    Darzins scores.
    Alexander Shin (KAZ)
     
    1. series
    1:1
    Alexander SHIN scores.
    Miks Indrasis (LAT)
     
    1. series
    1:0
    Miks INDRASIS scores.
     
    Start of shootout.
     
    65:00
    Overtime finished.
    63:28 Starchenko (KAZ), Matiss Kivlenieks (LAT)
     
    62:27
    Penalty for Latvia (Kaspars Daugavins – 2 min., high-sticking).
    61:19 Darren Dietz (KAZ), Matiss Kivlenieks (LAT)
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.
    53:45 Viktor Svedberg (KAZ), Matiss Kivlenieks (LAT)
    48:12
    45:37 Jesse Blacker (KAZ) - 2:2
     
    45:37
    Goal for Team Kazakhstan!
    Scorer is JESSE BLACKER. Assisted by Viktor Svedberg, Anton Sagadějev.
    45:25 Rihards Bukarts (LAT) - 2:2
     
    45:25
    Goal for Team Latvia!
    Scorer is RIHARDS BUKARTS. Assisted by Oskars Cibulskis.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
    39:20 Nikita Bojarkin (KAZ), Kristians Rubins (LAT)
    38:59 Alexander Shin (KAZ) - 1:1
     
    38:59
    Goal for Team Kazakhstan!
    Scorer is ALEXANDER SHIN. Assisted by Starchenko, Darren Dietz.
     
    38:16
    Penalty for Latvia (Uvis Balinskis – 2 min., tripping).
    34:15
     
    31:26
    Penalty for Kazakhstan (Šalapov – 2 min., tripping).
     
    29:10
    Penalty for Latvia (Roberts Bukarts – 2 min., high-sticking).
    27:44 Darzins (LAT) - 1:0
     
    27:44
    Goal for Team Latvia!
    Scorer is DARZINS. Assisted by Kaspars Daugavins.
    21:10 Darzins (LAT)
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
    19:34 Roberts Bukarts (LAT), Nikita Bojarkin (KAZ)
    14:20
    09:35 Rodrigo Abols (LAT)
     
    03:54
    Penalty for Kazakhstan (Kirill Savitskiy – 2 min., interference).
     
    00:19
    Penalty for Latvia (Kristians Rubins – 2 min., holding).
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 19:15.
    State changes info
    Full live blog in the Czech language on onlajny.com
    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 28. Darzins (Daugavins), 46. Rihards Bukarts (Cibulskis) – 39. Shin (Starchenko, Dietz), 46. Blacker (Svedberg, Sagadějev), dec. goal Maklyukov

    Shootout:

    1. series:
    1:0   Miks Indrasis (LAT)
    1:1   Alexander Shin (KAZ)
    2. series:
    2:1   Darzins (LAT)
    2:1   Curtis Valk (KAZ)
    3. series:
    3:1   Roberts Bukarts (LAT)
    3:2   Mikhailis (KAZ)
    4. series:
    3:2   Kaspars Daugavins (LAT)
    3:3   Starchenko (KAZ)
    5. series:
    3:3   Rihards Bukarts (LAT)
    3:3   Darren Dietz (KAZ)
    6. series:
    3:3   Starchenko (KAZ)
    3:3   Miks Indrasis (LAT)
    7. series:
    3:3   Mikhailis (KAZ)
    3:3   Darzins (LAT)
    8. series:
    3:4   Alexei Maklyukov (KAZ)
    3:4   Rihards Bukarts (LAT)

    Latvia: Kivlenieks (Punnenovs) – Balinskis, Rubins, Cibulskis, Jaks, Sotnieks, Freibergs, Zile – Darzins (A), Abols, M. Redlihs – Rihards Bukarts, Dzerins (A), Roberts Bukarts – Daugavins (C), Indrasis, Bicevskis – Marenis, , Keninš – .
    Kazakhstan: Bojarkin (Šutov) – Dietz (A), Maklyukov, Blacker, Svedberg, Stěpaněnko, Shalapov, Samat Danijar – Shin, Starchenko (C), – Mikhailis, Valk, Savitskiy – Akolzin, Sagadějev, Shevchenko – Panyukov, Šestakov, (A) – Petuchov.
    Referees: Frandsen (DEN), Nord (SWE) – Kroyer (DEN), Yletyinen (SWE)