The first day of the IIHF Women’s World Championships in Espoo, Finland saw an upset, a walkover, a historic game, and a failed upset.
Group A
CAN | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
USA | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
FIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 |
SUI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -6 |
RUS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group B
JPN | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
GER | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
SWE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 |
FRA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 |
CZE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Germany 2 vs Sweden 1 (SO)
Sweden came into this game the heavy favourites, despite the fact that Germany beat Sweden 4-2 in the European Hockey Tour this season and also beat them 3-1 the last time the two teams met at Worlds.