Overview
- Quarterfinal matchups and times (ET): Sweden vs. Latvia at 2:00, Czechia vs. Switzerland at 4:30, USA vs. Finland at 6:00, Canada vs. Slovakia at 8:30.
- Sweden finished the preliminary round undefeated, securing first in Group A with a 6–3 win over the United States.
- Canada clinched Group B by beating Finland 7–4, and the U.S. advanced as Group A runner-up to draw Finland in the quarters.
- NHL Network will air the games in the United States and TSN will broadcast in Canada, with Germany vs. Denmark in a relegation game at 12:30 p.m. ET.
- Prospect notes: Switzerland’s Basile Sansonnens logged heavy minutes and finished prelims with a goal and an assist, Wilson Björck was mostly a scratch for Sweden, and Canada’s Braeden Cootes worked in a fourth-line role.