Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Format

The top four teams based on the 2012 IIHF World Ranking,^[7] Canada, United States, Finland and Switzerland, competed in Group A, while the remaining four teams competed in Group B. The top two teams in Group A received a bye to the semifinals. In the quarterfinals, the third place team in Group A played the second place team in Group B, while the fourth placed team in Group A played the first place team in Group B. The winners advanced to the semifinals, while the two losers, and the third and fourth placed teams in Group B, competed in a classification bracket for places five through eight.^[8] This format was introduced to create more competitive games in response to blowout victories in the previous Olympics where Canada and the United States outscored their competition by a cumulative 86–4 margin. It has been used in the IIHF Women's World Championship since 2012.^[9]

Tiebreak criteria

In each group, teams were ranked according to the following criteria:^[10]

1. Number of points (three points for a regulation-time win, two points for an overtime or shootout win, one point for an overtime or shootout defeat, no points for a regulation-time defeat);
2. In case two teams are tied on points, the result of their head-to-head match will determine the ranking;
3. In case three or four teams are tied on points, the following criteria will apply (if, after applying a criterion, only two teams remain tied, the result of their head-to-head match will determine their ranking):
   1. Points obtained in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
   2. Goal differential in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
   3. Number of goals scored in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
   4. If three teams remain tied, result of head-to-head matches between each of the teams concerned and the remaining team in the group (points, goal difference, goals scored);
   5. Place in 2012 IIHF World Ranking.

All times are local (UTC+4).

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	0	11	2	+9	9
United States	3	2	0	0	1	14	4	+10	6
Finland	3	0	1	0	2	5	9	−4	2
Switzerland	3	0	0	1	2	3	18	−15	1

8 February 2014 12:00

United States

3–1 (1–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Finland

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 4,135

Game reference
	Jessie Vetter	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referee: Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Therese Bjorkman Stephanie Gagnon
	H. Knight – 00:53 1–0 K. Stack (H. Knight, M. Bozek) – 27:42 2–0 A. Carpenter (A. Schleper) (PP) – 35:59 3–0 3–1 55:22 – S. Tapani (M. Karvinen) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	15

8 February 2014 17:00

Canada

5–0 (2–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 4,386

Game reference
	Charline Labonté	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referee: Aina Hove Linesmen: Alicia Hanrahan Michaela Kúdelová
	J. Larocque (N. Spooner) – 01:25 1–0 T. Watchorn (R. Johnston) – 06:30 2–0 H. Wickenheiser (SH) – 23:54 3–0 M-P. Poulin (J. Hefford, R. Johnston) – 32:28 4–0 R. Johnston (M-P. Poulin) – 36:10 5–0
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	69	Shots	14

10 February 2014 14:00

United States

9–0 (5–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 3,812

Game reference
	Molly Schaus	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referee: Melanie Bordeleau Linesmen: Denise Caughey Charlotte Girard
	M. Lamoureux (J. Lamoureux, M. Duggan) – 09:20 1–0 B. Decker (A. Kessel, H. Knight) – 10:07 2–0 A. Kessel (K. Coyne) – 10:15 3–0 H. Knight (K. Stack, J. Chu) – 14:23 4–0 A. Kessel (B. Decker, K. Coyne) (PP) – 15:42 5–0 M. Lamoureux (J. Lamoureux, L. Stecklein) – 33:26 6–0 K. Coyne (K. Stack) – 40:49 7–0 K. Coyne (A. Kessel, M. Bozek) – 43:59 8–0 A. Carpenter (J. Pucci) – 55:39 9–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	53	Shots	10

10 February 2014 19:00

Finland

0–3 (0–0, 0–0, 0–3)

Canada

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 4,837

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Shannon Szabados	Referee: Joy Tottman Linesmen: Therese Bjorkman Laura Johnson
	0–1 49:27 – M. Agosta-Marciano (PP) 0–2 52:24 – J. Hefford 0–3 56:36 – R. Johnston (J. Hefford, M-P. Poulin)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	14	Shots	42

12 February 2014 12:00

Switzerland

3–4 OT (0–2, 2–1, 1–0) (OT 0–1)

Finland

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 4,211

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referee: Erin Blair Linesmen: Laura Johnson Michaela Kúdelová
	0–1 07:56 – J. Hiirikoski (M. Jalosuo, M. Karvinen) 0–2 09:55 – M. Karvinen, (S. Tapani, A. Kilponen) 23:28 – R. Eggimann (N. Bullo) 1–2 28:00 – P. Stanz (J. Lutz) (PP) 2–2 2–3 35:31 – M. Karvinen (S. Tapani, J. Hiirikoski) (PP) 56:25 – S. Marty (N. Bullo) (PP) 3–3 3–4 62:38 – J. Hiirikoski (L. Välimäki, A. Kilponen)
	31 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	34

12 February 2014 16:30

Canada

3–2 (0–0, 0–1, 3–1)

United States

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 4,812

Game reference
	Charline Labonté	Goalies	Jessica Vetter	Referee: Anna Eskola Linesmen: Ilona Novotná Zuzana Svobodová
	0–1 37:34 – H. Knight (A. Carpenter, A. Schleper) (PP) M. Agosta-Marciano (H. Wickenheiser) (PP) – 42:24 1–1 H. Wickenheiser (N. Spooner, M. Agosta-Marciano) – 43:54 2–1 M. Agosta-Marciano – 54:55 3–1 3–2 58:55 – A. Schleper
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	27

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	3	0	0	0	9	3	+6	9
Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Germany	3	1	0	0	2	5	8	−3	3
Japan	3	0	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

9 February 2014 12:00

Sweden

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Japan

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 2,928

Game reference
	Valentina Wallner	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referee: Erin Blair Linesmen: Charlotte Girard Zuzana Svobodová
	J. Asserholt (E. Eliasson, E. Grahm) (PP) – 12:38 1–0
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	19

9 February 2014 17:00

Russia

4–1 (0–0, 0–1, 4–0)

Germany

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 5,048

Game reference
	Yulia Leskina	Goalies	Viona Harrer	Referee: Anna Eskola Linesmen: Laura Johnson Ilona Novotná
	0–1 26:48 – F. Busch (M. Anwander) I. Gavrilova (A. Khomich, Y. Smolentseva) – 45:04 1–1 O. Sosina (I. Dyubanok, T. Burina) (PP) – 48:49 2–1 Y. Smolentseva (A. Shibanova) – 49:27 3–1 O. Sosina (I. Dyubanok, Y. Smolentseva) – 52:15 4–1
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	37	Shots	15

11 February 2014 14:00

Germany

0–4 (0–1, 0–0, 0–3)

Sweden

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 4,015

Game reference
	Jennifer Harß	Goalies	Kim Martin Hasson	Referee: Aina Hove Linesmen: Stephanie Gagnon Michaela Kúdelová
	0–1 01:00 – E. Nordin (E. Eliasson, E. Grahm) 0–2 47:42 – C. Östberg (A. Borgqvist) 0–3 50:31 – J. Olofsson (C. Östberg, M. Löwenhielm) 0–4 51:35 – P. Winberg (A. Borgqvist)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	29

11 February 2014 19:00

Russia

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Japan

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 4,897

Game reference
	Anna Prugova	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referee: Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Denise Caughey Alicia Hanrahan
	T. Burina – 11:39 1–0 1–1 40:33 – A. Toko (H. Kubo) A. Vafina (SH) – 51:36 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	38	Shots	22

13 February 2014 12:00

Japan

0–4 (0–1, 0–1, 0–2)

Germany

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 2,618

Game reference
	Nana Fujimoto	Goalies	Viona Harrer	Referee: Melanie Bordeleau Linesmen: Therese Bjorkman Carlotte Girard
	0–1 13:23 – M. Anwander (S. Kratzer, M. Becker) (PP) 0–2 20:48 – F. Busch (A. Lanzl) 0–3 58:31 – K. Spielberger (T. Eisenschmid, N. Kamenik) 0–4 59:28 – F. Busch (S. Gotz)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	25

13 February 2014 21:00

Sweden

1–3 (0–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Russia

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 5,092

Game reference
	Valentina Wallner	Goalies	Anna Prugova	Referee: Joy Tottman Linesmen: Stephanie Gagnon Alicia Hanrahan
	0–1 08:38 – A. Shukina (Y. Pashkevich, A. Shokhina) 0–2 29:20 – A. Khomich (Y. Smolina) P. Winberg – 38:58 1–2 1–3 58:07 – Y. Smolentseva (O. Sosina)
	14 min	Penalties	4 min
	16	Shots	31

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

A1

Canada

3

A4

Switzerland

2

A4

Switzerland

1

B1

Russia

0

A1

Canada †

3

A2

United States

2

A2

United States

6

A3

Finland

2

B2

Sweden

1

Third place

B2

Sweden

4

A4

Switzerland

4

B2

Sweden

3

† Indicates overtime victory

‡ Indicates shootout victory

Quarterfinals

The top two teams (A1–A2) received byes and were deemed the home team in the semifinals as they were seeded to advance.

15 February 2014 12:00

Finland

2–4 (0–0, 1–0, 1–4)

Sweden

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 2,917

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Valentina Wallner	Referee: Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Stephanie Gagnon Laura Johnson
	V. Hovi (L. Välimäki) – 33:16 1–0 1–1 40:48 – A. Borgqvist (PP) 1–2 45:09 – L. Wester (J. Asserholt, P. Winberg) E. Nuutinen (K. Rantamäki, R. Lindstedt) – 45:21 2–2 2–3 55:45 – E. Eliasson (M. Löwenhielm, E. Grahm) (PP) 2–4 59:19 – E. Nordin (P. Winberg) (EN)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	32

15 February 2014 16:30

Switzerland

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Russia

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 4,962

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Anna Prugova	Referee: Joy Tottman Linesmen: Therese Bjorkman Denise Caughey
	S. Marty (A. Müller, S. Thalmann) – 10:46 1–0 L. Stalder (N. Bullo) (ENG) – 59:39 2–0
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	27	Shots	41

Semifinals

Teams seeded A1 and A2 were the home teams.

17 February 2014 16:30

United States

6–1 (3–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Sweden

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 4,542

Game reference
	Jessie Vetter	Goalies	Valentina Wallner Kim Martin Hasson	Referee: Melanie Bordeleau Linesmen: Denise Caughey Zuzana Svobodová
	A. Carpenter (M. Bozek, K. Stack) (PP) – 06:10 1–0 K. Bellamy (B. Decker, M. Bozek) – 07:16 2–0 A. Kessel (B. Decker, G. Marvin) – 11:19 3–0 M. Lamoureux (J. Lamoureux, K. Bellamy) (PP) – 25:41 4-0 M. Bozek (K. Coyne) – 32:17 5–0 5–1 53:04 – A. Borgqvist (E. Eliasson, P. Winberg) B. Decker (K. Coyne, A. Kessel) – 56:58 6–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	70	Shots	9

17 February 2014 21:00

Canada

3–1 (3–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 3,378

Game reference
	Shannon Szabados	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referee: Erin Blair Linesmen: Alicia Hanrahan Ilona Novotná
	N. Spooner (H. Wickenheiser) – 07:29 1–0 N. Spooner (C. Ward, H. Wickenheiser) (PP) – 11:10 2–0 M. Daoust (J. Wakefield) – 11:33 3–0 3–1 25:14 – J. Lutz (S. Benz, L. Benz) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	48	Shots	22

Bronze medal game

20 February 2014 16:00

Switzerland

4–3 (0–1, 0–1, 4–1)

Sweden

Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi Attendance: 8,263

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Valentina Wallner	Referee: Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Denise Caughey Alicia Hanrahan
	0–1 14:00 – M. Löwenhielm (M. Lindh, C. Östberg) 0–2 38:58 – E. Johansson (C. Östberg) S. Benz (S. Forster) – 41:18 1–2 P. Stanz (A. Müller) (PP) – 46:13 2–2 J. Lutz (L. Stalder, L. Benz) – 53:43 3–2 A. Müller (ENG) – 58:53 4–2 4–3 59:16 – P. Winberg (J. Asserholt, E. Grahm) (EA)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	31

Gold medal game

20 February 2014 21:00

Canada

3–2 OT (0–0, 0–1, 2–1) (OT 1–0)

United States

Bolshoy Ice Dome, Sochi Attendance: 10,639

Game reference
	Shannon Szabados	Goalies	Jessie Vetter	Referee: Joy Tottman Linesmen: Ilona Novotná Zuzana Svobodová
	0–1 31:57 – M. Duggan (J. Lamoureux) 0–2 42:01 – A. Carpenter (H. Knight, K. Stack) B. Jenner (M. Mikkelson, J. Larocque) – 56:34 1–2 M-P. Poulin (R. Johnston, H. Irwin) (EA) – 59:05 2–2 M-P. Poulin (L. Fortino) (PP2) – 68:10 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	31	Shots	29

5–8th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place game
	Finland	2
	Germany	1
					Finland	4
					Russia	0
	Russia	6
	Japan	3
					Seventh place game
					Germany	3
					Japan	2

5–8th place semifinals

16 February 2014 12:00

Finland

2–1 (2–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Germany

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 2,009

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Jennifer Harß	Referee: Aina Hove Linesmen: Michaela Kúdeľová Zuzana Svobodová
	J. Hiirikoski (R. Välilä) (PP) – 01:15 1–0 M. Karvinen (R. Välilä, S. Tapani) – 08:32 2–0 2–1 28:59 – B. Evers (S. Götz) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	21

16 February 2014 21:00

Russia

6–3 (1–0, 3–2, 2–1)

Japan

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 4,793

Game reference
	Anna Prugova Yulia Leskina	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referee: Anna Eskola Linesmen: Charlotte Girard Ilona Novotná
	A. Shukina (A. Shokhina) – 16:12 1–0 1–1 26:14 – T. Yamane (R. Ukita) A. Shokhina (Y. Smolentseva) – 26:44 2–1 2–2 26:50 – A. Toko (H. Kubo) G. Skiba (I. Gavrilova, T. Burina) – 27:33 3–2 O. Sosina (Y. Smolentseva, A. Shokhina) (PP) – 31:32 4–2 4–3 42:23 – C. Osawa (T. Yamane, Y. Hirano) G. Skiba (T. Burina, I. Gavrilova) (PP) – 49:39 5–3 T. Burina (A. Shibanova, A. Khomich) (PP) – 55:42 6–3
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	27

Seventh place game

18 February 2014 12:00

Germany

3–2 (1–1, 2–0 , 0–1)

Japan

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 2,012

Game reference
	Viona Harrer	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto Akane Konishi	Referee: Melanie Bordeleau Linesmen: Therese Bjorkman Michaela Kúdeľová
	S. Götz (F. Busch, J. Janzen) (PP) – 09:18 1–0 1–1 13:04 – H. Kubo (C. Osawa) J. Zorn (F. Busch, S. Götz) – (PP) 24:30 2–1 S. Seiler (L. Schuster, S. Kratzer) – 35:49 3–1 3–2 42:56 – H. Yoneyama (H. Kubo, S. Suzuki)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	29

Fifth place game

18 February 2014 16:30

Finland

4–0 (2–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Russia

Shayba Arena, Sochi Attendance: 4,112

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Anna Prugova	Referee: Erin Blair Linesmen: Stephanie Gagnon Laura Johnson
	L. Välimäki (K. Rantamäki, V. Hovi) – 16:37 1–0 R. Välilä (S. Tapani, J. Hiirikoski) – 17:28 2–0 M. Karvinen (R. Välilä, S. Tarkki) – 42:30 3–0 M. Karvinen (R. Välilä, M. Tuominen) (PP) – 43:31 4–0
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	19

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Michelle Karvinen	6	5	2	7	+4	4	F
Pernilla Winberg	6	3	4	7	+3	2	F
Amanda Kessel	5	3	3	6	+8	0	F
Hilary Knight	5	3	3	6	+1	6	F
Kendall Coyne	5	2	4	6	+8	2	F
Brianna Decker	5	2	4	6	+8	6	F
Yekaterina Smolentseva	5	2	4	6	0	2	F
Alexandra Carpenter	5	4	1	5	−1	2	F
Franziska Busch	5	3	2	5	−4	2	F
Marie-Philip Poulin	5	3	2	5	+6	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Shannon Szabados	187:30	3	0.96	65	95.38	1
Viona Harrer	180:00	6	2.00	96	93.75	1
Noora Räty	358:57	13	2.17	183	92.90	1
Valentina Wallner	269:16	13	2.90	152	91.45	1
Anna Prugova	265:46	9	2.03	105	91.43	0

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: IIHF.com