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.