Germany had a monster second period, scoring four goals and killing off as many penalties, en route to a one-sided 6-0 win over Kazakhstan in the final game of their best-of-three relegation series.

Lukas Reichel and Louis Brune scored second-period goals to break a scoreless game and send Germany on the way to a critical 4-0 win over Kazakhstan in the first of a best-of-three relegation series. 

As expected, Sweden hammered winless Kazakhstan 6-2 to maintain its grip on first place in Group A on Monday.

Finland capitalized twice on the power play en route to a 7-1 rout of Kazakhstan on Sunday. The winless Kazakhs, who face unbeaten Sweden on Monday, will play in the relegation round for the second straight year.

Daniel Vladimir Tkac scored the tie-breaker with 2:56 left in the third period as Slovakia kicked off its tournament with a tough 3-1 win over Kazakhstan on Friday.

Kazakhstan beat Hungary 3-1 in a tight game to finish the tournament with a perfect record.

After the game between Kazakhstan and Belarus we spoke with Nikita Mikhailis (KAZ), Martin St-Pierre (KAZ), Nikita Feoktistov (BLR) and Nick Bailen (BLR).

Kazakhstan won the game of the two undefeated teams against Belarus 3-2 on Arkadi Shestakov's OT winner. The point was enough for Belarus to join Kazakhstan to the 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.

Top plays of Kazakhstan's Brandon Bochenski and Darren Dietz during the first three days of the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A.