I do think that Schiefele perhaps realized that the only way he could potentially stop the goal was to skate as fast as he could into the puck carrier. Slowing down to play the puck was never going to work but using the hit as a “brake” allowed him to get there the quickest.
IMO that doesn’t make the hit less dangerous. If he hits him a split second sooner and stops the puck from going in, the player is still just as injured. Still seems to me like he hit his head.
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