“The preliminary forecast for Hayton is optimistic. He has not yet been decommissioned, and his condition will be assessed in the morning. But the initial verdict is that Hayton will miss the final match, ”hockey columnist Frank Serawally wrote on Twitter.

Before the group round match with the Russian national team (0: 6), Hayton did not take off his helmet while playing the opponent’s anthem, for which he was criticized.

The finals of the youth world championship between the national teams of Russia and Canada will be held on January 5 at 21:00 Moscow time.

Earlier, Ovechkin said that the results of the Russia-Sweden MFM match upset his teammate.