He suffered another one at Canadiens rookie camp in 2018, just months after completing his fourth season at the University of Notre Dame and signing his entry-level contract with the team. The Toronto native suffered a head injury in last year’s playoffs, too. The other, of course, will be Evans’s health. That will be one topic closely monitored Thursday. Scheifele could be out much longer after being sent to the locker room with 57 seconds remaining.
Lowry was out for an extended period after taking an errant puck to the head, but he returned to finish the game. Then top-pairing defenceman Dylan DeMelo left after an awkward collision with Gallagher 29 seconds into his first shift. The night started badly for Winnipeg when Paul Stastny didn’t come out for warmup. It was as complete a game as the Canadiens have played all year - a sharp contrast to what the Jets offered after a four-game sweep over the Edmonton Oilers in Round 1. And this win extended Montreal’s streak to 5-0 in these playoffs when scoring at least two goals. The team’s power play remained hot, collecting it’s fourth goal in its last nine attempts. Their defencemen had combined for just two assists in seven games against Toronto, but they put up six in this one against the Jets. Nick Suzuki made it 3-1 Montreal after Adam Lowry scored short-handed for the Jets, and the Canadiens got goals from Brendan Gallagher and Evans to seal the result. It was just 1:40 later, at the 5:10 mark of the first period, that Perry cut to the middle, took an elbow to the face from Logan Stanley - which he said should also be reviewed by the league - and set up Eric Staal’s first goal of the playoffs. Kotkaniemi opened the scoring to extend his team-lead with his fourth goal of the playoffs.
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Coming off their comeback from a 3-1 series deficit against the Maple Leafs, which was completed Monday, their win over the Jets on Wednesday gave them their first four-game winning streak of 2021. Perry added he was relieved to see Evans moving his hands at least.īoth players had a considerable part in what was a banner night for the Canadiens. Perry said Evans clearly wasn’t, and he wasn’t communicating from the stretcher. It just kills the vibe and you just hope he’s OK.”
And something like that happened last series (when Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares was stretchered off the ice after an accidental collision with Montreal’s Corey Perry in Game 1). And to see him laying there - obviously, you never want to see that. “I was following him up the ice and I saw how dirty of a hit it was right away. It was a charge from over 100 feet away, with a devastating affect that sucked the life out of Bell MTS Centre and rendered the result of the game secondary. When he realized that, you could clearly see him target Evans before delivering the predatory hit. He was late to arrive and had no chance of doing it. Scheifele took a run from his own side of centre in an attempt to get back to the net to prevent the goal.
I’m sure the league will have its opinion.” When Mark stopped skating, he kept his arms in.”īut Maurice also said, “It’s a heavy, heavy hit, there’s no doubt about that.
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Jets coach Paul Maurice noted, “It’s such a highly unusual play because you’re backchecking to kill an empty-net play, you’re coming full speed. I was just trying to keep everyone away.”ĭucharme called the play “vicious” and “useless.” Kotkaniemi said it was a gesture that showed “no respect” to the opponent. In a situation like that, you don’t want anyone falling on top of him. When something like that happens there tends to be a scrum, so I was just trying to keep everyone away from him. “I came back and saw that he wasn’t looking good. He was clearly disturbed, as were the Canadiens as Evans lay motionless on the ice.Ī scrum ensued, and that’s when Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers made a classy gesture to shield Evans from any collateral damage. “If he gets back in this series, we’re going make his life miserable,” Edmundson added. Joel Edmundson, who had two assists, five shots on net and led all Canadiens with eight attempts in the game called Scheifele’s hit “dirty.”
Like I said, we haven’t talked to them, but yeah, we’re confident they’re going to take the decision and make the right decision.” “I think it’s pretty obvious they’re going to look at the incident. “We haven’t talked to the league,” said Canadiens coach Dominique Ducharme. How much more he receives for the hit Canadiens centre Jesperi Kotkaniemi called “disgusting” will be determined by the NHL’s department of player safety. Scheifele, who led the Jets with 63 points in the regular season and co-leads them with five in these playoffs, was assessed a five-minute charging penalty and a 10-minute game misconduct.
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