Canadiens’ Evans stretchered off after hit from Jets’ Scheifele
Posted June 2, 2021 10:51 pm.
Jake Evans was stretchered off the ice near the end of the third period of Wednesday’s Game 1 between the Montreal Canadiens and Winnipeg Jets after taking a hit from Mark Scheifele.
A scary scene in Winnipeg as Jake Evans was stretchered off the ice after taking a hit from Mark Scheifele. pic.twitter.com/XFNlzcdy5I
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) June 3, 2021
Scheifele levelled Evans after the Canadiens forward scored into the empty net on a wraparound. Evans gave Canadiens forward Jesperi Kotkaniemi a fist bump as he was taken off the ice.
The Jets forward was given a major and game misconduct penalty on the play.
Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher said post-game that the hit was “brutal.”
“Didn’t need to happen, wrong play. He knows better.”
Montreal defender Joel Edmundson added:
“It was a dirty hit, but the league’s going to take care of it. If he gets back in the series, we’re going to make his life miserable.”
Evans has a history of head injuries. He was sidelined after a hard hit from Brandon Tanev in Game 3 of the Canadiens’ series against the Pittsburgh Penguins in last season’s playoffs and suffered a concussion at the team’s Rookie Showdown in 2018.
