Montreal Canadiens’ Jake Evans stretchered off the ice after hard hit from Jets’ Mark Scheifele

Montreal Canadiens’ centreman Jake Evans left the ice on a stretcher near the end of the third period on Wednesday after he was hit by Winnipeg Jets’ captain Mark Scheifele. The hit came just as Evans put in an empty net goal to put the Habs up 6-3 in Game 1 of their best-of-seven second round Stanley Cup playoff series. The hit prompted an angry response from Evans’ Canadiens teammates, and Scheifele was eventually ejected.

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