Mark Scheifele says he's open to fighting Jake Evans on Tuesday night; Evans responds
Mark Scheifele will face the Montreal Canadiens for the first time in nearly nine months after he was suspended for a hit on Jake Evans during Game one of the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Following the morning skate on Tuesday, Scheifele was asked if he would fight Evans and he said that if Evans is wanting to, he'll answer the bell.
Jake Evans was asked about facing Scheifele for the first time since the hit and said that he's over the incident and has moved on.
Update: Scheifele did end up dropping the gloves with Chris Wideman late in this game. Both got in a couple of swings before falling to the ice.
#NHLJets centre Mark Scheifele on facing Montreal tonight for the first time since the playoffs last spring. Not expecting retribution, but
«If Jake Evans wants to fight me, I'll answer the bell.»#wfp— Mike McIntyre (@mikemcintyrewpg) March 1, 2022
#Habs Jake Evans on being over the Scheifele hit: "for me it was handled last year in the playoffs - I think the best way to get back at someone is winning a series and not even letting them play so for me it's done with"— Priyanta Emrith (@HabsInHighHeels) March 1, 2022
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| Connor McDavid | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Matthew Boldy | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Brent Burns | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Mats Zuccarello | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Jason Zucker | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Dylan Cozens | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Ryan Hartman | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Zach Hyman | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Martin Necas | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Vasily Podkolzin | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Marco Rossi | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jaccob Slavin | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Viktor Arvidsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Evan Bouchard | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Brown | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Connor Clifton | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Leon Draisaitl | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ty Emberson | - | 1 | 1 | |
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Capitals | 44 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 63 | |
Jets | 45 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 63 | |
Golden Knights | 44 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 61 | |
Oilers | 44 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 59 | |
Wild | 45 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 58 | |
Stars | 43 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 57 | |
Devils | 46 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 57 | |
Maple Leafs | 45 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 56 | |
Avalanche | 45 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 55 | |
Hurricanes | 45 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 55 | |
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