NHL calls Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele in for hearing after hit on Evans

WINNIPEG — The NHL Mark Scheifele faces a hearing today after the Jets forward’s crushing hit on Jake Evans of the Canadiens Wednesday night.

Scheifele was assessed a major for charging and a game misconduct.

The Montreal player had just come around the empty net and scored with 57 seconds left in the Canadiens’ 5-3 road win in Game 1 of the North Division final.

Evans, a 25-year-old from Toronto, flew to the ice banging his head, and was carried off on a stretcher.