{"id":137101,"date":"2023-04-26T16:49:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T20:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=137101"},"modified":"2023-04-26T16:49:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T20:49:49","slug":"winnipeg-jets-centre-out-for-game-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/04\/26\/winnipeg-jets-centre-out-for-game-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets Centre Out For Game 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Winnipeg Jets are facing a must-win game against the Vegas Golden Knights. Winnipeg is facing an elimination game in Game 5 of the first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series. However, the Jets will have to make due without one of their top players. Head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bowneri01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-04-26_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rick Bowness<\/a> has ruled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/scheima01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-04-26_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Scheifele<\/a> out for tonight&#8217;s game. Sportsnet&#8217;s Ken Wiebe broke the news on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHLJets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NHLJets<\/a> HC Rick Bowness said C Mark Scheifele is officially out for Game 5. Not yet ruled out for Game 6, if there is one.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ken Wiebe (@WiebesWorld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WiebesWorld\/status\/1651303529909481473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Mark Scheifele Out For Game 5<\/h2>\n<p>The 30-year-old pivot left in the first period of Monday&#8217;s 4-2 Game 4 loss to Vegas. It&#8217;s looked like Kitchener, Ontario native suffered the upper-body injury in Game 4. This many have been when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/jets-mark-scheifele-injured-in-game-4\/c-343869946\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he crashed into the boards awkwardly<\/a> after tripping over the pads of Vegas goalie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/brossla01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-04-26_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laurent Brossoit<\/a>. The veteran centre had this happen on a breakaway, but tried to stay in the game. He returned a couple of minutes later on the power play, but left the game after a shot.<\/p>\n<p>Scheifele has scored one goal so far this post-season for the Jets in the opening-round series. Bowness is hopeful the centre could return for Game on Thursday if Winnipeg does extend the series.\u00a0Scheifele was Winnipeg&#8217;s first draft pick after the team moved from Atlanta when he was taken with the seventh pick of the 2011 NHL Draft. He netted a career-high 42 goals in 81 games this season.<\/p>\n<h3>Impact of Mark Scheifele Out of Lineup<\/h3>\n<p>The Jets suffer another injury blow as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/morrijo04.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-04-26_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Morrissey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/04\/22\/winnipeg-jets-defenceman-leaves-game-3\/\" target=\"_self\">has been ruled out<\/a> for the rest of the opening round. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/ehlerni01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-04-26_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikolaj Ehlers<\/a> has missed all four games of the series so far. However, there&#8217;s hope he&#8217;ll return for the crucial Game 5.<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg&#8217;s offence has been known to struggle at times this season. Losing Scheifele is a major blow and leaves the Jets without another offensive option. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/helleco01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-04-26_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connor Hellebuyck<\/a> has done all he can to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/04\/23\/experience-difference-western-conference-series\/\" target=\"_self\">keep Winnipeg alive<\/a>, but he may be at the end of his powers. The Jets will need an unlikely hero to step up to send the series back north.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: \u00a0James Carey Lauder-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Winnipeg Jets are facing a must-win game against the Vegas Golden Knights. Winnipeg is facing an elimination game in Game 5 of the first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series. However, the Jets will have to make due without one of their top players. Head coach Rick Bowness has ruled Mark Scheifele out for tonight&#8217;s game. 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