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Paul Maurice knew it was bad. He’s seen Mark Scheifele get knocked down plenty of times. But not like this.
“You’re hoping they pop back up. You’re just hoping it’s the wind knocked out of them. He doesn’t go down easily and he certainly doesn’t lay on the ice ever. So you know if he’s down it’s significant,” Maurice said following Wednesday’s 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers that may prove to be extremely costly.
Scheifele got tangled with Edmonton defencemen Brandon Davidson and crashed hard into the boards, writhing around in obvious pain on the ice while a hush came over an otherwise raucous Bell MTS Place early in the second period.