Injury-riddled Winnipeg Jets 'hopeful' Scheifele plays crucial Game 5 in Vegas
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The team's top goal-scorer, who left Monday's 4-2 playoff loss to the Golden Knights with an upper-body injury, still remains a question mark for Thursday's critical Game 5 with Vegas up 3-1 in the best-of-seven, first-round series.
Mark Scheifele brought some hope with him when he arrived with the Jets at the Winnipeg airport for their Tuesday flight to Las Vegas.
But the team's top goal-scorer, who left Monday's 4-2 playoff loss to the Golden Knights with an upper-body injury, still remains a question mark for Thursday's critical Game 5 with Vegas up 3-1 in the best-of-seven, first-round series.
"I just talked to Mark and he is feeling better than he did (Monday) night, so he's definitely on the day-to-day (list)," Jets head coach Rick Bowness told reporters at the airport.
"Let's put him in the hopeful category for Thursday."
Odds favour the Golden Knights to eliminate the injury-riddled Jets in Nevada's gambling mecca. Teams that take a 3-1 lead in a best-of-seven NHL series hold a series record of 299-31.
Bowness wasn't bowing to the historical results.
"There's no choice. We have to be confident. We have to be. And we will be," he said. "We'll be a very confident group going into that game.
