The intensity is really heating up between the Jets and Blues in Round 1, and Scott Arniel and Jim Montgomery are engaging in a war of words as well. The 2024-25 Presidents' Trophy-winning <a href='https://www.hockeylatest.com/nhl-team/winnipeg-jets/nikolaj-ehlers-fate-for-game-5-against-the-st-louis-blues-officially-confirmed' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Winnipeg Jets host the St. Louis Blues in the opening round</a> of the playoffs. The Blues, who lost the first two, squared the series with consecutive victories in Games 3 and 4. Game 5 was a huge blow to the Jets when star center Mark Scheifele left in the second period <a href='https://www.hockeylatest.com/nhl-team/winnipeg-jets/winnipeg-jets-star-forward-mark-scheifele-goes-down-with-an-injury-after-terrifying-hit' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>with an undisclosed injury and did not come back</a>. The kind of injury is unknown, although Scheifele had been struck by Blues captain Brayden Schenn earlier in the game. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/GinoHard_/status/1917763478204604809'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> At a post-game news conference, Blues head coach Jim Montgomery claimed Scheifele became injured in a collision with Radek Faksa, not in the hit by Schenn. Let's make it clear. #55 (Mark Scheifele) got hurt from the Faksa hit. He played six minutes after the Schenn hit. He didn't come back after he got rocked by Faksa. - Jim Montgomery <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/jprutherford/status/1917806309648523643'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> The ex-Bruin Montgomery also claimed <a href='https://www.nhl.com/jets/player/mark-scheifele-8476460' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Scheifele</a> remained on the ice for another six minutes following when he made contact with Schenn, and therefore the hit could not be the cause of the injury. <h3>Scott Arniel was not happy at all with Montgomery's comments</h3> Those remarks did not agree with Jets head coach Scott Arniel. In his own media availability, Arniel took exception to Montgomery's remarks, stating they were unnecessary. Well, I didn't know Monty (Jim Montgomery) got his medical degree trying to say how our player got hurt. He's way off base. He should not make that comment. - Scott Arniel <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/tsn_sports/status/1917812256563253327'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> He was also extremely upset about the officiating, stating the hit warranted more than a two-minute minor penalty and calling for referees to look at it again.