Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele was suspended for four games for his “vicious” hit on Montreal Canadiens forward Jake Evans.

The discipline was handed down by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety during a phone hearing on Thursday.

Earlier, Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice said he felt Scheifele’s crushing hit was “clean.”

Maurice says it was a “heavy, heavy” hit by Scheifele on Evans after he scored an empty-net goal in the final minute of the opener of the teams’ playoff series on Wednesday.

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