Winnipeg Jets coach Scott Arniel said Thursday that star center Mark Scheifele will not travel with the team before Game 6 against the St. Louis Blues.

Scheifele will remain in Winnipeg after he beats the team 5-3 to beat Bruce 5-3 in Game 5 of the Western Conference quarterfinals on Wednesday.

“You hope he might be the best when he wakes up today and it will be better,” Anil told reporters before flying to St. Louis’s team. "But now, he won't be on this trip, we'll move forward every day."

There is 13:51 left in the opening frame, and the Jets are in the Blues zone when Schiefele just kicks the puck along the half-wall. That was when Captain Bruce, Brayden Schenn, immediately checked him. Schiefele seemed to be focusing on the hockey, and it looked like she didn't see Schenn, who connected to the upper half of Scheifele's chest and knocked him to the ice.

Schenn was given two minutes of interference from minors, while the other two minutes of minors were rough.

About 10 minutes later, Schiefele was involved in another physical sequence. Current striker Radek Faksa also checked him when he was about to reach the Blues area and appeared to hit Schiefele with previous Schenn.

Scheifele ended the first phase, but Arniel spoke with officials as he entered the locker room before the first halftime break. Blues coach Jim Montgomery confirmed with reporters after the game that Arniel spoke to officials about Schenn's hit before sharing his thoughts.

"Let's make it clear: Fifty-five were hurt by FAKSA," Montgomery said. "He played for six minutes after Shinn hit. He didn't come back after he was shaken by Faxsa."

After hearing Montgomery's comments, Anil had some thoughts about his own ideas.

"I don't know how Monty got a medical degree and said how our players were injured. His way off the base is a good one and shouldn't comment," Anil told reporters. "Something is happening in this series, and it's a repetition of what we've seen before: a player leaves his feet and then hits a player in a very unprotected place. It's like hitting him, almost dissatisfied with the typing of the phone. A two-minute minor isn't a two-minute minor. It's not even a two-minute minor. It's not even a happy looking at it.

“It’s something we talked to the league about five games.”

Anil was asked Thursday if he had reached a concussion protocol.

Anil said: "I won't go that path."

The Jets may turn to Vladislav Namestnikov again like they did in Game 5 and lift him to the top line. The second-tier center will replace a line on the first line with Kyle Connor and Gabriel Vilardi.

Namestnikov, who scored 11 goals and 38 points in 78 regular season games, performed the strongest in Game 5. He finished the game with goals and 2 points while recording 17:15 ice time.