First, it was the Dallas Stars who lost top-line forward Roope Hintz to an injury after a controversial play from the Edmonton Oilers, and now the situations are reversed.
The Oilers have lost top-line forward Zach Hyman during Tuesday night’s Game 4 at Rogers Place against the Dallas Stars, and he was ruled out for the rest of the game.
Oilers Forward Zach Hyman Was Hurt And Won’t Return
The incident took place in the opening 20 minutes of play when Hyman was cutting through the neutral zone and was hit by Stars forward Mason Marchment; he immediately began favoring his arm/wrist and made his way to the bench and departed right away toward the team dressing room.
Naturally, this sparked concern amongst Oilers fans, and their fears were confirmed when the team ruled that his night was over.
The good news for the Oilers is that they still managed to take a third straight game from the Stars and now lead the Western Conference Final by a three games to one advantage with the chance to advance to the Stanley Cup Final for the second straight season if they win on Thursday night.
Oilers’ Zach Hyman Rebounded From A Slow Stars To The Season
Hyman didn’t score until the 11th game of the regular season after he had tallied a new career-high 54 goals in 2023-24 while helping to lead the Oilers to the Cup Final.
Unfortunately, it meant that he was overlooked by Team Canada for the 4 Nations Face-off tournament, something that he was disappointed in but ultimately understood.
“The 4 Nations, I mean, it’s always an honor to represent your country,” Hyman said. “It just didn’t work out. It was disappointing. I didn’t watch all of it but I watched the important games. And to see Connor score the tournament-winning goal in overtime to beat the U.S. in the title game, I was so happy for him. He deserved it.”
“As for what we learned last year, look, we came so close but still came one goal short. This is a different team now. We play differently. We learned how much of a grind it is to get to where you want to go so you have to keep grinding, keep wearing on the opposition, keep being relentless,” he continued.
Right now, Hyman’s status for Game 5 on Thursday in Dallas hasn’t been decided yet. But he can rest comfortably knowing that his teammates still took care of business in Game 4 after his departure from the contest.
