Oilers’ Zach Hyman Breaks Silence on Injury Before Stanley Cup Playoffs

Despite his return and seemingly being healthy enough to reappear in a game, Hyman made it clear he will not be sharing details on what sidelined him, maintaining the secrecy about his injury.

“I don’t want to be too specific, but you want to be playing your best in the playoffs,” Hyman said. “It’s never easy to sit out, but things were lingering. I wanted it taken care of, not getting worse. Now it’s getting better.”

Given the winger's comments, there is a possibility he re-injured the wrist for which he already underwent surgery in mid-November.

Hyman added that the decision to miss some of the past few games was based on setting him up to contribute during the playoffs.

“It was taking care of something to make sure that I’m able to contribute at the level that you need to in order to make sure that the team has success in the playoffs,” Hyman said. “In the playoffs, you play a little bit more physical, obviously, so I gotta make sure that I’m ready to play at that level,” Hyman said.

The Oilers enter the final game of the regular season still battling for positioning in the Pacific Division, with potential playoff seeding scenarios still in play.

Edmonton hosts the Canucks at 9 p.m. ET on Thursday.