‘We’re not expecting him back for the playoffs,’ said coach Kris Knoblauch, who didn’t specify which injury Hyman suffered when he left the game on a hit by the Dallas Stars’ Mason Marchment during the first period.
The Oilers won the game 4-1 to take a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference finals.
Hyman scored 70 goals last season between the regular season and the playoffs. This season, he has 11 points in 15 playoff games and a league-leading 111 hits in the postseason, nearly 30 more than the next player.
‘Zach is going to be a huge hole, but we’re fortunate to have a lot of depth that guys can come in and step up and give us quality minutes,’ Knoblauch said.
Forward Connor Brown will miss a second consecutive game in Thursday’s potential clinching Game 5 in Dallas with an unspecified injury. Viktor Arvidsson came back in the lineup for Game 4 to replace Brown.
It’s uncertain who would come in for Hyman, but offseason acquisition Jeff Skinner has played only one playoff game.
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