Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said Wednesday that forward Zach Hyman requires surgery following the upper-body injury that knocked him out of Edmonton’s Game 4 win over the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference finals. He is not expected to be able to play for the remainder of the postseason.

Hyman has been an integral part of the Oilers team that has reached the conference finals in three of the last four years. He has 11 points in this year's postseason and had 16 goals and six assists during the team’s run to the Stanley Cup Final last season. More importantly, Hyman led the team and the NHL in hits during the 2025 postseason.

The Dallas Stars face the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 of their Western Conference Finals series, which has Edmonton up 2-1.