Edmonton Oilers Lose Key Forward To Injury

The Edmonton Oilers are six points behind the Golden Knights for the top spot in the Pacific Division, but it seems as though they may have difficulty earning the Division title.

This is because one of the team's more important forwards appears to have just suffered an injury.

We are talking about Zach Hyman, who has 22 goals in 61 games for the club this season and scored 54 goals last year.

Hyman saw a massive reduction in his ice time last night, getting just two shifts in the 3rd period of the Oiler's 2-1 overtime win on Long Island.

With just over 10 minutes of ice time for the game, that is just around half the playing time he normally gets.

For example, in his previous game against the New Jersey Devils, he played 22:05.

He is averaging just over 19 minutes per night on the season.

Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch has yet to comment on Hyman's status but the team has one more game on their east-coast road trip before returning to Edmonton on Monday.

Hopefully we will get an update on his status prior to tomorrow night's game. As Oilers analyst Allan Mitchell points out though, losing Hyman for an extender period of time would be a major blow to the team, especially now that the trade deadline is passed.

Hopefully we will see Hyman back on the ice soon. If not, the Oilers could be stuck in second place in the Pacific Division and will have to fight through a tough first-round matchup in the upcoming playoffs.