Zach Hyman’s return is welcome for the Oilers. He’s been the team’s most effective winger since the day he got here in the summer of 2021. He’s put up consecutive goal-scoring seasons of 27, 36, 54 and 27 goals.

He was also arguably the Oil’s top-performing forward in the 2025 playoffs before he went out with a fractured wrist against Dallas, a lethal blow to Edmonton’s Stanley Cup hopes last June.

He forechecks and backchecks like his NHL life depended upon it. He hits hard, puck protects like the Great Bull of Heaven, drives the net and has had good enough hands to combine well with demanding and high-skill teammates like Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl.

He’s also been the Oil’s best two-way winger since the day he arrived, regularly leading all wingers in Grade A shots plus-minus

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