Hyman missed the second half of last year's playoffs after enduring an upper-body injury and has yet to play in the 2025-26 season. At the beginning of training camp, Head Coach Kris Knoblach stated he is hopeful the 32-year-old can return in early November, a timeline that seems to be holding true, as Head Coach Knoblach stated he may return to the lineup as early as Thursday. Hyman is just one season removed from a 54-goal campaign in 2023-24 and will hope to get off to a hot start when he is able to return.

Fleury has been a regular for the Jets this season, but exiting Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks after only 6:38 time-on-ice due to an upper-body injury. The 29-year-old Fleuery has played 15 games this season. He has not played more than 47 games since his rookie season in 2017-18.

Chabot suffered an upper-body injury in the first period of Tuesday's game and was unable to return. He will not play on Thursday against the Boston Bruins, and is being reevaluated. The 28-year-old defenseman has 10 points (2G / 8A) in 17 games this season.

Foerster was drafted 23rd overall by the Flyers in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft and has shown strides towards becoming a reliable offensive producer at the NHL level. After scoring a career-high 43 points (25G / 18A) in 81 games last season, he was off to a strong start in 2025-26, with seven points (4G / 3A) in 11 games. He returned to practice on Tuesday and could return to his regular deployment in the Flyers' top-six on Wednesday against the Edmonton Oilers.

Hamilton left last Thursday's game vs. Montreal with an undisclosed injury, and has been sidelined since. He is expected to miss at least the next three games while the team is on a road trip. With Hamilton out, Simon Nemec has seen an expanded role, including deployment on the team's top powerplay unit.

Brown played the first 11 games for the Devils this season, but has not played since. The 31-year-old Brown is averaging 15:47 time-on-ice and has six points (5G / 1A) in 11 games this season. He will likely miss the next three games while the team is on the road.

Andersen seemed like he did not want to exit the game after a collision, indicating that he may have been pulled for precautionary reasons by a concussion spotter. That said, head coach Rod Brind'Amour has yet to provide an update on Andersen's status. With the Hurricanes already carrying three goalies between Andersen, Pyotr Kochetkov, and Brandon Bussi, the team likely won't rush Andersen back into the lineup if he is not 100%.

Demko has battled a myriad of injuries over the previous several seasons and will be sidelined once again. The positive news is this injury is not related to the injury that kept him out of games this past weekend, nor the injury that sidelined him for half of the 2024-25 season. Expect Kevin Lankinen to see a heavy workload between the pipes during Demko's absence.

Nichushkin exited Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks due to a lower-body injury after only 12:57 time-on-ice. The 30-year-old Nichushkin has 12 points (5G / 7A) in 17 games this season, and has been more productive lately, with nine points (3G / 6A) in his last 10 games. Colorado's head coach Jared Bednar was not able to provide a concrete update on Nichushkin's timeline.

Wood will return to the lineup after missing Monday's game with an illness. Zach Aston-Reese will sit in his place.

Johnson appears to be the latest Blue Jacket to fall victim to the illness circulating their dressing room. He took warmups on Tuesday but did not participate in line rushes. Cole Sillinger (illness) will return to the lineup in his place.

Sillinger will return to the lineup after missing Monday's game with an illness. He will slot in for Kent Johnson, who is now expected to be out with an illness.

Stolarz's absence to start the second period of Tuesday's was originally thought to be performance related after he gave up three goals in the first, but it appears now it was due to an apparent upper-body injury. We should get an update on his status ahead of Toronto's game against the Kings on Thursday.

Matthews suffered a lower-body injury after being hit by Nikita Zadorov halfway through the second period of Tuesday's game and was unable to return. We should get an update on his status ahead of Toronto's game against the Kings on Thursday.

Chabot suffered an upper-body injury in Tuesday's game and was unable to return. We should get an update on his status ahead of Ottawa's game against the Bruins on Thursday.

Koepke did not play on Sunday and will remain out of the lineup on Tuesday due to an undisclosed injury. The 27-year-old Koepke is averaging 10:16 time-on-ice and has two points (0G / 2A) in 14 games this season.

Barron has not played since November 1st due to an undisclosed injury, originally given a week-to-week timeline, now updated to day-to-day. Barron has played well offensively in a bottom-six role for the Jets this season, scoring six points (3G / 3A) in 12 games while averaging 12:33 time-on-ice.

Durzi has not played since the second game of the season, recovering from an upper-body injury, and appears to still be a ways away from returning to the lineup. The 27-year-old Durzi was solid in limited action with Utah last season, scoring 11 points (4G / 7A) in 30 games.

Samberg has yet to play this season, recovering from a wrist injury during training camp, but appears to be nearing his season debut after practicing on Tuesday. The 26-year-old is entering his fifth NHL season in Winnipeg after posting career highs in nearly all statistical categories in 2024-25, including goals (6), points (20), SOG (95) and average TOI (21:08).