MONTREAL — Across 240 career NHL games, Montreal Canadiens centre Kirby Dach had never before found himself in such a long stretch of games without a goal.
It had been 19 straight games since Dach last beat an NHL netminder, his only goal of the season having come back on Oct. 26 against the St. Louis Blues.“It’s nice,” said Dach after his team’s 3-2 shootout victory over the Anaheim Ducks at Bell Centre on Monday night. “It’s kind of the only way one was going to go in, I guess, was to have a whole open net in front of me.”
“I was happy,” said Slafkovsky. “I feel like when you score a couple goals, you get your confidence back. Pretty much that’s what he needs, that’s what I need. It has been a long road back to the Canadiens lineup for the 23-year-old Dach since suffering a season-ending knee injury in just Montreal’s second game of the 2023-24 season that required surgery to repair torn ACL and MCL ligaments in his right knee. While having played in all 28 of Montreal’s games this season, Dach has struggled to find consistency. He has played both the centre and wing position this season, alongside a bevy of different linemates.
Despite his struggles this season, Dach says he has been fortunate to count on his teammates, who never wavered in their support of the former third overall pick.
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