Canadiens Lineup

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Kirby Dach

Evgenii Dadonov – Christian Dvorak – Brendan Gallagher

Joel Armia – Sean Monahan – Josh Anderson

Michael Pezzetta – Jake Evans – Juraj Slafkovsky

Mike Matheson – David Savard

Joel Edmundson – Kaiden Guhle

Arber Xhekaj – Johnathan Kovacevic

Sam Montembeault – Jake Allen

Chris Wideman, Jordan Harris

Carey Price (knee), Paul Byron (hip), Mike Hoffman (upper-body), Jonathan Drouin (upper-body)

Game Report

It was a storybook return to Chicago for Kirby Dach! After the Blackhawks selected Dach third overall in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, they were willing to part ways with the underachieving 21-year-old this summer when Kent Hughes came knocking. 

To be fair, Chicago GM Kyle Davidson received a substantial return from the Canadiens in the 13th overall selection in last summer’s draft along with an early third round pick. And Dach has not yet become the second line centre that Hughes expected when he made the deal.

But Dach is third in Canadiens scoring with 17 points in 21 games. And today, with boos raining down from the United Centre fans, he scored the game-deciding goal in a shootout to give the Canadiens their 10th win of the season.

Montreal had the better quality chances today, with a 9-7 advantage in high-danger scoring chances.

But the visitor’s focus was on puck management. The Canadiens registered just six turnovers (versus 15 for the Hawks.) And Habs skaters defended extremely well in the latter stages of the game with Sam Montembeault not facing a single high-danger scoring chance in the third period or overtime.

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