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Kirby Dach

#77 · Centre · Montréal Canadiens

Born Jan 21, 2001 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, CAN (age 25) · 6'4", 221 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 3rd overall in 2019 by CHI (round 1)

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 2025-26. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Nick Lardis CHI · 15 P in 41 GP Dominic James TBL · 15 P in 43 GP Nick Paul TBL · 15 P in 51 GP Ben Meyers SEA · 15 P in 52 GP Nick Foligno MIN · 15 P in 54 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

01020302019-20: 23 points2319-202020-21: 10 points1020-212021-22: 26 points2621-222022-23: 38 points3822-232023-24: 2 points223-242024-25: 22 points2224-252025-26: 15 points1525-262026-27: 1 points126-27

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Cap hit
2019-20 CHI 64 8 15 23 -1 24 101 33 0.36 $925K
2020-21 CHI 18 2 8 10 -3 4 26 7 0.56 $925K
2021-22 CHI 70 9 17 26 -18 43 116 49 0.37 $925K
2022-23 MTL 58 14 24 38 -2 43 107 53 0.66 $3.363M
2023-24 MTL 2 0 2 2 2 0 3 3 1.00 $3.363M
2024-25 MTL 57 10 12 22 -29 40 84 100 0.39 $3.363M
2025-26 MTL 37 8 7 15 -2 31 47 53 0.41 $3.363M
2026-27 MTL 5 0 1 1 -2 4 1 8 0.20 $3.6M
8 seasons Career 311 51 86 137 -55 189 485 306 0.44

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
2019-20 CHI 9 1 5 6 3 4 16 13 0.67
2025-26 MTL 19 4 1 5 -1 20 19 36 0.26
2 seasons Playoffs 28 5 6 11 2 24 35 49 0.39

2025-26 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
37 8 7 15 -2 31 47 53 0.41 17.0 13:39

Contract

$3.363MCap hitends in 2026
$224KCap dollars per point15 points in 37 games
$2.646MCap dollars per goal above replacement1.3 goals above replacement
$1.9MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
-$1.5MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 715 ranked skaters whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Signed by the Montreal Canadiens on Sep 7, 2022, as a new contract: 4 years and $13.45M, beginning in 2022-23. It runs through 2025-26, so this is its last season.

Season Cap hit Base salary Signing bonus Performance bonuses Paid in all Clause
2022-23 $3.363M $2.5M $0 $2.5M
2023-24 $3.363M $4.1M $0 $4.1M
2024-25 $3.363M $2.85M $0 $2.85M
2025-26 $3.363M $4M $0 $4M

Each season of the contract, with this one marked. The cap hit is the same every year; what he is paid is not. The pay is as written when the contract was recorded in October 2024, so a later change, such as the rise in the lowest salary for 2026-27, is not shown.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
Jul 16, 2026 Montréal Canadiens New contract 2026-27 to 2026-27 1 $3.6M $3.6M
Sep 7, 2022 Montreal Canadiens New contract 2022-23 to 2025-26 4 $13.45M $3.363M
Jul 8, 2019 Chicago Blackhawks Entry-level 2019-20 to 2021-22 3 $10.275M $925K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2025-26 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2025-26 playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

-1.0Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
-0.2Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
-1.6Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence-0.3Even-strength defence-0.5Power play-0.4Penalty kill+0.0Penalties-0.4

The goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player given the same ice time. Each part is measured against the league, so zero is an average skater. A full season is about two-thirds the player and one-third chance. A playoff run is too short to rank anyone on.

-4-20242019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-27Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

On the ice

What happened at five-on-five while he was on the ice. What these numbers mean

41.4Corsi for %133 attempts for, 188 against
-2.8CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
39.7Expected goals for %5.9 expected for, 9.0 against
-4.5xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
40.0Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
50.0Goals for %9 for, 9 against
106.0PDO15.8% shooting + 90.2% saves
31Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 135 skaters who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO and attempts taken are left plain, since neither is good or bad on its own.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Joseph Veleno · Kirby Dach · Zachary Bolduc949:5741.847.12-3
Alexandre Texier · Kirby Dach · Zachary Bolduc739:2447.538.06-1
Kirby Dach · Zachary Bolduc · Oliver Kapanen533:4140.648.30-2
Jake Evans · Kirby Dach · Zachary Bolduc64:0360.035.40-0

The lines he spent the most time in at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out. The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines that played a fair amount together. Hover over one for its percentile.

Chances and finishing

Expected goals adds up how likely each of his shots was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. All situations, leaving out shots at an empty net.

4Goalsnot counting empty-netters
2.5Expected goalsfrom 28 unblocked attempts
+1.5Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.76 expected goals per 60 minutes41st
Shot quality 9.0% chance per attempt70th
Finishing +1.5 goals above expected86thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 81 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest in these playoffs.

01234Goals 4Expected 2.5

His goals and his expected goals as the season went on. When the goals line pulls away above, he is scoring more than his chances were worth; below, less.

Where he shot from

Every attempt he took in these playoffs, in all situations, attacking the net on the right. There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 14, 2026 @ PHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11:08
Apr 12, 2026 @ NYI W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 11:59
Apr 11, 2026 vs CBJ L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 12:11
Apr 9, 2026 vs TBL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 14:38
Apr 7, 2026 vs FLA W 4-3 (SO) 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 13:51
Mar 15, 2026 vs ANA L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:13
Mar 14, 2026 vs SJS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 15:02
Mar 11, 2026 @ OTT W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 14:14
Mar 10, 2026 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:36
Mar 7, 2026 @ LAK W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 13:48
Mar 6, 2026 @ ANA L 5-6 (SO) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 16:58
Mar 3, 2026 @ SJS L 5-7 0 0 0 -2 2 0 3 14:32
Feb 28, 2026 vs WSH W 6-2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 13:44
Feb 26, 2026 vs NYI L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 16:09
Feb 4, 2026 @ WPG W 5-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 15:17
Feb 2, 2026 @ MIN L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 -1 0 4 1 17:19
Jan 31, 2026 @ BUF W 4-2 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 12:29
Jan 29, 2026 vs COL W 7-3 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 14:36
Jan 27, 2026 vs VGK W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:05
Jan 24, 2026 @ BOS L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 07:57
Jan 22, 2026 vs BUF L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 15:25
Jan 20, 2026 vs MIN W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:46
Nov 15, 2025 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 14:43
Nov 13, 2025 vs DAL L 0-7 0 0 0 -2 4 1 3 15:15
Nov 11, 2025 vs LAK L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 4 1 2 15:43
Nov 8, 2025 vs UTA W 6-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 15:56
Nov 6, 2025 @ NJD L 3-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 11:37
Nov 4, 2025 vs PHI L 4-5 (SO) 2 0 2 1 2 4 0 13:29
Nov 1, 2025 vs OTT W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:03
Oct 28, 2025 @ SEA W 4-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 14:02
Oct 25, 2025 @ VAN W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 11:40
Oct 23, 2025 @ EDM L 5-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 10:28
Oct 16, 2025 vs NSH W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:03
Oct 14, 2025 vs SEA W 5-4 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 16:14
Oct 11, 2025 @ CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:12
Oct 9, 2025 @ DET W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 14:10
Oct 8, 2025 @ TOR L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 11:47