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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 2023-24. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Vasily Ponomarev CAR · 2 P in 2 GP Danil Gushchin SJS · 2 P in 4 GP Liam Ohgren MIN · 2 P in 4 GP Milan Lucic BOS · 2 P in 4 GP Brandon Biro BUF · 2 P in 5 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

2023-24 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
2 0 2 2 2 0 3 3 1.00 0.0 13:01

Contract

$3.363MCap hitends in 2026
$1.681MCap dollars per point2 points in 2 games
$9.623MCap dollars per goal above replacement0.3 goals above replacement

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.

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, with 2 seasons left after this one.

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 2023-24 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.

2023-24 analytics

Rating

+0.3Goals above replacementsix goals are worth about one win
+0.1Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+0.3Goals above averagethe five parts below added up
Even-strength offence+0.1Even-strength defence+0.1Power play-0.1Penalty kill+0.0Penalties+0.2

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. He has played fewer than 20 games, too few to be ranked.

-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

70.4Corsi for %19 attempts for, 8 against
+20.0CF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
61.8Expected goals for %0.6 expected for, 0.3 against
+12.0xGF% relative to teamagainst the team without him
61.9Fenwick for %unblocked attempts
100.0Goals for %2 for, 0 against
125.0PDO25.0% shooting + 100.0% saves
5Attempts takenhis own shot attempts

These are left plain: he has not been on the ice enough to be ranked. That takes at least 200 shot attempts with him out there, about six or seven games, and a quarter of what the busiest skater has. Over a game or two these numbers are mostly chance.

Who he played with

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kirby Dach · Alex Newhook · Juraj Slafkovský212:4470.064.52-0
Josh Anderson · Kirby Dach · Cole Caufield11:04100.00.00-0
Josh Anderson · Kirby Dach · Alex Newhook10:3550.06.60-0
Kirby Dach · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský10:280.00.00-0

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.

0Goalsnot counting empty-netters
0.2Expected goalsfrom 3 unblocked attempts
-0.2Goals above expectedgoals minus expected goals
Chances created 0.52 expected goals per 60 minutes13th
Shot quality 7.5% chance per attempt43rd
Finishing -0.2 goals above expected48thOne season of finishing is mostly luck.

Each bar shows the share of forwards he is ahead of, among the 438 who played 300 minutes or more this season.

00.20.40.60.81Expected 0.2Goals 0

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 this season, 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
Oct 14, 2023 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:40
Oct 11, 2023 @ TOR L 5-6 (SO) 0 2 2 2 0 3 3 21:22