Kirby Dach is the worst in the entire NHL in one category
The Montreal Canadiens are having a rather rough start to the season and after a two-game winning streak last week, the team has lost its last two games in rather scathing fashion.
After Thursday night's loss to the Washington Capitals, Martin St-Louis lost patience with his players and a punishing practice was ordered by the Habs head coach where the players had to skate intensively without the puck as you can see below.
It is mainly the defensive play that has been lacking during the last two games and as reported by the site Danslescoulisses.com, a Canadiens player dominates one of the NHL categories, but it is not for the right reasons.
In 11 games so far this season, Kirby Dach ranks 688th for his differential of -12, which is last in the entire league.
Even though it's still early this year to give importance to this statistic, it still says a lot about the Canadiens' defensive play at five-on-five, which has been lacking since the start of the 2024-2025 campaign.
Only two Canadiens players have a positive differential, Juraj Slafkovsky and Kaiden Guhle, and both have been sidelined for a few games due to injuries.
As for Dach, it's also difficult for him offensively, as he's only collected five points, including a single goal, so far, and it's obvious that he'll have to give more offensively if the Canadiens want to get out of their slump.
Martin St-Louis' men play their next game Saturday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night.
| POLL | ||
Will Kirby Dach reach the 50-point plateau in 2024-25? | ||
| Yes | 40 | 35.4 % |
| No | 73 | 64.6 % |
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