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Center•#77PPI 41Kirby Dach is a 25-year-old center for the Montréal Canadiens. Selected 3rd overall by CHI in the 2019 NHL Draft. Born in Fort Saskatchewan, CAN.
This season, the right-shooting forward has 0 goals and 3 assists for 3 points in 13 games. He averages 0.23 points per game on 10:45 of ice time.
2026-27 · Regular season
2026-27 projection
Projected September 28, 2026 — 80% range on points. All 2026-27 player projections
80% range: 12–41 pts
2026-27 · Regular season
Full statistical breakdown for the 2026-27 regular season.
League percentile
Vs. all NHL skaters, 10+ games played. 99 = best, 1 = lowest.
2026-27 pace
Where Kirby's current rate finishes the 2026-27 season.
End of season forecast, current pace
68
games remaining
Goals
0
Current: 0
Assists
19
Current: 3
Points
19
Current: 3
Limited offensive production projected. Expected range of 10-27 points based on current usage patterns.
0.0%
Art Ross
Most Points
0.0%
Rocket
Most Goals
0.0%
Playmaker
Most Assists
Projections based on current pace extrapolated to the full season with variance modeling.
5v5
What happened while Kirby was on the ice at 5v5, and who he was sent out against. 2026-27.
5v5 only (situationCode 1551), unblocked attempts, shift-chart attribution. 13 games, 140 unblocked attempts on the ice.
Quality of competition
53.8 vs 57.3 lg
21th percentile
Quality of teammates
54.6 vs 56.8 lg
44th percentile
Deployment
soft-comp
by competition faced
Competition and teammate quality are the average on-ice strength of the players he shared the ice with at 5v5, on the same 0–100 scale as the league averages beside them.
Shot Selection
Where Kirby takes his shots, and how each zone converts.
Unblocked attempts
18
Goals vs expected
0 vs 1.1 xG
5v5 scoring-chance share
22%
2026-27
PuckCast Player Intelligence, and the skill radar and on-ice impact behind it.
Skill radar & on-ice impact vs. NHL forwards
20
Offense
25
Defense
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions. Larger shape = more complete player.
Scouting Take
Areas for improvement: limited offensive impact.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side. Equal bars = balanced. Asymmetry = one-dimensional.
The Gap
5-pt spreadBalanced two-way profile. The 5-point gap between offensive (20th) and defensive (25th) percentiles shows a well-rounded player.
Percentile ranks across 6 skill dimensions.
Scouting Take
Areas for improvement: limited offensive impact.
On-ice impact mirrored side by side.
The Gap
5-pt spreadBalanced two-way profile. The 5-point gap between offensive (20th) and defensive (25th) percentiles shows a well-rounded player.
Career
Season-by-season NHL regular season statistics throughout Kirby Dach's career.
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | S | S% | PIM | PPG | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-272026-27 | MTL | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 9 | — | |||
| 25-262025-26 | MTL | 37 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -2 | 47 | 17.0% | |||
| 24-252024-25 | MTL | 57 | 10 | 12 | 22 | -29 | 84 | 11.9% |
Form
Kirby's last five games played — playoff games included if his team advanced, since the NHL does not separate them here.
| Date | Opp | G | A | P | +/- | S | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29 | @ DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:29 |
| Oct 27 | @ STL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:11 |
| Oct 25 | @ WPG | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:15 |
| Oct 23 | @ CHI | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:32 |
| Oct 20 | vs SJS | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:15 |
Similar centers
Same position, comparable 2026-27 projected rate and 2026-27 shot/power-play rate. Compare Kirby to another player
Roster
Top teammates by points on the Montréal Canadiens this season.
Bars are share of unblocked attempts, where he chooses to shoot, over a full season, which is the stable part. xG/100 compares his shot quality from a zone against the league rate for a forward. GAx is goals above expected there, a single season and noisy, zones marked * are flagged small-sample by the generator and are shown muted rather than hidden.
| 23-242023-24 | MTL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | — |
| 22-232022-23 | MTL | 58 | 14 | 24 | 38 | -2 | 107 | 13.1% |
| 21-222021-22 | CHI | 70 | 9 | 17 | 26 | -18 | 116 | 7.8% |
| 20-212020-21 | CHI | 18 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 26 | 7.7% |
| 19-202019-20 | CHI | 64 | 8 | 15 | 23 | -1 | 101 | 7.9% |
| Career | — | 319 | 51 | 88 | 139 | -55 | 493 | 10.3% |
Alex Newhook
C · 6 pts
