Kirby
Dach
C · MTL · Balanced · Around average
- PAL
- 41
- WAR
- 0.6
- Value
- 33
- PTS
- 15
2025-26№ 219 / 615
Kirby Dach (Montreal Canadiens) stats and profile: offensive production, ice time, advanced stats, WAR and PAL rating.
Kirby Dach
#77CPlays: Centre and winger · 25% of faceoffs
Montreal Canadiens
HEIGHT : 193 cm · WEIGHT : 100 kg · SHOOTS : R
Born : January 20, 2001 · Fort Saskatchewan, Canada
Drafted : 2019 · CHI · round 1, pick #3
Contract : $3,600,000 · 2026-27 → 2026-27 · Standard Contract · UFA
NHL record
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | Montréal Canadiens | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| 2025-26 | Montréal Canadiens | 37 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 31 |
| 2024-25 | Montréal Canadiens | 57 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 40 |
| 2023-24 | Montréal Canadiens | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | Montréal Canadiens | 58 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 43 |
| 2021-22 | Chicago Blackhawks | 70 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 43 |
| 2020-21 | Chicago Blackhawks | 18 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 |
| 2019-20 | Chicago Blackhawks | 64 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 24 |
| NHL totals | 321 | 52 | 90 | 142 | 191 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Montréal Canadiens | 19 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| 2019-20 | Chicago Blackhawks | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Playoff totals | 28 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | |
Kirby Dach: our analysis
2025-26 season: 37 GP, 8 G, 7 A, 15 PTS, -2 +/-, 13:39 TOI. WAR 0.6 (219th of 615) · PAL 41, around average.
In 2025-26, Kirby Dach, 25, posts a PAL Rating of 41 out of 100 (around average), and his WAR of 0.6 ranks 219th among 615 regulars, in the top half.
His strengths: shooting (64, above average) and discipline (64, above average). On the other hand, penalty kill (30, below average) and possession (33, below average) hold him back.
Breaking down his WAR (goals above average), his biggest contribution: finishing (+1.2).
A clear step forward: his PAL went from 25 in 2024-25 to 41; his WAR went from 0.5 to 0.6.
Contract-wise, his Value score of 33 (poor return) weighs his output against what he costs: 50 is what that salary should buy.
Kirby Dach's story
Growing up in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Kirby Dach developed his hockey instincts on outdoor ice—backyard rinks and the frozen surface of Garner Lake—and attended Edmonton Oilers games as a boy, often accompanied by his father. He frequently played above his age group in minor hockey, standing out early with high point totals at the AMHL level.
Taken 2nd overall by the Saskatoon Blades in the 2016 WHL bantam draft, Dach moved into major junior play during 2016–17 when the Blades needed forwards and he was permitted to join as an underage player. After a 19-game debut, he skated a full season in 2017–18 and progressed to a leadership role in 2018–19, serving as an alternate captain for Saskatoon and captaining Team Orr at the CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game; his 25 goals and 48 assists in 62 games secured a top-three ranking among North American skaters for the 2019 NHL draft.
Selected 3rd overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in 2019, Dach signed a three-year entry-level deal and broke into the NHL that October, scoring his first goal days after his debut. His early NHL years mixed promise with setbacks: solid rookie production in 2019–20, a post-season showing in the bubble playoff, and missed time due to a fractured wrist sustained before the 2021 World Junior Championship. Chicago traded him to the Montreal Canadiens during the 2022 draft; he agreed to a four-year extension and has since alternated between center and wing, posting a career-high 38 points in a season interrupted by further knee and other injuries.
Internationally, Dach represented Team Alberta at the Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup (gold), played at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge, and produced five assists at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup 2018, including a goal in the gold-medal game; he was named captain of Canada’s junior team for the 2021 tournament before the wrist injury that ended his participation, with Canada taking silver.
On the ice, Dach projects as a playmaking centre who looks to create for teammates and quarterback lines; his résumé shows offensive creativity and positional versatility, tempered by repeated injury interruptions that have influenced his deployment and ice time.
Facts drawn from Wikipédia, told in our own words.
Advanced stats
- TOI/GP
- 10:58
- PP TOI/GP
- 0:41
- SH TOI/GP
- 0:33
- Pts/GP
- 0.40
- EV points
- 5
- Hits
- 20
- Blocks
- 6
- Takeaways
- 4
- Corsi % (SAT)
- 48.5 %
- Off. zone starts
- 30.1 %
- Faceoffs
- 47.1 %
Stats and photos: NHL (NHL.com)
2026-27 projection
Projected points
21between 8 and 34 (80% range)
- Goals
- 7
- Assists
- 14
- Games
- 51
So far: 6 pts in 15 games. The team has played 17 of 84 games. Projected pace: 0.42 pts per game (last season: 0.41).
The projection follows last season's pace. Tested on 2,265 player seasons (2022-23 to 2025-26): average miss of 9 points over 82 games; for players at 0.9 points per game and up, it ran 5 points high on average.
Trend
Slightly up
- Points per game: 0.39 in 24-25, 0.41 in 25-26
- PAL Rating: 25 → 41
Outlook, age included
↗ Slightly upAge 25: prime years
This is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes; one player in five finishes outside the range.
Player ratings, 2025-26
All ratings →Fourteen ratings from 0 to 100 drawn from data, never by hand: 75 = established NHL player, 95+ = elite.
OV · OverallConfidence 71 %
74
Established NHL
- SK
- Skating
- 79
- Confidence 73 %
- ST
- Strength
- 93
- Confidence 75 %
- EN
- Endurance
- 73
- Confidence 75 %
- DU
- Durability
- 52
- Confidence 77 %
- CK
- Checking
- 78
- Confidence 75 %
- FG
- Fighting
- 81
- Confidence 49 %
- DI
- Discipline
- 70
- Confidence 75 %
- FO
- Faceoffs
- 61
- Confidence 60 %
- PA
- Passing
- 70
- Confidence 71 %
- SC
- Scoring
- 77
- Confidence 71 %
- DF
- Defense
- 74
- Confidence 67 %
- PS
- Penalty shot
- 89
- Confidence 29 %
- EX
- Experience
- 75
- Confidence 100 %
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SK — Skating79
- Top speed (35 %)36.6 · 82
- Bursts > 20 mph /60 (30 %)7.254 · 79
- Distance /60 (20 %)16.5 · 79
- Speed consistency (15 %)34.8 · 65
ST — Strength93
- Contact absorbed /60 (50 %)5.347 · 86
- Body mass (50 %)1.241 · 91
EN — Endurance73
- Ice time per game (45 %)15 · 75
- Total ice time (20 %)500 · 57
- Shift length (15 %)49.3 · 86
- Lowest recent ice time per game (15 %)13.6 · 75
- Special-teams time per game (5 %)2.3 · 74
DU — Durability52
- Share of games played (100 %)0.636 · 52
CK — Checking78
- Hits /60 (70 %)5.442 · 79
- Lowest seasonal rate (20 %)3.316 · 76
- Season volume (10 %)3.989 · 74
FG — Fighting81
- Fights per 82 games (100 %)0.993 · 81
DI — Discipline70
- Net penalty value /60 (50 %)0.018 · 76
- Penalties taken /60 (30 %)1.121 · 51
- Penalties drawn /60 (20 %)1.226 · 93
FO — Faceoffs61
- Faceoff % (85 %)46.4 · 62
- Faceoffs /60 (15 %)22.5 · 63
PA — Passing70
- Primary assists /60 (40 %)0.513 · 64
- Secondary assists /60 (20 %)0.553 · 79
- Offensive creation (RAPM) (20 %)0.053 · 77
- Power-play points /60 (10 %)3.919 · 66
- Assist consistency (10 %)0.281 · 62
SC — Scoring77
- Goals /60 (25 %)0.843 · 77
- Individual xG /60 (20 %)0.801 · 76
- Finishing (goals − xG per shot) (20 %)0.008 · 78
- High-danger chances /60 (15 %)1.373 · 79
- xG per shot (10 %)0.084 · 80
- Shot attempts /60 (10 %)11.6 · 71
DF — Defense74
- RAPM defense /60 (35 %)0.047 · 79
- Relative xG against (20 %)0.016 · 71
- On-ice xG against /60 (15 %)2.814 · 61
- Penalty kill /60 (10 %)-0.016 · 78
- Takeaways − giveaways /60 (10 %)-1.212 · 79
- Shot attempts against /60 (5 %)57.6 · 77
- Blocked shots /60 (5 %)3.095 · 82
PS — Penalty shot89
- Shootouts (60 %)35.8 · 90
- Penalty shots (40 %)26.7 · 76
EX — Experience75
- Career regular-season games (65 %)81
- Career playoff games (25 %)63
- NHL seasons (10 %)71
OV — Overall74
- SC · Scoring (20 %)77
- PA · Passing (20 %)70
- DF · Defense (20 %)74
- SK · Skating (12 %)79
- FO · Faceoffs (10 %)61
- EN · Endurance (8 %)73
- DI · Discipline (5 %)70
- ST · Strength (3 %)93
- CK · Checking (2 %)78
| Season | OV | SK | SC | DF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 74 |
| 2024-25 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 73 |
| 2022-23 | 81 | 82 | 76 | 83 |
The bars show confidence (sample size), not player quality. — : not enough data, not a zero. Engine version 1.0.
WAR and PAL ratings, 2025-26
How we rate →PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against players at the same position (50 = average player), starting from the player's strength, offensive or defensive. Value Rating compares that performance with what the player costs: 50 means paid what the play is worth.
WAR
0.6
wins above replacement
219 of 615
PAL Rating
41/ 100
Performance · Around average
265 of 476 at the position
Value Rating
33/ 100
Poor return
3.36 M$ · expected PAL 57
ProfileBalancedNeither end dominates
- Offense
- 45
- Defense
- 47
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- Offense
- 44
- Creation
- 52
- Shooting
- 64
- Possession
- 33
- Defense
- 58
- Discipline
- 64
- Power play
- 43
- Penalty kill
- 30
From 0 to 100; 50 is the average player at the same position, adjusted for ice time.
| Season | Team | WAR | PAL | Value | Cap hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | MTL | 0.6 | 41 | 33 | 3.36 M$ |
| 2024-25 | MTL | 0.5 | 25 | 17 | 3.36 M$ |
| 2022-23 | MTL | 1.3 | 69 | 57 | 3.36 M$ |
Hockey IQ, 2025-26
Rankings and method →The quality of the player's decisions with and against the puck at 5-on-5, against regulars at the same position (50 = average). PAL measures output; IQ measures how the player plays.
Overall IQ
67/ 100
Average
better than 67% of forwards, offense and defense combined
Offensive IQ
94/ 100
Elite
passing, shots, puck
Defensive IQ
19/ 100
Low
takeaways, discipline, own zone
Overall IQ isn't an average of the two scores: it's the player's rank with offense and defense combined, 138 of 424 forwards.
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Offense
- Playmaking passes
- 5
- Shot selection
- 71
- Penalties drawn
- 99
- Puck management
- 73
Defense
- Takeaways
- 76
- Discipline
- 6
- Safe zone exits
- 57
Percentiles: 80 means better than 80% of regulars at the same position. Play without the puck (positioning, coverage) isn't measured: the NHL doesn't publish that data.
| Season | Team | IQ | Off. | Def. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | MTL | 67 | 94 | 19 |
| 2024-25 | MTL | 16 | 68 | 8 |
| 2022-23 | MTL | 49 | 74 | 29 |
WAR, 2025-26
How it's calculated →Wins added to the team, compared with a replacement-level player called up from the AHL.
0.6
wins above replacement
0.0 to 1.5 — 90% interval
219 of 615 forwards
+3.1 goals above replacement
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- EV offense
- +0.2
- EV defense
- +0.1
- Power play
- -0.0
- Penalty kill
- 0.0
- Shooting
- +1.2
- Penalties
- +0.3
- Average → replacement
- +1.3
In goals.
| Season | Team | GP | WAR | 90% interval | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | MTL | 37 | 0.6 | 0.0 to 1.5 | 219/615 |
| 2024-25 | MTL | 57 | 0.5 | -0.7 to 1.5 | 232/596 |
| 2023-24 | MTL | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 to 0.0 | 371/608 |
| 2022-23 | MTL | 58 | 1.3 | -0.2 to 2.8 | 109/617 |
Player tracking (NHL EDGE)
League EDGE leaderboards →Speed, shot power, distance covered, time by zone: measured by chips in the puck and shoulder pads. 90th percentile = better than 90% of players.
- Hardest shot
- 127.1 km/h32nd percentileleague avg. 130.1 km/h
- Top skating speed
- 34.8 km/h39th percentileleague avg. 35.2 km/h
- Bursts over 20 mph, season
- 1646th percentileleague avg. 21
- Offensive zone time
- 40.3 %30th percentileleague avg. 43.1 %
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- Total distance, season
- 43.8 km35th percentileleague avg. 52.2 km
- Distance, single-game high
- 3.71 km23rd percentileleague avg. 4.52 km
- Offensive zone at 5v5
- 40.0 %29th percentileleague avg. 42.4 %
- Neutral zone time
- 17.6 %31st percentileleague avg. 16.8 %
- Defensive zone time
- 42.0 %24th percentileleague avg. 40.1 %
Shooting
| Shots on goal | Goals | Shooting % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All | 1232nd percentile | 139th percentile | 8.3 %22nd percentile |
| High danger | 752nd percentile | 157th percentile | 14.3 %36th percentile |
| Mid range | 442nd percentile | 054th percentile | 0.0 %32nd percentile |
| Long range | 031st percentile | 092nd percentile | 0.0 %0th percentile |
Shots on goal by zone
2026-2027 regular season. Measured by puck and player tracking chips; the percentile ranks the player within the league.
Game log, 2026-27
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PITKirby Dach: frequently asked questions
How many goals does Kirby Dach have in 2026-27?
Kirby Dach has 1 goal and 6 points (5 assists) in 15 games in 2026-27.
How old is Kirby Dach?
Kirby Dach is 25 years old: he was born on January 21, 2001.
How tall is Kirby Dach, and how much does he weigh?
Kirby Dach is 6'4" (193 cm) and weighs 220 lb (100 kg).
Where is Kirby Dach from?
Canada: Kirby Dach was born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada.
What team does Kirby Dach play for?
Kirby Dach plays for the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL, at C, wearing number 77.
Is Kirby Dach injured?
No: Kirby Dach is not on the latest NHL injury report. This answer is updated throughout the season.
How good is Kirby Dach?
Kirby Dach produced 0.6 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2025-26, 219th of 615 players at his position in the NHL. His PAL rating is 41 out of 100: around average for his position.
How much does Kirby Dach make?
Kirby Dach earns $3.4M for the 2025-26 season. His Value Rating is 33 out of 100 (poor return): it measures the on-field return for that salary, compared with players at his position.
When does Kirby Dach's contract end?
Kirby Dach's contract runs through the 2026-27 season; he will then be an unrestricted free agent.
Is Kirby Dach overpaid?
Yes, his output falls short of what his salary should buy. His Value rating is 33 out of 100 (poor return), where 50 is the output expected for his salary, compared with players at his position.
Is Kirby Dach a top-10 player at his position?
No: by WAR, he ranks 219th of 615 players at his position in the NHL in 2025-26. Our comparison tool puts him side by side with any other player.
Is Kirby Dach getting better?
Yes: his PAL rating went from 25 in 2024-25 to 41 in 2025-26 (out of 100, 50 = average player at his position).
How has Kirby Dach played lately?
Over his last 10 games, Kirby Dach has 5 points (1 goal, 4 assists).
What are Kirby Dach's career stats?
Over his NHL career, Kirby Dach has 321 games, 52 goals, 90 assists and 142 points. His best season: 2022-23, with 38 points in 58 games.
Where was Kirby Dach drafted?
Kirby Dach was drafted 3rd overall (round 1) by Chicago Blackhawks in 2019.
Is Kirby Dach better at home or on the road?
On the road: in 2026-27, he averages 0.29 points per game at home (2 in 7 games) and 0.50 on the road (4 in 8 games).
How does Kirby Dach perform in the playoffs?
In the playoffs, Kirby Dach has 28 games and 11 points in his career. His pace (0.39 points per game) is similar to his regular-season pace (0.44).
Which player is most similar to Kirby Dach?
Bobby Brink: he is the player at his position whose PAL profile (the 0-to-100 dimensions) is closest to his in 2025-26.
Bobby Brink's page →Is Kirby Dach a good fantasy pick?
Probably not, except in deep leagues: our projection has him at 21 points in 2026-27, or 0.41 points per game.
Does Kirby Dach have siblings?
Yes: his brother Colton Dach (drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the second round, 62nd overall, of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft).
Is Kirby Dach related to anyone famous?
Yes: Keaton Verhoeff (maternal cousin, selected ninth overall in the 2026 NHL Entry Draft).
What is Kirby Dach's nationality?
Kirby Dach is Canadian. Internationally: Represented Canada/Team Alberta: gold medal at the Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup (2016, Team Alberta); 7th place at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge (2017, Canada Black); gold medal at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup (2018, Canada); captain of Canada's national junior team at the 2021 World Junior Championships (Canada: silver medal, Dach injured during the tournament).
How many championships has Kirby Dach won?
3: Gold medal at the Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup (2016) with Team Alberta; Gold medal at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup (2018) with Canada; Silver medal at the World Junior Championships (2021) with Canada.
Where did Kirby Dach play before turning pro?
Saskatoon Blades (WHL): selected second overall in the 2016 bantam draft; promoted as an underage player for the remainder of 2016–17 (appeared in 19 games) and played full-time in 2017–18.
How many points is Kirby Dach projected to score in 2026-27?
Our projection has him at 21 points in 51 games in 2026-27 (8 to 34 points, 80% interval), based on his recent seasons, age and role.
See also: his Montreal Canadiens teammates
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