Ice Chips: Canadiens F Dach (LBI) out vs. Hurricanes
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Montreal Canadiens
Centre Kirby Dach will not play Tuesday night against the Carolina Hurricanes due to a lower-body injury, per Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis.
Dach, 24, has 10 goals and 22 points in 57 games this season. He missed all but two games last season after tearing his ACL. He had 13:43 minutes of ice time in Saturday's 5-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators.
He was absent from practice this morning along with Brendan Gallagher (personal reasons) and Josh Anderson and David Savard, who both took therapy days.
With Dach injured, forward Owen Beck was recalled this morning from the AHL's Laval Rocket.
He has appeared in six games with Montreal this season but has yet to record a point.
In his first professional season, Beck has 13 goals and 32 points in 47 games with Laval.
Goaltender Samuel Montembeault will get the start tomorrow against the Hurricanes.
The 28-year-old is 19-21-3 with an .897 save percentage and 2.97 GAA this season.
Montreal has two games at home this week against the Hurricanes (Tuesday) and the San Jose Sharks (Thursday). The team is five points back of the second wild-card position in the Eastern Conference standings.
Winnipeg Jets
Goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen has been loaned to the AHL's Manitoba Moose.
Kahkonen, who has not appeared in a game for Winnipeg this season, has played 20 games with Manitoba, going 6-13-0 with an .885 save percentage and 3.34 goals-against average.
Signing a one-year deal with the Jets on July 1, Kahkonen was waived by the Jets at the start of the season. He was claimed by Colorado, where he appeared in one game with the Avalanche and two games with the AHL's Eagles. He was waived again on Nov. 11 by the Avalanche before being re-claimed by Winnipeg the next day.
The 28-year-old has appeared in 140 career NHL games with a career .898 save percentage, 3.34 GAA and 49 wins split between the Minnesota Wild, San Jose Sharks, New Jersey Devils and Avalanche.
The Jets are in action tonight against the San Jose Sharks as they look to win their 10th consecutive game. .
Connor Hellebuyck is set to start tonight in his first game back since representing the United States at the 4 Nations Face-Off, where he backstopped the Americans to the final before losing to Canada 3-2 in overtime.
Hellebuyck, 31, lead all NHL goaltenders this season in save percentage (.925), GAA (2.06) and shutouts (six) as the Jets are second in the NHL with 83 points, one point back of league-leading Washington.
Projected lines vs. Sharks per TSN's John Lu:
Connor - Scheifele - Vilardi
Ehlers - Namestnikov - Perfetti
Niederreiter - Lowry - Appleton
Gustafsson - Kupari - Iafallo
Morrissey - DeMelo
Samberg - Pionk
Stanley - Miller
Hellebuyck
Comrie
Detroit Red Wings
Forward Andrew Copp (undisclosed) has been placed on the injured reserve Monday morning.
Copp missed Sunday's 5-4 overtime victory over the Anaheim Ducks with an undisclosed injury. He played in Detroit's first game back from the 4 Nations break on Saturday, logging 10:20 minutes of ice time with an assist in a 4-3 overtime loss to the Minnesota Wild.
He will miss at least the next two games for Detroit.
The 30-year-old has 10 goals and 23 points in 56 games this season with Detroit, his third with the organization.
The Red Wings have the first wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference with 64 points.
With Copp going on injured reserve, the Red Wings have recalled forward Sheldon Dries from the AHL's Grand Rapids Griffins.
Dries, 30, has 19 goals and 27 points in 48 AHL games this season. He last appeared in the NHL during the 2022-23 season, when he had 11 goals and 17 points in 63 games with the Vancouver Canucks.
In his career, Dries has appeared in 122 NHL games, scoring 16 goals with 26 points split between the Colorado Avalanche and Canucks.
Chicago Blackhawks
The Blackhawks have recalled forward Colton Dach from the AHL's Rockford IceHogs.
Dach, 22, has four points in 13 games with the Blackhawks this season. In the AHL, he has 12 goals and 26 points in 33 games.
He made his NHL debut on Jan. 3 against the Montreal Canadiens and had five shots on goal and five hits.
Chicago is on the road tomorrow against the Utah Hockey Club at the Delta Center.