In the first period, former Canadiens Jared Tinordi gave a solid check to Kirby Dach, who ended up on the Blackhawks bench. The forward appeared to injure his right leg on the sequence and retreated to the dressing room. While we hoped it was a temporary pain, it turns out not to be. The Canadiens have confirmed that he will not return to action tonight. <q>Forward Kirby Dach will not return to action tonight (lower body). - Montreal Canadiens</q> We're holding our breath and strongly hoping this is for precautionary purposes. Dach is the center of the 2nd trio and a very important player for the team. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/CanadiensMTL/status/1713348499432001986?t=hMytZbYTNyjEslZNzhaRrw&s=19'> </a></blockquote></div>