Prior to the season most prognosticators thought that if Kirby Dach were to make the team it would need to be on one of the Blackhawks top line where he could find offensive success with the likes of Patrick Kane or Jonathan Toews. Instead Dach has found himself at the bottom of the line up with Zach Smith and Ryan Carpenter, a decision that has completely caught Blackhawks fans off guard.
The Smith-Carpenter-Dach 4th line has been dominant tonight. Never expected that to work, but it has.