There was a lot of discussion of the Montreal Canadiens finding the right fit next to Cole Caufield and Nick Suzuki on the team’s top line. Kirby Dach seems like a good fit there. When Martin St-Louis decided to pair Mike Hoffman with Christian Dvorak and Brendan Gallagher, it didn’t generate much discussion but it did raise some eyebrows.
“Last year Gallagher and Hoffman played together a lot,” said St-Louis. “They are two completely different players. They have a lot of success together, not only scoring, but making things happen.”
It’s then perhaps no coincidence that the two Hoffman goals against Detroit came off of rebounds from Gallagher shots, and on Wednesday his goal came off of a pass from Dvorak.