A day after writing about the shortcomings of Kirby Dach, Martin St. Louis benched him. He played just 11:57 in the game ...

Dach logged an assist and four hits in Wednesday's 6-3 loss to the Kings. Dach has three helpers over his last two outings. He assisted on Logan Mailloux's tally in the third period of this contests.

Dach has to play smarter. His cross-checking penalty at the end of the second period was ill timed. It was a bad way to close ...

Dach notched a pair of assists and two hits in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Sharks.