Montreal Canadiens forwards Kirby Dach and Brendan Gallagher attended Tuesday’s morning practice in regular player jerseys, hours before the Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Bell Center.
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The two men had also trained the previous day, but they were wearing a no-contact vest.
Dach has not played since February 14, while Gallagher has been sidelined since January 3. Both skaters suffered lower body injuries.
We don’t know at the moment whether head coach Martin St-Louis will be able to use their services against the “Bolts”. However, Dach developed on the first unit accompanied by Nick Suzuki and Rafaël Harvey-Pinard. Gallagher, for his part, ran on what appeared to be the Habs’ third line with Alex Belzile and Mike Hoffman.
Center Jake Evans and defenseman Jordan Harris also jumped onto the icy surface but wore non-contact jerseys.
CH is having a rather difficult month of March, having only managed one win in 10 games since the start of the third month of the calendar year. St. Louis troops lost their flag 5-3 in their last outing against the Lightning on Saturday night.