Montreal Canadiens forward Kirby Dach will miss the next four to six weeks with a fractured foot, the team said Sunday.

Losing Dach becomes the latest injury development for a Canadiens team that's seeking its first consecutive playoff appearance since it last did it in the 2019-20 and the 2020-21 seasons.

On Friday, the Canadiens announced that defenseman Kaiden Guhle would miss up to 10 weeks after undergoing an adductor muscle surgery while forward Alex Newhook is slated to miss the next four months after having a procedure for a broken ankle.

Those injuries come weeks after the Canadiens announced that winger Patrik Laine would miss between three to four months after having core muscle surgery.

Dach, who has five goals and seven points in 15 games, recorded one shot on goa

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