Monahan notched an assist, two shots on goal and two hits in Thursday's 3-2 shootout loss to the Kings.

Monahan ended his 15-game point drought when he set up Erik Gudbranson's third-period tally. In that span, Monahan sat out two games as a healthy scratch -- the first performance-related absences of his career. The 27-year-old has had a brutal 2021-22 with 23 points, 111 shots on net, 59 hits and a minus-15 rating through 65 appearances.