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I’m starting to wonder if Michel Therrien’s last name is really Desharnais? Or maybe David Desharnais’s last name is really Therrien?

That might be the only way to explain how Desharnais (or is it Therrien?) was still on the first line and the No. 1 power-play unit during the Canadiens’ practice Thursday in Brossard as they prepared to face the Sabres Friday night in Buffalo (7 p.m., SNE, RDS, TSN Radio 690).

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The situation reminds me of the coach’s kid in pee-wee hockey who can do no wrong. He’ll always be on the No. 1 line and the first power-play unit while the other players and their parents stew.

Desharnais has zero points in his last seven games and has only two goals and five assists in his last 33. For the season, Desharnais has nine goals and 15 assists in 55 games and is minus-6.

The 5-foot-7, 174-pounder has only four power-play points (including three goals) this season while spending a total of 129:36 on the ice with the man advantage. That works out to the equivalent of playing two full games and half a period of a third game with the man advantage — and picking up only four points. Desharnais has gone 33 straight games without a power-play point despite averaging 2:21 of ice time per game with the man advantage.