Arber Xhekaj #72

D · Montréal Canadiens · Age 25 · Shoots L · 6′4″, 240 lb · Draft: Undrafted

2025-26 regular season. Shading and Pctl are the percentile among the season's defensemen who meet the tables' minimum (darker is better).

Summary		Pctl
GP	65	35th
TOI/GP	11:25	1st
G	1	15th
A	3	4th
P	4	4th
P/60	0.32	3rd
ixG	1.6	11th
G−ixG	−0.6	36th
xGF%	46.2	21st
Rel xGF%	−3.9	19th
GS/GP	−0.04	7th
Pen ±	−16	8th

Scoring		Pctl
G	1	15th
A1	2	11th
A2	1	2nd
P	4	4th
P1	3	11th
P/60	0.32	3rd
5v5 P/60	0.33	4th
PPP	0	26th
SHP	0	35th
ENG	0	43rd

Shooting		Pctl
SOG	40	16th
iCF	125	23rd
iFF	64	14th
ixG	1.6	11th
ixG/60	0.13	15th
G	1	15th
G−ixG	−0.6	36th
Sh%	2.5	20th
xSh%	2.4	10th
Blk'd	61	38th
5v5 iCF/60	10.3	65th

On ice (5v5)		Pctl
5v5 TOI	716	17th
CF%	47.6	28th
FF%	48.0	32nd
xGF%	46.2	21st
GF%	42.6	15th
xGF/60	2.17	11th
xGA/60	2.52	55th
oiSh%	9.4	46th
oiSv%	89.3	19th
PDO	98.7	27th
Rel CF%	−0.6	49th
Rel xGF%	−3.9	19th
OZS%	55.7	84th

Usage		Pctl
TOI/GP	11:25	1st
EV/GP	11:06	1st
5v5/GP	11:01	1st
PP/GP	0:01	6th
SH/GP	0:19	11th
Shifts/GP	14.2	1st
Shift	0:48	45th
OZ	64	13th
NZ	138	14th
DZ	51	3rd
OZS%	55.7	84th

Game Score		Pctl
GS	−2.7	6th
GS/GP	−0.04	7th
GS/60	−0.22	6th
Scoring	+2.7	4th
Shooting	+1.0	11th
On ice	−5.8	29th
Penalties	−2.1	11th
Faceoffs	0.0	51st
Other	+1.5	9th

Other		Pctl
Hits	178	98th
Blk	43	12th
Tk	2	1st
Gv	35	89th
PenD	18	90th
PenT	34	2nd
Pen ±	−16	8th
PP min ±	−28.0	11th
FOW	0	50th
FOL	0	52nd
FO%	–

By season

Season		GP	G	A	P	ixG	xGF%	GS/GP	TOI/GP
2026-27	Regular season	8	0	0	0	0.2	48.2	−0.05	12:00
2025-26	Regular season	65	1	3	4	1.6	46.2	−0.04	11:25
2025-26	Playoffs	13	1	1	2	0.4	51.5	+0.17	8:06

Rolling 10-game averages

5v5 xGF% (scale at right)Game Score per game (±0.5), centred on 0 · each point the 10 games to that one, 65 games in all

Linemates

Teammate	Pos	Together	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%
Alexandre Carrier	D	312:15	46.5	47.1
Brendan Gallagher	R	225:55	53.2	46.2
Zachary Bolduc	R	193:37	45.0	44.6
Ivan Demidov	R	193:37	46.6	50.6
Oliver Kapanen	C	187:16	46.3	47.9
Josh Anderson	R	184:37	45.5	40.9
Joseph Veleno	C	183:32	43.2	46.8
Jake Evans	C	153:27	41.9	42.2

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	TOI	G	A	SOG	ixG	5v5 CF%	5v5 xGF%	GS
Apr 14	@ PHI	L 2–4	19:46	0	1	2	0.05	50	54	+0.96
Apr 12	@ NYI	W 4–1	12:41	0	0	0	0.01	60	72	+0.36
Apr 11	vs CBJ	L 2–5	19:44	0	0	1	0.01	33	31	−0.82
Apr 9	vs TBL	W 2–1	8:45	0	0	0	0.00	60	70	+0.04
Apr 7	vs FLA	W 4–3 OT	11:36	0	0	1	0.02	40	40	−0.59
Apr 5	vs NJD	L 0–3	11:58	0	0	0	0.04	41	45	−0.07
Apr 4	@ NJD	W 4–3 OT	10:00	0	1	0	0.00	72	62	+0.88
Apr 2	@ NYR	W 3–2	9:45	0	0	0	0.03	58	52	+0.25
Mar 31	@ TBL	W 4–1	12:57	0	0	0	0.02	39	24	−0.32
Mar 29	@ CAR	W 3–1	5:11	0	0	0	0.00	15	7	−0.23
Mar 15	vs ANA	L 3–4	10:08	0	0	2	0.04	69	49	−0.02
Mar 10	vs TOR	W 3–1	10:59	0	0	1	0.02	65	76	+0.27
Mar 7	@ LAK	W 4–3	9:10	0	0	0	0.00	35	25	−0.25
Mar 6	@ ANA	L 5–6 OT	11:06	0	0	1	0.01	43	31	−0.44
Feb 26	vs NYI	L 3–4 OT	11:58	0	0	0	0.01	48	50	−0.02
Feb 2	@ MIN	L 3–4 OT	5:51	0	0	0	0.00	25	26	−0.24
Jan 31	@ BUF	W 4–2	7:09	0	0	0	0.00	15	13	−0.65
Jan 29	vs COL	W 7–3	13:38	0	0	0	0.00	38	49	−0.18
Jan 27	vs VGK	W 3–2 OT	8:16	0	0	0	0.00	44	29	−0.32
Jan 24	@ BOS	L 3–4	9:19	0	0	0	0.00	42	29	−0.04
Jan 17	@ OTT	W 6–5 OT	7:40	0	0	0	0.00	20	27	−0.06
Jan 15	@ BUF	L 3–5	10:29	0	0	0	0.00	44	84	+0.34
Jan 13	@ WSH	L 2–3 OT	7:03	0	0	0	0.00	43	60	+0.09
Jan 12	vs VAN	W 6–3	14:54	0	0	1	0.03	27	24	−1.41
Jan 10	vs DET	L 0–4	12:34	0	0	2	0.12	50	32	−0.37
Jan 8	vs FLA	W 6–2	8:37	0	0	0	0.01	50	34	−0.15
Jan 7	vs CGY	W 4–1	16:01	0	0	2	0.04	59	79	+0.40
Jan 4	@ DAL	W 4–3 OT	9:14	0	0	1	0.01	53	19	−0.46
Jan 3	@ STL	L 0–2	7:53	0	0	0	0.00	55	11	−0.65
Jan 1	@ CAR	W 7–5	13:54	0	0	0	0.00	35	48	0.00
Dec 30	@ FLA	W 3–2 OT	9:39	0	0	0	0.01	82	55	+0.11
Dec 28	@ TBL	L 4–5 OT	7:15	0	0	0	0.05	38	4	−1.53
Dec 23	@ BOS	W 6–2	7:42	0	0	2	0.03	91	71	+0.23
Dec 21	@ PIT	L 3–4 OT	11:05	0	0	0	0.03	58	77	+0.69
Dec 20	vs PIT	W 4–0	13:19	0	0	1	0.09	41	35	−0.54
Dec 18	vs CHI	W 4–1	16:17	0	0	1	0.26	52	69	+0.76
Dec 16	vs PHI	L 1–4	15:21	0	0	0	0.00	68	72	+0.38
Dec 13	@ NYR	L 4–5 OT	10:13	1	0	1	0.03	53	36	+0.79
Dec 9	vs TBL	L 1–6	16:01	0	0	1	0.05	45	37	−0.50
Dec 7	vs STL	L 3–4	10:46	0	0	2	0.02	61	22	−0.58
Dec 6	@ TOR	W 2–1 OT	11:49	0	0	0	0.06	40	43	−0.13
Dec 3	vs WPG	W 3–2 OT	13:41	0	0	1	0.02	56	85	+0.83
Dec 2	vs OTT	L 2–5	12:48	0	0	0	0.00	77	87	+0.11
Nov 29	@ COL	L 2–7	13:46	0	0	0	0.00	30	15	−1.31
Nov 28	@ VGK	W 4–1	11:15	0	0	1	0.03	38	49	+0.04
Nov 22	vs TOR	W 5–2	15:10	0	0	0	0.00	22	47	+0.21
Nov 20	vs WSH	L 4–8	13:28	0	0	2	0.05	40	54	−0.11
Nov 17	@ CBJ	L 3–4 OT	9:50	0	0	1	0.02	53	73	+0.37
Nov 15	vs BOS	L 2–3	10:04	0	0	1	0.02	45	65	+0.30
Nov 13	vs DAL	L 0–7	15:18	0	0	1	0.00	68	73	+0.37
Nov 11	vs LAK	L 1–5	13:09	0	0	1	0.01	68	62	+0.12
Nov 8	vs UTA	W 6–2	14:00	0	0	2	0.03	65	80	+1.06
Nov 6	@ NJD	L 3–4 OT	10:54	0	0	0	0.00	61	46	−0.23
Nov 4	vs PHI	L 4–5 OT	10:38	0	0	0	0.01	60	44	−0.20
Nov 1	vs OTT	W 4–3 OT	14:32	0	0	1	0.11	45	55	+0.23
Oct 28	@ SEA	W 4–3 OT	11:29	0	0	0	0.00	47	69	+0.29
Oct 25	@ VAN	W 4–3	6:37	0	0	1	0.02	40	85	+0.08
Oct 23	@ EDM	L 5–6	8:49	0	0	1	0.01	52	30	−0.75
Oct 22	@ CGY	W 2–1 OT	12:16	0	0	0	0.00	26	60	+0.11
Oct 20	vs BUF	W 4–2	13:08	0	0	0	0.01	33	27	−0.74
Oct 18	vs NYR	L 3–4	10:20	0	0	2	0.04	70	70	+0.34
Oct 14	vs SEA	W 5–4 OT	10:00	0	0	1	0.02	39	45	−0.17
Oct 11	@ CHI	W 3–2	6:48	0	0	0	0.00	57	26	−0.62
Oct 9	@ DET	W 5–1	15:37	0	1	0	0.00	34	35	+0.68
Oct 8	@ TOR	L 2–5	11:08	0	0	2	0.04	54	58	+0.25