Arber Xhekaj
Age 25 · Shoots left · 6′4″ · 240 lb · Born Hamilton, Ontario, CAN
Undrafted
vs Nashville · 7:00 PM ET2025-262025-26: 65 games, 1-3-4, 0.06 points per game Season detail →
Arber Xhekaj has 0 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 4 points in 65 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample0 points in 3 games for the 20th-placed Montréal
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who kills penalties
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Montréal's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Top speed 19.67 mph, hardest shot 0.00 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 19.67@
PIT3 Oct · 1st 07:03 - 19.28@
TOR29 Sep · 2nd 06:10 - 19.13@TOR29 Sep · 1st 04:53
- 18.58@PIT3 Oct · 3rd 11:00
- 18.47@TOR29 Sep · 1st 19:07
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 1.18vs
CAR6 Oct · 9:12 TOI - 1.94@PIT3 Oct · 13:43 TOI
- 1.74@TOR29 Sep · 12:20 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.62 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
The last ten games
CARL 4-60000−29:12PITW 6-5 OT0000+113:43TORL 2-30000012:204 points in 65 games on a team that finished 6th
Where he ranks among NHL defencemen with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.1). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A third-pair defenceman who plays mostly at even strength
Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Montréal's power play went through him.
Special teams
Power-play involvement
Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.
Most of the goals come at even strength
How the 1 goal and 3 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Goals by period
Goals by game state
0 of 1 goal broke a tie; 0 came with Montréal trailing.
Most attempts from the point, goals from the point
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
125 attempts across the 52 games with a stored shot map.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2025-26 · 65 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG.
Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.
xG leadersHardest shot in the 91st percentile of defencemen: 98.97 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL defenceman.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the defenceman average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Takes more penalties than he draws
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (4 of 65)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
The last ten games
PHIL 2-40112−119:46
NYIW 4-10000+112:41
CBJL 2-50001−119:44
TBLW 2-1000008:45
FLAW 4-3 SO0001−211:36
NJDL 0-30000011:58NJDW 4-3 SO0110010:00
NYRW 3-20000+19:45TBLW 4-10000012:57CARW 3-1000005:11CARL 4-60000−29:12PITW 6-5 OT0000+113:43TORL 2-30000012:20Better on the road
Home and road
By opponent
By month
Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer
In 2025-26 he scored 2.7 points per $1M of cap hit, 180th of 191 defencemen with 40 or more games and a current contract.
Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 1 Oct 2026.
With Montréal
Five seasons · 2022-23 to 2026-27145th in franchise points since 1990-91
Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.
Franchise ranks
See all: Franchise ranks →Career
Regular season and playoffsFive seasons, all with the Canadiens
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct