Florian Xhekaj
Age 22 · Shoots left · 6′3″ · 195 lb · Born Hamilton, Ontario, CAN
Drafted 2023, #101 overall by Montréal
vs Nashville · 7:00 PM ET2025-262025-26: 5 games, 0-1-1, 0.20 points per game Season detail →
Florian Xhekaj has 0 points in 1 game of 2026-27, after 1 point in 5 games last season.
This season
2026-27 regular season · 1 game Small sample0 points in 1 game for the 20th-placed Montréal
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games.
Percentiles need 2 games in 2026-27; Florian Xhekaj has 1.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward 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 attempts from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
3 attempts across the 1 game with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 1 game. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 5 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
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 leadersTop speed 19.42 mph, hardest shot 63.37 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Tracking percentiles need 2 games in 2026-27; Florian Xhekaj has 1.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
- 19.42vs
CAR6 Oct · 3rd 05:13 - 19.38vsCAR6 Oct · 2nd 02:32
- 19.31vsCAR6 Oct · 2nd 19:02
- 19.13vsCAR6 Oct · 2nd 03:02
- 19.09vsCAR6 Oct · 3rd 12:14
- 18.93vsCAR6 Oct · 3rd 11:36
- 18.71vsCAR6 Oct · 3rd 11:24
- 18.36vsCAR6 Oct · 1st 01:06
His fastest bursts in mph.
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
- 63.37vsCAR6 Oct · 3rd 12:08
- 41.24vsCAR6 Oct · 3rd 05:17
Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.
Shot attempts per speed band.
Distance, last 10 games
- 1.41vsCAR6 Oct · 8:48 TOI
Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 1.41 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 4-60001−38:481 point in 5 games on a team that finished 6th
Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 40+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.
Percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Florian Xhekaj has 5.
Points per game · rolling blocks
Dashed line: season average (0.2). Dark blocks sit at or above it.
Where he ranks
See all: Where he ranks →A depth forward 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.
No goals yet: his one point is an assist
How the 0 goals and 1 assist were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.
Most attempts from the slot
Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.
By zone
11 attempts across the 5 games with a stored shot map. Small sample
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 1 game. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 5 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
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 leadersTop speed 21.30 mph, hardest shot 78.36 mph
How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.
Tracking percentiles need 40 games in 2025-26; Florian Xhekaj has 5.
Where his shifts were spent
Share of his time on ice in each zone.
Fastest moments
Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.
Hardest shots
Shot attempts per speed band.
Physical play, discipline and faceoffs
Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.
Possession and physical
Points come in bunches, not every night (1 of 5)
How often he scores, how long the streaks run.
Streaks
The last ten games
OTTL 2-50000−17:43
COLL 2-70000−110:35
VGKW 4-10001011:02
UTAW 4-3000108:51
TORW 5-20112+19:48CARL 4-60001−38:48Final season of his deal: a restricted free agent next summer
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
One season · 2025-26 to 2025-26335th 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 playoffsOne season, all with the Canadiens
Career · regular season
Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.
Draft
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct