Montreal Canadiens · #72 · Defense

Arber Xhekaj

Age25Ht6'4"Wt240 lbShootsLeftBornHamilton, CAN

2026-27 regular season

11GP

11:50TOI

Next game

Sat Oct 31, 11:00 PM · Centre Bell

Pittsburgh PenguinsHome game · 1 day off

MTL

Home from trip2400 km

PIT

No schedule spot

PIT defense (2025-26)24th in goals allowed3.27 goals a game, 27.4 shots against

His games vs PIT0 G, 0 A in 9 GP1.0 shots a game

Linemates

Projected for Oct 29, via @krashboard

Pair 3He plays LD

Alexandre CarrierRD

Season profile

2026-27 regular season. Rates ranked against 238 defensemen with 3+ games.

GP11

+/--2

SOG6

S%0.0%

PPP0

Blk8

PIM16

TOI/GP11:50

G/GP26th

0.00

A/GP10th

0.00

P/GP8th

0.00

SOG/GP14th

0.55

HIT/GP77th

1.45

BLK/GP16th

0.73

TOI6th

11:50

PPP/GP37th

0.00

P/608th

0.00

G/6026th

0.00

SOG/6031st

2.8

HDC/6074th

0.46

ixG/6046th

0.23

Key rates

Regular season, per 60 minutes where it says so.

Points / 600.00

Shots / 602.8

Attempts / 609.2

HD chances / 600.46

ixG0.5-0.5 goals vs expected

PP shot share0%0 of 80 attempts

Primary points-0 of 0

Where his attempts come from

High danger1 att, 0 G10%

Medium danger1 att, 0 G10%

Low danger8 att, 0 G80%

Production by strength

Even0 P, 19 att-

Power play0 P, 0 att-

Shorthanded0 P, 1 att-

Ice time

Season average11:50

Last 10 games11:47steady

Last 5 games12:11+0:21

Shifts a game14.5

Ice time by strength is not in the game logs yet, so this is his total minutes.

Prop hit rates

How often he went over, regular season. A line of 0.5 needs 1 blocked shots.

Line

Last 560%3 of 5, avg 0.6

Last 1060%6 of 10, avg 0.7

Last 2064%7 of 11, avg 0.7

Season64%7 of 11, avg 0.7

Home83%5 of 6, avg 1.0

Away40%2 of 5, avg 0.4

vs PIT67%6 of 9, avg 0.9

Best priceOdds soon

Over 0.5--

Under 0.5--

Blocks prices from the books land here once NHL odds are live.

Game by game

Splits

Regular season. Last column follows the prop picked above. Opponent ranks are not in yet for this season.

Split	GP	G	A	P	P/GP	SOG/GP	HIT/GP	BLK/GP	TOI	Blocks o0.5
All games	11	0	0	0	0.00	0.55	1.45	0.73	11:50	64%7/11
Venue
Home	6	0	0	0	0.00	0.67	1.00	1.00	11:28	83%5/6
Away	5	0	0	0	0.00	0.40	2.00	0.40	12:15	40%2/5
Rest
Back-to-back	1	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	2.00	0.00	14:16	0%0/1
1 day off	3	0	0	0	0.00	1.00	1.67	0.33	9:56	33%1/3
2+ days off	6	0	0	0	0.00	0.50	1.50	1.00	12:17	83%5/6
Opponent defense
vs top 10 D	0	No games
vs middle 12	0	No games
vs bottom 10 D	0	No games
Result
In wins	6	0	0	0	0.00	0.50	1.17	0.83	11:17	67%4/6
In losses	5	0	0	0	0.00	0.60	1.80	0.60	12:29	60%3/5

Shot map

2026-27

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Game log

11 games. The blocks column is marked against over 0.5.

Date	Opp	Result	SOG	HIT	BLK	+/-	PIM	TOI	SHF
SunOct 25	@WPG	W 2-1	1	3	0	0	0	10:18	11
FriOct 23	@CHI	W 4-1	1	3	1	0	0	10:38	13
TueOct 20	SJS	L 3-4 OT	1	0	1	0	4	13:14	17
SatOct 17	BUF	W 4-3 OT	1	1	1	-1	0	12:29	16
WedOct 14B2B	@WSH	L 4-5	0	2	0	+1	0	14:16	15
TueOct 13	BUF	W 4-3 SO	0	0	2	-2	0	14:26	16
SatOct 10	DET	W 1-0 SO	0	0	0	0	0	7:30	9
ThuOct 8	NSH	L 2-5	2	2	1	+1	10	11:59	15
TueOct 6	CAR	L 4-6	0	3	1	-2	2	9:12	14
SatOct 3	@PIT	L 5-6 OT	0	2	0	+1	0	13:43	18
TueSep 29	@TOR	W 3-2	0	0	1	0	0	12:20	16
11 GPTotals, averages for TOI and shifts			6	16	8	-2	16	11:50	14.5