Injury cascade
Who benefits when Florian Xhekaj is out?
Florian Xhekaj (L, Montreal Canadiens) plays 9:02 a night on L4, with 0% of the team's power-play time over his last 10 games. He has missed the team's last 2 games.
Only 2 games without Florian Xhekaj so far; history is blended with line-adjacency estimates. Through games of Oct 13, 2026.
Expected change per game without him
+1:44 TOI, +5 PP% · 4.9% rost
+1:35 TOI · 98% rost
+1:25 TOI · 99% rost
+2:01 TOI, −5 PP% · 100% rost
+1:04 TOI · 100% rost
+0:23 TOI · 13% rost
Ranked beneficiaries
Show
| Player | Games | Exp. Δ TOI | Rost % | Basis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre TexierLIn 2 games without Florian Xhekaj, Alexandre Texier played 16:20 (+3:28) and PP share went 13% → 23%. | 2 | 12:52 → 16:20 | +1:44 | 13% → 23% | 0/2 | 4.9% | Games without him |
| Juraj SlafkovskýLIn 2 games without Florian Xhekaj, Juraj Slafkovský played 20:56 (+3:10). | 2 | 17:46 → 20:56 | +1:35 | 58% → 61% | 2/2 | 98%▼0.9 | Games without him |
| Lane HutsonDIn 2 games without Florian Xhekaj, Lane Hutson played 26:49 (+2:51). | 2 | 23:58 → 26:49 | +1:25 | 63% → 64% | 2/2 | 99%▼0.6 | Games without him |
| Nick SuzukiCIn 2 games without Florian Xhekaj, Nick Suzuki played 24:49 (+4:02) and PP share went 71% → 60%. | 2 | 20:47 → 24:49 | +2:01 | 71% → 61% | 2/2 | 100% | Games without him |
| Cole CaufieldRIn 2 games without Florian Xhekaj, Cole Caufield played 20:32 (+2:09). | 2 | 18:23 → 20:32 | +1:04 | 65% → 61% | 2/2 | 100% | Games without him |
| Alexandre CarrierDIn 2 games without Florian Xhekaj, Alexandre Carrier played 20:09 (+0:46). | 2 | 19:23 → 20:09 | +0:23 | 0% → 0% | 0/2 | 13%▼1.1 | Games without him |
FAQ
Who benefits when Florian Xhekaj is out?
Alexandre Texier projects to gain the most (+1:44 a game). In 2 games without Florian Xhekaj, Alexandre Texier played 16:20 (+3:28) and PP share went 13% → 23%.
How many games has MTL played without Florian Xhekaj?
2 games in the loaded seasons while he was on the roster, against 7 with him.
How it works
- We find every game the injured player missed while on the team's roster this season and last (including the current absence), and compare each teammate's ice time, power-play share and PP1 usage in those games with the games the injured player dressed.
- Changes are shrunk toward zero when the sample is small (a change over n games counts n / (n + 2) of its size), so one odd game does not crown a beneficiary.
- When there is little or no absence history, we fall back to line adjacency from our shift-based line detection: the next man up on his power-play unit (the top PP2 player at his position) and the best player one line or pair below his.
- Players are ranked by expected fantasy opportunity: TOI minutes, plus power-play share (10 points of PP share ≈ 1.2 minutes of even-strength TOI), plus PP1 gains.