LW · MTL · NHL id 8484403
Florian Xhekaj has played 5 games for the Montreal Canadiens in 2025-26, scoring 0 goals and 1 assist (1 points) on 4 shots while averaging 9:36 a night. At 5v5 he has skated 47% of his 5v5 minutes with Brendan Gallagher and 47% with Alexandre Carrier over the last 5 games, and the Canadiens have controlled 38% of shot attempts with Xhekaj on the ice (1-2 in goals, 57% offensive-zone starts). In the Canadiens' most recent game against OTT he was on L4 with Josh Anderson and Jake Evans and off the power play.
Right now
From the Dec 2 game vs OTT, detected from shift data
Deployment timeline
2025-26 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes
Usage: 5 games, 9:36 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 0 line changes.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- 5-game average
- Did not play
- ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
NHL EDGE tracking
2025-26 percentiles among skaters at his position
Only 5 GP in 2025-26: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.
Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.
Shot map
2025-26 · 8 attempts, 4 on goal, 0 goals
Shot map, OPP at MTL: 8 attempts, 4 on goal, 0 goals, 0.28 expected goals; best chance Florian Xhekaj at 0.18 xG.
- Even strength
- Power play
- Penalty kill
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Luck
2025-26 · 5 GP · 1 points vs 0.6 expected
- 0.0%
- 97.2
- 100.0%
- G vs xG
- 0 / 0.3
- • Only 5 games: treat the meter as a hint.
- Actual goals
- Expected
- ±1σ
- Above expected
- Below expected
Player analytics
Compare with another player →2025-26 regular season. Rank is among all qualified players; the bar is his percentile among forwards. Each stat links to its explainer.
Fantasy box score
- Games played5
- Goals0
- Assists1
- Points1
- Shots on goal4
- Hits9
- Blocked shots4
- Plus/minus−1
- Penalty minutes7
Possession & shot quality (5-on-5 on-ice)
- Corsi (CF%)37.7%
- Fenwick (FF%)36.0%
- Sequence xG (sxGF%)30.7%
Transition, turnovers & faceoffs
- Turnover Ledger /60−0.008
Usage
- Offensive-zone start %57.1%
Special teams & discipline
Luck & trend
- On-ice PDO972
- Luck Meter−3391st of 828
NHL EDGE tracking
- Hardest shot78.4
- Offensive-zone time39.5%
Unranked rows are below the sample minimum (20 GP, 200 five-on-five minutes, 100 draws or 10 goalie games).
Beyond the box score
2025-26 regular season · 4 of 5 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)
- −0.091
- Season net
- −0.07xG
5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.
- Per 60
- 1.25
- Attempts
- 1
- 0.011
5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.
Linemates
2025-26 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Xhekaj
| Teammate | Pos | GP | Share | CF% together | GF% together | CF% Xhekaj apart | CF% mate apart | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Gallagher | RW | 3 | 22:45 | 47% | 29.7% | 0% (0-1) | 42.9% 6:35 | 57.7% 13:42 |
| Alexandre Carrier | D | 5 | 22:42 | 47% | 30.3% | 50% (1-1) | 43.2% 25:17 | 40.2% 51:12 |
| Joseph Veleno | C | 3 | 22:17 | 46% | 35.7% | 0% (0-1) | 22.2% 7:03 | 50.0% 13:08 |
| Jake Evans | C | 3 | 21:58 | 46% | 39.4% | 50% (1-1) | 20.0% 4:24 | 47.1% 11:02 |
| Josh Anderson | RW | 3 | 21:18 | 44% | 41.9% | 50% (1-1) | 14.3% 5:04 | 42.3% 14:00 |
| Lane Hutson | D | 5 | 15:59 | 33% | 42.9% | 0% (0-1) | 34.7% 32:00 | 46.1% 74:32 |
| Mike Matheson | D | 5 | 15:13 | 32% | 42.9% | 100% (1-0) | 34.7% 32:46 | 40.4% 73:39 |
| Arber Xhekaj | D | 4 | 15:02 | 31% | 14.3% | 0% (0-1) | 45.5% 24:06 | 45.8% 36:56 |
| Noah Dobson | D | 5 | 11:50 | 25% | 45.0% | — (0-0) | 35.1% 36:09 | 35.7% 75:07 |
| Jayden Struble | D | 4 | 9:17 | 19% | 37.5% | 0% (0-1) | 33.3% 28:07 | 43.6% 52:42 |
| Adam Engstrom | D | 2 | 5:56 | 12% | 75.0% | — (0-0) | 39.1% 13:30 | 40.0% 18:15 |
Game log
5 games in 2025-26, newest first
| Date | Opp | Result | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | EV | PP | PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2 | vs OTT | L 2-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 7:43 | 7:43 | — | — |
| Nov 29 | @ COL | L 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 10:35 | 10:35 | — | — |
| Nov 28 | @ VGK | W 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 11:02 | 11:02 | — | — |
| Nov 26 | @ UTA | W 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 8:51 | 8:51 | — | — |
| Nov 22 | vs TOR | W 5-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 9:48 | 9:48 | — | — |
Season splits by strength
2025-26 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data
| Strength | GP | TOI/GP | SA | GF | GA | GF% | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All situations | 5 | 47:59 | 9:36 | 29 | 48 | 37.7% | 36.0% | 13 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 0.9 | 2.1 | 57% |
| Even strength | 5 | 47:59 | 9:36 | 29 | 48 | 37.7% | 36.0% | 13 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 0.9 | 2.1 | 57% |
| 5v5 | 5 | 47:59 | 9:36 | 29 | 48 | 37.7% | 36.0% | 13 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 33% | 0.9 | 2.1 | 57% |
Career by season
Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HIT | BLK | TOI/GP | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | MTL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 7 | 4 | 0.0% | 9 | 4 | 9:36 |
Florian Xhekaj news
- Everything indicates that Florian Xhekaj will not play tomorrow in TorontoDose.ca
- Florian Xhekaj: Martin St-Louis thinks he's ready for the NHL, but...Dose.ca
- After surviving Canadiens' final cuts, Florian Xhekaj's next hurdle is getting into lineupMontreal Gazette
- 3 Stars From the Montreal Canadiens’ PreseasonThe Hockey Writers
- Florian Xhekaj: A Few Theories to Explain His PresenceDose.ca
- Florian Xhekaj not among players cut by Canadiens ahead of season openermontrealgazette.com
- Senators prospect Adam Nemec injured after controversial Florian Xhekaj hitMarqueur.com
- Florian Xhekaj, Engstrom Stay; Reinbacher Sent Downthesickpodcast.com
Headlines via LineupExperts. Links open the original publisher.
On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.