Arber Xhekaj
#72 · Defenseman · Montréal Canadiens
| GamesGP | GoalsG | AssistsA | PointsP | ShotsSOG | Ice timeTOI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This season | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:48 |
| Last season | 65 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 11:25 |
Role
Where he fits on Montréal right now.
- Line
P3 with A. Engstrom · 8:24 a game together
- Power play
Not on either unit
- Penalty kill
Second wave 10 of 14 kills · 0:39 a kill · starts only 2
- Ice time
11:48 a game, 6th-most among Montréal defensemen · 9:58 5-on-5 · 1:38 PK
- Competition
Easier opponents than 99% of defensemen · home 99%, road 98%
Tougher opponents than 58% of defensemen
What’s changed
- A. Xhekaj has started killing penalties: on the ice for 27% of the team’s shorthanded time in 4 games, up from 6% last season.
Where he stands out
What he does better or worse than most players at his position.
Better than most at his position
HittingTop 5
hitting score 34314.06 hits /60better than 98% of defensemenmore than 99% of defensemen
Drawing penaltiesTop 5
0.91 penalties drawn /60better than 98% of defensemen
Hardest shot
99.0 mphharder than 90% of defensemen
Behind most at his position
Staying out of the box
1.78 penalties taken /60behind 99% of defensemen
Takeaways
takeaway score 650.23 takeaways /60behind 98% of defensemenfewer than 99% of defensemen
Creating chances
−0.17 expected goals /60behind 86% of defensemen
Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season and last, through Oct 10. Compared with defensemen who have played at least 20 games over the two seasons.
Better than most at his position
Hitting
hitting score 1858.89 hits /60better than 86% of defensemenmore than 96% of defensemen
Behind most at his position
Fast bursts
0.0 bursts /60less often than 92% of defensemen
Top speed
19.7 mphslower than 90% of defensemen
Listed only when we can be confident he is above or below average. Numbers from this season, through Oct 10. Compared with defensemen who have played at least 3 games.
All ratings
Every rating, against other defensemen.
This season’s 4 games blended with last season’s 65, and pulled toward the average defenseman by an amount that depends on how quickly each rating settles.
This season’s 4 games only, pulled toward the average defenseman. Expect wide ranges this early.
Driving play at 5-on-5
- Creating chancesAlong for the rideDrives play
−0.17 expected goals /60bottom 14%
+0.03 expected goals /60top 32%
- Preventing chancesChances against riseShuts it down
+0.05 expected goals against /60bottom 28%
+0.05 expected goals against /60bottom 25%
Scoring
- Shooting volumeRarely shootsFires away
8.5 shot attempts /60bottom 34%
8.3 shot attempts /60bottom 29%
- Creating his own chancesFew chancesDangerous
0.16 expected goals /60bottom 33%
0.20 expected goals /60top 39%
- FinishingBelow expectedSniper
+0.0 goals above expected /100 shotsbottom 34%
+0.1 goals above expected /100 shotsaverage
- Setting up goalsRarely sets upPlaymaker
0.28 first assists /60bottom 17%
0.33 first assists /60average
Special teams
- Power-play chancesQuietThreat
0.72 expected goals /60too few games
0.73 expected goals /60too few games
- Shorthanded threatPure defensePower kill
0.90 expected goals for /60too few games
0.86 expected goals for /60average
Physical and puck
- HittingTop 5Avoids contactPhysical
- Shot blockingRarely blocksShot blocker
blocking score 85bottom 30%3.49 blocks /60bottom 28%
blocking score 97average3.81 blocks /60bottom 39%
- TakeawaysRarePuck thief
Penalties and faceoffs
- Drawing penaltiesTop 5RarelyDraws calls
0.91 penalties drawn /60top 2%
0.42 penalties drawn /60bottom 44%
- Staying out of the boxOften penalizedClean
1.78 penalties taken /60bottom 1%
0.74 penalties taken /60bottom 40%
Hitting, shot blocking and takeaways are arena-adjusted scores (100 is the average defenseman); switch “Hits and takeaways” to Raw in the settings to see the numbers as recorded. How the ratings work.
Shots
Where his shots come from, and how his misses miss.
66 unblocked shots, this season and last, from his point of view. 1 more from outside the zone. Empty nets left out.
2 unblocked shots, this season, from his point of view. Empty nets left out.
How his misses miss
24 missed shots. “Wide left” is from his point of view.
No missed shots yet.
The NHL’s game data records how a shot missed, but not where in the net a goal or save went (glove side, blocker, five-hole). That needs paid camera tracking, so we don’t show it.
Skating and shot
Speed, bursts, shot power and where he spends his shifts, from the NHL’s own tracking (NHL EDGE).
- Top speedSlowerBurner
21.8 mphbottom 38%
19.7 mphbottom 10%
- Fast burstsRareFrequent
1.2 bursts /60bottom 32%
0.0 bursts /60bottom 8%
- Hardest shotSofterCannon
99.0 mphtop 10%
85.8 mphtop 43%
- Distance skatedShorterCovers ground
8.39 miles /60bottom 42%
8.29 miles /60bottom 28%
- Time in the offensive zoneDefendingAttacking
42.8% of his timetop 29%
43.1% of his timetop 38%
Top speed and hardest shot are his best single moments over this season and lastthis season; bursts and distance are per 60 minutes of his ice time. Tracking data: NHL EDGE.