Regular season and playoffsMTL

Arber Xhekaj's 2025-2026 season

Points

NHL#687

Goals

NHL#657

Assists

NHL#658

Plus/minus

-8

NHL#745

Games

79% of 82

Defenceman Arber Xhekaj was 24 years old when the 2025-2026 season began, his 4th in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played 65 of a possible 82 games and scored 1 goals and 3 assists for 4 points, 0.06 points per game. In the playoffs he played 13 games for 2 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2025-2026Playoffs

Year 2025
1 year ago
Season opener
October 8
Arber Xhekaj plays the 2025-2026 season for Montréal Canadiens
MTLMontréal Canadiens
Arber was 24 years old when the 2025-2026 season began. It was his 4th season with the team. His 4th NHL season in all.
- The game
  MTL2–5TOR
  L
  October 8game 1/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG11:08TOI
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- The game
  MTL5–1DET
  W
  October 9game 2/825
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-0SOG15:37TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  MTL3–2CHI
  W
  October 11game 3/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG06:48TOI
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- The game
  SEA4–5MTL
  W
  October 14game 4/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG10:00TOI
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- The game
  NYR4–3MTL
  L
  October 18game 6/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG10:20TOI
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- The game
  BUF2–4MTL
  W
  October 20game 7/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG13:08TOI
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- The game
  MTL2–1CGY
  W
  October 22game 8/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG12:16TOI
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- The game
  MTL5–6EDM
  L
  October 23game 9/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG08:49TOI
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- The game
  MTL4–3VAN
  W
  October 25game 10/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG06:37TOI
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- The game
  MTL4–3SEA
  W
  October 28game 11/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG11:29TOI
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- November 2025
- The game
  OTT3–4MTL
  W
  November 1game 12/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG14:32TOI
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- The game
  PHI5–4MTL
  L
  November 4game 13/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG10:38TOI
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- The game
  MTL3–4NJD
  L
  November 6game 14/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG10:54TOI
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- The game
  UTA2–6MTL
  W
  November 8game 15/821
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-2SOG14:00TOI
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- The game
  LAK5–1MTL
  L
  November 11game 16/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG13:09TOI
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- The game
  DAL7–0MTL
  L
  November 13game 17/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG15:18TOI
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- The game
  BOS3–2MTL
  L
  November 15game 18/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG10:04TOI
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- The game
  MTL3–4CBJ
  L
  November 17game 19/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG09:50TOI
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- The game
  WSH8–4MTL
  L
  November 20game 20/821
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG13:28TOI
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- The game
  TOR2–5MTL
  W
  November 22game 21/824
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG15:10TOI
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- Checkpoint
  November 22
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 8220 of 21 played
  1
  points
  NHL#612
  0
  goals
  NHL#549
  1
  assists
  NHL#549
  -4
  +/-
  NHL#208
  MTL
  11-7-3W-L-OT25Points
  5th in the Atlantic·10th in the Eastern Conference·17th in the whole NHL
- The game
  MTL4–1VGK
  W
  November 28game 23/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG11:15TOI
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- The game
  MTL2–7COL
  L
  November 29game 24/823
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG13:46TOI
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- December 2025
- The game
  OTT5–2MTL
  L
  December 2game 25/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG12:48TOI
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- The game
  WPG2–3MTL
  W
  December 3game 26/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG13:41TOI
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- The game
  MTL2–1TOR
  W
  December 6game 27/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG11:49TOI
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- The game
  STL4–3MTL
  L
  December 7game 28/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG10:46TOI
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- The game
  TBL6–1MTL
  L
  December 9game 29/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG16:01TOI
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- The game
  MTL4–5NYR
  L
  December 13game 31/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG10:13TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  PHI4–1MTL
  L
  December 16game 33/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG15:21TOI
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- The game
  CHI1–4MTL
  W
  December 18game 34/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG16:17TOI
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- The game
  PIT0–4MTL
  W
  December 20game 35/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG13:19TOI
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- The game
  MTL3–4PIT
  L
  December 21game 36/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG11:05TOI
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- The game
  MTL6–2BOS
  W
  December 23game 37/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG07:42TOI
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- The game
  MTL4–5TBL
  L
  December 28game 38/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG07:15TOI
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- The game
  MTL3–2FLA
  W
  December 30game 39/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG09:39TOI
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Year 2026
this year
- The game
  MTL7–5CAR
  W
  January 1game 40/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG13:54TOI
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- The game
  MTL0–2STL
  L
  January 3game 41/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG07:53TOI
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- Checkpoint
  January 3
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8237 of 41 played
  2
  points
  NHL#652
  1
  goals
  NHL#539
  1
  assists
  NHL#637
  -7
  +/-
  NHL#239
  MTL
  22-13-6W-L-OT50Points
  3rd in the Atlantic·4th in the Eastern Conference·7th in the whole NHL
- The game
  MTL4–3DAL
  W
  January 4game 42/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG09:14TOI
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- The game
  CGY1–4MTL
  W
  January 7game 43/823
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG16:01TOI
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- The game
  FLA2–6MTL
  W
  January 8game 44/822
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-0SOG08:37TOI
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- The game
  DET4–0MTL
  L
  January 10game 45/825
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG12:34TOI
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- The game
  VAN3–6MTL
  W
  January 12game 46/826
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-1SOG14:54TOI
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- The game
  MTL2–3WSH
  L
  January 13game 47/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG07:03TOI
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- The game
  MTL3–5BUF
  L
  January 15game 48/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG10:29TOI
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- The game
  MTL6–5OTT
  W
  January 17game 49/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG07:40TOI
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- The game
  MTL3–4BOS
  L
  January 24game 52/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG09:19TOI
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- The game
  VGK2–3MTL
  W
  January 27game 53/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG08:16TOI
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- The game
  COL3–7MTL
  W
  January 29game 54/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG13:38TOI
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- The game
  MTL4–2BUF
  W
  January 31game 55/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG07:09TOI
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- February 2026
- The game
  MTL3–4MIN
  L
  February 2game 56/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG05:51TOI
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- The game
  NYI4–3MTL
  L
  February 26game 58/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG11:58TOI
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- March 2026
- The game
  MTL5–6ANA
  L
  March 6game 61/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG11:06TOI
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- The game
  MTL4–3LAK
  W
  March 7game 62/821
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-0SOG09:10TOI
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- Checkpoint
  March 7
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8253 of 62 played
  2
  points
  NHL#695
  1
  goals
  NHL#609
  1
  assists
  NHL#690
  -6
  +/-
  NHL#233
  MTL
  34-18-10W-L-OT78Points
  Playoff spot
  3rd in the Atlantic·4th in the Eastern Conference·7th in the whole NHL
- The game
  TOR1–3MTL
  W
  March 10game 63/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG10:59TOI
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- The game
  ANA4–3MTL
  L
  March 15game 66/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG10:08TOI
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- The game
  MTL3–1CAR
  W
  March 29game 73/82
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG05:11TOI
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- The game
  MTL4–1TBL
  W
  March 31game 74/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG12:57TOI
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- April 2026
- The game
  MTL3–2NYR
  W
  April 2game 75/821
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG09:45TOI
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- The game
  MTL4–3NJD
  W
  April 4game 76/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG10:00TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NJD3–0MTL
  L
  April 5game 77/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG11:58TOI
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- The game
  FLA3–4MTL
  W
  April 7game 78/824
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG11:36TOI
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- The game
  TBL1–2MTL
  W
  April 9game 79/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG08:45TOI
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- The game
  CBJ5–2MTL
  L
  April 11game 80/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG19:44TOI
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- The game
  MTL4–1NYI
  W
  April 12game 81/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG12:41TOI
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- The game
  MTL2–4PHI
  L
  April 14game 82/824
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG19:46TOI
  +1 assist
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The season in numbers
April 14
Arber Xhekaj closes the 2025-2026 season with 4 points
MTLMontréal Canadiens
Points
4
NHL#687
Games
65of 82
79%
Goals
1
NHL#657
Assists
3
NHL#658
P/GP
0.06
NHL#675
+/-
-8
NHL#745
Events
1×
Third star
5 days later
Playoffs
April 19
Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs
First round
April 19
Montréal Canadiens meet Tampa Bay Lightning
MTLvsTBL
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
No Swedes
Swedes on Tampa Bay Lightning
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  MTL4–3TBL
  W
  April 19
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG10:59TOI
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- Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstTampa Bay Lightning
- Game 2
  MTL2–3TBL
  L
  April 21
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG09:05TOI
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- Montréal Canadiensare1–1withTampa Bay Lightning
- Game 3
  TBL2–3MTL
  W
  April 24
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-2SOG10:40TOI
  +1 assist
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- Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstTampa Bay Lightning
- Game 4
  TBL3–2MTL
  L
  April 26
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG08:18TOI
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- Montréal Canadiensare2–2withTampa Bay Lightning
- Game 5
  MTL3–2TBL
  W
  April 29
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG09:54TOI
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- May 2026
- Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstTampa Bay Lightning
- Game 6
  TBL1–0MTL
  L
  May 1
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG11:46TOI
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First round
May 3
Montréal Canadiens knock Tampa Bay Lightning out 4–3
MTL4–3TBL
Advance
6Games1Points0Goals1Assists
3 days later
Second round
May 6
Montréal Canadiens meet Buffalo Sabres
MTLvsBUF
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
No Swedes
Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
Rasmus Dahlin
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- Game 1
  MTL2–4BUF
  L
  May 61
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG07:42TOI
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- Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
- Game 2
  MTL5–1BUF
  W
  May 81
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG09:32TOI
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- Montréal Canadiensare1–1withBuffalo Sabres
- Game 3
  BUF2–6MTL
  W
  May 101
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG07:10TOI
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- Montréal Canadienslead2–1againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 4
  BUF3–2MTL
  L
  May 121
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG03:46TOI
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- Montréal Canadiensare2–2withBuffalo Sabres
- Game 5
  MTL6–3BUF
  W
  May 141
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG07:16TOI
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- Montréal Canadienslead3–2againstBuffalo Sabres
- Game 6
  BUF8–3MTL
  L
  May 161
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG07:12TOI
  +1 goal
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- Montréal Canadiensare3–3withBuffalo Sabres
- Game 7
  MTL3–2BUF
  W
  May 181
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG01:52TOI
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Second round
May 18
Montréal Canadiens knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–3
MTL4–3BUF
Advance
7Games1Points1Goals0Assists
3 days later
Conference final
May 21
Montréal Canadiens meet Carolina Hurricanes
MTLvsCAR
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
No Swedes
Swedes on Carolina Hurricanes
No Swedes
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10 days later
Conference final
May 31
Carolina Hurricanes knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–1
MTL1–4CAR
Eliminated
He did not play in this round
The run in numbers
May 31
Arber Xhekaj ends the 2025-2026 playoffs with 2 points
MTLMontréal Canadiens
Points
2
NHL#155
Games
13
Goals
1
NHL#116
Assists
1
NHL#156
P/GP
0.15
NHL#120
+/-
+5
NHL#29
Events
1
First playoff goal
1
First playoff point
1
First playoff assist
TBL4–3→BUF4–3→CAR1–4

Arber Xhekaj plays the 2025-2026 season for Montréal Canadiens

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Arber Xhekaj closes the 2025-2026 season with 4 points

Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

Montréal Canadiens meet Tampa Bay Lightning

Montréal Canadiens knock Tampa Bay Lightning out 4–3

Montréal Canadiens meet Buffalo Sabres

Montréal Canadiens knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–3

Montréal Canadiens meet Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–1

Arber Xhekaj ends the 2025-2026 playoffs with 2 points