2023 NHL Draft
Florian Xhekaj in the 2023 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Florian Xhekaj 101st overall in the 2023 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 4.
It was the third of the 9 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 224 players selected in 2023, 48 have played in the NHL regular season. His 12 games put him 36th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 101
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 5
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 98–104 in the 2023 draft
- 98Andrew StrathmannDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 99Alex PharandCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 100Alexander RykovRCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 101Florian XhekajL12 GP · 4 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 102Terrell GoldsmithDARIArizona Coyotes
- 103Cole KnubleR7 GP · 3 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 104Patrick ThomasCWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2023 class
101st
of 224 players selected
67th
of 129 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Connor BedardC229 GP · 215 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 2Leo CarlssonC216 GP · 163 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 3Adam FantilliC226 GP · 146 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 4Will SmithC160 GP · 114 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 5David ReinbacherD3 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Dmitri SimashevD44 GP · 6 PARIArizona Coyotes
- 7Matvei MichkovR178 GP · 127 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 8Ryan LeonardR98 GP · 56 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 9Nate DanielsonC40 GP · 9 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 10Dalibor DvorskyR88 GP · 25 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
+ 214 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Florian Xhekaj made his NHL debut on November 22, 2025, 2 years and 146 days after the draft.
12
Games
1
Goals
3
Assists
4
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 2023 draft
- 5David ReinbacherD3 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 69Jacob FowlerG26 GP · 16 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 101Florian XhekajL12 GP · 4 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 110Bogdan KonyushkovDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 128Quentin MillerGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 133Sam HarrisLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 144Yevgeni VolokhinGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 165Filip ErikssonCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 197Luke MittelstadtDMTLMontréal Canadiens