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Left wing · #63 · Rookie

Florian Xhekaj

Age
22
Shoots
Left
Height
191 cm
Weight
88 kg
Born
Hamilton, CAN
Draft
2023, round 4, #101 (MTL)

Career · 2025–26 to 2026–27

Games
6
Goals
0
Points
1
TOI per game
9:28
xGF% (5v5)
33.2%
Goals above expected
−0.4

On the ice at 5-on-5

Model-based

What happened with this player on the ice, what happened when they sat, and the difference. Adjusted columns correct for score and venue.

On ice56:4136.2%37.0%33.2%33.3%1.162.3315862.5
Team with player off ice220:5939.7%39.9%38.3%38.5%2.063.3110131,025.9
Relative (on − off)–-3.5%–-5.1%––––––

Usage

Who the player was trusted to face, and with whom.

Quality of competition
24.3%
Opponents' xGF%: 54.1%
Quality of teammates
25.0%
Teammates' xGF%: 48.5%
Offensive zone starts
52.9%
51.4% of shifts start on the fly
Deployment among teammates

Across: share of zone starts in the attacking end (sheltered usage to the right). Up: quality of the opponents faced. Bubble size is 5-on-5 ice time; colour is relative xGF%, blue when the team does better with the player on the ice.

10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%21.022.023.024.025.026.027.0Offensive zone start % →↑ Quality of competitionTough minutes, defensive startsTough minutes, offensive startsSheltered, defensive startsSheltered, offensive startsGallagherCaufieldSuzukiAndersonSlafkovskýEvansBolducVelenoKapanenDemidovMathesonCarrierStrubleHutsonDobsonXhekajEngstromTexierNewhookDanaultDach

Close and late

Is the player on the ice, and effective, when games are decided?

When it matters

On-ice results in all situations against the close-and-late state: the third period or overtime, tied or within a goal.

All situationsClose and late
On-ice xGF% at 5v5
33.2%
41.5%