It’s not rare for NHL teams to be secretive during the playoffs, and the Montreal Canadiens are no exception. Patrik Laine was the only Habs player who wasn’t at practice this morning. The ...

Arber Xhekaj won’t be playing tonight. At the end of the season, Martin St-Louis chose to leave his sturdy defenseman out ...

Capitals right winger Tom Wilson found Canadiens defenseman Arber Xhekaj in the large crowd before Josh Anderson pulled him ...

The Habs 2nd in team hits leader Arber Xhekaj is up in the stands watching Tom Wilson levelling Kaiden Guhle – /r/Habs (@habsonreddit.bsky.social ) April 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM ...

But even so, the Habs weren’t prepared well enough for the first of the playoffs. I say this because we should have seen Arber Xhekaj in the lineup last night. The Sheriff would have come in handy ...

The Washington Capitals came out with a barrage of hits to intimidate the Canadiens and win Game 1 of their first-round ...

That’s when we come back to Jeff Gorton and think he needs to learn from his mistakes by asking his coach to play Arber Xhekaj for Game #2 of the series. When my colleague Maxime Truman wrote a ...

So much so, that one can wonder if the coach isn’t making a mistake by not dressing blueliner Arber Xhekaj. Canadiens Hoping To Steal Home Ice Advantage Florian Xhekaj Is Now Part Of An Exclusive Club ...

Martin St. Louis was getting peppered with questions about his defence corps. The Montreal Canadiens head coach knew what was really being asked. The Washington Capitals came out with a barrage of ...

Oliver Kapanen, Arber Xhekaj, Michael Pezzetta and Jakub Dobes skated. They should logically skip their turn for tonight’s game. CH reserves on the ice this morning in Washington. Arber Xhekaj, ...

Arber Xhekaj is a six-foot-four, 240-pound deterrent, and there’s a strong case to be made St. Louis shouldn’t hesitate to deploy him in Game 2. The coach doesn’t need to make sweeping ...