The game’s biggest moment of Game 3 came late in the second period. After Capitals' Tom Wilson hit Canadiens' Jake Evans, ...

Arber Xhekaj couldn't have picked a better day to make his Stanley Cup Playoff debut, helping the Montreal Canadiens secure a ...

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

The Habs got their asses kicked yesterday. The check totals of the Capitals (44) and the Habs (33) don’t even begin to show ...

Since Kaiden Guhle returned from a quadriceps injury, Struble has been on the third pairing and has done enough to keep Arber Xhekaj out of the lineup when all Montreal defensemen have been available.

This meant that Oliver Kapanen stayed in the lineup, and Arber Xhekaj was back after sitting out the last four games.

Canadiens’ Blue Line Depth There wouldn’t be a question about Xhekaj’s future if not for the organization’s depth on defense in the pipeline. With Guhle, Lane Hutson, Mike Matheson ...

And it’s not complicated: there will be no changes to the lineup. So Arber Xhekaj will (again) sit out, just like Joshua Roy. Because if Martin St-Louis has more confidence in Pezzetta – who doesn’t ...

If we listen to pundits, the future of Canadiens’ tough guy Arber Xhekaj with the team could be in jeopardy. Adding fuel to the speculations is the fact that two games ago in Carolina ...

I don’t see David Savard or even Michael Pezzetta dropping the gloves with Mikkola. It seems clear to me that Arber Xhekaj’s presence would be a good idea tomorrow night. Who better than Arber Xhekaj ...

The big news of the day was Arber Xhekaj being scratched to make way for Michael Pezzeta, allowing Marting St-Louis to return to a 12-6 standard formation. Pezzetta slotted in on the fourth line ...

Defenceman Arber Xhekaj will not play with the team opting to go with 12 forwards. Mike Pezzetta will draw back into the lineup with Xhekaj sitting. When Kaiden Guhle returned to the lineup ...