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Position D
Age 25
Height 6'4"
Weight 240LBS
Shoots L
Birth Place Hamilton, ON, CAN
Born Jan 29, 2001

Key Insights

2025-26
This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Xhekaj with Carrier, Demidov, Kapanen and Newhook, 36 minutes at 5v5.

39.8% of the expected goals, 3 goals for and 3 against
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Xhekaj has been shuffled through 32 different five-man units, and only 1 of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled
The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

12 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Xhekaj this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split
It stops working when he is paired with Jake Evans
Jake Evans

The pairing with Evans is the one that costs him: 37.1% of the expected goals together, 46.8% apart.

143 minutes together, 573 minutes apart
Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line
Jake Evans

Evans does better away from him: 48.5% of the expected goals apart against 37.1% together.

143 minutes together, 656 minutes apart
Teammates play better with him than they do without him
Alex Newhook

Newhook is a different player beside him: 51.4% of the expected goals with Xhekaj, 43.1% without him.

100 minutes together, 394 minutes apart for Newhook

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jan 29, 2001
Birth Place Hamilton, ON, CAN
Height 6'4"
Weight 240 LBS
Shoots/Catches L