Montreal Canadiens young defenseman Arber Xhekaj had quite a game yesterday. With 10 checks, Xhekaj played on the right side of Joel Edmundson.

St-Louis decided to leave Chris Wideman out of the game and give the young lefty a chance to play on the right.

In Wideman's absence, Xhekaj received a nice promotion and played on the second power play.

« Arber Xhekaj, NHL powerplayer. Who could have predicted that a few months ago?" - Arpon Basu

In 11 games this season, the 6-foot-4-inch guard has collected three points.

Credit: HabsEtLNH

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