Arber Xhekaj

Arber Xhekaj (à gauche) et Juraj Slafkovsky ont célébré la victoire du Canadien contre les Coyotes ensemble. Photo : La Presse canadienne / Paul Chiasson.

Au-delà de ses rixes de moins en moins fréquentes, l’équipe a appliqué à la lettre les enseignements de l’entraîneur. Il a passé tout ce temps en ajoutant un tour chaque jour et il a marqué ce soir, a souri Gallagher. Il y a donc Slafkovsky et Xhekaj. Il y a Harris et Kaiden Guhle. Disons que Slafkovsky et Xhekaj ont laissé entendre à Brown ce qu’ils pensaient de sa science, en des termes fleuris. « Je n’ai pas peur de personne. Je suis un défenseur, je n’aurais pas vraiment la chance de frapper un autre défenseur, surtout lui, c’est le genre de gars qui reste en arrière. Car ce n’est pas comme si Slafkovsky avait dominé la rencontre, loin de là. Je voulais juste célébrer après parce que je trouve que la célébration est la meilleure partie quand on compte. Après que Xhekaj eut quitté son poste de défenseur pour aller frapper ledit Brown, un autre arrière, profondément en territoire des Coyotes et après avoir créé un revirement, s’être dégagé une ligne de tir et battu Connor Ingram d’une dégaine vive. Mais il a marqué un but, son premier. Je fais juste prendre le numéro du gars pour le frapper sur une autre présence, mais j’ai dû prendre une décision rapidement.

Canadiens fans were treated to quite the fight during Thursday's game at the Bell Centre versus the Arizona Coyotes. Former Costco employee Arber Xhekaj ...

Xhekaj is starting to make quite a name for himself in the NHL. There’s a little history between Kassian and the Canadiens. Kassian quickly reacted to the unreasonable amount of pain sent his way, but couldn’t escape the Xhekaj barrage, which then shifted to body shots.

The Montreal Canadiens' young stars stole the show in their blowout 6-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes at the Bell Centre on Thursday.

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The Sheriff loomed as an imposing figure over the Habs' big win on Thursday night, in more ways than one.

He is going to make it very tough for Martin St-Louis to take him out of the lineup, even once the blue line is at full strength again. We’ll have ourselves a nice Friday off, and be back after this Saturday’s game against the The propensity for violence is simply a secondary benefit, coming from a player who is already very effective as a bottom-pair defender at just 21 years of age. specifically, the one where [Zack Kassian ran over Samuel Montembeault](https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/2022/1/30/22908349/zack-kassian-hit-samuel-montembeault-video-canadiens-reaction-habs-jeff-petry-pezzetta-oilers), and not one player on the Montreal side was willing to do something about it? Slafkovsky took a high hit from Josh Brown just before scoring that goal, and Xhekaj went right at Brown to let him know he wasn’t pleased. [Arizona Coyotes](https://www.fiveforhowling.com), Xhekaj mixed it up with Kassian near the blue line.

The Montreal Canadiens are absolutely beating the wheels off the Arizona Coyotes this evening. Still in the first period, the Habs have a 4-0 lead with just ...

Love this kid and the energy he brings on the ice and in the dressing room. Now he's playing for the Montreal Canadiens and beating the wheels off of veterans at center ice of the Bell Centre. The 21 year old free agent signing cracked the Habs' roster in training camp this pre-season and has not looked out of place for a moment in the team's first four regular season games.

"I want to show that I'm there for my teammates," said Arber Xhekaj. For Juraj Slafkovsky, "scoring my first goal in this building, it's a dream come true.".

By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It was good that I scored and good that we won.” The Canadiens took an early lead as they scored on three of their first four shots with Josh Anderson, Cole Caufield and Brendan Gallagher beating Ingram. “I just went to celebrate because that’s the best part of the goal. “I want to show that I’m there for my teammates,” said Xhekaj. By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.

The Canadiens competed harder and laid another brick in the foundation they're trying to build with an impressive 6-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes on ...

“We got a few good bounces, we forced the team to turn pucks over, we played on top of them, which I felt we really did against Pit, and we were opportunistic with our chances… And individually, producing has got to be part of the process, too.” A lot of work went into the Canadiens winning their first two games of this week to get to 3-2-0 on their season. Winning’s got to be part of the process, too. Louis said he wanted to see them replicate the process that led to that win. “It’s the National Hockey League,” said Brendan Gallagher, who notched his first goal of the year to put the Canadiens up 3-0.

The Arizona Coyotes fell behind early and failed in their third period comeback attempt.

Head Coach André Tourigny decided to pull Ingram with over four minutes left, a reasonable gamble given the score. The Coyotes looked like they had been trending up, but a sloppy power play saw a turnover and a Nick Suzuki breakaway. Early in the third period, the Coyotes finally started getting some good offensive zone time. But, unfortunately, getting a late power play would be the worst thing that could happen for the Desert Dogs. Arizona would start to play better in the second, but it was not enough. [Montréal Canadiens](https://www.habseyesontheprize.com) on the board just a minute and 58 seconds in, And Cole Caufield followed him less than three minutes later.