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2005-06 NHL Season Summary

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League Standings

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Eastern Conference GP W L OL PTS PTS% GF GA SRS
Atlantic Division         
New Jersey Devils* 82 46 27 9 101 .616 242 229 0.05
Philadelphia Flyers* 82 45 26 11 101 .616 267 259 0.00
New York Rangers* 82 44 26 12 100 .610 257 215 0.38
New York Islanders 82 36 40 6 78 .476 230 278 -0.62
Pittsburgh Penguins 82 22 46 14 58 .354 244 316 -0.89
Northeast Division         
Ottawa Senators* 82 52 21 9 113 .689 314 211 1.18
Buffalo Sabres* 82 52 24 6 110 .671 281 239 0.50
Montreal Canadiens* 82 42 31 9 93 .567 243 247 -0.01
Toronto Maple Leafs 82 41 33 8 90 .549 257 270 -0.11
Boston Bruins 82 29 37 16 74 .451 230 266 -0.36
Southeast Division         
Carolina Hurricanes* 82 52 22 8 112 .683 294 260 0.29
Tampa Bay Lightning* 82 43 33 6 92 .561 252 260 -0.18
Atlanta Thrashers 82 41 33 8 90 .549 281 275 -0.03
Florida Panthers 82 37 34 11 85 .518 240 257 -0.28
Washington Capitals 82 29 41 12 70 .427 237 306 -0.86
Western Conference GP W L OL PTS PTS% GF GA SRS
Central Division         
Detroit Red Wings* 82 58 16 8 124 .756 305 209 1.03
Nashville Predators* 82 49 25 8 106 .646 259 227 0.32
Columbus Blue Jackets 82 35 43 4 74 .451 223 279 -0.66
Chicago Blackhawks 82 26 43 13 65 .396 211 285 -0.86
St. Louis Blues 82 21 46 15 57 .348 197 292 -1.09
Northwest Division         
Calgary Flames* 82 46 25 11 103 .628 218 200 0.30
Colorado Avalanche* 82 43 30 9 95 .579 283 257 0.39
Edmonton Oilers* 82 41 28 13 95 .579 256 251 0.15
Vancouver Canucks 82 42 32 8 92 .561 256 255 0.11
Minnesota Wild 82 38 36 8 84 .512 231 215 0.28
Pacific Division         
Dallas Stars* 82 53 23 6 112 .683 265 218 0.61
San Jose Sharks* 82 44 27 11 99 .604 266 242 0.36
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim* 82 43 27 12 98 .598 254 229 0.37
Los Angeles Kings 82 42 35 5 89 .543 249 270 -0.15
Phoenix Coyotes 82 38 39 5 81 .494 246 271 -0.19

League Playoffs

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Stanley Cup Finals (4-3):Carolina Hurricanes over Edmonton Oilers 
 
Conference Finals (4-1):Edmonton Oilers over Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 
Conference Finals (4-0):Carolina Hurricanes over Buffalo Sabres 
 
Conference Semi-Finals (4-0):Mighty Ducks of Anaheim over Colorado Avalanche 
Conference Semi-Finals (4-2):Edmonton Oilers over San Jose Sharks 
Conference Semi-Finals (4-1):Carolina Hurricanes over New Jersey Devils 
Conference Semi-Finals (4-1):Buffalo Sabres over Ottawa Senators 
 
Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1):San Jose Sharks over Nashville Predators 
Conference Quarter-Finals (4-3):Mighty Ducks of Anaheim over Calgary Flames 
Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1):Colorado Avalanche over Dallas Stars 
Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2):Edmonton Oilers over Detroit Red Wings 
Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2):Buffalo Sabres over Philadelphia Flyers 
Conference Quarter-Finals (4-0):New Jersey Devils over New York Rangers 
Conference Quarter-Finals (4-2):Carolina Hurricanes over Montreal Canadiens 
Conference Quarter-Finals (4-1):Ottawa Senators over Tampa Bay Lightning 

Team Statistics

Glossary / CSV / PRE / Click column headers to sort
Rk Team GP W L OL PTS PTS% GF GA SRS TG/G PPG PPO PP% PPGA PPOA PK% SHG SHGA
1 Detroit Red Wings* 82 58 16 8 124 .756 305 209 1.03 6.27 102 461 22.13 67 461 85.47 7 10
2 Ottawa Senators* 82 52 21 9 113 .689 314 211 1.18 6.40 102 490 20.82 73 476 84.66 25 11
3 Carolina Hurricanes* 82 52 22 8 112 .683 294 260 0.29 6.76 95 531 17.89 81 445 81.80 17 13
4 Dallas Stars* 82 53 23 6 112 .683 265 218 0.61 5.89 88 498 17.67 82 504 83.73 10 7
5 Buffalo Sabres* 82 52 24 6 110 .671 281 239 0.50 6.34 101 477 21.17 59 439 86.56 10 17
6 Nashville Predators* 82 49 25 8 106 .646 259 227 0.32 5.93 94 512 18.36 82 533 84.62 12 13
7 Calgary Flames* 82 46 25 11 103 .628 218 200 0.30 5.10 87 478 18.20 80 508 84.25 8 7
8 Philadelphia Flyers* 82 45 26 11 101 .616 267 259 0.00 6.41 80 444 18.02 97 465 79.14 19 6
9 New Jersey Devils* 82 46 27 9 101 .616 242 229 0.05 5.74 78 441 17.69 63 349 81.95 3 6
10 New York Rangers* 82 44 26 12 100 .610 257 215 0.38 5.76 83 442 18.78 79 486 83.74 4 9
11 San Jose Sharks* 82 44 27 11 99 .604 266 242 0.36 6.20 91 500 18.20 77 399 80.70 10 11
12 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim* 82 43 27 12 98 .598 254 229 0.37 5.89 87 480 18.13 84 510 83.53 9 13
13 Colorado Avalanche* 82 43 30 9 95 .579 283 257 0.39 6.59 89 473 18.82 69 448 84.60 11 12
14 Edmonton Oilers* 82 41 28 13 95 .579 256 251 0.15 6.18 88 485 18.14 76 478 84.10 15 5
15 Montreal Canadiens* 82 42 31 9 93 .567 243 247 -0.01 5.98 89 463 19.22 91 481 81.08 10 6
16 Vancouver Canucks 82 42 32 8 92 .561 256 255 0.11 6.23 96 526 18.25 93 512 81.84 6 10
17 Tampa Bay Lightning* 82 43 33 6 92 .561 252 260 -0.18 6.24 81 485 16.70 72 391 81.59 11 11
18 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 41 33 8 90 .549 257 270 -0.11 6.43 107 501 21.36 99 496 80.04 14 12
19 Atlanta Thrashers 82 41 33 8 90 .549 281 275 -0.03 6.78 100 527 18.98 102 492 79.27 13 10
20 Los Angeles Kings 82 42 35 5 89 .543 249 270 -0.15 6.33 77 541 14.23 104 489 78.73 15 12
21 Florida Panthers 82 37 34 11 85 .518 240 257 -0.28 6.06 63 411 15.33 91 514 82.30 5 12
22 Minnesota Wild 82 38 36 8 84 .512 231 215 0.28 5.44 77 454 16.96 55 436 87.39 11 7
23 Phoenix Coyotes 82 38 39 5 81 .494 246 271 -0.19 6.30 96 541 17.74 98 513 80.90 9 11
24 New York Islanders 82 36 40 6 78 .476 230 278 -0.62 6.20 76 450 16.89 99 476 79.20 5 15
25 Columbus Blue Jackets 82 35 43 4 74 .451 223 279 -0.66 6.12 64 451 14.19 95 523 81.84 10 8
26 Boston Bruins 82 29 37 16 74 .451 230 266 -0.36 6.05 62 418 14.83 78 479 83.72 9 10
27 Washington Capitals 82 29 41 12 70 .427 237 306 -0.86 6.62 72 490 14.69 116 550 78.91 15 18
28 Chicago Blackhawks 82 26 43 13 65 .396 211 285 -0.86 6.05 51 417 12.23 88 547 83.91 6 12
29 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 22 46 14 58 .354 244 316 -0.89 6.83 94 495 18.99 113 533 78.80 13 16
30 St. Louis Blues 82 21 46 15 57 .348 197 292 -1.09 5.96 75 512 14.65 82 461 82.21 6 8
League Average 82 41 32 9 91 .557 253 253 0.00 6.17 85 480 17.68 85 480 82.32 11 11

League Awards

Art Ross Trophy:Joe Thornton
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:Teemu Selanne
Calder Memorial Trophy:Alex Ovechkin
Conn Smythe Trophy:Cam Ward
Frank J. Selke Trophy:Rod Brind'Amour
Hart Memorial Trophy:Joe Thornton
James Norris Memorial Trophy:Nicklas Lidstrom
King Clancy Memorial Trophy:Olaf Kolzig
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:Pavel Datsyuk
Lester B. Pearson Award:Jaromir Jagr
Maurice Richard Trophy:Jonathan Cheechoo
Vezina Trophy:Miikka Kiprusoff
William M. Jennings Trophy:Miikka Kiprusoff

League Leaders

Glossary / Rate statistic requirements

Goals

1.Jonathan Cheechoo-SJS56
2.Jaromir Jagr-NYR54
3.Alex Ovechkin-WSH52
 Ilya Kovalchuk-ATL52
5.Dany Heatley-OTT50

Goals Per Game

1.Jonathan Cheechoo-SJS0.68
2.Ilya Kovalchuk-ATL0.67
3.Jaromir Jagr-NYR0.66
4.Simon Gagne-PHI0.65
5.Alex Ovechkin-WSH0.64

Assists

1.Joe Thornton-2Tm96
2.Jason Spezza-OTT71
3.Marc Savard-ATL69
 Jaromir Jagr-NYR69
5.Brad Richards-TBL68

Assists Per Game

1.Joe Thornton-2Tm1.19
2.Jason Spezza-OTT1.04
3.Peter Forsberg-PHI0.93
4.Marc Savard-ATL0.84
 Jaromir Jagr-NYR0.84

Points

1.Joe Thornton-2Tm125
2.Jaromir Jagr-NYR123
3.Alex Ovechkin-WSH106
4.Dany Heatley-OTT103
 Daniel Alfredsson-OTT103

Points Per Game

1.Joe Thornton-2Tm1.54
2.Jaromir Jagr-NYR1.50
3.Daniel Alfredsson-OTT1.34
4.Jason Spezza-OTT1.32
5.Alex Ovechkin-WSH1.31

Goals Created

1.Jaromir Jagr-NYR46.9
2.Alex Ovechkin-WSH42.9
3.Joe Thornton-2Tm42.6
4.Dany Heatley-OTT40.7
5.Ilya Kovalchuk-ATL39.5

Goals Created Per Game

1.Jaromir Jagr-NYR0.57
2.Alex Ovechkin-WSH0.53
3.Joe Thornton-2Tm0.53
4.Daniel Alfredsson-OTT0.51
5.Ilya Kovalchuk-ATL0.51

Total Goals For

1.Nicklas Lidstrom-DET161
2.Tomas Kaberle-TOR156
 Joe Thornton-2Tm156
4.Jaromir Jagr-NYR152
5.Dany Heatley-OTT151

Power Play Goals For

1.Tomas Kaberle-TOR92
2.Ilya Kovalchuk-ATL82
3.Bryan McCabe-TOR81
 Nicklas Lidstrom-DET81
5.Sergei Gonchar-PIT76

Total Goals Against

1.Jay Bouwmeester-FLA135
2.Niclas Havelid-ATL131
3.Duncan Keith-CHI121
4.Mark Recchi-2Tm119
5.Mattias Ohlund-VAN118

Power Play Goals Against

1.Niclas Havelid-ATL69
2.Shaone Morrisonn-WSH62
3.Jay Bouwmeester-FLA60
4.Brendan Witt-2Tm55
5.Mattias Ohlund-VAN53

Plus/Minus

1.Michal Rozsival-NYR35
 Wade Redden-OTT35
3.Andrej Meszaros-OTT34
 Jaromir Jagr-NYR34
5.Mathieu Schneider-DET33

Penalties in Minutes

1.Sean Avery-LAK257
2.Brendan Witt-2Tm209
3.Chris Neil-OTT204
4.Brenden Morrow-DAL183
5.Steve Ott-DAL178
 Matthew Barnaby-CHI178

Even Strength Goals

1.Simon Gagne-PHI33
2.Jaromir Jagr-NYR30
 Jonathan Cheechoo-SJS30
4.Alex Ovechkin-WSH28
5.Brendan Shanahan-DET26
 Marian Gaborik-MIN26

Power Play Goals

1.Ilya Kovalchuk-ATL27
2.Jaromir Jagr-NYR24
 Brian Gionta-NJD24
 Jonathan Cheechoo-SJS24
5.Dany Heatley-OTT23

Short-Handed Goals

1.Marian Hossa-ATL7
2.Antoine Vermette-OTT6
3.Matt Pettinger-WSH5
 Ryan Malone-PIT5
 Brian Rolston-MIN5
 Pavol Demitra-LAK5
 Daniel Alfredsson-OTT5

Game-Winning Goals

1.Jonathan Cheechoo-SJS11
2.Brian Gionta-NJD10
3.Henrik Zetterberg-DET9
 Olli Jokinen-FLA9
 Jaromir Jagr-NYR9
 Marek Svatos-COL9

Shots on Goal

1.Alex Ovechkin-WSH425
2.Jaromir Jagr-NYR368
3.Olli Jokinen-FLA351
4.Marian Hossa-ATL341
5.Simon Gagne-PHI334

Shooting Percentage

1.Alex Tanguay-COL23.2
2.Petr Prucha-NYR23.1
3.Anson Carter-VAN22.6
4.Mark Parrish-2Tm21.2
5.Tomas Holmstrom-DET20.7

Games Played (Goalie)

1.Roberto Luongo-FLA75
2.Miikka Kiprusoff-CGY74
3.Martin Brodeur-NJD73
4.Marty Turco-DAL68
5.Alex Auld-VAN67

Wins (Goalie)

1.Martin Brodeur-NJD43
2.Miikka Kiprusoff-CGY42
3.Marty Turco-DAL41
4.Martin Gerber-CAR38
5.Manny Legace-DET37

Losses (Goalie)

1.Roberto Luongo-FLA30
2.Olaf Kolzig-WSH28
3.Marc-Andre Fleury-PIT27
4.Nikolai Khabibulin-CHI26
 Mathieu Garon-LAK26
 Alex Auld-VAN26

Ties/Overtime (Goalie)

1.Olaf Kolzig-WSH11
 Miikka Kiprusoff-CGY11
 Jean-Sebastien Giguere-MDA11
4.Tim Thomas-BOS10
5.Roberto Luongo-FLA9
 Henrik Lundqvist-NYR9

Points (Goalie)

1.Miikka Kiprusoff-CGY95
2.Martin Brodeur-NJD93
3.Marty Turco-DAL87
4.Martin Gerber-CAR82
5.Roberto Luongo-FLA79
 Tomas Vokoun-NSH79

Points Percentage (Goalie)

1.Manny Legace-DET.802
2.Vesa Toskala-SJS.735
3.Chris Osgood-DET.726
4.Dominik Hasek-OTT.714
5.Martin Gerber-CAR.707

Shutouts

1.Miikka Kiprusoff-CGY10
2.Manny Legace-DET7
 Cristobal Huet-MTL7
4.Dominik Hasek-OTT5
 John Grahame-TBL5
 Martin Brodeur-NJD5

Goals Against

1.Roberto Luongo-FLA213
2.Olaf Kolzig-WSH206
3.Alex Auld-VAN189
4.Martin Brodeur-NJD187
5.Mathieu Garon-LAK185

Goals Against Average

1.Miikka Kiprusoff-CGY2.07
2.Dominik Hasek-OTT2.09
3.Manny Legace-DET2.19
4.Cristobal Huet-MTL2.20
5.Henrik Lundqvist-NYR2.24

Shots Against

1.Roberto Luongo-FLA2488
2.Martin Brodeur-NJD2105
3.Olaf Kolzig-WSH1987
4.Tomas Vokoun-NSH1984
5.Miikka Kiprusoff-CGY1951

Saves

1.Roberto Luongo-FLA2275
2.Martin Brodeur-NJD1918
3.Tomas Vokoun-NSH1824
4.Miikka Kiprusoff-CGY1800
5.Olaf Kolzig-WSH1781

Save Percentage

1.Cristobal Huet-MTL.929
2.Dominik Hasek-OTT.925
3.Miikka Kiprusoff-CGY.923
4.Henrik Lundqvist-NYR.922
5.Tomas Vokoun-NSH.919
 Manny Fernandez-MIN.919

All-Star Teams

1st Team
G: Miikka Kiprusoff
D: Nicklas Lidstrom
D: Scott Niedermayer
C: Joe Thornton
LW: Alex Ovechkin
RW: Jaromir Jagr
 2nd Team
G: Martin Brodeur
D: Zdeno Chara
D: Sergei Zubov
C: Eric Staal
LW: Dany Heatley
RW: Daniel Alfredsson

All-Rookie Teams

1st Team
G: Henrik Lundqvist
D: Andrej Meszaros
D: Dion Phaneuf
C: Brad Boyes
C: Sidney Crosby
LW: Alex Ovechkin