2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers season

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2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers
Division3rd Southeast
Conference10th Eastern
2005–06 record41–33–8
Team information
General managerDon Waddell
CoachBob Hartley
CaptainScott Mellanby
ArenaPhilips Arena
Team leaders
GoalsIlya Kovalchuk (52)
AssistsMarc Savard (69)
PointsIlya Kovalchuk (98)

The 2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers season was the Thrashers' seventh season in the National Hockey League. The Thrashers again did not qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

Southeast Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 2 Carolina Hurricanes 82 52 22 8 294 260 112
2 8 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 43 33 6 252 260 92
3 10 Atlanta Thrashers 82 41 33 8 281 275 90
4 11 Florida Panthers 82 37 34 11 240 257 85
5 14 Washington Capitals 82 29 41 12 237 306 70

[1] Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.


Eastern Conference[2]
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 Z- Ottawa Senators NE 82 52 21 9 314 211 113
2 Y- Carolina Hurricanes SE 82 52 22 8 294 260 112
3 Y- New Jersey Devils AT 82 46 27 9 242 229 101
4 X- Buffalo Sabres NE 82 52 24 6 242 239 110
5 X- Philadelphia Flyers AT 82 45 26 11 267 259 101
6 X- New York Rangers AT 82 44 26 12 257 215 100
7 X- Montreal Canadiens NE 82 42 31 9 243 247 93
8 X- Tampa Bay Lightning SE 82 43 33 6 252 260 92
8.5
9 Toronto Maple Leafs NE 82 41 33 8 257 270 90
10 Atlanta Thrashers SE 82 41 33 8 281 275 90
11 Florida Panthers SE 82 37 34 11 240 257 85
12 New York Islanders AT 82 36 40 6 230 278 78
13 Boston Bruins NE 82 29 37 16 230 266 74
14 Washington Capitals SE 82 29 41 12 237 306 70
15 Pittsburgh Penguins AT 82 22 46 14 244 316 58

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot


Schedule and results[]

Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L October 5, 2005 0–2 @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) 0–1–0
2 W October 7, 2005 7–3 @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 1–1–0
3 W October 8, 2005 8–1 Washington Capitals (2005–06) 2–1–0
4 L October 12, 2005 0–2 Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 2–2–0
5 L October 14, 2005 1–9 Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 2–3–0
7 L October 20, 2005 0–6 Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 2–5–0
8 W October 22, 2005 4–3 New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 3–5–0
9 L October 25, 2005 3–4 @ New York Islanders (2005–06) 3–6–0
10 L October 27, 2005 5–7 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 3–7–0
11 L October 29, 2005 2–3 Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 3–8–0
12 W November 1, 2005 6–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 4–8–0
13 L November 4, 2005 2–3 SO @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 4–8–1
14 L November 5, 2005 3–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 4–9–1
15 W November 9, 2005 5–0 Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 5–9–1
16 W November 11, 2005 5–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 6–9–1
17 W November 12, 2005 9–0 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 7–9–1
18 L November 16, 2005 3–7 New York Islanders (2005–06) 7–10–1
19 W November 18, 2005 6–5 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 8–10–1
20 L November 19, 2005 1–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 8–11–1
21 L November 22, 2005 2–3 SO @ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 8–11–2
22 L November 24, 2005 3–6 New York Rangers (2005–06) 8–12–2
23 W November 26, 2005 7–4 Florida Panthers (2005–06) 9–12–2
24 W November 27, 2005 5–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 10–12–2
25 L November 29, 2005 3–4 OT Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 10–12–3
26 L December 1, 2005 0–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 10–13–3
27 L December 3, 2005 1–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 10–14–3
28 L December 5, 2005 2–5 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 10–15–3
29 L December 6, 2005 3–5 @ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 10–16–3
30 W December 9, 2005 5–2 Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 11–16–3
31 L December 11, 2005 4–5 SO Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 11–16–4
32 W December 13, 2005 7–6 Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 12–16–4
33 W December 15, 2005 3–2 OT @ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 13–16–4
34 W December 17, 2005 2–1 Florida Panthers (2005–06) 14–16–4
35 L December 22, 2005 5–6 SO Washington Capitals (2005–06) 14–16–5
36 W December 23, 2005 1–0 @ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 15–16–5
37 W December 26, 2005 4–0 Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 16–16–5
38 L December 28, 2005 3–4 OT Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 16–16–6
39 L December 30, 2005 1–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 16–17–6
40 W January 1, 2006 5–2 @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 17–17–6
41 W January 2, 2006 8–3 Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 18–17–6
42 L January 4, 2006 3–4 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 18–18–6
43 W January 6, 2006 6–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 19–18–6
44 W January 7, 2006 4–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 20–18–6
45 W January 11, 2006 4–3 SO Nashville Predators (2005–06) 21–18–6
46 W January 13, 2006 2–0 St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 22–18–6
47 W January 18, 2006 5–2 @ Dallas Stars (2005–06) 23–18–6
48 L January 19, 2006 6–8 @ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 23–19–6
49 L January 21, 2006 0–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 23–20–6
50 L January 24, 2006 2–3 Boston Bruins (2005–06) 23–21–6
51 L January 26, 2006 1–5 Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 23–22–6
52 L January 28, 2006 1–4 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 23–23–6
53 L January 31, 2006 2–5 Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 23–24–6
54 L February 3, 2006 2–5 @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) 23–25–6
55 W February 4, 2006 6–4 Florida Panthers (2005–06) 24–25–6
56 L February 7, 2006 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 24–26–6
57 W February 9, 2006 2–1 @ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 25–26–6
58 W February 11, 2006 2–1 SO @ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 26–26–6
59 W March 1, 2006 4–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 27–26–6
60 L March 2, 2006 2–3 @ Boston Bruins (2005–06) 27–27–6
61 W March 4, 2006 3–2 OT Washington Capitals (2005–06) 28–27–6
62 W March 6, 2006 4–3 SO Florida Panthers (2005–06) 29–27–6
63 W March 8, 2006 3–2 SO New York Rangers (2005–06) 30–27–6
64 L March 10, 2006 1–3 Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 30–28–6
65 W March 12, 2006 3–2 OT @ New York Rangers (2005–06) 31–28–6
66 W March 16, 2006 4–2 New York Islanders (2005–06) 32–28–6
67 L March 18, 2006 2–4 Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 32–29–6
68 W March 20, 2006 5–0 Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 33–29–6
69 W March 21, 2006 5–4 SO @ Boston Bruins (2005–06) 34–29–6
70 W March 23, 2006 6–5 OT New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 35–29–6
71 L March 25, 2006 1–5 @ New York Islanders (2005–06) 35–30–6
72 L March 30, 2006 3–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 35–31–6
73 W April 1, 2006 5–2 Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 36–31–6
74 L April 3, 2006 4–6 @ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 36–32–6
75 W April 5, 2006 5–2 @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) 37–32–6
76 L April 6, 2006 2–3 SO @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 37–32–7
77 W April 8, 2006 5–2 Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 38–32–7
78 W April 11, 2006 6–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 39–32–7
79 W April 13, 2006 5–3 Washington Capitals (2005–06) 40–32–7
80 W April 15, 2006 4–3 Boston Bruins (2005–06) 41–32–7
81 L April 17, 2006 4–6 @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 41–33–7
82 L April 18, 2006 1–2 OT @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) 41–33–8

Playoffs[]

The Thrashers did not qualify for the playoffs.

Player statistics[]

Regular season[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Ilya Kovalchuk LW 78 52 46 98 68 -6 27 0 7
Marc Savard C 82 28 69 97 100 7 14 1 4
Marian Hossa RW 80 39 53 92 67 17 14 7 7
Vyacheslav Kozlov LW 82 25 46 71 33 14 8 0 1
Peter Bondra RW 60 21 18 39 40 -3 8 0 1
Jaroslav Modry D 79 7 31 38 76 -9 5 0 2
Greg de Vries D 82 7 28 35 76 1 3 0 2
Scott Mellanby RW 71 12 22 34 55 5 3 0 3
Bobby Holik C 64 15 18 33 79 -6 5 0 0
Niclas Havelid D 82 4 28 32 48 9 2 0 0
Andy Sutton D 76 8 17 25 144 13 2 1 3
Patrik Stefan C 64 10 14 24 36 3 2 0 3
Serge Aubin LW 74 7 17 24 79 -4 1 0 0
Jim Slater C 71 10 10 20 46 1 1 0 0
Ronald Petrovicky RW 60 8 12 20 62 -8 2 0 2
Brad Larsen LW 62 7 8 15 21 -3 0 3 1
Steve McCarthy D 16 7 3 10 8 0 2 0 0
J. P. Vigier RW 41 4 6 10 40 -4 1 1 0
Garnet Exelby D 75 1 9 10 75 11 0 0 0
Eric Boulton LW 51 4 5 9 87 -4 0 0 0
Shane Hnidy D 66 0 3 3 33 1 0 0 0
Ramzi Abid LW 6 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 0
Michael Garnett G 24 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Braydon Coburn D 9 0 1 1 4 -2 0 0 0
Rico Fata RW 6 0 1 1 4 -2 0 0 0
Kari Lehtonen G 38 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
Derek MacKenzie C 11 0 1 1 8 0 0 0 0
Scott Barney C 3 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Adam Berkhoel G 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Dunham G 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tomas Kloucek D 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Chris Kunitz LW 2 0 0 0 2 -3 0 0 0
Francis Lessard RW 6 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Mark Popovic D 7 0 0 0 0 -5 0 0 0
Steve Shields G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karl Stewart LW 8 0 0 0 15 -3 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Kari Lehtonen 2166 38 20 15 0 106 2.94 2 1123 1017 .906
Michael Garnett 1271 24 10 7 4 73 3.45 2 634 561 .885
Mike Dunham 779 17 8 5 2 36 2.77 1 336 300 .893
Adam Berkhoel 473 9 2 4 1 30 3.81 0 255 225 .882
Steve Shields 266 5 1 2 1 19 4.29 0 129 110 .853
Team: 4955 82 41 33 8 264 3.20 5 2477 2213 .893

[3]

Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Draft picks[]

Atlanta's draft picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 16 Alex Bourret  Canada Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
2 41 Ondrej Pavelec  Czech Republic Rabat Kladno (Czech Republic)
2 49 Chad Denny  Canada Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
2 53 Andrew Kozek  Canada South Surrey Eagles (BCHL)
4 116 Jordan Smotherman  United States Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
5 135 Tomas Pospisil  Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec Jr. (Czech Republic)
6 187 Andrei Zubarev  Russia Salavat Yulayev Ufa (Russia)
7 207 Myles Stoesz  Canada Spokane Chiefs (WHL)

Farm teams[]

See also[]

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
  2. ^ "2005–2006 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  3. ^ "2005-06 Atlanta Thrashers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

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