2005–06 Nashville Predators season

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2005–06 Nashville Predators
Division2nd Central
Conference4th Western
2005–06 record49–25–8
Goals for259
Goals against227
Team information
General managerDavid Poile
CoachBarry Trotz
CaptainGreg Johnson
ArenaGaylord Entertainment Center
Team leaders
GoalsPaul Kariya
Steve Sullivan (31)
AssistsPaul Kariya (54)
PointsPaul Kariya (85)
Penalty minutesDarcy Hordichuk (163)
WinsTomas Vokoun (36)
Goals against averageChris Mason (2.54)

The 2005–06 Nashville Predators season was the eighth season of the Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League. The Predators qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Regular season[]

The Predators were the last team to record their first regulation loss of the regular season. They opened the season with an 8–0–1 stretch before losing at home to the Edmonton Oilers on October 29, 2005, 5–1.

Final standings[]

Central Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 1 Detroit Red Wings 82 58 16 8 305 209 124
2 4 Nashville Predators 82 49 25 8 259 227 106
3 13 Columbus Blue Jackets 82 35 43 4 223 279 74
4 14 Chicago Blackhawks 82 26 43 13 211 285 65
5 15 St. Louis Blues 82 21 46 15 197 292 57

[5] 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.

Western Conference[6]
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 P- Detroit Red Wings CE 82 58 16 8 305 209 124
2 Y- Dallas Stars PA 82 53 23 6 265 218 112
3 Y- Calgary Flames NW 82 46 25 11 218 200 103
4 X- Nashville Predators CE 82 49 25 8 259 227 106
5 X- San Jose Sharks PA 82 44 27 11 266 242 99
6 X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim PA 82 43 27 12 254 229 98
7 X- Colorado Avalanche NW 82 43 30 9 283 257 95
8 X- Edmonton Oilers NW 82 41 28 13 256 251 95
8.5
9 Vancouver Canucks NW 82 42 32 8 256 255 92
8 Los Angeles Kings PA 82 42 35 5 249 270 89
11 Minnesota Wild NW 82 38 36 8 231 215 84
12 Phoenix Coyotes PA 82 38 39 5 246 271 81
13 Columbus Blue Jackets CE 82 35 43 4 223 279 74
14 Chicago Blackhawks CE 82 26 43 13 211 285 65
15 St. Louis Blues CE 82 21 46 15 197 292 57

Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot


Game log[]

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

Player stats[]

Regular season[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Paul Kariya LW 82 31 54 85 40 -6 14 0 3
Steve Sullivan RW 69 31 37 68 50 2 13 4 5
Yanic Perreault C 69 22 35 57 30 -3 10 0 2
Kimmo Timonen D 79 11 39 50 74 -3 8 0 1
Martin Erat RW 80 20 29 49 76 0 5 0 1
Marek Zidlicky D 67 12 37 49 82 8 10 0 1
Scott Hartnell LW 81 25 23 48 101 8 10 2 8
Dan Hamhuis D 82 7 31 38 70 11 4 1 1
Adam Hall RW 75 14 15 29 40 0 10 0 5
David Legwand C 44 7 19 26 34 3 0 0 5
Scottie Upshall LW 48 8 16 24 34 14 1 0 2
Mike Sillinger C 31 10 12 22 14 0 3 0 1
Greg Johnson C 68 11 8 19 10 6 0 4 3
Scott Walker RW 33 5 11 16 36 2 1 0 0
Ryan Suter D 71 1 15 16 66 7 0 0 0
Jerred Smithson C 66 5 9 14 54 9 0 0 1
Darcy Hordichuk LW 74 7 6 13 163 9 0 0 1
Vernon Fiddler C 40 8 4 12 42 -2 3 0 2
Danny Markov D 58 0 11 11 62 9 0 0 0
Jordin Tootoo RW 34 4 6 10 55 9 0 0 0
Shea Weber D 28 2 8 10 42 8 2 0 1
Jeremy Stevenson LW 35 4 3 7 74 0 0 0 0
Scott Nichol C 34 3 3 6 79 3 0 1 0
Mark Eaton D 69 3 1 4 44 -2 0 0 0
Kris Beech C 5 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0
Brendan Witt D 17 0 3 3 68 5 0 0 0
Tomas Vokoun G 61 0 2 2 26 0 0 0 0
Greg Zanon D 4 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0
Chris Mason G 23 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jamie Allison D 20 0 1 1 45 -6 0 0 0
Brian Finley G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Simon Gamache C 11 0 0 0 0 -6 0 0 0
Kevin Klein D 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Pekka Rinne G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Tomas Vokoun 3601 61 36 18 7 160 2.67 4 1984 1824 .919
Chris Mason 1227 23 12 5 1 52 2.54 2 597 545 .913
Pekka Rinne 63 2 1 1 0 4 3.81 0 40 36 .900
Brian Finley 60 1 0 1 0 7 7.00 0 41 34 .829
Team: 4951 82 49 25 8 223 2.70 6 2662 2439 .916

Playoffs[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Paul Kariya LW 5 2 5 7 0 0 2 0 0
Kimmo Timonen D 5 1 3 4 4 0 0 1 0
Mike Sillinger C 5 2 1 3 12 -1 1 0 0
Shea Weber D 4 2 0 2 8 -3 1 0 0
Martin Erat RW 5 1 1 2 6 -1 1 0 0
Dan Hamhuis D 5 0 2 2 2 -2 0 0 0
Steve Sullivan RW 5 0 2 2 0 -2 0 0 0
Adam Hall RW 5 1 0 1 0 -3 1 0 1
Scott Hartnell LW 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0
Vernon Fiddler C 2 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Greg Johnson C 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
David Legwand C 5 0 1 1 8 -1 0 0 0
Marek Zidlicky D 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Mark Eaton D 5 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0
Danny Markov D 5 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0
Chris Mason G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Nichol C 3 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Yanic Perreault C 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Jerred Smithson C 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Jordin Tootoo RW 3 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Scottie Upshall LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Walker RW 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Brendan Witt D 5 0 0 0 12 -3 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Chris Mason 296 5 1 4 17 3.45 0 171 154 .901
Team: 296 5 1 4 17 3.45 0 171 154 .901

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

Playoffs[]

Nashville (4) vs. San Jose (5)
Date Away Home
April 21 San Jose 3 4 Nashville
April 23 San Jose 3 0 Nashville
April 25 Nashville 1 4 San Jose
April 27 Nashville 4 5 San Jose
April 30 San Jose 2 1 Nashville
San Jose wins series 4–1

Transactions[]

Draft picks[]

Nashville'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 18 Ryan Parent  Canada Guelph Storm (OHL)
3 78 Teemu Laakso  Finland HIFK Jr. (Finland)
3 79 Cody Franson  Canada Vancouver Giants (WHL)
5 150 Cal O'Reilly  Canada Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
6 176 Ryan Maki  United States Harvard University (ECAC)
7 213 Scott Todd  Canada Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
7 230 Patric Hornqvist  Sweden Väsby IK (Sweden)

References[]

  1. ^ "Nashville Predators at Vancouver Canucks Box Score — March 9, 2006".
  2. ^ "Toronto Maple Leafs at St. Louis Blues Box Score — December 30, 1995".
  3. ^ "Goalie Mason scores, wins fifth straight as Preds top Yotes". 2006-04-15.
  4. ^ "NHL Power Rankings". CNN. 2006-04-18.
  5. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
  6. ^ "2005–2006 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  7. ^ "2005-06 Nashville Predators Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
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