2005–06 New York Rangers season

2005–06 New York Rangers
2005–06 New York Rangers
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	6th Eastern
2005–06 record	44–26–12
Home record	25–10–6
Road record	19–16–6
Goals for	257
Goals against	215
Team information
General manager	Glen Sather
Coach	Tom Renney
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Jaromir Jagr; Darius Kasparaitis; Steve Rucchin
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	18,142 (99.7%)
Team leaders
Goals	Jaromir Jagr (54)
Assists	Jaromir Jagr (69)
Points	Jaromir Jagr (123)
Penalty minutes	Darius Kasparaitis (97)
Plus/minus	Michal Rozsival (+35)
Wins	Henrik Lundqvist (30)
Goals against average	Henrik Lundqvist (2.24)
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 New York Rangers season was the National Hockey League franchise's 79th season of play and their 80th season overall. It marked a resurgence for the Rangers, with the team finishing the season having recorded 100 points, the sixth time in franchise history that the team had reached the 100-point plateau and their highest point total since their 1993–94 championship season, and a return to the playoffs for the first time since 1996–97. Jaromir Jagr also broke several Rangers single-season records including goals (54), points (123), power-play goals (24) and shots on goal (368). The Rangers missed out on winning the Atlantic Division on the last day of the regular season when the Devils defeated the Montreal Canadiens and the Rangers lost to the Ottawa Senators. The Rangers qualified for the playoffs as the sixth seed but were swept by their rivals the New Jersey Devils in the first round.

Regular season[]

October 17, 2005 – Henrik Lundqvist becomes the first Rangers rookie goaltender to record a shutout since John Vanbiesbrouck in the 1984–85 season, in a 4-0 Rangers win at home over the Florida Panthers.
March 11, 2006 – The New York Rangers played the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The pre-game festivities involved the jersey retirement for former Canadien and Ranger player Bernie Geoffrion.
March 29, 2006 - Jaromir Jagr records 4 assists, accumulating 113 points for the season and breaking the club single season points record of 109, previously held by Jean Ratelle, (1972–73). Jagr would finish the season with 123 points, the 3rd best total of his illustrious career.
March 29, 2006 - Henrik Lundqvist sets a franchise record for rookie goaltenders with his 30th win of the season, in a 5–1 win over the Islanders.
April 8, 2006 – Jaromir Jagr records a goal and three assists, accumulating 53 goals for the season and breaking the club single season goal scoring record of 52, previously held by Adam Graves, (1993–94). Jagr would finish the season with 54 goals, the second best total of his career.
April 8, 2006 – The Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 4–3 in overtime, capturing their 100th point in their final victory of the season.

Season standings[]

Atlantic Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	New Jersey Devils	82	46	27	9	242	229	101
2	5	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	26	11	267	259	101
3	6	New York Rangers	82	44	26	12	257	215	100
4	12	New York Islanders	82	36	40	6	230	278	78
5	15	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	22	46	14	244	316	58

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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
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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[]

2005-06 Game Log

October: 6-4-3 (Home: 4-1-2; Road: 2-3-1)

Game	October	Opponent	Score	Record
1	5	@ Philadelphia Flyers	5 - 3	1-0-0
2	6	Montreal Canadiens	4 - 3 OT	1-0-1
3	8	@ New Jersey Devils	3 - 2 OT	1-0-2
4	10	@ Washington Capitals	3 - 2	1-1-2
5	13	New Jersey Devils	4 - 1	2-1-2
6	15	Atlanta Thrashers	5 - 1	3-1-2
7	17	Florida Panthers	4 - 0	4-1-2
8	19	New York Islanders	3 - 2 SO	4-1-3
9	20	@ New York Islanders	5 - 4	4-2-3
10	22	@ Buffalo Sabres	3 - 1	4-3-3
11	27	New York Islanders	3 - 1	5-3-3
12	29	@ Montreal Canadiens	5 - 2	6-3-3
13	31	Montreal Canadiens	4 - 1	6-4-3

November: 10-3-0 (Home: 4-1-0; Road: 6-2-0)

Game	November	Opponent	Score	Record
14	3	@ New Jersey Devils	4 - 2	7-4-3
15	5	New Jersey Devils	3 - 2 SO	8-4-3
16	7	Pittsburgh Penguins	3 - 2	8-5-3
17	9	@ Florida Panthers	4 - 3 SO	9-5-3
18	10	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	5 - 2	10-5-3
19	12	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	6 - 1	11-5-3
20	15	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	2 - 1	11-6-3
21	17	@ Carolina Hurricanes	5 - 1	11-7-3
22	19	Carolina Hurricanes	4 - 3	12-7-3
23	20	Boston Bruins	3 - 2	13-7-3
24	22	@ Buffalo Sabres	3 - 2 SO	14-7-3
25	24	@ Atlanta Thrashers	6 - 3	15-7-3
26	26	Washington Capitals	3 - 2 SO	16-7-3

December: 6-5-2 (Home: 3-3-0; Road: 3-2-2)

Game	December	Opponent	Score	Record
27	1	Pittsburgh Penguins	2 - 1	17-7-3
28	3	@ Washington Capitals	5 - 1	17-8-3
29	5	Minnesota Wild	3 - 1	18-8-3
30	7	@ Chicago Blackhawks	2 - 1 OT	18-8-4
31	8	@ Nashville Predators	5 - 1	19-8-4
32	10	@ St. Louis Blues	5 - 4 OT	20-8-4
33	13	Vancouver Canucks	3 - 2	20-9-4
34	18	Colorado Avalanche	2 - 1	20-10-4
35	20	New Jersey Devils	3 - 1	20-11-4
36	22	Tampa Bay Lightning	4 - 2	21-11-4
37	26	@ Ottawa Senators	6 - 2	21-12-4
38	28	@ New York Islanders	6 - 2	22-12-4
39	31	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	4 - 3 OT	22-12-5

January: 7-3-3 (Home: 5-1-3; Road: 2-2-0)

Game	January	Opponent	Score	Record
40	3	Tampa Bay Lightning	1 - 0 OT	22-12-6
41	5	Philadelphia Flyers	4 - 3 OT	22-12-7
42	7	Florida Panthers	4 - 0	23-12-7
43	10	Calgary Flames	4 - 2	24-12-7
44	12	Edmonton Oilers	5 - 4 OT	25-12-7
45	14	@ Detroit Red Wings	4 - 3	25-13-7
46	16	@ Columbus Blue Jackets	4 - 3	25-14-7
47	19	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	4 - 2	26-14-7
48	21	@ Boston Bruins	3 - 2 SO	27-14-7
49	22	New Jersey Devils	3 - 1	28-14-7
50	24	Buffalo Sabres	2 - 1	28-15-7
51	28	Pittsburgh Penguins	7 - 1	29-15-7
52	30	Philadelphia Flyers	3 - 2 OT	29-15-8

February: 6-0-0 (Home: 3-0-0; Road: 3-0-0)

Game	February	Opponent	Score	Record
53	1	Pittsburgh Penguins	3 - 1	30-15-8
54	2	@ New York Islanders	5 - 2	31-15-8
55	4	@ Philadelphia Flyers	4 - 3 OT	32-15-8
56	8	Ottawa Senators	5 - 1	33-15-8
57	10	Toronto Maple Leafs	4 - 2	34-15-8
58	11	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4 - 2	35-15-8

March: 5-6-4 (Home: 4-2-1; Road: 1-4-3)

Game	March	Opponent	Score	Record
59	2	@ Philadelphia Flyers	6 - 1	36-15-8
60	4	@ New Jersey Devils	2 - 1	36-16-8
61	6	Carolina Hurricanes	2 - 1	36-17-8
62	8	@ Atlanta Thrashers	3 - 2 SO	36-17-9
63	11	@ Montreal Canadiens	1 - 0	36-18-9
64	12	Atlanta Thrashers	3 - 2 OT	36-18-10
65	14	@ Carolina Hurricanes	5 - 3	36-19-10
66	16	Washington Capitals	5 - 4	37-19-10
67	18	Toronto Maple Leafs	5 - 2	38-19-10
68	20	Boston Bruins	5 - 2	39-19-10
69	22	Philadelphia Flyers	6 - 3	39-20-10
70	24	@ Florida Panthers	3 - 2 SO	39-20-11
71	25	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	4 - 3 SO	39-20-12
72	27	Buffalo Sabres	5 - 4 SO	40-20-12
73	29	@ New York Islanders	5 - 1	41-20-12
74	30	@ Ottawa Senators	4 - 1	41-21-12

April: 3-5-0 (Home: 2-2-0; Road: 1-3-0)

Game	April	Opponent	Score	Record
75	4	Philadelphia Flyers	3 - 2 SO	42-21-12
76	6	New York Islanders	3 - 1	43-21-12
77	8	@ Boston Bruins	4 - 3 OT	44-21-12
78	9	@ New Jersey Devils	3 - 2	44-22-12
79	11	New York Islanders	3 - 2	44-23-12
80	13	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	5 - 3	44-24-12
81	15	@ Philadelphia Flyers	4 - 1	44-25-12
82	18	Ottawa Senators	5 - 1	44-26-12

Playoffs[]

The Rangers qualified for the playoffs for the first time since the 1997 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Key: Win Loss

2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) New Jersey Devils - New Jersey wins series 4-0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Series
1	April 22	New York Rangers	1 - 6	New Jersey Devils		19,040	New Jersey leads series 1-0
2	April 24	New York Rangers	1 - 4	New Jersey Devils		19,040	New Jersey leads series 2-0
3	April 26	New Jersey Devils	3 - 0	New York Rangers		18,200	New Jersey leads series 3-0
4	April 29	New Jersey Devils	4 - 2	New York Rangers		18,200	New Jersey wins series 4-0

Player statistics[]

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Jaromir Jagr	82	54	69	123	34	72
Michael Nylander	81	23	56	79	31	76
Martin Straka	82	22	54	76	17	42
Martin Rucinsky	52	16	39	55	10	56
Petr Prucha	68	30	17	47	3	32
Steve Rucchin	72	13	23	36	6	10
Petr Sykora^†	40	16	15	31	5	22
Michal Rozsival	82	5	25	30	35	90
Jason Ward	81	10	18	28	-4	44
Fedor Tyutin	77	6	19	25	1	58
Tom Poti	73	3	20	23	16	70
Marek Malik	74	2	16	18	28	78
Dominic Moore	82	9	9	18	4	28
Ville Nieminen^‡	48	5	12	17	10	53
Marcel Hossa	64	10	6	16	-6	28
Sandis Ozolinsh^†	19	3	11	14	2	20
Blair Betts	66	8	2	10	-10	24
Jason Strudwick	65	3	4	7	-10	66
Jed Ortmeyer	78	5	2	7	2	38
Darius Kasparaitis	67	0	6	6	7	97
Ryan Hollweg	52	2	3	5	-3	84
Maxim Kondratiev^‡	29	1	2	3	-2	22
Jarkko Immonen	6	2	0	2	-1	0
Thomas Pock	8	1	1	2	-3	4
Chad Wiseman	1	0	1	1	2	4
Colton Orr^†	15	0	1	1	1	44
Jamie Lundmark^‡	3	1	0	1	-2	6
Jeff Taffe^†‡	2	0	0	0	0	0
Alexandre Giroux	1	0	0	0	-1	0
Fedor Fedorov	3	0	0	0	0	6
Bryce Lampman	1	0	0	0	-1	2
David Liffiton	1	0	0	0	0	2

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Blair Betts	4	1	1	2	-1	2
Jaromir Jagr	3	0	1	1	0	2
Martin Rucinsky	2	0	1	1	-1	2
Michael Nylander	4	0	1	1	-3	0
Steve Rucchin	4	1	0	1	-2	0
Marek Malik	4	0	1	1	-2	6
Michal Rozsival	4	0	1	1	-2	8
Fedor Tyutin	4	0	1	1	-1	0
Ryan Hollweg	4	0	1	1	-1	19
Petr Prucha	4	1	0	1	-3	0
Jed Ortmeyer	4	1	0	1	1	4
Sandis Ozolinsh	3	0	0	0	-3	6
Darius Kasparaitis	2	0	0	0	-1	0
Martin Straka	4	0	0	0	-4	2
Petr Sykora	4	0	0	0	-5	0
Jason Strudwick	3	0	0	0	-1	0
Tom Poti	4	0	0	0	-4	2
Jason Ward	1	0	0	0	0	2
Marcel Hossa	4	0	0	0	-1	6
Dominic Moore	4	0	0	0	-1	2
Chad Wiseman	1	0	0	0	0	2
Colton Orr	1	0	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Henrik Lundqvist	53	3112	30	12	9	116	2.24	1485	.922	2	2	0
Kevin Weekes	32	1850	14	14	3	91	2.95	867	.895	0	1	4
Chris Holt	1	10	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1.000	0	0	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Henrik Lundqvist	3	177	0	3	13	4.41	79	.835	0
Kevin Weekes	1	60	0	1	4	4.00	25	.840	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Awards and records[]

Jaromir Jagr, Lester B. Pearson Award
Jaromir Jagr, First All-Star Team
Michal Rozsival, NHL Plus/Minus Award
Henrik Lundqvist, NHL All-Rookie Team

Transactions[]

Trades[]

August 23, 2005	To Anaheim Ducks Trevor Gillies 2007 conditional draft pick	To New York Rangers Steve Rucchin
September 30, 2005	To Montreal Canadiens Garth Murray	To New York Rangers Marcel Hossa
October 7, 2005	To Vancouver Canucks Jozef Balej 6th round pick in 2008	To New York Rangers Fedor Fedorov
October 18, 2005	To Phoenix Coyotes Jamie Lundmark	To New York Rangers Jeff Taffe
January 1, 2006	To Anaheim Ducks Maxim Kondratiev	To New York Rangers Petr Sykora 4th round pick in 2007
January 24, 2006	To Phoenix Coyotes Jeff Taffe	To New York Rangers Martin Sonnenberg
March 8, 2006	To San Jose Sharks Ville Nieminen	To New York Rangers 3rd round pick in 2006
March 9, 2006	To Anaheim Ducks 3rd round pick in 2006	To New York Rangers Sandis Ozolinsh

Free agents acquired[]

Player	Former Team
D Marek Malik	Vancouver Canucks
F Ville Nieminen	Calgary Flames
F Martin Straka	Los Angeles Kings

Draft picks[]

New York's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada at the Westin Hotel.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	12	Marc Staal	D	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2	40	Michael Sauer	D	United States	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
2	56	Marc-Andre Cliche	RW	Canada	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
3	66	Brodie Dupont	C	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
3	77	Dalyn Flatt	D	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
4	107	Tom Pyatt	C	Canada	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
5	147	Trevor Koverko	D	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
6	178	Greg Beller	F	Canada	Lake of the Woods (USHS-MN)
7	211	Ryan Russell	C	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)

References[]

^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
^ "2005–2006 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
^ "2005-06 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-02.

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2020s	2020–21 2021–22
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v t New York Rangers
Founded in 1926 Based in New York City, New York
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season
History	History (Original Six) Records Award winners Retired numbers Broadcasters
Personnel	Owner(s) The Madison Square Garden Company (James Dolan, chairman) General manager Chris Drury Head coach Gerard Gallant Team captain Vacant Current roster
Arenas	Madison Square Garden III Madison Square Garden IV
Rivalries	New Jersey Devils New York Islanders Philadelphia Flyers Washington Capitals
Affiliates	AHL Hartford Wolf Pack ECHL Jacksonville Icemen
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Category Commons

v t 2005–06 NHL season
Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh
Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto
Southeast	Atlanta Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington
Central	Chicago Columbus Detroit Nashville St. Louis
Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Minnesota Vancouver
Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose
See also	West Coast Express Draft Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions