2005–06 Minnesota Wild season

2005–06 Minnesota Wild
Division5th Northwest
2005–06 record38–36–8
Goals for231
Goals against215
Team information
General ManagerDoug Risebrough
CoachJacques Lemaire
CaptainRotating
Alex Henry (Oct.)
Filip Kuba (Nov.)
Willie Mitchell (Dec.–Jan.)
Brian Rolston (Feb.)
Wes Walz (Mar.–Apr.)
ArenaXcel Energy Center
Average attendance18,575

The 2005–06 Minnesota Wild season was the team's sixth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Wild failed to qualify for the 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Off-season

Regular season

The Wild allowed the fewest power-play goals in the NHL with 55 and had the highest penalty-kill percentage at 87.39%.[1]

Final standings

Northwest Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 3 Calgary Flames 82 46 25 11 218 200 103
2 7 Colorado Avalanche 82 43 30 9 283 257 95
3 8 Edmonton Oilers 82 41 28 13 256 251 95
4 9 Vancouver Canucks 82 42 32 8 256 255 92
5 11 Minnesota Wild 82 38 36 8 231 215 84

[2] 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[3]
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


Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

The Wild failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second year in a row.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Brian Rolston C/RW 82 34 45 79 50 14 15 5 7
Marian Gaborik RW 65 38 28 66 64 6 10 2 7
Pierre-Marc Bouchard C 80 17 42 59 28 3 7 0 3
Todd White C 61 19 21 40 18 -1 5 0 0
Randy Robitaille C 67 12 28 40 54 -5 7 0 2
Wes Walz C 82 19 18 37 61 7 1 1 0
Marc Chouinard C 74 14 16 30 34 1 6 2 3
Kurtis Foster D 58 10 18 28 60 -3 6 0 2
Alexandre Daigle C 46 5 23 28 12 -6 2 0 1
Pascal Dupuis LW 67 10 16 26 40 -10 4 0 2
Filip Kuba D 65 6 19 25 44 0 1 1 1
Mikko Koivu C 64 6 15 21 40 -9 3 0 0
Andrei Zyuzin D 57 7 11 18 50 -12 4 0 1
Daniel Tjarnqvist D 60 3 15 18 32 -11 3 0 1
Stephane Veilleux LW 71 7 9 16 63 -13 0 0 1
Brent Burns D 72 4 12 16 32 -7 1 0 1
Nick Schultz D 79 2 12 14 43 2 0 0 0
Kyle Wanvig RW 51 4 8 12 64 -8 1 0 0
Willie Mitchell D 64 2 6 8 87 15 0 0 0
Derek Boogaard LW 65 2 4 6 158 2 0 0 1
Martin Skoula D 17 1 5 6 10 0 0 0 0
Matt Foy RW 19 2 3 5 16 -4 1 0 0
Mattias Weinhandl RW 15 2 3 5 10 0 0 0 0
Alex Henry D 63 0 5 5 73 -4 0 0 0
Manny Fernandez G 58 0 3 3 6 0 0 0 0
Erik Westrum C 10 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0
Scott Ferguson D 15 0 0 0 22 -3 0 0 0
Josh Harding G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrei Nazarov LW 2 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0
Erik Reitz D 5 0 0 0 4 -2 0 0 0
Dwayne Roloson G 24 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Manny Fernandez 3411 58 30 18 7 130 2.29 1 1612 1482 .919
Dwayne Roloson 1361 24 6 17 1 68 3.00 1 759 691 .910
Josh Harding 185 3 2 1 0 8 2.59 1 83 75 .904
Team: 4957 82 38 36 8 206 2.49 3 2454 2248 .916

[4]

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

Roster

Draft picks

Minnesota's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 4 Benoit Pouliot LW  Canada Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2 57 Matt Kassian LW  Canada Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
3 65 Kristofer Westblom G  Canada Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
4 110 Kyle Bailey C  Canada Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
4 122 Morten Madsen LW  Denmark Frölunda HC Jr. (Sweden)
5 129 Anthony Aiello D  United States Thayer Academy (USHS-MA)
7 199 Riley Emmerson RW  Canada Tri-City Americans (WHL)
Draft notes

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2006.html
  2. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
  3. ^ "2005–2006 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  4. ^ "2005-06 Minnesota Wild Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.

External links


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