2005–06 NHL season

The 2005–06 NHL season had 30 teams. The Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup Final. The Detroit Red Wings finished with the best regular-season record. Joe Thornton led the league with 125 points and Jonathan Cheechoo led in goals with 56.

Stanley Cup Final winner: CAR Carolina Hurricanes

Eastern Conference

Atlantic

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
PHI Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	26	11	101	.616	34	41	267	259	+8	22-13-6	23-13-5	W1
NJD New Jersey Devils	82	46	27	9	101	.616	33	37	242	229	+13	27-11-3	19-16-6	W11
NYR New York Rangers	82	44	26	12	100	.610	33	37	257	215	+42	25-10-6	19-16-6	L5
NYI New York Islanders	82	36	40	6	78	.476	24	27	230	278	-48	20-18-3	16-22-3	L2
PIT Pittsburgh Penguins	82	22	46	14	58	.354	17	21	244	316	-72	12-21-8	10-25-6	L1

Northeast

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
OTT Ottawa Senators	82	52	21	9	113	.689	48	50	314	211	+103	29-9-3	23-12-6	W1
BUF Buffalo Sabres	82	52	24	6	110	.671	41	47	281	239	+42	27-11-3	25-13-3	W5
MTL Montréal Canadiens	82	42	31	9	93	.567	33	40	243	247	-4	24-13-4	18-18-5	L2
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	82	41	33	8	90	.549	31	38	257	270	-13	26-12-3	15-21-5	W1
BOS Boston Bruins	82	29	37	16	74	.451	23	27	230	266	-36	16-15-10	13-22-6	L2

Southeast

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
CAR Carolina Hurricanes	82	52	22	8	112	.683	40	44	294	260	+34	31-8-2	21-14-6	L1
TBL Tampa Bay Lightning	82	43	33	6	92	.561	31	37	252	260	-8	25-14-2	18-19-4	L1
ATL Atlanta Thrashers	82	41	33	8	90	.549	31	36	281	275	+6	24-13-4	17-20-4	OT1
FLA Florida Panthers	82	37	34	11	85	.518	25	33	240	257	-17	25-11-5	12-23-6	W1
WSH Washington Capitals	82	29	41	12	70	.427	20	22	237	306	-69	16-18-7	13-23-5	W3

Wild card

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	82	41	33	8	90	.549	31	38	257	270	-13	26-12-3	15-21-5	W1
FLA Florida Panthers	82	37	34	11	85	.518	25	33	240	257	-17	25-11-5	12-23-6	W1
NYI New York Islanders	82	36	40	6	78	.476	24	27	230	278	-48	20-18-3	16-22-3	L2
BOS Boston Bruins	82	29	37	16	74	.451	23	27	230	266	-36	16-15-10	13-22-6	L2
WSH Washington Capitals	82	29	41	12	70	.427	20	22	237	306	-69	16-18-7	13-23-5	W3
PIT Pittsburgh Penguins	82	22	46	14	58	.354	17	21	244	316	-72	12-21-8	10-25-6	L1

Western Conference

Central

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
DET Detroit Red Wings	82	58	16	8	124	.756	51	54	305	209	+96	27-9-5	31-7-3	L1
NSH Nashville Predators	82	49	25	8	106	.646	40	43	259	227	+32	32-8-1	17-17-7	W6
CBJ Columbus Blue Jackets	82	35	43	4	74	.451	21	27	223	279	-56	23-18-0	12-25-4	W1
CHI Chicago Blackhawks	82	26	43	13	65	.396	17	24	211	285	-74	16-19-6	10-24-7	W2
STL St. Louis Blues	82	21	46	15	57	.348	14	17	197	292	-95	12-23-6	9-23-9	OT1

Northwest

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
CGY Calgary Flames	82	46	25	11	103	.628	42	44	218	200	+18	30-7-4	16-18-7	L1
COL Colorado Avalanche	82	43	30	9	95	.579	37	40	283	257	+26	25-10-6	18-20-3	L1
EDM Edmonton Oilers	82	41	28	13	95	.579	28	34	256	251	+5	20-15-6	21-13-7	W2
VAN Vancouver Canucks	82	42	32	8	92	.561	34	38	256	255	+1	25-10-6	17-22-2	W1
MIN Minnesota Wild	82	38	36	8	84	.512	32	33	231	215	+16	23-16-2	15-20-6	OT1

Pacific

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
DAL Dallas Stars	82	53	23	6	112	.683	38	41	265	218	+47	28-11-2	25-12-4	OT1
SJS San Jose Sharks	82	44	27	11	99	.604	34	43	266	242	+24	25-9-7	19-18-4	L1
ANA Anaheim Ducks	82	43	27	12	98	.598	37	40	254	229	+25	26-10-5	17-17-7	W1
LAK Los Angeles Kings	82	42	35	5	89	.543	32	36	249	270	-21	26-14-1	16-21-4	W2
PHX Phoenix Coyotes	82	38	39	5	81	.494	28	34	246	271	-25	19-18-4	19-21-1	W1

Wild card

Team	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	PT%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	Strk
VAN Vancouver Canucks	82	42	32	8	92	.561	34	38	256	255	+1	25-10-6	17-22-2	W1
LAK Los Angeles Kings	82	42	35	5	89	.543	32	36	249	270	-21	26-14-1	16-21-4	W2
MIN Minnesota Wild	82	38	36	8	84	.512	32	33	231	215	+16	23-16-2	15-20-6	OT1
PHX Phoenix Coyotes	82	38	39	5	81	.494	28	34	246	271	-25	19-18-4	19-21-1	W1
CHI Chicago Blackhawks	82	26	43	13	65	.396	17	24	211	285	-74	16-19-6	10-24-7	W2
STL St. Louis Blues	82	21	46	15	57	.348	14	17	197	292	-95	12-23-6	9-23-9	OT1

Leaders

Points

1	Joe Thornton	125
2	Jaromir Jagr	123
3	Alex Ovechkin	106
4	Sidney Crosby	102
5	Daniel Alfredsson	102

Goals

1	Jonathan Cheechoo	56
2	Jaromir Jagr	54
3	Alex Ovechkin	52
4	Ilya Kovalchuk	52
5	Dany Heatley	50

Assists

1	Joe Thornton	96
2	Jason Spezza	69
3	Jaromir Jagr	69
4	Marc Savard	69
5	Brad Richards	68

Plus/minus

1	Wade Redden	+36
2	Michal Rozsival	+35
3	Jaromir Jagr	+34
4	Andrej Meszaros	+34
5	Mathieu Schneider	+33

Power-play goals

1	Ilya Kovalchuk	27
2	Jaromir Jagr	24
3	Brian Gionta	24
4	Jonathan Cheechoo	24
5	Dany Heatley	23

Shots on goal

1	Alex Ovechkin	425
2	Jaromir Jagr	368
3	Olli Jokinen	351
4	Marian Hossa	341
5	Simon Gagne	332

TOI per game

1	Bryan McCabe	28:18
2	Chris Pronger	27:59
3	Tomas Kaberle	27:58
4	Nicklas Lidstrom	27:29
5	Zdeno Chara	27:08

Hits

1	Brenden Morrow	234
2	Trent Hunter	230
3	Zdeno Chara	217
4	Chris Neil	216
5	Brooks Orpik	203

Blocked shots

1	Jay McKee	241
2	Karlis Skrastins	207
3	Colin White	199
4	Andy Sutton	195
5	Niclas Havelid	192

Goalie wins

1	Martin Brodeur	43
2	Miikka Kiprusoff	42
3	Marty Turco	41
4	Martin Gerber	38
5	Manny Legace	37

Save %

1	Cristobal Huet	.929
2	Dominik Hasek	.927
3	Miikka Kiprusoff	.923
4	Henrik Lundqvist	.922
5	Nolan Schaefer	.920

Goals-against avg

1	Nolan Schaefer	1.87
2	Dominik Hasek	2.02
3	Miikka Kiprusoff	2.07
4	Manny Legace	2.19
5	Cristobal Huet	2.20

Shutouts

1	Miikka Kiprusoff	10
2	Manny Legace	7
3	Cristobal Huet	7
4	Martin Brodeur	5
5	Dominik Hasek	5

Rate stats need 25+ games (skaters) or 21+ (goalies).

Team stats

Team	GP	GF	GA	GF/GP	GA/GP	SOG/GP	SA/GP
ANA Anaheim Ducks	81	251	227	3.10	2.80	31.58	29.57
ATL Atlanta Thrashers	82	281	275	3.43	3.35	30.76	30.28
BOS Boston Bruins	82	230	266	2.80	3.24	30.62	32.11
BUF Buffalo Sabres	82	281	239	3.43	2.91	30.61	30.51
CAR Carolina Hurricanes	82	294	260	3.59	3.17	31.13	30.45
CBJ Columbus Blue Jackets	82	223	279	2.72	3.40	27.44	33.68
CGY Calgary Flames	82	218	200	2.66	2.44	28.04	27.57
CHI Chicago Blackhawks	82	211	285	2.57	3.48	30.24	29.48
COL Colorado Avalanche	82	283	257	3.45	3.13	30.05	29.45
DAL Dallas Stars	82	265	218	3.23	2.66	28.49	25.60
DET Detroit Red Wings	82	305	209	3.72	2.55	34.10	26.59
EDM Edmonton Oilers	82	256	251	3.12	3.06	29.78	25.55
FLA Florida Panthers	82	240	257	2.93	3.13	33.22	34.79
LAK Los Angeles Kings	82	249	270	3.04	3.29	29.20	29.99
MIN Minnesota Wild	82	231	215	2.82	2.62	26.76	30.00
MTL Montréal Canadiens	82	243	247	2.96	3.01	30.12	30.57
NJD New Jersey Devils	82	242	229	2.95	2.79	29.21	29.30
NSH Nashville Predators	82	259	227	3.16	2.77	29.02	32.46
NYI New York Islanders	82	230	278	2.80	3.39	30.26	31.09
NYR New York Rangers	82	257	215	3.13	2.62	29.85	28.76
OTT Ottawa Senators	81	311	206	3.84	2.54	34.19	28.54
PHI Philadelphia Flyers	81	262	256	3.23	3.16	31.11	28.77
PHX Phoenix Coyotes	81	244	268	3.01	3.31	28.17	30.28
PIT Pittsburgh Penguins	82	244	316	2.98	3.85	28.01	33.21
SJS San Jose Sharks	82	266	242	3.24	2.95	30.28	26.59
STL St. Louis Blues	82	197	292	2.40	3.56	28.48	30.61
TBL Tampa Bay Lightning	82	252	260	3.07	3.17	31.63	27.56
TOR Toronto Maple Leafs	82	257	270	3.13	3.29	28.33	30.60
VAN Vancouver Canucks	82	256	255	3.12	3.11	28.76	30.07
WSH Washington Capitals	82	237	306	2.89	3.73	29.82	35.12