2005–06 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2005–06 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 80th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.

2005–06 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	4th Central
2005–06 record	26–43–13
Goals for	211
Goals against	285
Team information
General manager	Dale Tallon
Coach	Trent Yawney
Captain	Adrian Aucoin Martin Lapointe (interim)
Alternate captains	Kyle Calder Martin Lapointe
Arena	United Center
Average attendance	13,318 (65.0%)

Regular season

The Blackhawks struggled on the power play during the regular season, finishing 30th overall in power-play goals scored, with 51, and 30th overall in power-play percentage, at 12.23% (51 for 417).[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

[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	L	October 5, 2005	3–5	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	0–1–0
2	W	October 7, 2005	6–3	San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	1–1–0
3	L	October 9, 2005	2–3	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	1–2–0
4	L	October 11, 2005	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	1–3–0
5	W	October 14, 2005	3–2 SO	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	2–3–0
6	L	October 15, 2005	3–4	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	2–4–0
7	L	October 18, 2005	2–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	2–5–0
8	W	October 23, 2005	4–2	Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	3–5–0
9	L	October 25, 2005	3–5	@ Nashville Predators (2005–06)	3–6–0
10	L	October 27, 2005	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	3–7–0
11	L	October 29, 2005	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	3–8–0
12	L	November 1, 2005	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	3–9–0
13	W	November 2, 2005	6–5 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	4–9–0
14	L	November 4, 2005	1–9	@ Dallas Stars (2005–06)	4–10–0
15	W	November 6, 2005	2–1 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	5–10–0
16	W	November 10, 2005	4–2	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	6–10–0
17	L	November 11, 2005	2–4	Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	6–11–0
18	W	November 13, 2005	3–1	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	7–11–0
19	W	November 18, 2005	5–2	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	8–11–0
20	W	November 19, 2005	4–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	9–11–0
21	L	November 22, 2005	1–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	9–12–0
22	L	November 26, 2005	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	9–13–0
23	L	November 27, 2005	1–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	9–14–0
24	W	November 30, 2005	3–2	Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	10–14–0
25	L	December 2, 2005	2–3 SO	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06)	10–14–1
26	L	December 3, 2005	3–4 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2005–06)	10–14–2
27	W	December 7, 2005	2–1 OT	New York Rangers (2005–06)	11–14–2
28	W	December 11, 2005	5–4 SO	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06)	12–14–2
29	L	December 13, 2005	3–5	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06)	12–15–2
30	L	December 15, 2005	3–5	@ Nashville Predators (2005–06)	12–16–2
31	W	December 16, 2005	5–1	St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	13–16–2
32	L	December 18, 2005	3–5	Dallas Stars (2005–06)	13–17–2
33	L	December 21, 2005	1–6	Nashville Predators (2005–06)	13–18–2
34	L	December 23, 2005	2–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	13–18–3
35	L	December 26, 2005	3–4 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	13–18–4
36	L	December 28, 2005	1–2	St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	13–19–4
37	L	December 30, 2005	2–3	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	13–20–4
38	L	January 2, 2006	2–3	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	13–21–4
39	L	January 3, 2006	0–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	13–22–4
40	L	January 5, 2006	2–3	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	13–23–4
41	L	January 8, 2006	1–5	Nashville Predators (2005–06)	13–24–4
42	W	January 10, 2006	4–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2005–06)	14–24–4
43	L	January 11, 2006	2–5	Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06)	14–25–4
44	W	January 13, 2006	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06)	15–25–4
45	L	January 15, 2006	2–3 SO	New Jersey Devils (2005–06)	15–25–5
46	L	January 17, 2006	1–2 OT	New York Islanders (2005–06)	15–25–6
47	W	January 19, 2006	4–2	Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	16–25–6
48	L	January 20, 2006	1–4	@ Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	16–26–6
49	L	January 22, 2006	2–3	Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	16–27–6
50	W	January 26, 2006	2–0	Calgary Flames (2005–06)	17–27–6
51	L	January 29, 2006	3–5	Calgary Flames (2005–06)	17–28–6
52	L	February 2, 2006	5–6 SO	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	17–28–7
53	L	February 4, 2006	0–6	@ Nashville Predators (2005–06)	17–29–7
54	W	February 7, 2006	3–1	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	18–29–7
55	L	February 8, 2006	1–2	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	18–30–7
56	L	February 11, 2006	4–5 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	18–30–8
57	L	February 12, 2006	1–4	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	18–31–8
58	W	March 1, 2006	3–0	Nashville Predators (2005–06)	19–31–8
59	L	March 3, 2006	4–5 SO	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	19–31–9
60	L	March 5, 2006	2–7	Dallas Stars (2005–06)	19–32–9
61	W	March 7, 2006	3–1	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	20–32–9
62	L	March 9, 2006	1–2	Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	20–33–9
63	L	March 11, 2006	4–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	20–34–9
64	L	March 12, 2006	3–5	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	20–35–9
65	W	March 15, 2006	3–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	21–35–9
66	L	March 17, 2006	1–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	21–36–9
67	L	March 19, 2006	2–3	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	21–37–9
68	L	March 23, 2006	3–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	21–38–9
69	L	March 24, 2006	2–3 SO	@ Dallas Stars (2005–06)	21–38–10
70	L	March 26, 2006	4–5 OT	San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	21–38–11
71	W	March 29, 2006	3–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	22–38–11
72	W	March 31, 2006	3–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	23–38–11
73	L	April 1, 2006	2–5	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	23–39–11
74	L	April 3, 2006	3–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	23–40–11
75	W	April 5, 2006	4–3	Nashville Predators (2005–06)	24–40–11
76	L	April 7, 2006	3–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	24–40–12
77	L	April 8, 2006	1–2 SO	@ Nashville Predators (2005–06)	24–40–13
78	L	April 11, 2006	0–2	@ Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	24–41–13
79	L	April 13, 2006	3–7	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	24–42–13
80	L	April 15, 2006	2–5	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	24–43–13
81	W	April 16, 2006	4–3	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	25–43–13
82	W	April 18, 2006	3–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	26–43–13

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Kyle Calder	LW	79	26	33	59	52	-4	6	2	6
Mark Bell	C	82	25	23	48	107	-14	11	1	1
Tyler Arnason	C	60	13	28	41	40	5	5	0	1
Rene Bourque	LW	77	16	18	34	56	3	4	0	2
Radim Vrbata	RW	45	13	21	34	16	4	5	0	0
Brent Seabrook	D	69	5	27	32	60	5	1	0	2
Martin Lapointe	RW	82	14	17	31	106	-30	6	0	3
Matthew Barnaby	RW	82	8	20	28	178	-11	0	0	1
Jaroslav Spacek	D	45	7	17	24	72	8	1	0	0
Jim Vandermeer	D	76	6	18	24	116	-2	2	0	1
Patrick Sharp	C	50	9	14	23	36	1	0	1	2
Duncan Keith	D	81	9	12	21	79	-11	1	1	0
Pavel Vorobiev	RW	39	9	12	21	34	-2	2	0	0
Michael Holmqvist	C	72	10	10	20	16	-14	2	0	1
Mark Cullen	C	29	7	9	16	2	7	0	0	0
Curtis Brown	C/LW	71	5	10	15	38	-9	0	1	0
Jim Dowd	C	60	3	12	15	38	-5	0	0	0
Matt Ellison	RW	26	3	9	12	17	-4	1	0	0
Andy Hilbert	C/LW	28	5	4	9	22	-4	0	0	1
James Wisniewski	D	19	2	5	7	36	0	0	0	0
Milan Bartovic	RW	24	1	6	7	8	0	0	0	0
Jassen Cullimore	D	54	1	6	7	53	-24	1	0	1
Adrian Aucoin	D	33	1	5	6	38	-13	1	0	0
Dustin Byfuglien	RW	25	3	2	5	24	-6	0	0	1
Anton Babchuk	D	17	2	3	5	16	-5	1	0	0
Tuomo Ruutu	C/LW	15	2	3	5	31	-7	1	0	0
Brandon Bochenski	RW	20	2	2	4	8	-9	0	0	0
Mikhail Yakubov	C	10	1	2	3	8	0	0	0	1
Todd Simpson	D	45	0	3	3	116	-2	0	0	0
Jason Morgan	C	7	1	1	2	6	1	0	0	0
Craig Anderson	G	29	0	1	1	14	0	0	0	0
Michal Barinka	D	25	0	1	1	20	-7	0	0	0
Mike Brown	LW	2	0	1	1	9	0	0	0	0
Nikolai Khabibulin	G	50	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0
Adam Munro	G	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cam Barker	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corey Crawford	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Daze	RW	1	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Matt Keith	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Richmond	D	10	0	0	0	18	-3	0	0	0
Martin St. Pierre	C	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Shawn Thornton	RW	10	0	0	0	16	-5	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Nikolai Khabibulin	2815	50	17	26	6	157	3.35	0	1379	1222	.886
Craig Anderson	1554	29	6	12	4	86	3.32	1	757	671	.886
Adam Munro	501	10	3	5	2	25	2.99	1	234	209	.893
Corey Crawford	86	2	0	0	1	5	3.49	0	41	36	.878
Team:	4956	82	26	43	13	273	3.31	2	2411	2138	.887

[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;

Draft picks

Chicago'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	7	Jack Skille	United States	US NTDP (NAHL)
2	43	Michael Blunden	Canada	Erie Otters (OHL)
2	54	Dan Bertram	Canada	Boston College (Hockey East)
3	68	Evan Brophey	Canada	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
4	108	Niklas Hjalmarsson	Sweden	HV71 Jr. (Sweden)
4	113	Nathan Davis	United States	Miami University (CCHA)
4	117	Denis Istomin	Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk (Russia)
5	134	Brennan Turner	Canada	Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)
6	167	Joe Fallon	United States	University of Vermont (ECAC)
6	188	Joe Charlebois	United States	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
7	202	David Kuchejda	Czech Republic	HC Ceske Budejovice (Czech Republic)
7	203	Adam Hobson	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)

See also

• 2005–06 NHL season

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 Chicago Blackhawks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-17.

• "2005–06 Chicago Blackhawks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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