2005–06 Florida Panthers season

The 2005–06 Florida Panthers season was their 13th season in the National Hockey League.

2005–06 Florida Panthers
Division	4th Southeast
2005–06 record	37–34–11
Goals for	240
Goals against	257
Team information
General manager	Mike Keenan
Coach	Jacques Martin
Captain	Olli Jokinen

Regular season

The Panthers were shut out a league-high 8 times and had the fewest power-play opportunities of all 30 teams, with 411.[1][2]

Final standings

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Carolina Hurricanes	82	52	22	8	294	260	112
2	8	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	43	33	6	252	260	92
3	10	Atlanta Thrashers	82	41	33	8	281	275	90
4	11	Florida Panthers	82	37	34	11	240	257	85
5	14	Washington Capitals	82	29	41	12	237	306	70

[3] 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.

Eastern Conference[4]

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

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

Playoffs

The Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. They last made the playoffs in 2000.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Olli Jokinen C 82 38 51 89 88 14 14 1 9 Joe Nieuwendyk C 65 26 30 56 46 -2 7 0 3 Jozef Stumpel C 74 15 37 52 26 11 3 1 1 Nathan Horton C 71 28 19 47 89 8 3 0 1 Jay Bouwmeester D 82 5 41 46 79 1 0 0 0 Martin Gelinas LW 82 17 24 41 80 27 4 0 3 Gary Roberts LW 58 14 26 40 51 4 4 0 1 Chris Gratton C 76 17 22 39 104 6 4 1 2 Mike Van Ryn D 80 8 29 37 90 15 3 0 2 Juraj Kolnik RW 77 15 20 35 40 1 4 1 3 Stephen Weiss C 41 9 12 21 22 -2 5 0 1 Rostislav Olesz C 59 8 13 21 24 -4 0 1 3 Sean Hill D 78 2 18 20 80 3 1 0 0 Jon Sim LW 33 10 8 18 26 -1 4 0 3 Lukas Krajicek D 67 2 14 16 50 1 2 0 0 Joel Kwiatkowski D 73 4 8 12 86 3 1 0 1 Gregory Campbell LW 64 3 6 9 40 -11 0 0 0 Kristian Huselius LW 24 5 3 8 4 -11 2 0 0 Niklas Hagman LW 30 2 4 6 2 -8 0 0 0 Serge Payer C 71 2 4 6 26 -7 0 0 0 Steve Montador D 51 1 5 6 68 4 0 0 0 Anthony Stewart C 10 2 1 3 2 2 1 0 0 Roberto Luongo G 75 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 Ric Jackman D 15 1 1 2 6 0 0 0 0 Alexei Semenov D 16 1 1 2 21 -1 1 0 0 Rob Globke C 18 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 Eric Cairns D 23 0 1 1 37 1 0 0 0 Greg Jacina LW 11 0 1 1 4 -1 0 0 0 Branislav Mezei D 16 0 1 1 37 3 0 0 0 Mikhail Yakubov C 13 0 1 1 4 -1 0 0 0 Jamie Allison D 7 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 Alexander Karpovtsev D 6 0 0 0 4 -3 0 0 0 Jamie McLennan G 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Petr Taticek C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Roberto Luongo 4305 75 35 30 9 213 2.97 4 2488 2275 .914 Jamie McLennan 678 17 2 4 2 34 3.01 0 360 326 .906 Team: 4983 82 37 34 11 247 2.97 4 2848 2601 .913

[5]

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;

Roster

As of February 1 of 2006 No. Player 33 Jamie Allison 4 Jay Bouwmeester 33 Eric Cairns 44 Gregory Campbell 23 Martin Gelinas 51 Rob Globke 77 Chris Gratton 14 Niklas Hagman 22-55 Sean Hill 16 Nathan Horton 22 Kristian Huselius 40 Greg Jacina 55 Ric Jackman 12 Olli Jokinen (C) 7 Alexander Karpovtsev 13 Juraj Kolnik 2 Lukas Krajicek 20 Joel Kwiatkowski 1 Roberto Luongo 29 Jamie McLennan 5 Branislav Mezei 7 Steve Montador 25 Joe Nieuwendyk 85 Rostislav Olesz 43 Serge Payer 10 Gary Roberts 21 Alexei Semenov 11 Jon Sim 57 Anthony Stewart 15 Jozef Stumpel 37 Petr Taticek 26 Mike Van Ryn 9 Stephen Weiss 42 Mikhail Yakubov

Draft picks

Florida'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	20	Kenndal McArdle	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
2	32	Tyler Plante	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
3	90	Dan Collins	United States	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
4	93	Olivier Legault	Canada	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
4	104	Matt Duffy	United States	New Hampshire Junior Monarchs (EJHL)
5	161	Brian Foster	United States	New Hampshire Junior Monarchs (EJHL)
6	164	Roman Derlyuk	Russia	Spartak St. Petersburg (Russia)
7	224	Zach Bearson	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)

References

1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2006_games.html
2. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2006.html
3. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
4. "2005–2006 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
5. "2005-06 Florida Panthers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

External links

• "2005–06 Florida Panthers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.