2005–06 Detroit Red Wings season
2005–06 Detroit Red Wings | |
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Presidents' Trophy winners | |
Central Division champions | |
Division | 1st Central |
Conference | 1st Western |
2005–06 record | 58–16–8 |
Home record | 27–9–5 |
Road record | 31–7–3 |
Goals for | 305 |
Goals against | 209 |
Team information | |
General manager | Ken Holland |
Coach | Mike Babcock |
Captain | Steve Yzerman |
Alternate captains | Nicklas Lidstrom Brendan Shanahan |
Arena | Joe Louis Arena |
Average attendance | 20,066 (100%) |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Grand Rapids Griffins Toledo Storm |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Brendan Shanahan (40) |
Assists | Nicklas Lidstrom (64) |
Points | Pavel Datsyuk (87) |
Penalty minutes | Chris Chelios (108) |
Plus/minus | Mathieu Schneider (33) |
Wins | Manny Legace (37) |
Goals against average | Manny Legace (2.19) |
The 2005–06 Detroit Red Wings season was the 80th National Hockey League season in Detroit, Michigan. The Wings once again found themselves having the best regular season record, scoring 124 points for the second-highest point total in franchise history.
The Red Wings began the season with a conflict in goal as recent pickup Chris Osgood was injured in preseason activities and unproven Manny Legace was to start in goal. Legace played great, winning 10 of his first 11 games, and quickly earned the starting goaltender job. The Red Wings decided to start Legace in the playoffs but his inexperience quickly showed and Detroit was knocked out in the first round by the Edmonton Oilers (who'd go on to win the conference) in six games.
Detroit defenseman, Jiri Fischer, suffered a cardiac arrest in the first period of a game against the Nashville Predators on November 21. The game was stopped and eventually called as many fans in Joe Louis Arena either could not see what was going on or looked on in horror. Fischer was given CPR on the Wings' bench and then carried out on a stretcher. Nashville had a 1–0 lead within the game and it was decided that the score would be added onto the rescheduled game later in the season.[1]
The Red Wings sold out all 41 home games in 2005–06, as 20,066 fans packed Joe Louis Arena for every regular season and playoff game played in Detroit.
There was no All-Star Game this year as the Winter Olympics in Turin took place in February 2006, where nine Red Wings players represented their countries. Kris Draper represented Canada,[2] Chris Chelios represented the United States,[3] Robert Lang represented the Czech Republic, Pavel Datsyuk represented Russia, and Nicklas Lidstrom, Mikael Samuelsson, Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall and Tomas Holmstrom represented Sweden.[4] Team Canada Head Coach Wayne Gretzky told Steve Yzerman it was his decision as to whether he wanted to play in the 2006 Olympics. Citing his age and playing ability, Yzerman bowed out to give up his roster spot to a "more deserving player."[5]
Sweden won the gold medal in ice hockey, as all three goals scored in the gold medal game were by Red Wing players. Red Wings' Head Coach Mike Babcock decided to give the five gold medal winners from Detroit time to return to Sweden to celebrate. They only missed one game, February 28 against the San Jose Sharks. In that game, Detroit suffered their worst loss of the season, losing by four goals.
For the first time in 10 years, Detroit was not shut out in any of their 82 regular season games.[6] Offensively, Detroit trailed only the Ottawa Senators in scoring and shots on goal, with 301 goals (305 including the four shootout-winning goals) and 2,796 shots, respectively. Furthermore, for the first time since the 1992–93 season, the Red Wings scored more than 100 power play goals during the regular season, this time with 102. Detroit had eight players on its roster that scored at least twenty goals each during the regular season.
Defensively, the Red Wings finished second in most shutouts for, with nine and allowed only 206 goals (209 including three shootout-winning goals), good enough for third overall.
Regular season
The Red Wings finished the regular season with the League's best power-play percentage, at 22.13% (102 for 461).[7]
Season standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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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
For complete final standings, see 2005–06 NHL season
Playoffs
The Detroit Red Wings ended the 2005–06 regular season as the Western Conference's first seed and played Edmonton in the first round. Edmonton would go on to defeat Detroit and reach the Stanley Cup Finals, losing in Game 7 to the Carolina Hurricanes.
Schedule and results
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Legend:
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Playoffs
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Legend:
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Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
13 | Pavel Datsyuk | C | 75 | 28 | 59 | 87 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
40 | Henrik Zetterberg | LW | 77 | 39 | 46 | 85 | 29 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
14 | Brendan Shanahan | LW | 82 | 40 | 41 | 81 | 29 | 105 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
5 | Nicklas Lidstrom | D | 80 | 16 | 64 | 80 | 21 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 2 |
20 | Robert Lang | C | 72 | 20 | 42 | 62 | 17 | 72 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
96 | Tomas Holmstrom | LW | 81 | 29 | 30 | 59 | 14 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 12 |
23 | Mathieu Schneider | D | 72 | 21 | 38 | 59 | 33 | 86 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 6 |
29 | Jason Williams | C | 80 | 21 | 37 | 58 | 4 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 6 |
37 | Mikael Samuelsson | RW | 71 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 27 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 |
19 | Steve Yzerman | C | 61 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
33 | Kris Draper | C | 80 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 3 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
15 | Jason Woolley | D | 53 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
39 | Johan Franzen | C | 80 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
44 | Mark Mowers | RW | 46 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Daniel Cleary | RW | 77 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
3 | Andreas Lilja | D | 82 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 98 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 6 |
22 | Brett Lebda | D | 46 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
18 | Kirk Maltby | LW | 82 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −9 | 80 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
24 | Chris Chelios | D | 81 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 108 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
55 | Niklas Kronwall | D | 27 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Jiri Fischer | D | 22 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
4 | Cory Cross† | D | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
42 | Donald MacLean | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
41 | Valtteri Filppula | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Manny Legace | G | 51 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
4 | Jamie Rivers‡ | D | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Jimmy Howard | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
26 | Jiri Hudler | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
32 | Tomas Kopecky | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Chris Osgood | G | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
45 | Kyle Quincey | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
34 | Manny Legace | 51 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 1244 | 106 | 2.19 | .915 | 7 | 2905 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 155 | 18 | .884 | 2.65 | 0 | 1029 |
30 | Chris Osgood | 32 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 828 | 85 | 2.79 | .897 | 2 | 1846 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Jimmy Howard | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 104 | 10 | 2.99 | .904 | 0 | 201 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
James Norris Memorial Trophy | Nicklas Lidstrom | [12] |
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy | Pavel Datsyuk | [13] | |
Lester Patrick Trophy | Steve Yzerman | [14] | |
NHL First All-Star Team | Nicklas Lidstrom (Defense) | [15] | |
League (in-season) |
NHL Defensive Player of the Month | Manny Legace (October) | [16] |
NHL Defensive Player of the Week | Manny Legace (October 24) | [17] | |
Manny Legace (February 13) | [18] | ||
NHL Offensive Player of the Week | Brendan Shanahan (December 19) | [19] |
Milestones
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Mathieu Schneider | October 21, 2005 | [20] |
600th assist | Brendan Shanahan | November 9, 2005 | [21] |
600th assist | Nicklas Lidstrom | March 7, 2006 | [22] |
Transactions
The Red Wings were involved in the following transactions from February 17, 2005, the day after the 2004–05 NHL season was officially cancelled, through June 19, 2006, the day of the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals.[23]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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March 9, 2006 | To Phoenix Coyotes Jamie Rivers |
To Detroit Red Wings 7th-round pick in 2006 |
[24] |
March 9, 2006 | To Pittsburgh Penguins 4th-round pick in 2007 |
To Detroit Red Wings Cory Cross |
[25] |
Players acquired
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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August 8, 2005 | Chris Osgood | St. Louis Blues | 1-year | Free agency | [26] |
August 12, 2005 | Kent McDonell | Columbus Blue Jackets | 1-year | Free agency | [27] |
August 16, 2005 | Andy Delmore | Adler Mannheim (DEL) | 1-year | Free agency | [28] |
August 25, 2005 | Andreas Lilja | Nashville Predators | 1-year | Free agency | [29] |
Don MacLean | Espoo Blues (Liiga) | 1-year | Free agency | [29] | |
September 18, 2005 | Mikael Samuelsson | Sodertalje SK (SHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [30] |
October 4, 2005 | Daniel Cleary | Phoenix Coyotes | 1-year | Free agency | [31] |
Players lost
Date | Player | New team | Via[a] | Ref |
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July 26, 2005 | Derian Hatcher | Philadelphia Flyers[b] | Compliance buyout | [34] |
Darren McCarty | Calgary Flames[c] | Compliance buyout | [34] | |
Ray Whitney | Carolina Hurricanes[d] | Compliance buyout | [34] | |
August 2, 2005 | Pete Vandermeer | Montreal Canadiens | Free agency (VI) | [37] |
August 3, 2005 | Mathieu Dandenault | Montreal Canadiens | Free agency (V) | [38] |
August 10, 2005 | Paul Ballantyne | Phoenix Roadrunners (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [39] |
August 15, 2005 | Nathan Robinson | Boston Bruins | Free agency (UFA) | [40] |
August 17, 2005 | Curtis Joseph | Phoenix Coyotes | Free agency (III) | [41] |
August 25, 2005 | Danny Groulx | Kassel Huskies (DEL) | Free agency (UFA) | [42] |
October 4, 2005 | Andy Delmore | Columbus Blue Jackets | Waivers | [31] |
Signings
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 28, 2005 | Brendan Shanahan | 1-year | Option exercised | [43] |
July 29, 2005 | Ryan Oulahen | 3-year | Entry-level | [44] |
Kyle Quincey | 3-year | Entry-level | [44] | |
August 2, 2005 | Steve Yzerman | 1-year | Re-signing | [45] |
August 4, 2005 | Chris Chelios | 1-year | Re-signing | [46] |
Johan Franzen | 1-year | Entry-level | [46] | |
Mathieu Schneider | 2-year | Re-signing | [46] | |
August 11, 2005 | Tomas Kopecky | 1-year | Re-signing | [47] |
August 16, 2005 | Darryl Bootland | 1-year | Re-signing | [48] |
Jason Williams | 1-year | Re-signing | [49] | |
August 19, 2005 | Valtteri Filppula | 3-year | Entry-level | [50] |
August 24, 2005 | Matt Ellis | 2-year | Re-signing | [51] |
August 25, 2005 | Jimmy Howard | 3-year | Entry-level | [52] |
August 27, 2005 | Niklas Kronwall | 2-year | Re-signing | [53] |
September 7, 2005 | Henrik Zetterberg | 4-year | Re-signing | [54] |
September 26, 2005 | Pavel Datsyuk | 2-year | Re-signing | [55] |
October 8, 2005 | Jason Woolley | 1-year | Re-signing | [56] |
March 25, 2006 | Mikael Samuelsson | 3-year | Extension | [57] |
April 18, 2006 | Andreas Lilja | 2-year | Extension | [58] |
May 31, 2006 | Chris Chelios | 1-year | Re-signing | [59] |
Jonathan Ericsson | 2-year | Entry-level | [59] | |
Stefan Liv | 1-year | Entry-level | [59] | |
Evan McGrath | 3-year | Entry-level | [59] |
Draft picks
As there was no 2004–05 season to set the order for the draft, a lottery was held in which teams were assigned a number of balls, between one and three, based on the number of playoff appearances the team had had in the past three seasons. As the Red Wings had made the playoffs three consecutive seasons, they were given only one ball in the lottery. The Red Wings ended up with the 19th overall pick.
Detroit's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario:
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 19 | Jakub Kindl (D) | ![]() |
Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
2 | 42 | Justin Abdelkader (LW) | ![]() |
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL) |
3 | 80 | Christofer Lofberg (C) | ![]() |
Djurgardens IF |
4 | 103 | Mattias Ritola (C/W) | ![]() |
Leksands IF Jr. (Sweden) |
5 | 132 | Darren Helm (LW) | ![]() |
Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) |
5 | 137 | Johan Ryno (RW) | ![]() |
Kumla Jr. (Sweden Jr.) |
5 | 151 | Jeff May | ![]() |
Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
6 | 175 | Juho Mielonen | ![]() |
Ilves (Finland Jr.) |
7 | 214 | Bretton Stamler | ![]() |
Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) |
Farm teams
Grand Rapids Griffins
The Griffins were Detroit's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2005–06.
Toledo Storm
The Storm were the Red Wings' ECHL affiliate for the 2005–06 season.
See also
Notes
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Aug 25, 2005 Signed with the Kassel Huskies of the Deutsche Liga (Germany).
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Apr 18, 2006 Signed by the Detroit Red Wings to a two-year contract extension.
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