2005–06 Minnesota Wild season

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

Regular season

The Wild allowed the fewest power-play goals in the League, with just 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
Rolston, BrianBrian Rolston	C/RW	82	34	45	79	50	14	15	5	7
Gaborik, MarianMarian Gaborik	RW	65	38	28	66	64	6	10	2	7
Bouchard, Pierre-MarcPierre-Marc Bouchard	C	80	17	42	59	28	3	7	0	3
White, ToddTodd White	C	61	19	21	40	18	-1	5	0	0
Robitaille, RandyRandy Robitaille	C	67	12	28	40	54	-5	7	0	2
Walz, WesWes Walz	C	82	19	18	37	61	7	1	1	0
Chouinard, MarcMarc Chouinard	C	74	14	16	30	34	1	6	2	3
Foster, KurtisKurtis Foster	D	58	10	18	28	60	-3	6	0	2
Daigle, AlexandreAlexandre Daigle	C	46	5	23	28	12	-6	2	0	1
Dupuis, PascalPascal Dupuis	LW	67	10	16	26	40	-10	4	0	2
Kuba, FilipFilip Kuba	D	65	6	19	25	44	0	1	1	1
Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu	C	64	6	15	21	40	-9	3	0	0
Zyuzin, AndreiAndrei Zyuzin	D	57	7	11	18	50	-12	4	0	1
Tjarnqvist, DanielDaniel Tjarnqvist	D	60	3	15	18	32	-11	3	0	1
Veilleux, StephaneStephane Veilleux	LW	71	7	9	16	63	-13	0	0	1
Burns, BrentBrent Burns	D	72	4	12	16	32	-7	1	0	1
Schultz, NickNick Schultz	D	79	2	12	14	43	2	0	0	0
Wanvig, KyleKyle Wanvig	RW	51	4	8	12	64	-8	1	0	0
Mitchell, WillieWillie Mitchell	D	64	2	6	8	87	15	0	0	0
Boogaard, DerekDerek Boogaard	LW	65	2	4	6	158	2	0	0	1
Skoula, MartinMartin Skoula	D	17	1	5	6	10	0	0	0	0
Foy, MattMatt Foy	RW	19	2	3	5	16	-4	1	0	0
Weinhandl, MattiasMattias Weinhandl	RW	15	2	3	5	10	0	0	0	0
Henry, AlexAlex Henry	D	63	0	5	5	73	-4	0	0	0
Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez	G	58	0	3	3	6	0	0	0	0
Westrum, ErikErik Westrum	C	10	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0
Ferguson, ScottScott Ferguson	D	15	0	0	0	22	-3	0	0	0
Harding, JoshJosh Harding	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nazarov, AndreiAndrei Nazarov	LW	2	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0
Reitz, ErikErik Reitz	D	5	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
Roloson, DwayneDwayne 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%
Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez	3411	58	30	18	7	130	2.29	1	1612	1482	.919
Roloson, DwayneDwayne Roloson	1361	24	6	17	1	68	3.00	1	759	691	.910
Harding, JoshJosh 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;

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	Frolunda HC Jr. (Sweden)
5	129	Anthony Aiello	D	United States	Thayer Academy (USHS)
7	199	Riley Emmerson	RW	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)

Draft notes

References

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

"2005–06 Minnesota Wild Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

Minnesota Wild

Founded in 1997 Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owners Minnesota Sports & Entertainment (Craig Leipold, chairman) General manager Chuck Fletcher Head coach Bruce Boudreau Team captain Mikko Koivu Current roster

Arena	Xcel Energy Center

Affiliates	AHL Iowa Wild ECHL Quad City Mallards

General managers	Risebrough Fletcher

Head coaches	Lemaire Richards Yeo Torchetti (interim) Boudreau

Retired numbers	1 (Wild Fans) 99

Minnesota Wild seasons

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

2005–06 NHL season

Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Southeast	Atlanta Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington

Central	Chicago Columbus Detroit Nashville St. Louis

Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Minnesota Vancouver

Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose

See also	West Coast Express Draft Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

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2005–06 Minnesota Wild season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Draft picks

See also

References

External links