2005–06 Minnesota Wild season

2005–06 Minnesota Wild
Division 5th Northwest
2005–06 record 38–36–8
Goals for 231
Goals against 215
Team information
General Manager Doug Risebrough
Coach Jacques Lemaire
Captain Rotating
Alex Henry (Oct)
Filip Kuba (Nov)
Willie Mitchell (Dec-Jan)
Brian Rolston (Feb)
Wes Walz (Mar-Apr)
Arena Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance 18,575
Team leaders
<2004–05 2006–07>

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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

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

[1] 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.

Game log

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

Player stats

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

[2]

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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162. 
  2. ^ "2005-06 Minnesota Wild Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/MIN/2006.html. Retrieved 2009-07-10. 

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