2005–06 New York Rangers season

The 2005–06 New York Rangers season was the National Hockey League franchise's 79th season of play and their 80th season overall. It marked a resurgence for the Rangers, with their highest point total since their 1993–94 championship, and a return to the playoffs for the first time since 1996–97. Jaromir Jagr also broke several Rangers single-season records including goals (54), points (123), power-play goals (24) and shots on goal (368). The Rangers missed out on winning the Atlantic Division on the last day of the regular season when the Devils defeated the Montreal Canadiens and the Rangers lost to the Ottawa Senators. The Rangers qualified for the playoffs as the sixth seed but were swept by their rivals the New Jersey Devils in the first round.

Regular season

October 17, 2005 – Henrik Lundqvist becomes the first Rangers rookie goaltender to get a shutout since 1985.
March 11, 2006 – The New York Rangers played the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The pre-game festivities involved the jersey retirement for former Canadien and Ranger player Bernie Geoffrion.
March 29, 2006 - Jaromir Jagr breaks the club single season points record of 109, previously held by Jean Ratelle, (1972–73). Jagr would finish the season with 123 points, the 3rd best total of his illustrious career.
April 8, 2006 – Jaromir Jagr breaks the club single season goal scoring record of 52, previously held by Adam Graves, (1993–94). Jagr would finish the season with 54 goals, the second best total of his career.

Season standings

Atlantic Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	New Jersey Devils	82	46	27	9	242	229	101
2	5	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	26	11	267	259	101
3	6	New York Rangers	82	44	26	12	257	215	100
4	12	New York Islanders	82	36	40	6	230	278	78
5	15	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	22	46	14	244	316	58

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Eastern Conference^[2]
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	8	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

2005-06 Game Log

October: 6-4-3 (Home: 4-1-2; Road: 2-3-1)

November: 10-3-0 (Home: 4-1-0; Road: 6-2-0)

December: 6-5-2 (Home: 3-3-0; Road: 3-2-2)

January: 7-3-3 (Home: 5-1-3; Road: 2-2-0)

February: 6-0-0 (Home: 3-0-0; Road: 3-0-0)

March: 5-6-4 (Home: 4-2-1; Road: 1-4-3)

April: 3-5-0 (Home: 2-2-0; Road: 1-3-0)

Playoffs

Main article: 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Rangers qualified for the playoffs for the first time since the 1997 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Key: Win Loss

2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) New Jersey Devils - New Jersey wins series 4-0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 22	New York Rangers	1 - 6	New Jersey Devils		New Jersey leads series 1-0
2	April 24	New York Rangers	1 - 4	New Jersey Devils		New Jersey leads series 2-0
3	April 26	New Jersey Devils	3 - 0	New York Rangers		New Jersey leads series 3-0
4	April 29	New Jersey Devils	4 - 2	New York Rangers		New Jersey wins series 4-0

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr	82	54	69	123	34	72
Nylander, MichaelMichael Nylander	81	23	56	79	31	76
Straka, MartinMartin Straka	82	22	54	76	17	42
Rucinsky, MartinMartin Rucinsky	52	16	39	55	10	56
Prucha, PetrPetr Prucha	68	30	17	47	3	32
Rucchin, SteveSteve Rucchin	72	13	23	36	6	10
Sykora, PetrPetr Sykora^†	40	16	15	31	5	22
Rozsival, MichalMichal Rozsival	82	5	25	30	35	90
Ward, JasonJason Ward	81	10	18	28	-4	44
Tyutin, FedorFedor Tyutin	77	6	19	25	1	58
Poti, TomTom Poti	73	3	20	23	16	70
Malik, MarekMarek Malik	74	2	16	18	28	78
Moore, DominicDominic Moore	82	9	9	18	4	28
Nieminen, VilleVille Nieminen^‡	48	5	12	17	10	53
Hossa, MarcelMarcel Hossa	64	10	6	16	-6	28
Ozolinsh, SandisSandis Ozolinsh^†	19	3	11	14	2	20
Betts, BlairBlair Betts	66	8	2	10	-10	24
Strudwick, JasonJason Strudwick	65	3	4	7	-10	66
Ortmeyer, JedJed Ortmeyer	78	5	2	7	2	38
Kasparaitis, DariusDarius Kasparaitis	67	0	6	6	7	97
Hollweg, RyanRyan Hollweg	52	2	3	5	-3	84
Kondratiev, MaximMaxim Kondratiev^‡	29	1	2	3	-2	22
Immonen, JarkkoJarkko Immonen	6	2	0	2	-1	0
Pock, ThomasThomas Pock	8	1	1	2	-3	4
Wiseman, ChadChad Wiseman	1	0	1	1	2	4
Orr, ColtonColton Orr^†	15	0	1	1	1	44
Lundmark, JamieJamie Lundmark^‡	3	1	0	1	-2	6
Taffe, JeffJeff Taffe^†^‡	2	0	0	0	0	0
Giroux, AlexandreAlexandre Giroux	1	0	0	0	-1	0
Fedorov, FedorFedor Fedorov	3	0	0	0	0	6
Lampman, BryceBryce Lampman	1	0	0	0	-1	2
Liffiton, DavidDavid Liffiton	1	0	0	0	0	2

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Betts, BlairBlair Betts	4	1	1	2	-1	2
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr	3	0	1	1	0	2
Rucinsky, MartinMartin Rucinsky	2	0	1	1	-1	2
Nylander, MichaelMichael Nylander	4	0	1	1	-3	0
Rucchin, SteveSteve Rucchin	4	1	0	1	-2	0
Malik, MarekMarek Malik	4	0	1	1	-2	6
Rozsival, MichalMichal Rozsival	4	0	1	1	-2	8
Tyutin, FedorFedor Tyutin	4	0	1	1	-1	0
Hollweg, RyanRyan Hollweg	4	0	1	1	-1	19
Prucha, PetrPetr Prucha	4	1	0	1	-3	0
Ortmeyer, JedJed Ortmeyer	4	1	0	1	1	4
Ozolinsh, SandisSandis Ozolinsh	3	0	0	0	-3	6
Kasparaitis, DariusDarius Kasparaitis	2	0	0	0	-1	0
Straka, MartinMartin Straka	4	0	0	0	-4	2
Sykora, PetrPetr Sykora	4	0	0	0	-5	0
Strudwick, JasonJason Strudwick	3	0	0	0	-1	0
Poti, TomTom Poti	4	0	0	0	-4	2
Ward, JasonJason Ward	1	0	0	0	0	2
Hossa, MarcelMarcel Hossa	4	0	0	0	-1	6
Moore, DominicDominic Moore	4	0	0	0	-1	2
Wiseman, ChadChad Wiseman	1	0	0	0	0	2
Orr, ColtonColton Orr	1	0	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A	PIM
Lundqvist, HenrikHenrik Lundqvist	53	3112	30	12	9	116	2.24	1485	.922	2	2	0
Weekes, KevinKevin Weekes	32	1850	14	14	3	91	2.95	867	.895	0	1	4
Holt, ChrisChris Holt	1	10	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1.000	0	0	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Lundqvist, HenrikHenrik Lundqvist	3	177	0	3	13	4.41	79	.835	0
Weekes, KevinKevin Weekes	1	60	0	1	4	4.00	25	.840	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

August 23, 2005	To Anaheim Ducks Trevor Gillies 2007 conditional draft pick	To New York Rangers Steve Rucchin
September 30, 2005	To Montreal Canadiens Garth Murray	To New York Rangers Marcel Hossa
October 7, 2005	To Vancouver Canucks Jozef Balej 6th round pick in 2008	To New York Rangers Fedor Fedorov
October 18, 2005	To Phoenix Coyotes Jamie Lundmark	To New York Rangers Jeff Taffe
January 1, 2006	To Anaheim Ducks Maxim Kondratiev	To New York Rangers Petr Sykora 4th round pick in 2007
January 24, 2006	To Phoenix Coyotes Jeff Taffe	To New York Rangers Martin Sonnenberg
March 8, 2006	To San Jose Sharks Ville Nieminen	To New York Rangers 3rd round pick in 2006
March 9, 2006	To Anaheim Ducks 3rd round pick in 2006	To New York Rangers Sandis Ozolinsh

Free agents acquired

Player	Former Team
D Marek Malik	Vancouver Canucks
F Ville Nieminen	Calgary Flames
F Martin Straka	Los Angeles Kings

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada at the Westin Hotel.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	12	Marc Staal	D	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2	40	Michael Sauer	D	United States	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
2	56	Marc-Andre Cliche	RW	Canada	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
3	66	Brodie Dupont	C	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
3	77	Dalyn Flatt	D	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
4	107	Tom Pyatt	C	Canada	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
5	147	Trevor Koverko	D	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
6	178	Greg Beller	F	Canada	Lake of the Woods (USHS-MN)
7	211	Ryan Russell	C	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)

References

↑ 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 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-02.

"New York Rangers game log". ESPN. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
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"2005-06 Player Statistics". hockeyDB. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
"NHL attendance". ESPN. Archived from the original on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-23.

New York Rangers seasons

1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

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

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

New York Rangers

Founded in 1926
Based in New York City, New York

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: The Madison Square Garden Company (James Dolan, chairman)
President: Glen Sather
General manager: Jeff Gorton
Head coach: Alain Vigneault
Team captain: Ryan McDonagh
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: Hartford Wolf Pack

ECHL: Greenville Swamp Rabbits

General managers

Head coaches

Media

Networks

TV	MSG Network

Radio	WEPN-FM

Broadcasters

TV	Sam Rosen Joe Micheletti

Radio	Kenny Albert Dave Maloney

Culture and lore

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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