# 2005–06 New York Rangers season

The 2005–06 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 79th season of play and their 80th season overall. It marked a resurgence for the Rangers, with the team finishing the season having recorded 100 points, the sixth time in franchise history that the team had reached the 100-point plateau and their highest point total since their 1993–94 championship season, 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 record a shutout since John Vanbiesbrouck in the 1984–85 season, in a 4-0 Rangers win at home over the Florida Panthers.
* 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 records 4 assists, accumulating 113 points for the season and breaking 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.
* March 29, 2006 – Henrik Lundqvist sets a franchise record for rookie goaltenders with his 30th win of the season, in a 5–1 win over the Islanders.
* April 8, 2006 – Jaromir Jagr records a goal and three assists, accumulating 53 goals for the season and breaking 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.
* April 8, 2006 – The Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 4–3 in overtime, capturing their 100th point in their final victory of the season.

### 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 |
Eastern Conference :
| 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

## Playoffs

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

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2005–06 regular season :
October: 6–4–3 (home: 4–1–2; road: 2–3–1)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
1October 5@ Philadelphia Flyers5–31–0–0Recap
2October 6Montreal Canadiens4–3 OT1–0–1Recap
3October 8@ New Jersey Devils3–2 OT1–0–2Recap
4October 10@ Washington Capitals3–21–1–2Recap
5October 13New Jersey Devils4–12–1–2Recap
6October 15Atlanta Thrashers5–13–1–2Recap
7October 17Florida Panthers4–04–1–2Recap
8October 19New York Islanders3–2 SO4–1–3Recap
9October 20@ New York Islanders5–44–2–3Recap
10October 22@ Buffalo Sabres3–14–3–3Recap
11October 27New York Islanders3–15–3–3Recap
12October 29@ Montreal Canadiens5–26–3–3Recap
13October 31Montreal Canadiens4–16–4–3Recap :
November: 10–3–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 6–2–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
14November 3@ New Jersey Devils4–27–4–3Recap
15November 5New Jersey Devils3–2 SO8–4–3Recap
16November 7Pittsburgh Penguins3–28–5–3Recap
17November 9@ Florida Panthers4–3 SO9–5–3Recap
18November 10@ Tampa Bay Lightning5–210–5–3Recap
19November 12@ Pittsburgh Penguins6–111–5–3Recap
20November 15@ Toronto Maple Leafs2–111–6–3Recap
21November 17@ Carolina Hurricanes5–111–7–3Recap
22November 19Carolina Hurricanes4–312–7–3Recap
23November 20Boston Bruins3–213–7–3Recap
24November 22@ Buffalo Sabres3–2 SO14–7–3Recap
25November 24@ Atlanta Thrashers6–315–7–3Recap
26November 26Washington Capitals3–2 SO16–7–3Recap :
December: 6–5–2 (home: 3–3–0; road: 3–2–2)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
27December 1Pittsburgh Penguins2–117–7–3Recap
28December 3@ Washington Capitals5–117–8–3Recap
29December 5Minnesota Wild3–118–8–3Recap
30December 7@ Chicago Blackhawks2–1 OT18–8–4Recap
31December 8@ Nashville Predators5–119–8–4Recap
32December 10@ St. Louis Blues5–4 OT20–8–4Recap
33December 13Vancouver Canucks3–220–9–4Recap
34December 18Colorado Avalanche2–120–10–4Recap
35December 20New Jersey Devils3–120–11–4Recap
36December 22Tampa Bay Lightning4–221–11–4Recap
37December 26@ Ottawa Senators6–221–12–4Recap
38December 28@ New York Islanders6–222–12–4Recap
39December 31@ Pittsburgh Penguins4–3 OT22–12–5Recap :
January: 7–3–3 (home: 5–1–3; road: 2–2–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
40January 3Tampa Bay Lightning1–0 OT22–12–6Recap
41January 5Philadelphia Flyers4–3 OT22–12–7Recap
42January 7Florida Panthers4–023–12–7Recap
43January 10Calgary Flames4–224–12–7Recap
44January 12Edmonton Oilers5–4 OT25–12–7Recap
45January 14@ Detroit Red Wings4–325–13–7Recap
46January 16@ Columbus Blue Jackets4–325–14–7Recap
47January 19@ Pittsburgh Penguins4–226–14–7Recap
48January 21@ Boston Bruins3–2 SO27–14–7Recap
49January 22New Jersey Devils3–128–14–7Recap
50January 24Buffalo Sabres2–128–15–7Recap
51January 28Pittsburgh Penguins7–129–15–7Recap
52January 30Philadelphia Flyers3–2 OT29–15–8Recap :
February: 6–0–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 3–0–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
53February 1Pittsburgh Penguins3–130–15–8Recap
54February 2@ New York Islanders5–231–15–8Recap
55February 4@ Philadelphia Flyers4–3 OT32–15–8Recap
56February 8Ottawa Senators5–133–15–8Recap
57February 10Toronto Maple Leafs4–234–15–8Recap
58February 11@ Toronto Maple Leafs4–235–15–8Recap :
March: 5–6–4 (home: 4–2–1; road: 1–4–3)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
59March 2@ Philadelphia Flyers6–136–15–8Recap
60March 4@ New Jersey Devils2–136–16–8Recap
61March 6Carolina Hurricanes2–136–17–8Recap
62March 8@ Atlanta Thrashers3–2 SO36–17–9Recap
63March 11@ Montreal Canadiens1–036–18–9Recap
64March 12Atlanta Thrashers3–2 OT36–18–10Recap
65March 14@ Carolina Hurricanes5–336–19–10Recap
66March 16Washington Capitals5–437–19–10Recap
67March 18Toronto Maple Leafs5–238–19–10Recap
68March 20Boston Bruins5–239–19–10Recap
69March 22Philadelphia Flyers6–339–20–10Recap
70March 24@ Florida Panthers3–2 SO39–20–11Recap
71March 25@ Tampa Bay Lightning4–3 SO39–20–12Recap
72March 27Buffalo Sabres5–4 SO40–20–12Recap
73March 29@ New York Islanders5–141–20–12Recap
74March 30@ Ottawa Senators4–141–21–12Recap :
April: 3–5–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 1–3–0)
GameDateOpponentScoreRecordRecap
75April 4Philadelphia Flyers3–2 SO42–21–12Recap
76April 6New York Islanders3–143–21–12Recap
77April 8@ Boston Bruins4–3 OT44–21–12Recap
78April 9@ New Jersey Devils3–244–22–12Recap
79April 11New York Islanders3–244–23–12Recap
80April 13@ Pittsburgh Penguins5–344–24–12Recap
81April 15@ Philadelphia Flyers4–144–25–12Recap
82April 18Ottawa Senators5–144–26–12Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2006 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (3) New Jersey Devils – Devils win 4–0
GameDateOpponentScoreAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 22@ New Jersey Devils1–619,040Devils lead 1–0Recap
2April 24@ New Jersey Devils1–419,040Devils lead 2–0Recap
3April 26New Jersey Devils0–318,200Devils lead 3–0Recap
4April 29New Jersey Devils2–418,200Devils win 4–0Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## 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 Rangers only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Rangers only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 68 | Jaromir Jagr | RW | 82 | 54 | 69 | 123 | 34 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 92 | Michael Nylander | C | 81 | 23 | 56 | 79 | 31 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
| 82 | Martin Straka | LW | 82 | 22 | 54 | 76 | 17 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 |
| 26 | Martin Rucinsky | LW | 52 | 16 | 39 | 55 | 10 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| 25 | Petr Prucha | LW | 68 | 30 | 17 | 47 | 3 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
| 20 | Steve Rucchin | C | 72 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| 17 | Petr Sykora† | RW | 40 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 0 |
| 3 | Michal Rozsival | D | 82 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 8 |
| 14 | Jason Ward | RW | 81 | 10 | 18 | 28 | −4 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 51 | Fedor Tyutin | D | 77 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 1 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| 16 | Tom Poti | D | 73 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 16 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 |
| 18 | Dominic Moore | C | 82 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| 8 | Marek Malik | D | 74 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 28 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 6 |
| 10 | Ville Nieminen‡ | LW | 48 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 81 | Marcel Hossa | LW | 64 | 10 | 6 | 16 | −6 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 |
| 24 | Sandis Ozolinsh† | D | 19 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 |
| 19 | Blair Betts | C | 66 | 8 | 2 | 10 | −10 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| 41 | Jed Ortmeyer | RW | 78 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 34 | Jason Strudwick | D | 65 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −10 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 6 | Darius Kasparaitis | D | 67 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 97 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 44 | Ryan Hollweg | C | 52 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −3 | 84 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 19 |
| 24 | Maxim Kondratiev‡ | D | 29 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Jarkko Immonen | C | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Thomas Pock | D | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Henrik Lundqvist | G | 53 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 17 | Jamie Lundmark‡ | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Chad Wiseman | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Colton Orr† | RW | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 80 | Kevin Weekes | G | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 |
| 15 | Jeff Taffe†‡ | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Alexandre Giroux | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Fedor Fedorov† | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 40 | Chris Holt | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | Bryce Lampman | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 55 | David Liffiton | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 30 | Henrik Lundqvist | 53 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 1485 | 116 | 2.24 | .922 | 2 | 3112 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 79 | 13 | 4.41 | .835 | 0 | 177 |
| 80 | Kevin Weekes | 32 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 867 | 91 | 2.95 | .895 | 0 | 1850 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 4.00 | .840 | 0 | 60 |
| 40 | Chris Holt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | Lester B. Pearson Award | Jaromir Jagr |
| League (annual) | NHL All-Rookie Team | Henrik Lundqvist (Goaltender) |
| League (annual) | NHL First All-Star Team | Jaromir Jagr (Right wing) |
| League (annual) | NHL Plus-Minus Award | Michal Rozsival |
| League (in-season) | NHL Defensive Player of the Week | Henrik Lundqvist (October 31) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Defensive Player of the Week | Henrik Lundqvist (January 23) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Offensive Player of the Month | Jaromir Jagr (December) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Offensive Player of the Month | Jaromir Jagr (March) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Offensive Player of the Week | Michael Nylander (March 20) |
| Team | Ceil Saidel Memorial Award | Henrik Lundqvist |
| Team | Frank Boucher Trophy | Jaromir Jagr |
| Team | Good Guy Award | Jaromir Jagr |
| Team | Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award | Henrik Lundqvist |
| Team | Players' Player Award | Jed Ortmeyer |
| Team | Players' Player Award | Kevin Weekes |
| Team | Rangers MVP | Jaromir Jagr |
| Team | Rookie of the Year | Henrik Lundqvist |
| Team | Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award | Henrik Lundqvist |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Ryan Hollweg | October 5, 2005 |
| First game | Henrik Lundqvist | October 8, 2005 |
| First game | Petr Prucha | October 8, 2005 |
| First game | Chris Holt | December 3, 2006 |
| First game | Alexandre Giroux | March 25, 2006 |
| First game | Jarkko Immonen | April 6, 2006 |
| First game | David Liffiton | April 11, 2006 |

## Transactions

The Rangers 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.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| July 30, 2005 (2005-07-30) | To Atlanta Thrashers 1st-round pick in 20052nd-round pick in 2005 | To New York Rangers 1st-round pick in 2005 |
| July 30, 2005 (2005-07-30) | To Montreal Canadiens 2nd-round pick in 2005 | To New York Rangers 2nd-round pick in 20053rd-round pick in 2005 |
| August 23, 2005 (2005-08-23) | To Anaheim Mighty DucksTrevor GilliesConditional draft pick in 2007 | To New York RangersSteve Rucchin |
| September 30, 2005 (2005-09-30) | To Montreal CanadiensGarth Murray | To New York RangersMarcel Hossa |
| October 7, 2005 (2005-10-07) | To Vancouver CanucksJozef BalejConditional draft pick | To New York RangersFedor Fedorov |
| October 18, 2005 (2005-10-18) | To Phoenix CoyotesJamie Lundmark | To New York RangersJeff Taffe |
| January 8, 2006 (2006-01-08) | To Anaheim Mighty DucksMaxim Kondratiev | To New York RangersPetr Sykora4th-round pick in 2007 |
| January 24, 2006 (2006-01-24) | To Phoenix CoyotesJeff Taffe | To New York RangersMartin Sonnenberg |
| March 8, 2006 (2006-03-08) | To San Jose SharksVille Nieminen | To New York Rangers3rd-round pick in 2006 |
| March 9, 2006 (2006-03-09) | To Anaheim Mighty DucksSan Jose's 3rd-round pick in 2006 | To New York RangersSandis Ozolinsh |
| June 14, 2006 (2006-06-14) | To Dallas StarsRights to Mike Green | To New York RangersConditional draft pick in 2008 |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02) | Marek Malik | Vancouver Canucks | 3-year | Free agency |
| August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02) | Martin Straka | Los Angeles Kings | | Free agency |
| August 3, 2005 (2005-08-03) | Martin Rucinsky | HC Litvínov (ELH) | | Free agency |
| August 4, 2005 (2005-08-04) | Ville Nieminen | Calgary Flames | | Free agency |
| August 4, 2005 (2005-08-04) | Jason Ward | Montreal Canadiens | 2-year | Free agency |
| August 10, 2005 (2005-08-10) | Joe Rullier | Los Angeles Kings | | Free agency |
| August 17, 2005 (2005-08-17) | Hannu Pikkarainen | HIFK (Liiga) | | Free agency |
| September 6, 2005 (2005-09-06) | Michal Rozsival | Pittsburgh Penguins | | Free agency |
| November 29, 2005 (2005-11-29) | Colton Orr | Boston Bruins | | Waivers |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| N/A | Karel Rachunek | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) | Free agency (II) |
| April 18, 2005 (2005-04-18) | Steve Valiquette | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) | Free agency (VI) |
| July 29, 2005 (2005-07-29) | Bobby Holik | Atlanta Thrashers | Compliance buyout |
| August 1, 2005 (2005-08-01) | Richard Scott | | Contract expiration (VI) |
| August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02) | Jason LaBarbera | Los Angeles Kings | Free agency (VI) |
| August 8, 2005 (2005-08-08) | Jason Marshall | Anaheim Mighty Ducks | Free agency (III) |
| August 9, 2005 (2005-08-09) | Lawrence Nycholat | Washington Capitals | Free agency (VI) |
| August 12, 2005 (2005-08-12) | Jeff MacMillan | Columbus Blue Jackets | Free agency (VI) |
| August 31, 2005 (2005-08-31) | Lucas Lawson | JYP (Liiga) | Free agency (UFA) |
| September 2, 2005 (2005-09-02) | Mike Dunham | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency (III) |
| September 6, 2005 (2005-09-06) | Layne Ulmer | San Antonio Rampage (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| September 25, 2005 (2005-09-25) | Dan Blackburn | | Retirement (UFA) |
| May 14, 2006 (2006-05-14) | Rory Rawlyk | Bofors IK (Allsvenskan) | Free agency |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| July 26, 2005 (2005-07-26) | Rick Kozak | | Entry-level |
| July 27, 2005 (2005-07-27) | Al Montoya | 3-year | Entry-level |
| July 29, 2005 (2005-07-29) | Hugh Jessiman | | Entry-level |
| July 29, 2005 (2005-07-29) | Henrik Lundqvist | | Entry-level |
| August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02) | Kevin Weekes | 2-year | Re-signing |
| August 3, 2005 (2005-08-03) | Thomas Pock | | Re-signing |
| August 11, 2005 (2005-08-11) | Blair Betts | | Re-signing |
| August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15) | Steve MacIntyre | | Re-signing |
| August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15) | Tom Poti | | Re-signing |
| August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16) | Jozef Balej | | Re-signing |
| August 17, 2005 (2005-08-17) | Chris Holt | | Entry-level |
| August 17, 2005 (2005-08-17) | Petr Prucha | | Entry-level |
| August 18, 2005 (2005-08-18) | Jamie Lundmark | | Re-signing |
| August 18, 2005 (2005-08-18) | Garth Murray | | Re-signing |
| August 18, 2005 (2005-08-18) | Chad Wiseman | | Re-signing |
| August 23, 2005 (2005-08-23) | Jarkko Immonen | 3-year | Entry-level |
| August 25, 2005 (2005-08-25) | Alexandre Giroux | | Re-signing |
| August 25, 2005 (2005-08-25) | Martin Grenier | | Re-signing |
| August 30, 2005 (2005-08-30) | Bryce Lampman | | Re-signing |
| August 30, 2005 (2005-08-30) | Dominic Moore | | Re-signing |
| September 6, 2005 (2005-09-06) | Jed Ortmeyer | | Re-signing |
| September 6, 2005 (2005-09-06) | Craig Weller | | Re-signing |
| September 21, 2005 (2005-09-21) | Marc Staal | | Entry-level |
| October 3, 2005 (2005-10-03) | Bruce Graham | | Entry-level |
| October 25, 2005 (2005-10-25) | Fedor Fedorov | | Re-signing |
| April 12, 2006 (2006-04-12) | Dane Byers | | Entry-level |
| April 12, 2006 (2006-04-12) | Lauri Korpikoski | | Entry-level |
| April 12, 2006 (2006-04-12) | Greg Moore | | Entry-level |
| April 20, 2006 (2006-04-20) | Brandon Dubinsky | | Entry-level |
| May 11, 2006 (2006-05-11) | Ryan Callahan | | Entry-level |
| June 15, 2006 (2006-06-15) | Colton Orr | | Re-signing |
| June 19, 2006 (2006-06-19) | Martin Richter | | Re-signing |

## 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) |