2005 - 06 Detroit Red Wings season The 2005 – 06 Detroit Red Wings season was the 79th 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 . Detroit defenseman , Jiri Fischer , suffered a seizure 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 couldn ' t 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 with in the game and it was decided that the score would be added on to the rescheduled game later in the season . 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 , Chris Chelios represented the United States , Robert Lang represented the Czech Republic , Pavel Datsyuk represented Russia , and Nicklas Lidstrom , Mikael Samuelsson , Henrik Zetterberg , Nicklas Kronwall and Tomas Holmstrom represented Sweden . 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 " . Sweden won the gold medal in ice hockey as all three goals scored in the gold medal game were by Red Wings . 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 . Regular season . Season standings . " For complete final standings , see 2005 – 06 NHL season " Game log . October . Record : 11 – 1 – 0 ; Home : 5 – 1 – 0 ; Road : 6 – 0 – 0 November . Record : 7 – 5 – 2 ; Home : 4 – 2 – 1 ; Road : 3 – 3 – 1 December . Record : 8 – 3 – 1 ; Home : 4 – 2 – 0 ; Road : 4 – 1 – 1 January . Record : 8 – 4 – 2 ; Home : 4 – 3 – 1 ; Road : 4 – 1 – 1 Makeup date for the November 21st game that was postponed . Nashville started the game with a 1 – 0 lead . February . Record : 5 – 1 – 0 ; Home : 3 – 0 – 0 ; Road : 2 – 1 – 0 March . Record : 11 – 1 – 3 ; Home : 4 – 1 – 3 ; Road : 7 – 0 – 0 April . Record : 8 – 1 – 0 ; Home : 3 – 0 – 0 ; Road : 5 – 1 – 0 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 ] ] . Western Conference Quarter - finals : vs . ( 8 ) [ [ Edmonton Oilers ] ] . Edmonton wins series 4 – 2 Player stats . Skaters . " Note : GP = Games played ; G = Goals ; A = Assists ; Pts = Points ; + / - = Plus / minus ; PIM = Penalty minutes " Goaltending . " Note : GP = Games played ; TOI = Time on ice ( minutes ) ; W = Wins ; L = Losses ; OTL = Overtime losses ; GA = Goals against ; SO = Shutouts ; SV % = Save percentage ; GAA = Goals against average " Awards and records . Milestones . [ [ Nicklas Lidström | Nicklas Lidstrom ] ] recorded his 600th career assist on March 7 , [ [ 2006 . Transactions . The Red Wings were involved in the following [ [ 2005 – 06 NHL transactions | transactions ] ] during the 2005 – 06 season . Draft picks . As there was no [ [ 2004 – 05 NHL season | 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 19 overall pick . Detroit ' s picks at the [ [ 2005 NHL Entry Draft ] ] in [ [ Ottawa ] ] , [ [ Ontario ] ] : Farm teams . [ [ Grand Rapids Griffins ] ] . The Griffins were Detroit ' s top affiliate in the [ [ American Hockey League ] ] in [ [ 2005 – 06 AHL season | 2005 – 06 ] ] . [ [ Toledo Storm ] ] . The Storm were the Red Wings ' [ [ ECHL ] ] affiliate for the [ [ 2005 – 06 ECHL season | 2005 – 06 season ] ] . References . < div class = " references - small " > [ [ Category : Detroit Red Wings seasons ] ] [ [ Category : 2005 in hockey ] ] [ [ Category : 2006 in hockey ] ]