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.Defenseman stable, breathing on his own, ESPN.com, accessed August 31, 2007.
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,Meet the athletes: ice hockey, cbc sports, accessed August 31, 2007. Chris Chelios represented the United States,Chris Chelios, usolympicteam.com, accessed August 31, 2007. Robert Lang represented the Czech Republic, Pavel Datsyuk represented Russia, and Nicklas Lidstrom, Mikael Samuelsson, Henrik Zetterberg, Nicklas Kronwall and Tomas Holmstrom represented Sweden.Let the games begin, NHL.com, accessed August 31, 2007. 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".Yzerman pulls name out of Team Canada list, ESPN.com, accessed August 31, 2007.
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
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1 	October 5 	St. Louis	1 – 5	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	1–0–0 	2
2 	October 6 	Detroit 	4 – 3	St. Louis 	 	Legace 	15,318 	2–0–0 	4
3 	October 9 	Calgary 	3 – 6	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	3–0–0 	6
4 	October 10	Vancouver	4 – 2	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	3–1–0 	6
5 	October 13	Detroit 	5 – 2	Los Angeles	 	Legace 	18,118 	4–1–0 	8
6 	October 15	Detroit 	2 – 0	Phoenix 	 	Legace 	17,799 	5–1–0 	10
7 	October 17	San Jose 	2 – 3	Detroit 	OT	Legace 	20,066 	6–1–0 	12
8 	October 21	Anaheim 	2 – 3	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	7–1–0 	14
9 	October 22	Detroit 	6 – 0	Columbus 	 	Legace 	18,136 	8–1–0 	16
10	October 24	Detroit 	6 – 2	Columbus 	 	Legace 	16,098 	9–1–0 	18
11	October 27	Chicago 	2 – 5	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	10–1–0	20
12	October 29	Detroit 	4 – 2	Chicago 	 	Osgood 	20,658 	11–1–0	22
====November====
Record: 7–5–2; Home: 4–2–1; Road: 3–3–1
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
13	November 1 	Chicago 	1 – 4	Detroit 	 	Osgood 	20,066 	12–1–0	24
14	November 3 	Edmonton 	4 – 3	Detroit 	OT	Osgood 	20,066 	12–1–1	25
15	November 5 	Phoenix 	4 – 1	Detroit 	 	Osgood 	20,066 	12–2–1	25
16	November 6 	Detroit 	4 – 1	St. Louis 	 	Osgood 	13,211 	13–2–1	27
17	November 9 	Los Angeles	5 – 4	Detroit 	OT	Legace 	20,066 	14–2–1	29
18	November 11	Minnesota 	1 – 3	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	15–2–1	31
19	November 13	Detroit 	1 – 4	Vancouver 	 	Legace 	18,630 	15–3–1	31
20	November 16	Detroit 	1 – 3	Calgary 	 	Legace 	19,289 	15–4–1	31
21	November 17	Detroit 	5 – 6	Edmonton 	OT	Osgood 	20,066 	15–4–2	32
22	November 19	St. Louis 	3 – 2	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	15–5–2	32
 	November 21	Nashville 	PPD† 	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	 	
23	November 23	Colorado 	3 – 7	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	16–5–2	34
24	November 25	Detroit 	1 – 3	Anaheim 	 	Osgood 	17,174 	16–6–2	34
25	November 26	Detroit 	7 – 6	San Jose 	 	Osgood 	17,496 	17–6–2	36
26	November 28	Detroit 	5 – 2	Los Angeles	 	Howard 	18,118 	18–6–2	38
† Game was cancelled with 7:31 left in the first period after Jiri Fischer suffered a seizure on the bench. Nashville was ahead 1–0 and the score would be added to a January 23 rescheduled game.Wings' Fischer collapses, game cancelled, TSN.com, November 21, [[2005, accessed [[August 30, [[2007.
====December====
Record: 8–3–1; Home: 4–2–0; Road: 4–1–1
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
27	December 1 	Calgary 	3 – 2	Detroit 	 	Howard 	20,066 	18–7–2	38
28	December 4 	NY Islanders	2 – 1	Detroit 	 	Howard 	20,066 	18–8–2	38
29	December 6 	New Jersey 	2 – 5	Detroit 	 	Osgood 	20,066 	19–8–2	40
30	December 9 	Detroit 	4 – 3	Washington	 	Osgood 	18,277 	20–8–2	42
31	December 12	Pittsburgh 	1 – 3	Detroit 	 	Osgood 	20,066 	21–8–2	44
32	December 13	Detroit 	6 – 7	Atlanta 	 	Osgood 	17,559 	21–9–2	44
33	December 15	Detroit 	2 – 3	Florida 	OT	Osgood 	17,716 	21–9–3	45
34	December 17	Detroit 	6 – 3	Tampa Bay 	 	Osgood 	21,204 	22–9–3	47
35	December 20	Columbus 	3 – 4	Detroit 	SO	Osgood 	20,066 	23–9–3	49
36	December 23	Detroit 	3 – 2	Chicago 	OT	Osgood 	20,543 	24–9–3	51
37	December 27	Detroit 	4 – 1	Dallas 	 	Osgood 	18,584 	25–9–3	53
38	December 31	Columbus 	2 – 3	Detroit 	OT	Osgood 	20,066 	26–9–3	55
====January====
Record: 8–4–2; Home: 4–3–1; Road: 4–1–1
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
39	January 3 	Minnesota 	4 – 2	Detroit 	 	Osgood 	20,066 	26–10–3	55
40	January 5 	St. Louis 	0 – 3	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	27–10–3	57
41	January 6 	Detroit 	3 – 1	Nashville	 	Legace 	17,113 	28–10–3	59
42	January 8 	Dallas 	6 – 3	Detroit 	 	Osgood 	20,066 	28–11–3	59
43	January 10 	Detroit 	2 – 3	Carolina 	 	Legace 	18,730 	28–12–3	59
44	January 12 	Philadelphia	3 – 6	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	29–12–3	61
45	January 14 	NY Rangers 	3 – 4	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	30–12–3	63
46	January 18 	Detroit 	4 – 0	Columbus 	 	Osgood 	17,089 	31–12–3	65
47	January 21 	Detroit 	4 – 3	Colorado 	 	Legace 	18,007 	32–12–3	67
48	January 23†	Nashville 	3 – 2	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	32–13–3	67
49	January 24 	Nashville 	2 – 1	Detroit 	OT	Legace 	20,066 	32–13–4	67
50	January 26 	Vancouver 	1 – 2	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	33–13–4	69
51	January 28 	Detroit 	1 – 2	Dallas 	SO	Legace 	18,584 	33–13–5	71
52	January 30 	Detroit 	5 – 4	Minnesota	 	Legace 	18,568 	34–13–5	73
†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
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
53	February 1 	St. Louis	2 – 3	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	35–13–5	75
54	February 4 	Detroit 	3 – 0	Colorado 	 	Legace 	18,007 	36–13–5	77
55	February 8 	Nashville	0 – 6	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	37–13–5	79
56	February 9 	Detroit 	3 – 2	Nashville	 	Legace 	17,113 	38–13–5	81
57	February 12	Colorado 	3 – 6	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	39–13–5	83
58	February 28	Detroit 	1 – 5	San Jose 	 	Legace 	17,496 	39–14–5	83
====March====
Record: 11–1–3; Home: 4–1–3; Road: 7–0–0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
59	March 1 	Detroit 	2 – 0	Anaheim 	 	Osgood 	16,606 	40–14–5	85
60	March 4 	Detroit 	7 – 3	Phoenix 	 	Legace 	18,619 	41–14–5	87
61	March 7 	Phoenix 	5 – 2	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	41–15–5	89
62	March 9 	Los Angeles	3 – 7	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	42–15–5	89
63	March 11	Chicago 	4 – 6	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	43–15–5	91
64	March 12	Detroit 	5 – 3	Chicago 	 	Osgood 	19,136 	44–15–5	93
65	March 15	Anaheim 	1 – 3	Detroit 	 	Osgood 	20,066 	45–15–5	95
66	March 18	Detroit 	4 – 3	Edmonton 	SO	Legace 	16,839 	46–15–5	97
67	March 19	Detroit 	7 – 3	Vancouver	 	Osgood 	18,630 	47–15–5	99
68	March 21	Nashville 	3 – 2	Detroit 	SO	Legace 	20,066 	47–15–6	100
69	March 23	San Jose 	0 – 4	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	48–15–6	102
70	March 25	Columbus 	5 – 4	Detroit 	SO	Osgood 	20,066 	48–15–7	103
71	March 27	Detroit 	4 – 1	St. Louis	 	Legace 	12,834 	49–15–7	105
72	March 30	Detroit 	4 – 2	Nashville	 	Legace 	16,570 	50–15–7	107
73	March 31	Chicago 	3 – 2	Detroit 	OT	Osgood 	20,066 	50–15–8	108
====April====
Record: 8–1–0; Home: 3–0–0; Road: 5–1–0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
74	April 2 	Detroit 	3 – 2	Minnesota	 	Legace 	18,568 	51–15–8	110
75	April 3 	Detroit 	2 – 1	Calgary 	SO	Osgood 	19,289 	52–15–8	112
76	April 7 	Columbus	6 – 5	Detroit 	SO	Legace 	20,066 	53–15–8	114
77	April 8 	Detroit 	4 – 2	Columbus 	 	Osgood 	18,136 	54–15–8	116
78	April 11	Edmonton	0 – 2	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	55–15–8	118
79	April 13	Detroit 	7 – 3	Chicago 	 	Legace 	15,117 	56–15–8	120
80	April 15	Detroit 	3 – 2	St. Louis	 	Osgood 	16,094 	57–15–8	122
81	April 17	Dallas 	2 – 3	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	58–15–8	124
82	April 18	Detroit 	3 – 6	Nashville	 	Osgood 	17,113 	58–16–8	124
*Green background indicates win.
*Red background indicates regulation loss.
*White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.
==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
Game	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1 	April 21	Edmonton	2 – 3	Detroit 	OT	Legace 	20,066 	1 – 0
2 	April 23	Edmonton	4 – 2	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	1 – 1
3 	April 25	Detroit 	3 – 4	Edmonton	OT	Legace 	16,839 	1 – 2
4 	April 27	Detroit 	4 – 2	Edmonton	 	Legace 	16,839 	2 – 2
5 	April 29	Edmonton	3 – 2	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	2 – 3
6 	[[May 1 	Detroit 	3 – 4	Edmonton	 	Legace 	16,839 	2 – 4
*Green background indicates win. 
*Red background indicates loss. 
== Player stats ==
====Skaters====
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
  	 	 	Season	Season	Season	Season	Season	Season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Player 	Pos 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	+/- 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	+/- 	PIM
Pavel Datsyuk 	C 	 	75 	28 	59 	87 	+26 	22 	 	5 	0 	3 	3 	0 	0
Henrik Zetterberg	LW 	 	77 	39 	46 	85 	+29 	30 	 	6 	6 	0 	6 	-2 	2
Brendan Shanahan 	LW 	 	82 	40 	41 	81 	+29 	105 	 	6 	1 	1 	2 	0 	6
Nicklas Lidstrom 	D 	 	80 	16 	64 	80 	+21 	50 	 	6 	1 	1 	2 	-4 	2
Robert Lang 	C 	 	72 	20 	42 	62 	+17 	72 	 	6 	3 	3 	6 	-2 	2
Tomas Holmstrom 	LW 	 	81 	29 	30 	59 	+14 	66 	 	6 	1 	2 	3 	-1 	12
Mathieu Schneider	D 	 	72 	21 	38 	59 	+33 	86 	 	6 	1 	7 	8 	-1 	6
Jason Williams 	C 	 	80 	21 	37 	58 	+4 	26 	 	6 	1 	1 	2 	-3 	6
Mikael Samuelsson	RW 	 	71 	23 	22 	45 	+27 	42 	 	6 	0 	1 	1 	-1 	6
Steve Yzerman 	C 	 	61 	14 	20 	34 	+8 	18 	 	4 	0 	4 	4 	-2 	4
Kris Draper 	C 	 	80 	10 	22 	32 	+3 	58 	 	6 	0 	0 	0 	+3 	6
Jason Woolley 	D 	 	53 	1 	18 	19 	+3 	28 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Johan Franzen 	C 	 	80 	12 	4 	16 	+4 	36 	 	6 	1 	2 	3 	0 	4
Daniel Cleary 	RW 	 	77 	3 	12 	15 	+5 	40 	 	6 	0 	1 	1 	+2 	6
Andreas Lilja 	D 	 	82 	2 	13 	15 	+18 	98 	 	6 	0 	1 	1 	-4 	6
Mark Mowers 	RW 	 	46 	4 	11 	15 	+13 	16 	 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Brett Lebda 	D 	 	46 	3 	9 	12 	+9 	20 	 	6 	0 	0 	0 	+3 	4
Chris Chelios 	D 	 	81 	4 	7 	11 	+22 	108 	 	6 	0 	0 	0 	+2 	6
Kirk Maltby 	LW 	 	82 	5 	6 	11 	-9 	80 	 	6 	2 	1 	3 	+2 	4
Niklas Kronwall 	D 	 	27 	1 	8 	9 	+11 	28 	 	6 	0 	3 	3 	0 	2
Jiri Fischer 	D 	 	22 	3 	5 	8 	+8 	33 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Cory Cross* 	D 	 	16 	1 	1 	2 	+3 	15 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Don MacLean 	C 	 	1 	1 	1 	2 	+2 	0 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Jamie Rivers* 	D 	 	15 	0 	1 	1 	0 	12 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Valtteri Filppula	C 	 	4 	0 	1 	1 	+1 	2 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Tomas Kopecky 	RW 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	+1 	2 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Jiri Hudler 	C 	 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Kyle Quincey 	D 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
*Stats reflect games played with Detroit only.
====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
  	 	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
Player 	 	GP 	TOI 	W 	L 	OTL 	GA 	SO 	SV% 	GAA 	 	GP 	TOI 	W 	L 	GA 	SO 	SV% 	GAA
Manny Legace	 	51 	2905 	37 	8 	0 	106 	7 	.915 	2.19 	 	6 	1029 	2 	4 	18 	0 	.884 	2.65
Chris Osgood	 	32 	1846 	20 	6 	0 	85 	2 	.897 	2.79 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
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==Awards and records==
===Trophies and awards===
*Presidents' Trophy: Detroit Red Wings
*James Norris Memorial Trophy: Nicklas Lidstrom
*Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Pavel Datsyuk
*Lester Patrick Trophy: Steve Yzerman
===Records===
===Milestones===
Nicklas Lidstrom recorded his 600th career assist on March 7, [[2006.
==Transactions==
The Red Wings were involved in the following transactions during the 2005–06 season.2005 NHL Free Agents, proicehockey.about.com, accessed [[August 30, [[2007.
===Trades===
March 9, [[2006	To Phoenix Coyotes Jamie Rivers	To Detroit Red Wings Seventh-round pick in 2006 Draft
March 9, [[2006	To Detroit Red Wings Cory Cross	To Pittsburgh Penguins Fourth-round pick in 2007 Draft
===Free agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player signed 	Former team
G Chris Osgood 	St. Louis Blues
D Andreas Lilja 	Nashville Predators
F Mikael Samuelsson	Florida Panthers
===Draft picks===
As there was no 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 19th overall pick.
Detroit's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario:
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	19 	Jakub Kindl (D) 	 	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2 	42 	Justin Abdelkader (LW)	 	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
3 	80 	Christofer Lofberg (C)	 	Djurgårdens IF Hockey
4 	103	Mattias Ritola (C/W) 	 	Leksand Jr. (Sweden)
5 	132	Darren Helm (LW) 	Canadian 	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
5 	137	Johan Ryno (RW) 	 	Kumla Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
5 	151	Jeff May 	Canadian 	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
6 	175	Juho Mielonen 	 	Ilves (Finland Jr.)
7 	214	Bretton Stamler 	Canadian 	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
==Farm teams==
===Grand Rapids Griffins===
The Griffins were Detroit's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2005–06.
===Toledo Storm===
The Storm were the Red Wings' ECHL affiliate for the 2005–06 season.
==See also==
*2005–06 NHL season
==References==
*Player stats: Detroit Red Wings player stats on espn.com
*Game log: Detroit Red Wings game log on espn.com
*Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons
Category:2005 in hockey
Category:2006 in hockey