2005–06 Los Angeles Kings season

The 2005–06 Los Angeles Kings season was the Kings' 36th season. The Kings showed great promise in the season. During the off-season, they acquired centers Pavol Demitra and Jeremy Roenick to help solidify their offense, as well as goaltender Jason LaBarbera. 
The changes appeared to pay off, finishing their first 42 games with a 26-14-2 record. The team, however, collapsed, winning 14 of its last 20 games as head coach Andy Murray was fired for their final 12 games and John Torchetti taking over and missed the playoffs despite finishing with an impressive 42 wins.
==Regular season==
* January 19, 2006 – Luc Robitaille becomes the Kings' all-time leading goal scorer.
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 5, 2005 	4–5 	@ Dallas Stars (2005–06) 	0–1–0
2 	W	October 6, 2005 	3–2 	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 	1–1–0
3 	W	October 9, 2005 	2–1 OT	Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 	2–1–0
4 	W	October 11, 2005 	3–1 	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 	3–1–0
5 	L	October 13, 2005 	2–5 	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 	3–2–0
6 	W	October 16, 2005 	3–1 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 	4–2–0
7 	W	October 19, 2005 	5–4 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 	5–2–0
8 	W	October 20, 2005 	7–2 	@ Dallas Stars (2005–06) 	6–2–0
9 	L	October 23, 2005 	2–3 	Calgary Flames (2005–06) 	6–3–0
10 	W	October 25, 2005 	3–1 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 	7–3–0
11 	L	October 28, 2005 	4–5 	San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 	7–4–0
12 	W	October 29, 2005 	5–2 	St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 	8–4–0
13 	W	November 2, 2005 	6–3 	@ Dallas Stars (2005–06) 	9–4–0
14 	L	November 3, 2005 	0–4 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 	9–5–0
15 	W	November 5, 2005 	3–2 SO	Nashville Predators (2005–06) 	10–5–0
16 	L	November 9, 2005 	4–5 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 	10–5–1
17 	W	November 11, 2005	4–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 	11–5–1
18 	W	November 13, 2005	8–2 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 	12–5–1
19 	L	November 15, 2005	2–3 	@ Nashville Predators (2005–06) 	12–6–1
20 	W	November 17, 2005	5–4 	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 	13–6–1
21 	W	November 19, 2005	4–3 	Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 	14–6–1
22 	W	November 22, 2005	6–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 	15–6–1
23 	L	November 24, 2005	3–4 	@ Nashville Predators (2005–06) 	15–7–1
24 	W	November 26, 2005	3–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 	16–7–1
25 	L	November 28, 2005	2–5 	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 	16–8–1
26 	L	November 30, 2005	2–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 	16–9–1
27 	L	December 2, 2005 	1–5 	@ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 	16–10–1
28 	L	December 3, 2005 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 	16–11–1
29 	W	December 6, 2005 	2–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 	17–11–1
30 	L	December 8, 2005 	2–3 	Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 	17–12–1
31 	W	December 10, 2005	3–1 	Florida Panthers (2005–06) 	18–12–1
32 	L	December 14, 2005	2–3 	Washington Capitals (2005–06) 	18–13–1
33 	W	December 16, 2005	4–3 SO	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	19–13–1
34 	W	December 17, 2005	4–1 	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 	20–13–1
35 	W	December 19, 2005	4–3 SO	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 	21–13–1
36 	W	December 21, 2005	5–2 	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06) 	22–13–1
37 	L	December 23, 2005	3–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 	22–14–1
38 	W	December 26, 2005	4–3 	San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 	23–14–1
39 	W	December 28, 2005	5–3 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 	24–14–1
40 	L	December 29, 2005	5–6 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 	24–14–2
41 	W	December 31, 2005	3–2 	@ Dallas Stars (2005–06) 	25–14–2
42 	W	January 2, 2006 	3–2 OT	Dallas Stars (2005–06) 	26–14–2
43 	W	January 5, 2006 	4–0 	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 	27–14–2
44 	L	January 7, 2006 	2–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 	27–15–2
45 	L	January 9, 2006 	2–6 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	27–16–2
46 	W	January 12, 2006 	6–0 	@ Boston Bruins (2005–06) 	28–16–2
47 	L	January 14, 2006 	1–10 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 	28–17–2
48 	L	January 17, 2006 	1–4 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 	28–18–2
49 	W	January 19, 2006 	8–6 	Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 	29–18–2
50 	L	January 21, 2006 	3–4 OT	San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 	29–18–3
51 	W	January 23, 2006 	3–2 SO	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 	30–18–3
52 	L	January 24, 2006 	1–4 	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 	30–19–3
53 	L	January 26, 2006 	3–5 	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 	30–20–3
54 	L	January 28, 2006 	2–6 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 	30–21–3
55 	L	January 30, 2006 	3–4 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	30–21–4
56 	L	February 2, 2006 	1–2 SO	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 	30–21–5
57 	L	February 7, 2006 	1–5 	@ Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 	30–22–5
58 	L	February 8, 2006 	4–7 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 	30–23–5
59 	W	February 11, 2006	5–4 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 	31–23–5
60 	W	February 12, 2006	6–5 	Dallas Stars (2005–06) 	32–23–5
61 	W	March 2, 2006 	3–2 	Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 	33–23–5
62 	W	March 4, 2006 	3–2 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 	34–23–5
63 	W	March 7, 2006 	3–2 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 	35–23–5
64 	L	March 9, 2006 	3–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 	35–24–5
65 	W	March 11, 2006 	2–1 SO	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 	36–24–5
66 	L	March 13, 2006 	3–4 	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 	36–25–5
67 	L	March 14, 2006 	2–6 	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 	36–26–5
68 	L	March 16, 2006 	1–4 	Dallas Stars (2005–06) 	36–27–5
69 	W	March 18, 2006 	3–1 	St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 	37–27–5
70 	L	March 20, 2006 	0–5 	Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 	37–28–5
71 	W	March 25, 2006 	6–4 	Nashville Predators (2005–06) 	38–28–5
72 	L	March 27, 2006 	4–7 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 	38–29–5
73 	L	March 29, 2006 	1–2 	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06) 	38–30–5
74 	L	March 30, 2006 	0–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 	38–31–5
75 	W	April 1, 2006 	1–0 	Dallas Stars (2005–06) 	39–31–5
76 	W	April 3, 2006 	1–0 	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 	40–31–5
77 	L	April 4, 2006 	2–6 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	40–32–5
78 	L	April 6, 2006 	0–5 	San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 	40–33–5
79 	L	April 8, 2006 	2–4 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 	40–34–5
80 	L	April 13, 2006 	0–3 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 	40–35–5
81 	W	April 15, 2006 	2–1 SO	Calgary Flames (2005–06) 	41–35–5
82 	W	April 17, 2006 	4–0 	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 	42–35–5
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	D 	80	17	50	67 	50 	7 	10 	0 	3
 	C 	78	22	44	66 	78 	13 	5 	3 	3
 	LW 	58	25	37	62 	42 	21 	7 	5 	7
 	C 	80	26	29	55 	50 	-14	15 	0 	4
 	LW 	69	21	33	54 	40 	17 	4 	3 	4
 	C 	62	13	28	41 	46 	-2 	7 	0 	1
 	D 	81	14	26	40 	38 	16 	7 	0 	3
 	C 	75	15	24	39 	257	-5 	1 	3 	1
 	C 	65	17	20	37 	62 	-5 	5 	0 	1
 	LW 	79	14	14	28 	80 	-10	6 	0 	2
 	D 	77	4 	23	27 	58 	-3 	2 	1 	1
 	LW 	65	15	9 	24 	52 	-6 	3 	0 	2
 	C 	58	9 	13	22 	36 	-5 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	76	8 	14	22 	100	-8 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	78	2 	19	21 	77 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	53	2 	11	13 	48 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	46	8 	1 	9 	73 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	53	0 	9 	9 	14 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	19	5 	3 	8 	4 	-9 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	56	0 	8 	8 	27 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	48	3 	4 	7 	26 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	RW 	55	2 	3 	5 	138	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	63	0 	3 	3 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	8 	0 	2 	2 	12 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	1 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	29	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	12	0 	1 	1 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0 	1 	1 	6 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	7 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/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==
*2005–06 NHL season
==References==
* 
==External links==
Los Angeles Kings season, 2005–06
Los Angeles Kings season, 2005–06
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