2005–06 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 2005–06 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 88th season of the franchise, 78th season as the Maple Leafs.
Key dates prior to the start of the season:
*The 2005 NHL Entry Draft took place in Ottawa, Ontario on July 30, 2005.
*The free agency period began on July 1.
==Regular season==
* October 5, 2005 – The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Ottawa Senators participate in the first NHL shootout. Daniel Alfredson of the Senators scores the first shootout goal in NHL history.
* December 19, 2005 – Ed Belfour passes Terry Sawchuk for second all-time in wins by a goaltender.
===Season standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 5, 2005 	2–3 SO	Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 	0–0–1
2 	L	October 8, 2005 	4–5 	Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 	0–1–1
3 	L	October 10, 2005 	5–6 SO	@ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 	0–1–2
4 	W	October 11, 2005 	4–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 	1–1–2
5 	W	October 14, 2005 	9–1 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 	2–1–2
6 	W	October 15, 2005 	3–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 	3–1–2
7 	W	October 20, 2005 	5–4 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 	4–1–2
8 	L	October 22, 2005 	2–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 	4–2–2
9 	W	October 24, 2005 	5–4 SO	Boston Bruins (2005–06) 	5–2–2
10 	L	October 27, 2005 	1–2 	@ Boston Bruins (2005–06) 	5–3–2
11 	L	October 29, 2005 	0–8 	Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 	5–4–2
12 	W	October 31, 2005 	2–1 	Florida Panthers (2005–06) 	6–4–2
13 	L	November 3, 2005 	3–4 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 	6–5–2
14 	W	November 5, 2005 †	5–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 	7–5–2
15 	L	November 6, 2005 	4–5 	@ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 	7–6–2
16 	W	November 8, 2005 	6–4 	Washington Capitals (2005–06) 	8–6–2
17 	L	November 11, 2005 	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 	8–7–2
18 	W	November 12, 2005 	5–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 	9–7–2
19 	W	November 15, 2005 	2–1 	New York Rangers (2005–06) 	10–7–2
20 	W	November 17, 2005 	4–1 	@ Boston Bruins (2005–06) 	11–7–2
21 	W	November 19, 2005 	5–1 	Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 	12–7–2
22 	L	November 23, 2005 	1–5 	Boston Bruins (2005–06) 	12–8–2
23 	L	November 25, 2005 	3–4 SO	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 	12–8–3
24 	W	November 26, 2005 	4–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 	13–8–3
25 	W	November 28, 2005 	2–1 	@ Florida Panthers (2005–06) 	14–8–3
26 	L	November 30, 2005 	1–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 	14–9–3
27 	W	December 1, 2005 	4–0 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 	15–9–3
28 	L	December 3, 2005 	4–5 	San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 	15–10–3
29 	L	December 6, 2005 	1–2 	Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 	15–11–3
30 	L	December 10, 2005 	1–2 	Dallas Stars (2005–06) 	15–12–3
31 	W	December 12, 2005 	3–2 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	16–12–3
32 	L	December 17, 2005 	2–8 	@ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 	16–13–3
33 	W	December 19, 2005 	9–6 	New York Islanders (2005–06) 	17–13–3
34 	L	December 22, 2005 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (2005–06) 	17–14–3
35 	W	December 23, 2005 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (2005–06) 	18–14–3
36 	W	December 26, 2005 	2–1 	New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 	19–14–3
37 	W	December 27, 2005 	3–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 	20–14–3
38 	W	December 29, 2005 	4–3 SO	Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 	21–14–3
39 	W	December 31, 2005 	6–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 	22–14–3
40 	W	January 2, 2006 	3–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 	23–14–3
41 	L	January 6, 2006 	0–1 	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06) 	23–15–3
42 	W	January 7, 2006 	3–2 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 	24–15–3
43 	L	January 10, 2006 	3–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 	24–16–3
44 	L	January 14, 2006 	3–4 	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 	24–17–3
45 	L	January 17, 2006 	3–5 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 	24–18–3
46 	L	January 18, 2006 	3–5 	@ Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 	24–19–3
47 	L	January 21, 2006 	0–7 	@ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 	24–20–3
48 	L	January 23, 2006 	3–4 	@ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 	24–21–3
49 	L	January 26, 2006 	4–8 	Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 	24–22–3
50 	L	January 28, 2006 	3–4 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 	24–22–4
51 	W	January 30, 2006 	4–2 	@ Florida Panthers (2005–06) 	25–22–4
52 	L	January 31, 2006 	2–3 SO	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 	25–22–5
53 	L	February 3, 2006 	1–4 	@ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 	25–23–5
54 	W	February 4, 2006 	4–2 	New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 	26–23–5
55 	W	February 7, 2006 	4–1 	Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 	27–23–5
56 	L	February 10, 2006 	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (2005–06) 	27–24–5
57 	L	February 11, 2006 	2–4 	New York Rangers (2005–06) 	27–25–5
58 	L	February 28, 2006 	3–5 	Washington Capitals (2005–06) 	27–26–5
59 	L	March 3, 2006 	2–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 	27–27–5
60 	L	March 4, 2006 	2–4 	Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 	27–28–5
61 	W	March 7, 2006 	5–3 	Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 	28–28–5
62 	L	March 10, 2006 	1–2 SO	@ New York Islanders (2005–06) 	28–28–6
63 	W	March 11, 2006 	5–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 	29–28–6
64 	W	March 14, 2006 	5–4 SO	Boston Bruins (2005–06) 	30–28–6
65 	L	March 16, 2006 	1–3 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 	30–29–6
66 	L	March 18, 2006 	2–5 	@ New York Rangers (2005–06) 	30–30–6
67 	W	March 19, 2006 	1–0 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 	31–30–6
68 	W	March 21, 2006 	3–2 	Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 	32–30–6
69 	L	March 23, 2006 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 	32–31–6
70 	L	March 25, 2006 	2–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 	32–32–6
71 	W	March 26, 2006 	4–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 	33–32–6
72 	W	March 28, 2006 	3–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 	34–32–6
73 	W	April 1, 2006 	7–0 	Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 	35–32–6
74 	L	April 3, 2006 	2–3 SO	Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 	35–32–7
75 	W	April 5, 2006 	3–2 	New York Islanders (2005–06) 	36–32–7
76 	L	April 6, 2006 	2–3 SO	@ Boston Bruins (2005–06) 	36–32–8
77 	W	April 8, 2006 	5–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 	37–32–8
78 	W	April 11, 2006 	6–5 OT	Florida Panthers (2005–06) 	38–32–8
79 	W	April 13, 2006 	4–3 OT	@ New York Islanders (2005–06) 	39–32–8
80 	W	April 15, 2006 	5–1 	Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 	40–32–8
81 	L	April 16, 2006 	0–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 	40–33–8
82 	W	April 18, 2006 	5–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 	41–33–8
* † Hockey Hall of Fame Game
==Torino Olympics==
Six members of the Maple Leafs competed in Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. Bryan McCabe represented Canada on defence. Nikolai Antropov competed for the Kazakhstan national ice hockey team, while Aki Berg competed for Finland. Tomas Kaberle played defence for the Czech Republic. Mats Sundin and Mikael Tellqvist captured the Gold Medal while representing Sweden. Mats Sundin held the distinction of being the captain for Sweden.
==Playoffs==
* This marked the first time since the Maple Leafs joined the Eastern Conference in the 1998–99 season that the team did not make the playoffs.
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	70	31	47	78 	58 	7 	16 	2 	2
 	73	19	49	68 	116	-1 	13 	0 	6
 	82	9 	58	67 	46 	-1 	6 	0 	2
 	74	28	33	61 	100	-12	18 	0 	4
 	66	17	43	60 	76 	-18	9 	0 	2
 	75	18	27	45 	42 	-9 	9 	1 	3
 	81	11	34	45 	14 	0 	3 	0 	0
 	81	21	17	38 	68 	15 	2 	4 	3
 	74	19	19	38 	64 	-19	14 	0 	6
 	57	12	19	31 	56 	13 	2 	1 	0
 	79	17	11	28 	63 	-6 	1 	1 	2
 	80	15	12	27 	50 	5 	3 	4 	5
 	33	11	11	22 	43 	-3 	4 	0 	2
 	77	5 	11	16 	109	-10	1 	0 	0
 	56	3 	12	15 	66 	-1 	1 	0 	1
 	64	6 	6 	12 	60 	-11	2 	1 	0
 	60	1 	7 	8 	43 	-15	0 	0 	0
 	75	0 	8 	8 	56 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	21	2 	5 	7 	17 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	12	1 	5 	6 	10 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	19	4 	1 	5 	6 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	7 	3 	1 	4 	4 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	55	0 	3 	3 	109	-13	0 	0 	0
 	21	0 	3 	3 	41 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	49	0 	1 	1 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	8 	0 	1 	1 	2 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	34	0 	1 	1 	14 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	13	0 	1 	1 	13 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	11	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	22	0 	0 	0 	18 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	25	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO 	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2897	49	22	22	4	159	3.29	0 	1476	1317	.892
 	1399	25	10	11	2	73 	3.13	2 	697 	624 	.895
 	677 	11	9 	0 	2	25 	2.22	1 	330 	305 	.924
Team: 	4973	82	41	33	8	257	3.10	32503	2246	.897	
==Awards and records==
* Mats Sundin, Molson Cup (Most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)
===Records===
===Milestones===
Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season 	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season	Regular Season
Player 	Milestone 	Reached 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ed Belfour 	Passes Terry Sawchuk for second all-time in wins by a goaltender	December 19, 2005	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Jay Harrison 	1st NHL Assist 	January 30, 2006 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Staffan Kronwall 	1st NHL Game 	October 29, 2005 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Staffan Kronwall 	1st NHL Assist 	February 7, 2006 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Alexei Ponikarovsky	1st 20 Goal Season 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Alexander Steen 	1st NHL Goal 	October 8, 2005 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mats Sundin 	1150th NHL Point 	- 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Mikael Tellqvist 	1st NHL Shutout 	December 1, 2005 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kyle Wellwood 	1st NHL Multi-Point Game 	October 14, 2005 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
* Jason Allison, Fifth Time in Career, 40 Assists in a Season
* Bryan McCabe, Highest Season Point Total in Career
* Mats Sundin, Fourth Consecutive Season, 30 Goals or More
==Transactions==
The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2005–06 season.
===Trades===
July 30, 2005 	To Carolina Hurricanes4th round pick in 2006 - Reto Berra 	To Toronto Maple LeafsJeff O'Neill
August 24, 2005 	To St. Louis BluesFuture Considerations 	To Toronto Maple LeafsJohn Pohl
November 6, 2005	To Dallas StarsNathan Perrott 	To Toronto Maple Leafs6th round pick in 2006 - Leo Komarov
March 8, 2006 	To New Jersey DevilsKen Klee 	To Toronto Maple LeafsAlexander Suglobov
March 8, 2006 	To Columbus Blue Jackets5th round pick in 2006 - Nick Sucharski 	To Toronto Maple LeafsLuke Richardson
June 15, 2006 	To Boston BruinsPetr Tenkrat 	To Toronto Maple Leafs7th round pick in 2006 - Chris Frank
June 24, 2006 	To Boston BruinsTuukka Rask 	To Toronto Maple LeafsAndrew Raycroft
June 24, 2006 	To Chicago Blackhawks3rd round pick in 2006 - Tony Lagerstrom 	To Toronto Maple Leafs4th round pick in 2006 - James Reimer 4th round pick in 2006 - Korbinian Holzer
June 24, 2006 	To Phoenix Coyotes7th round pick in 2006 - Chris Frank 7th round pick in 2006 - Benn Ferriero	To Toronto Maple Leafs6th round pick in 2006 - Viktor Stalberg
===Waivers===
March 8, 2006	To Boston BruinsMariusz Czerkawski
===Free agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former Team
Jason Allison 	Los Angeles Kings
Alexander Khavanov	St. Louis Blues
Eric Lindros 	New York Rangers
J.S. Aubin 	Pittsburgh Penguins
Mariusz Czerkawski	New York Islanders
Brad Brown 	Buffalo Sabres
Alex Foster 	Undrafted Free Agent
==Draft picks==
The 2005 NHL Entry Draft was the 43rd NHL Entry Draft. As a lockout cancelled the 2004–05 NHL season, the draft order was determined by lottery on July 22, 2005. Teams were assigned 1 to 3 balls based on their playoff appearances and first overall draft picks from the past three years. According to the draft order, the selection worked its way up to 30 as usual; then instead of repeating the order as in past years, the draft "snaked" back down to the team with the first pick. Therefore the team with the first pick overall would not pick again until the 60th pick. The team with the 30th pick would also get the 31st pick. The draft was only seven rounds in length, compared to nine rounds in years past. The labor dispute caused the shortened draft.
* Toronto's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario.
 
Round	# 	Player 	Position 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	21 	Tuukka Rask 	Goaltender	 	Ilves Jr. (Finland)
3 	82 	Phil Oreskovic	Defence 	 	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
5 	153	Alex Berry 	 	 	Bruins Jr. (EJHL)
6 	173	Johan Dahlberg	 	 	Modo Jr. (Sweden)
7 	216	Anton Strålman	Defence 	 	Skovde (Sweden 2)
7 	228	Chad Rau 	 	 	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
==Farm teams==
=== American Hockey League ===
* The Maple Leafs farm club was the Toronto Marlies. In their first season, the Marlies had 41 wins, 29 losses, and posted 92 points for the season. The club finished in fourth place in the North Division. In the playoffs, the Marlies lost in the first round 4 games to 1 to Grand Rapids. Marc Moro was the team captain and Paul Maurice was the head coach.
The Maple Leafs were also affiliated with the Pensacola Ice Pilots of the East Coast Hockey League.National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.14, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5
==Roster==
						
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Centres
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*GM: John Ferguson, Jr.
*Coach: Pat Quinn
==See also==
*2005–06 NHL season
==References==
* Toronto Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
* Toronto Maple Leafs Game Log on Database Hockey
 
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