2005–06 Nashville Predators season

The 2005–06 Nashville Predators season was the 7th season of the Nashville Predators. The Predators qualified for the postseason for the second consecutive season.
==Regular season==
*On April 15, 2006, Chris Mason was credited for a goal when Phoenix Coyotes forward Geoff Sanderson shot the puck into his own net. Mason became the ninth NHL goaltender to score a goal and joined Damian Rhodes as the only goalies to be credited with a goal in both the AHL and the NHL.
In response, Mason said, "It was a cheesy goal. Someone else should have received it." 
===Final standings===
===Game log===
 Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 5, 2005 	3–2 	San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 	1–0–0
2 	W	October 8, 2005 	3–2 SO	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 	2–0–0
3 	W	October 12, 2005 	5–4 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 	3–0–0
4 	W	October 13, 2005 	5–4 SO	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 	4–0–0
5 	W	October 15, 2005 	4–1 	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 	5–0–0
6 	W	October 20, 2005 	3–2 SO	St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 	6–0–0
7 	W	October 22, 2005 	2–1 	San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 	7–0–0
8 	W	October 25, 2005 	5–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 	8–0–0
9 	L	October 26, 2005 	2–3 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 	8–0–1
10 	L	October 29, 2005 	1–5 	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 	8–1–1
11 	L	November 1, 2005 	1–4 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	8–2–1
12 	L	November 2, 2005 	2–3 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 	8–2–2
13 	L	November 5, 2005 	2–3 SO	@ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 	8–2–3
14 	W	November 8, 2005 	3–2 	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 	9–2–3
15 	W	November 10, 2005	5–3 	Dallas Stars (2005–06) 	10–2–3
16 	W	November 12, 2005	3–1 	St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 	11–2–3
17 	W	November 15, 2005	3–2 	Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 	12–2–3
18 	L	November 19, 2005	2–4 	@ Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 	12–3–3
19 	W	November 23, 2005	4–2 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 	13–3–3
20 	W	November 24, 2005	4–3 	Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 	14–3–3
21 	L	November 26, 2005	1–3 	Dallas Stars (2005–06) 	14–4–3
22 	W	November 29, 2005	2–0 	Calgary Flames (2005–06) 	15–4–3
23 	W	December 1, 2005 	2–1 	Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 	16–4–3
24 	W	December 3, 2005 	4–3 SO	Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 	17–4–3
25 	W	December 7, 2005 	5–2 	@ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 	18–4–3
26 	L	December 8, 2005 	1–5 	New York Rangers (2005–06) 	18–5–3
27 	L	December 10, 2005	3–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 	18–6–3
28 	L	December 13, 2005	3–7 	@ Florida Panthers (2005–06) 	18–7–3
29 	W	December 15, 2005	5–3 	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 	19–7–3
30 	W	December 17, 2005	7–3 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 	20–7–3
31 	W	December 20, 2005	3–2 	Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 	21–7–3
32 	W	December 21, 2005	6–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 	22–7–3
33 	W	December 23, 2005	5–4 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 	23–7–3
34 	W	December 27, 2005	4–3 	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06) 	24–7–3
35 	L	December 28, 2005	3–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 	24–8–3
36 	L	December 30, 2005	2–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 	24–9–3
37 	L	January 1, 2006 	2–4 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 	24–10–3
38 	L	January 3, 2006 	0–3 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 	24–11–3
39 	W	January 4, 2006 	4–3 	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 	25–11–3
40 	L	January 6, 2006 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 	25–12–3
41 	W	January 8, 2006 	5–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 	26–12–3
42 	W	January 10, 2006 	2–1 	New York Islanders (2005–06) 	27–12–3
43 	L	January 11, 2006 	3–4 SO	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 	27–12–4
44 	L	January 13, 2006 	4–5 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 	27–12–5
45 	W	January 15, 2006 	5–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 	28–12–5
46 	L	January 19, 2006 	3–4 SO	New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 	28–12–6
47 	W	January 21, 2006 	7–2 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 	29–12–6
48 	W	January 23, 2006 	3–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 	30–12–6
49 	W	January 24, 2006 	2–1 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 	31–12–6
50 	L	January 26, 2006 	1–5 	@ Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 	31–13–6
51 	L	January 28, 2006 	3–4 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 	31–14–6
52 	L	February 1, 2006 	1–2 	@ Dallas Stars (2005–06) 	31–15–6
53 	W	February 2, 2006 	4–3 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 	32–15–6
54 	W	February 4, 2006 	6–0 	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 	33–15–6
55 	L	February 6, 2006 	2–4 	@ Dallas Stars (2005–06) 	33–16–6
56 	L	February 8, 2006 	0–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 	33–17–6
57 	L	February 9, 2006 	2–3 	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 	33–18–6
58 	W	February 11, 2006	5–2 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 	34–18–6
59 	L	March 1, 2006 	0–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 	34–19–6
60 	W	March 2, 2006 	3–1 	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 	35–19–6
61 	L	March 5, 2006 	2–3 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 	35–19–7
62 	W	March 7, 2006 	3–2 	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06) 	36–19–7
63 	W	March 9, 2006 	3–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 	37–19–7
64 	L	March 11, 2006 	2–3 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 	37–19–8
65 	W	March 14, 2006 	5–0 	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 	38–19–8
66 	W	March 16, 2006 	2–0 	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 	39–19–8
67 	W	March 18, 2006 	9–4 	Calgary Flames (2005–06) 	40–19–8
68 	W	March 20, 2006 	4–2 	St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 	41–19–8
69 	W	March 21, 2006 	3–2 SO	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 	42–19–8
70 	L	March 24, 2006 	3–6 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	42–20–8
71 	L	March 25, 2006 	4–6 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 	42–21–8
72 	L	March 28, 2006 	3–5 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 	42–22–8
73 	L	March 30, 2006 	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 	42–23–8
74 	W	April 1, 2006 	2–1 	St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 	43–23–8
75 	L	April 3, 2006 	1–3 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 	43–24–8
76 	L	April 5, 2006 	3–4 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 	43–25–8
77 	W	April 6, 2006 	3–0 	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 	44–25–8
78 	W	April 8, 2006 	2–1 SO	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 	45–25–8
79 	W	April 11, 2006 	2–0 	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 	46–25–8
80 	W	April 13, 2006 	4–2 	Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 	47–25–8
81 	W	April 15, 2006 	5–1 	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 	48–25–8
82 	W	April 18, 2006 	6–3 	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 	49–25–8
== Player stats ==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	82	31	54	85 	40 	-6 	14 	0 	3
 	RW 	69	31	37	68 	50 	2 	13 	4 	5
 	C 	69	22	35	57 	30 	-3 	10 	0 	2
 	D 	79	11	39	50 	74 	-3 	8 	0 	1
 	RW 	80	20	29	49 	76 	0 	5 	0 	1
 	D 	67	12	37	49 	82 	8 	10 	0 	1
 	LW 	81	25	23	48 	101	8 	10 	2 	8
 	D 	82	7 	31	38 	70 	11 	4 	1 	1
 	RW 	75	14	15	29 	40 	0 	10 	0 	5
 	C 	44	7 	19	26 	34 	3 	0 	0 	5
 	LW 	48	8 	16	24 	34 	14 	1 	0 	2
 	C 	31	10	12	22 	14 	0 	3 	0 	1
 	C 	68	11	8 	19 	10 	6 	0 	4 	3
 	RW 	33	5 	11	16 	36 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	71	1 	15	16 	66 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	66	5 	9 	14 	54 	9 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	74	7 	6 	13 	163	9 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	40	8 	4 	12 	42 	-2 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	58	0 	11	11 	62 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	34	4 	6 	10 	55 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	28	2 	8 	10 	42 	8 	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	35	4 	3 	7 	74 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	34	3 	3 	6 	79 	3 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	69	3 	1 	4 	44 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	1 	2 	3 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0 	3 	3 	68 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	61	0 	2 	2 	26 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	2 	2 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	23	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	0 	1 	1 	45 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	0 	0 	0 	0 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3601	61	36	18	7 	160	2.67	4 	1984	1824	.919
 	1227	23	12	5 	1 	52 	2.54	2 	597 	545 	.913
 	63 	2 	1 	1 	0 	4 	3.81	0 	40 	36 	.900
 	60 	1 	0 	1 	0 	7 	7.00	0 	41 	34 	.829
Team: 	4951	82	49	25	8 	223	2.70	6 	2662	2439	.916
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	5 	2	5	7 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	1	3	4 	4 	0 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	5 	2	1	3 	12 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	2	0	2 	8 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	1	1	2 	6 	-1 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	2	2 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	2	2 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	1	0	1 	0 	-3 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	5 	1	0	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	1	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	8 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	12 	-3 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	296	5 	1	4	17	3.45	0 	171	154	.901
Team: 	296	5 	1	4	17	3.45	0 	171	154	.901
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; 
==Playoffs==
 
Nashville (4) vs. San Jose (5)	Nashville (4) vs. San Jose (5)	Nashville (4) vs. San Jose (5)	Nashville (4) vs. San Jose (5)
Date 	Away 	Home 	
April 21 	San Jose 3 	4 Nashville 	
April 23 	San Jose 3 	0 Nashville 	
April 25 	Nashville 1 	4 San Jose 	
April 27 	Nashville 4 	5 San Jose 	
April 30 	San Jose 2 	1 Nashville 	
San Jose wins series 4–1	San Jose wins series 4–1	San Jose wins series 4–1	
==Transactions==
==Draft picks==
Nashville's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario.
Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team (League)
==References==
Category:Nashville Predators
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