2005-06 NHL season

The 2005-06 NHL season was the 88th season of the National Hockey League. This was the season after the non-existent 2004-05 season which was canceled due to a labour dispute with the NHL Players Association over the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the league and its players. The 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs began on April 21 2006, and concluded on June 19, with the Carolina Hurricanes defeating the Edmonton Oilers to win their first Stanley Cup.
On July 13, 2005, the NHL, and NHLPA jointly announced that they had tentatively agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement which would allow the resumption of hockey for the 2005-06 season. The agreement was voted on July 21 by NHLPA members, and approved by a nearly 7-to-1 margin. The following day, the NHL's board of governors (owners) voted unanimously to approve the new agreement.
A new logo for the NHL was also unveiled, with "NHL" printed in upward-reading letters to project a vibrant, optimistic image, and having silver as the dominant color to pay homage to the Stanley Cup. Also, new Eastern and Western Conference logos were unveiled before the Olympic break, with red as the dominant East color, and blue as the dominant West hue.
American television also had a new look. OLN took over broadcasting rights after ESPN decided not to renew their rights on cable television. The network, owned by Comcast, had Monday and Tuesday night games during the regular season under an exclusivity clause prohibiting local telecasts those nights in the two participating teams' markets. NBC returned as the NHL's over-the-air partner after ABC parted ways following the 2003-04 season. Comcast high-speed cable internet customers could watch at least seven games a week over the internet as part of the new TV deal.
==Rule changes==
After experimenting with many rule changes in 2004-05 in the American Hockey League, many of the rule changes from the previous year were adopted, with changes:
*The shootout features only three shots per team, and if it is still tied, the shootout becomes sudden death. In preseason games (regardless of the outcome) shootouts were held. This rule is similar to the one used in 2004-05 in the Southern Professional Hockey League. For 2005-06, however, the AHL and ECHL shootouts remained at five shots, and the SPHL adopted the five shot format. Shootouts are only in effect for regular-season games. Playoff games will continue with twenty-minute periods until a sudden-death goal is scored.)
*The no-touch icing rule used in the AHL in 2004-05 is abolished. However, the ECHL continues no-touch icing.
*The neutral zone becomes smaller by four feet (1.2 m).
*All blue and red lines are returned to the traditional width of 12 inches (31 cm). The double-width lines used in the AHL 2004-05 season were abandoned.
*If a team ices the puck, it is not allowed to make a line change afterwards. (This rule was not experimented with in the 2004-05 AHL season.)
*Linesmen are given more discretion when it comes to waving off icing calls when they are accidentally made as the result of a failed pass attempt.
*A longstanding ECHL rule in which players who instigate a fight in the last five minutes of a game will be given a game misconduct penalty plus a one-game suspension is adopted. Furthermore, the player's coach will be fined $10,000 (US).
*All referees are equipped with wireless microphones so they can now announce penalties over the public address system, similar to NFL referees.
**With multiple penalties, only the first will be announced by the referee calling the penalty, with the others being announced by the arena's ice-side PA announcer.
*Any player that shoots the puck over the glass (without deflection) from his own defensive zone will be penalized for delay of game. After the 2006 Olympic break, the rule has been modified to read that the puck must cross the glass before crossing the blue line.
*After the 2006 Olympic break, all sticks to be used in the shootout will be measured prior to use.
The rule experimentation was based on the previous season of play in the American Hockey League, and was based on creating a more exciting game and will create more scoring opportunities, and therefore more goals.
Furthermore, a new Competition Committee was formed to discuss future rule changes, and players were invited to participate in the discussion.
==Regular season==
 The NHL season began on October 5, and for the first time in the league's history, all of the league's thirty teams played a game on opening night. In the first period of each game, all teams wore a jersey (sweater) with a special patch as the league and players association auctioned off those jerseys for the benefit of the Red Cross in both the USA and Canada earmarking the proceeds for Hurricane Katrina victims (the Islanders' ECHL affiliate in Biloxi, Mississippi suspended operations for the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons because of this disaster; furthermore, the NHL had a Stanley Cup tour of ECHL cities to raise additional funds for relief efforts; Hurricane Rita also affected the Minnesota Wild, as their AA affiliates.). On opening night of this season, Jean-Pierre Dumont of the Buffalo Sabres scored the first goal of the regular season, and Daniel Alfredsson and Dany Heatley, of the Ottawa Senators became the first players to score the winning goals for a shoot out in NHL history, both scoring against Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Ed Belfour. Their sticks were subsequently sent to the nearby Hockey Hall of Fame.
The All-Star Game, which would have been in Phoenix this year, did not take place (the city will host the event in a future year as a replacement); the league instead took a break in February so that many of its players could participate in the XX Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy. The new schedule features more intra-division games in order to promote division rivalries. Consequently, there are whole divisions in the opposite conference that teams never played during the season.
On November 26 the New York Rangers and Washington Capitals played the longest shootout to date. Rangers defenseman Marek Malik scored the winning goal in the 15th round, pulling the puck between his own legs to defeat Capitals goalie Olaf Kolzig, giving the Rangers the victory by the final score of 3-2.
Three early-season games had to be rescheduled due to various events. Hurricane Wilma had forced the NHL to reschedule two Florida Panthers home games. Their game against Ottawa Senators scheduled on October 22 was rescheduled to December 5, the game against Washington Capitals scheduled for October 29 was moved to December 1.
The Nashville Predators-Detroit Red Wings game on November 22 was called off with 7:30 left in the first period after Red Wings defenseman Jíři Fischer suffered a seizure and had to be resuscitated. It was rescheduled to January 23,2006, with the game starting 1-0 for Nashville as Greg Johnson's goal from the original date was allowed to stand. The game that was originally scheduled for January 23 at Nashville between the two teams was moved to March 30, 2006.
On January 14, the New York Rangers retired the Number 11 of long-time captain Mark Messier to the rafters of Madison Square Garden. The Rangers would beat Messier's former team, the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 in overtime.
On January 16 in Phoenix, Washington Capitals rookie wing Alexander Ovechkin added himself to the league's historical highlight reel by scoring a goal from his back while rolling and sliding past the goal. Ovechkin was checked to the ice by Coyotes defenseman Paul Mara on a breakaway between the Coyotes' faceoff circles, but rolled to his back, reached over his head with his stick and hooked the puck in behind goaltender Brian Boucher. ()
On January 19, Los Angeles Kings veteran left-winger Luc Robitaille scored his 550th, 551st, and 552nd goals as a member of the Kings, eclipsing Marcel Dionne's franchise record (550). The 40-year old Robitaille retired at season's end.
The season was rocked with scandal in early February when it came to light that Phoenix Coyotes assistant coach Rick Tocchet was found to be involved in a $1.6 million illegal sports gambling ring with Mafia ties. Apparently no betting on NHL games was being done, but bets were being placed on college and professional football and college and basketball. Although Coyotes head coach Wayne Gretzky denied any knowledge or involvement in the ring, initial reports stated that wiretapped phone conversations he had proved that he not only knew about the ring, but was trying to find ways to conceal his wife's involvement in it. He was later cleared of these accusations, but long-term implications to his reputation are still unknown.
On April 15, in the Nashville Predators' 81st game of the season, Nashville goaltender Chris Mason was credited with a goal when Phoenix Coyote Geoff Sanderson put the puck in his own net. Mason was given the goal as he was the last Predator to have touched the puck. It was the ninth regular season goal scored by a goaltender in NHL history. The last goal of the regular season was scored by Kyle Calder of the Chicago Blackhawks in overtime in a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues, which ended the 2005-06 regular season at 10:50 EDT on April 18, 2006.
The Tampa Bay Lightning narrowly avoided becoming the first team since the New Jersey Devils in the 1995-96 NHL season to miss the postseason after winning the Stanley Cup the previous season.
This season also marked the first time since the 1978-79 NHL season that the St. Louis Blues did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs.
===Final standings===
Red-shaded team won the Presidents' Trophy and home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs.
Orange-shaded team clinched the other conference.
Yellow-shaded teams clinched the other four divisions.
Green-shaded teams clinched the remaining ten playoff berths.
Numbers in parentheses indicate ranking in conference. Division leaders are automatically ranked 1-3. These three, plus the next five teams in the conference standings, earn playoff berths at the end of the season.
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
====Eastern Conference====
Atlantic Division 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	GF 	GA 	PTS
New Jersey Devils (3) 	82	46	27	9 	242	229	101
Philadelphia Flyers (5) 	82	45	26	11 	267	259	101
New York Rangers (6) 	82	44	26	12 	257	215	100
New York Islanders (12) 	82	36	40	6 	230	278	78
Pittsburgh Penguins (15)	82	22	46	14 	244	316	58
Northeast Division 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	GF 	GA 	PTS
Ottawa Senators (1) 	82	52	21	9 	314	211	113
Buffalo Sabres (4) 	82	52	24	6 	281	239	110
Montreal Canadiens (7) 	82	42	31	9 	243	247	93
Toronto Maple Leafs (9)	82	41	33	8 	257	270	90
Boston Bruins (13) 	82	29	37	16 	230	266	74
Southeast Division 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	GF 	GA 	PTS
Carolina Hurricanes (2) 	82	52	22	8 	294	260	112
Tampa Bay Lightning (8) 	82	43	33	6 	252	260	92
Atlanta Thrashers (10) 	82	41	33	8 	281	275	90
Florida Panthers (11) 	82	37	34	11 	240	257	85
Washington Capitals (14)	82	29	41	12 	237	306	70
====Western Conference====
Central Division 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	GF 	GA 	PTS
Detroit Red Wings (1) 	82	58	16	8 	305	209	124
Nashville Predators (4) 	82	49	25	8 	259	227	106
Columbus Blue Jackets (13)	82	35	43	4 	223	279	74
Chicago Blackhawks (14) 	82	26	43	13 	211	285	65
St. Louis Blues (15) 	82	21	46	15 	197	292	57
Northwest Division 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	GF 	GA 	PTS
Calgary Flames (3) 	82	46	25	11 	218	200	103
Colorado Avalanche (7)	82	43	30	9 	283	257	95
Edmonton Oilers (8) 	82	41	28	13 	256	251	95
Vancouver Canucks (9) 	82	42	32	8 	256	255	92
Minnesota Wild (11) 	82	38	36	8 	231	215	84
Pacific Division 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	GF 	GA 	PTS
Dallas Stars (2) 	82	53	23	6 	265	218	112
San Jose Sharks (5) 	82	44	27	11 	266	242	99
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (6)	82	43	27	12 	254	229	98
Los Angeles Kings (10) 	82	42	35	5 	249	270	89
Phoenix Coyotes (12) 	82	38	39	5 	246	271	81
====Tiebreaking procedures====
If two or more clubs are tied in points during the regular season, the standing of the clubs is determined in the following order: 
# The fewer number of games played (i.e., superior points percentage).
# The greater number of games won.
# The greater number of points earned in games between the tied clubs.
# The greater differential between goals for and against.
===Scoring leaders===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/-	PIM
Joe Thornton 	Boston Bruins/San Jose Sharks	81	29	96	125	+31	61
Jaromir Jagr 	New York Rangers 	82	54	69	123	+34	72
Alexander Ovechkin	Washington Capitals 	81	52	54	106	+2 	52
Dany Heatley 	Ottawa Senators 	82	50	53	103	+29	86
Daniel Alfredsson 	Ottawa Senators 	77	43	60	103	+29	50
Sidney Crosby 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	81	39	63	102	-1 	110
Eric Staal 	Carolina Hurricanes 	82	45	55	100	-8 	81
Ilya Kovalchuk 	Atlanta Thrashers 	78	52	46	98 	-6 	68
Marc Savard 	Atlanta Thrashers 	82	28	69	97 	+7 	100
Jonathan Cheechoo 	San Jose Sharks 	82	56	37	93 	+23	25
===Leading goaltenders===
Minimum 1,000 minutes played.
Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average
Player 	Team 	GP	TOI 	W 	L 	OT	GA 	SO	Sv% 	GAA
Miikka Kiprusoff	Calgary Flames 	74	4379:40	42	20	11	151	10	.923	2.07
Dominik Hasek 	Ottawa Senators 	43	2583:58	28	10	4 	90 	5 	.925	2.09
Manny Legace 	Detroit Red Wings 	51	2905:09	37	8 	3 	106	7 	.915	2.19
Cristobal Huet 	Montreal Canadiens 	36	2102:59	18	11	4 	77 	7 	.929	2.20
Henrik Lundqvist	New York Rangers 	53	3111:53	30	12	9 	116	2 	.922	2.24
Manny Fernandez 	Minnesota Wild 	58	3411:14	30	18	7 	130	1 	.919	2.29
Ilja Bryzgalov 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	31	1575:13	13	12	1 	66 	1 	.910	2.51
Marty Turco 	Dallas Stars 	68	3910:12	41	19	5 	166	3 	.898	2.55
Vesa Toskala 	San Jose Sharks 	37	2039:13	23	7 	4 	87 	2 	.901	2.56
Martin Brodeur 	New Jersey Devils 	73	4364:35	43	23	7 	187	5 	.911	2.57
==Stanley Cup playoffs==
===Playoff bracket===
===Conference Quarterfinals===
====Eastern Conference Quarterfinals====
{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	Ottawa (1) vs. Tampa Bay (8)	Ottawa (1) vs. Tampa Bay (8)	Ottawa (1) vs. Tampa Bay (8)	Ottawa (1) vs. Tampa Bay (8)
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
April 21 	Tampa Bay 1 	4 Ottawa 	 	
April 23 	Tampa Bay 4 	3 Ottawa 	 	
April 25 	Ottawa 8 	4 Tampa Bay 	 	
April 27 	Ottawa 5 	2 Tampa Bay 	 	
April 29 	Tampa Bay 2 	3 Ottawa 	 	
Ottawa wins series 4–1	Ottawa wins series 4–1	Ottawa wins series 4–1	Ottawa wins series 4–1	
====Western Conference Quarterfinals====
{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	Detroit (1) vs. Edmonton (8) 	Detroit (1) vs. Edmonton (8) 	Detroit (1) vs. Edmonton (8) 	Detroit (1) vs. Edmonton (8)
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
April 21 	Edmonton 2 	3 Detroit 	2OT 	
April 23 	Edmonton 4 	2 Detroit 	  	
April 25 	Detroit 3 	4 Edmonton 	2OT 	
April 27 	Detroit 4 	2 Edmonton 	  	
April 29 	Edmonton 3 	2 Detroit 	  	
May 1 	Detroit 3 	4 Edmonton 	  	
Edmonton wins series 4–2	Edmonton wins series 4–2	Edmonton wins series 4–2	Edmonton wins series 4–2	
===Conference Semifinals===
====Eastern Conference Semifinals====
{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	Ottawa (1) vs. Buffalo (4) 	Ottawa (1) vs. Buffalo (4) 	Ottawa (1) vs. Buffalo (4) 	Ottawa (1) vs. Buffalo (4)
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
May 5 	Buffalo 7 	6 Ottawa 	OT 	
May 8 	Buffalo 2 	1 Ottawa 	  	
May 10 	Ottawa 2 	3 Buffalo 	OT 	
May 11 	Ottawa 2 	1 Buffalo 	  	
May 13 	Buffalo 3 	2 Ottawa 	OT 	
Buffalo wins series 4–1	Buffalo wins series 4–1	Buffalo wins series 4–1	Buffalo wins series 4–1	
====Western Conference Semifinals====
{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable"	San Jose (5) vs. Edmonton (8) 	San Jose (5) vs. Edmonton (8) 	San Jose (5) vs. Edmonton (8) 	San Jose (5) vs. Edmonton (8)
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
May 7 	Edmonton 1 	2 San Jose 	  	
May 8 	Edmonton 1 	2 San Jose 	  	
May 10 	San Jose 2 	3 Edmonton 	3OT 	
May 12 	San Jose 3 	6 Edmonton 	  	
May 14 	Edmonton 6 	3 San Jose 	  	
May 17 	San Jose 0 	2 Edmonton 	  	
Edmonton wins series 4–2	Edmonton wins series 4–2	Edmonton wins series 4–2	Edmonton wins series 4–2	
===Conference Finals===
====Eastern Conference Finals====
{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable" 	Carolina (2) vs. Buffalo (4) 	Carolina (2) vs. Buffalo (4) 	Carolina (2) vs. Buffalo (4) 	Carolina (2) vs. Buffalo (4)
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
May 20 	Buffalo 3 	2 Carolina 	  	
May 22 	Buffalo 3 	4 Carolina 	  	
May 24 	Carolina 3 	4 Buffalo 	  	
May 26 	Carolina 4 	0 Buffalo 	  	
May 28 	Buffalo 3 	4 Carolina 	OT 	
May 30 	Carolina 1 	2 Buffalo 	OT 	
June 1 	Buffalo 2 	4 Carolina 	 	
Carolina wins series 4–3 andPrince of Wales Trophy	Carolina wins series 4–3 andPrince of Wales Trophy	Carolina wins series 4–3 andPrince of Wales Trophy	Carolina wins series 4–3 andPrince of Wales Trophy	
====Western Conference Finals====
{| cellpadding="3" border="1" class="wikitable" 	Anaheim (6) vs. Edmonton (8) 	Anaheim (6) vs. Edmonton (8) 	Anaheim (6) vs. Edmonton (8) 	Anaheim (6) vs. Edmonton (8)
Date 	Away 	Home 	 	
May 19 	Edmonton 3 	1 Anaheim 	 	
May 21 	Edmonton 3 	1 Anaheim 	 	
May 23 	Anaheim 4 	5 Edmonton 	 	
May 25 	Anaheim 6 	3 Edmonton 	 	
May 27 	Edmonton 2 	1 Anaheim 	 	
Edmonton wins series 4–1 andClarence S. Campbell Bowl	Edmonton wins series 4–1 andClarence S. Campbell Bowl	Edmonton wins series 4–1 andClarence S. Campbell Bowl	Edmonton wins series 4–1 andClarence S. Campbell Bowl	
===Stanley Cup Finals===
Carolina vs. Edmonton 	Carolina vs. Edmonton 	Carolina vs. Edmonton 	Carolina vs. Edmonton
Date 	Away 	Home 	
June 5 	Edmonton 4 	5 Carolina 	
June 7 	Edmonton 0 	5 Carolina 	
June 10 	Carolina 1 	2 Edmonton 	
June 12 	Carolina 2 	1 Edmonton 	
June 14 	Edmonton 4 	3 Carolina 	OT
June 17 	Carolina 0 	4 Edmonton 	
June 19 	Edmonton 1 	3 Carolina 	
Carolina wins series 4–3 and Stanley Cup	Carolina wins series 4–3 and Stanley Cup	Carolina wins series 4–3 and Stanley Cup	Carolina wins series 4–3 and Stanley Cup
Cam Ward (Carolina) wins Conn Smythe Trophy 	Cam Ward (Carolina) wins Conn Smythe Trophy 	Cam Ward (Carolina) wins Conn Smythe Trophy 	Cam Ward (Carolina) wins Conn Smythe Trophy
==NHL awards==
2005-2006 NHL awards 	2005-2006 NHL awards
Award 	Recipient(s)
Stanley Cup: 	Carolina Hurricanes
Presidents' Trophy: 	Detroit Red Wings
Prince of Wales Trophy: 	Carolina Hurricanes
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl: 	Edmonton Oilers
Art Ross Trophy: 	Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks/Boston Bruins
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: 	Teemu Selänne, Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Calder Memorial Trophy: 	Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
Conn Smythe Trophy: 	Cam Ward, Carolina Hurricanes
Frank J. Selke Trophy: 	Rod Brind'Amour, Carolina Hurricanes
Hart Memorial Trophy: 	Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks/Boston Bruins
Jack Adams Award: 	Lindy Ruff, Buffalo Sabres
James Norris Memorial Trophy: 	Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings
King Clancy Memorial Trophy: 	Olaf Kolzig, Washington Capitals
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: 	Pavel Datsyuk, Detroit Red Wings
Lester B. Pearson Award: 	Jaromir Jagr, New York Rangers
Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy: 	Jonathan Cheechoo, San Jose Sharks
NHL Plus/Minus Award: 	Wade Redden, Ottawa Senators;Michal Rozsival, New York Rangers
Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award:	Cristobal Huet, Montreal Canadiens
Vezina Trophy: 	Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames
William M. Jennings Trophy: 	Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames
Lester Patrick Trophy: 	Red Berenson, Marcel Dionne, Reed Larson, Glen Sonmor, Steve Yzerman
===All-Star teams===
First Team 	  Position  	Second Team
Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames 	G 	Martin Brodeur, New Jersey Devils
Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit Red Wings 	D 	Zdeno Chara, Ottawa Senators
Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim Mighty Ducks	D 	Sergei Zubov, Dallas Stars
Joe Thornton, Boston/San Jose 	C 	Eric Staal, Carolina Hurricanes
Jaromir Jagr, New York Rangers 	RW 	Daniel Alfredsson, Ottawa Senators
Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals	LW 	Dany Heatley, Ottawa Senators
==Debuts==
The following are players of note who played their first NHL game in 2005-06:
*Colby Armstrong, Pittsburgh Penguins
*Keith Ballard, Phoenix Coyotes
*Kevin Bieksa, Vancouver Canucks
*Peter Budaj, Colorado Avalanche
*Chris Campoli, New York Islanders
*Matt Carle, San Jose Sharks
*Jeff Carter, Philadelphia Flyers
*Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
*Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Mighty Ducks
*Jussi Jokinen, Dallas Stars
*Mikko Koivu, Minnesota Wild
*Andrew Ladd, Carolina Hurricanes
*Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers
*Andrej Meszaros, Ottawa Senators
*Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
*Zach Parise, New Jersey Devils
*Corey Perry, Anaheim Mighty Ducks
*Dustin Penner, Anaheim Mighty Ducks
*Dion Phaneuf, Calgary Flames
*Petr Prucha, New York Rangers
*Mike Richards, Philadelphia Flyers
*Brent Seabrook, Chicago Blackhawks
*Alexander Steen, Toronto Maple Leafs
*Lee Stempniak, St. Louis Blues
*Thomas Vanek, Buffalo Sabres
*Cam Ward, Carolina Hurricanes
*Shea Weber, Nashville Predators
*Ian White, Toronto Maple Leafs
*Ryan Whitney, Pittsburgh Penguins
*Wojtek Wolski, Colorado Avalanche
==Last games==
The following is a list of players who played their last NHL game in 2005-06:
*Dave Andreychuk, Tampa Bay Lightning
*Andrew Cassels, Washington Capitals
*Eric Daze, Chicago Blackhawks
*Eric Desjardins, Philadelphia Flyers
*Tie Domi, Toronto Maple Leafs
*Jiri Fischer, Detroit Red Wings
*Tom Fitzgerald, Boston Bruins
*Brett Hull, Phoenix Coyotes
*Steve Konowalchuk, Colorado Avalanche
*Greg Johnson, Nashville Predators (statistical quirk showed he scored goal before start of a game)
*Brian Leetch, Boston Bruins
*Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins
*Bryan Marchment, Calgary Flames
*Alexander Mogilny, New Jersey Devils
*Zigmund Palffy, Pittsburgh Penguins
*Luc Robitaille, Los Angeles Kings
*Eric Weinrich, Vancouver Canucks
*Scott Young, St. Louis Blues
*Steve Yzerman, Detroit Red Wings
== Hat tricks ==
== See also ==
* List of Stanley Cup champions
* 2005 NHL Entry Draft
* 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs
* 2005-06 NHL Transactions
* NHL All-Rookie Team
==References==
==External links==
*2005-06 Depth Charts and Salaries from www.tsn.ca
*Hockey Database
*NHL.com