2005-06 Atlanta Thrashers season

2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers · NHL	2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers · NHL
Division 	3rd Southeast
Conference 	10th Eastern
2005–06 record 	41–33–8
Coach 	Bob Hartley
Captain 	Scott Mellanby
Arena 	Philips Arena
Team leaders 	Team leaders
Goals 	Ilya Kovalchuk (52)
Assists 	Marc Savard (69)
Points 	Ilya Kovalchuk (98)
The 2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers season was the Thrashers' sixth season. The Thrashers again did not qualify for the playoffs.
 
== Offseason==
== Regular season==
=== Final standings===
Southeast Division
No.	CR	 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	GF 	GA 	Pts
1 	2 	Carolina Hurricanes	82	52	22	8 	294	260	112
2 	8 	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	43	33	6 	252	260	92
3 	10	Atlanta Thrashers 	82	41	33	8 	281	275	90
4 	11	Florida Panthers 	82	37	34	11 	240	257	85
5 	14	Washington Capitals	82	29	41	12 	237	306	70
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
 Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
=== Game log===
Regular season results	Regular season results	Regular season results	Regular season results	Regular season results 	Regular season results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 5, 2005 	0–2 	@ Florida Panthers (2005–06) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	October 7, 2005 	7–3 	@ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	October 8, 2005 	8–1 	Washington Capitals (2005–06) 	2–1–0
4 	L 	October 12, 2005 	0–2 	Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 	2–2–0
5 	L 	October 14, 2005 	1–9 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 	2–3–0
7 	L 	October 20, 2005 	0–6 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 	2–5–0
8 	W 	October 22, 2005 	4–3 	New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 	3–5–0
9 	L 	October 25, 2005 	3–4 	@ New York Islanders (2005–06) 	3–6–0
10 	L 	October 27, 2005 	5–7 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 	3–7–0
11 	L 	October 29, 2005 	2–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 	3–8–0
12 	W 	November 1, 2005 	6–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 	4–8–0
13 	L 	November 4, 2005 	2–3 SO 	@ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 	4–8–1
14 	L 	November 5, 2005 	3–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 	4–9–1
15 	W 	November 9, 2005 	5–0 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 	5–9–1
16 	W 	November 11, 2005 	5–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 	6–9–1
17 	W 	November 12, 2005 	9–0 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 	7–9–1
18 	L 	November 16, 2005 	3–7 	New York Islanders (2005–06) 	7–10–1
19 	W 	November 18, 2005 	6–5 OT 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 	8–10–1
20 	L 	November 19, 2005 	1–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 	8–11–1
21 	L 	November 22, 2005 	2–3 SO 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 	8–11–2
22 	L 	November 24, 2005 	3–6 	New York Rangers (2005–06) 	8–12–2
23 	W 	November 26, 2005 	7–4 	Florida Panthers (2005–06) 	9–12–2
24 	W 	November 27, 2005 	5–2 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 	10–12–2
25 	L 	November 29, 2005 	3–4 OT 	Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 	10–12–3
26 	L 	December 1, 2005 	0–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 	10–13–3
27 	L 	December 3, 2005 	1–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	10–14–3
28 	L 	December 5, 2005 	2–5 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 	10–15–3
29 	L 	December 6, 2005 	3–5 	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 	10–16–3
30 	W 	December 9, 2005 	5–2 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 	11–16–3
31 	L 	December 11, 2005 	4–5 SO 	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 	11–16–4
32 	W 	December 13, 2005 	7–6 	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 	12–16–4
33 	W 	December 15, 2005 	3–2 OT 	@ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 	13–16–4
34 	W 	December 17, 2005 	2–1 	Florida Panthers (2005–06) 	14–16–4
35 	L 	December 22, 2005 	5–6 SO 	Washington Capitals (2005–06) 	14–16–5
36 	W 	December 23, 2005 	1–0 	@ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 	15–16–5
37 	W 	December 26, 2005 	4–0 	Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 	16–16–5
38 	L 	December 28, 2005 	3–4 OT 	Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 	16–16–6
39 	L 	December 30, 2005 	1–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 	16–17–6
40 	W 	January 1, 2006 	5–2 	@ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 	17–17–6
41 	W 	January 2, 2006 	8–3 	Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 	18–17–6
42 	L 	January 4, 2006 	3–4 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 	18–18–6
43 	W 	January 6, 2006 	6–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 	19–18–6
44 	W 	January 7, 2006 	4–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 	20–18–6
45 	W 	January 11, 2006 	4–3 SO 	Nashville Predators (2005–06) 	21–18–6
46 	W 	January 13, 2006 	2–0 	St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 	22–18–6
47 	W 	January 18, 2006 	5–2 	@ Dallas Stars (2005–06) 	23–18–6
48 	L 	January 19, 2006 	6–8 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 	23–19–6
49 	L 	January 21, 2006 	0–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 	23–20–6
50 	L 	January 24, 2006 	2–3 	Boston Bruins (2005–06) 	23–21–6
51 	L 	January 26, 2006 	1–5 	Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 	23–22–6
52 	L 	January 28, 2006 	1–4 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 	23–23–6
53 	L 	January 31, 2006 	2–5 	Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 	23–24–6
54 	L 	February 3, 2006 	2–5 	@ Florida Panthers (2005–06) 	23–25–6
55 	W 	February 4, 2006 	6–4 	Florida Panthers (2005–06) 	24–25–6
56 	L 	February 7, 2006 	1–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 	24–26–6
57 	W 	February 9, 2006 	2–1 	@ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 	25–26–6
58 	W 	February 11, 2006 	2–1 SO 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 	26–26–6
59 	W 	March 1, 2006 	4–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 	27–26–6
60 	L 	March 2, 2006 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (2005–06) 	27–27–6
61 	W 	March 4, 2006 	3–2 OT 	Washington Capitals (2005–06) 	28–27–6
62 	W 	March 6, 2006 	4–3 SO 	Florida Panthers (2005–06) 	29–27–6
63 	W 	March 8, 2006 	3–2 SO 	New York Rangers (2005–06) 	30–27–6
64 	L 	March 10, 2006 	1–3 	Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 	30–28–6
65 	W 	March 12, 2006 	3–2 OT 	@ New York Rangers (2005–06) 	31–28–6
66 	W 	March 16, 2006 	4–2 	New York Islanders (2005–06) 	32–28–6
67 	L 	March 18, 2006 	2–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 	32–29–6
68 	W 	March 20, 2006 	5–0 	Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 	33–29–6
69 	W 	March 21, 2006 	5–4 SO 	@ Boston Bruins (2005–06) 	34–29–6
70 	W 	March 23, 2006 	6–5 OT 	New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 	35–29–6
71 	L 	March 25, 2006 	1–5 	@ New York Islanders (2005–06) 	35–30–6
72 	L 	March 30, 2006 	3–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 	35–31–6
73 	W 	April 1, 2006 	5–2 	Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 	36–31–6
74 	L 	April 3, 2006 	4–6 	@ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 	36–32–6
75 	W 	April 5, 2006 	5–2 	@ Florida Panthers (2005–06) 	37–32–6
76 	L 	April 6, 2006 	2–3 SO 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 	37–32–7
77 	W 	April 8, 2006 	5–2 	Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 	38–32–7
78 	W 	April 11, 2006 	6–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 	39–32–7
79 	W 	April 13, 2006 	5–3 	Washington Capitals (2005–06) 	40–32–7
80 	W 	April 15, 2006 	4–3 	Boston Bruins (2005–06) 	41–32–7
81 	L 	April 17, 2006 	4–6 	@ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 	41–33–7
82 	L 	April 18, 2006 	1–2 OT 	@ Florida Panthers (2005–06) 	41–33–8
== Playoffs==
== Player stats==
=== Regular season===
;Scoring
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ilya Kovalchuk 	LW 	78	52	46	98 	68 	-6 	27 	0 	7
Marc Savard 	C 	82	28	69	97 	100	7 	14 	1 	4
Marian Hossa 	RW 	80	39	53	92 	67 	17 	14 	7 	7
Vyacheslav Kozlov	LW 	82	25	46	71 	33 	14 	8 	0 	1
Peter Bondra 	RW 	60	21	18	39 	40 	-3 	8 	0 	1
Jaroslav Modry 	D 	79	7 	31	38 	76 	-9 	5 	0 	2
Greg de Vries 	D 	82	7 	28	35 	76 	1 	3 	0 	2
Scott Mellanby 	RW 	71	12	22	34 	55 	5 	3 	0 	3
Bobby Holik 	C 	64	15	18	33 	79 	-6 	5 	0 	0
Niclas Havelid 	D 	82	4 	28	32 	48 	9 	2 	0 	0
Andy Sutton 	D 	76	8 	17	25 	144	13 	2 	1 	3
Patrik Stefan 	C 	64	10	14	24 	36 	3 	2 	0 	3
Serge Aubin 	LW 	74	7 	17	24 	79 	-4 	1 	0 	0
Jim Slater 	C 	71	10	10	20 	46 	1 	1 	0 	0
Ronald Petrovicky	RW 	60	8 	12	20 	62 	-8 	2 	0 	2
Brad Larsen 	LW 	62	7 	8 	15 	21 	-3 	0 	3 	1
Steve McCarthy 	D 	16	7 	3 	10 	8 	0 	2 	0 	0
.J.P. Vigier 	RW 	41	4 	6 	10 	40 	-4 	1 	1 	0
Garnet Exelby 	D 	75	1 	9 	10 	75 	11 	0 	0 	0
Eric Boulton 	LW 	51	4 	5 	9 	87 	-4 	0 	0 	0
Shane Hnidy 	D 	66	0 	3 	3 	33 	1 	0 	0 	0
Ramzi Abid 	LW 	6 	0 	2 	2 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0
Michael Garnett 	G 	24	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Braydon Coburn 	D 	9 	0 	1 	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
Rico Fata 	RW 	6 	0 	1 	1 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
Kari Lehtonen 	G 	38	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
Derek MacKenzie 	C 	11	0 	1 	1 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
Scott Barney 	C 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
Adam Berkhoel 	G 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Mike Dunham 	G 	17	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Tomas Kloucek 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
Chris Kunitz 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
Francis Lessard 	RW 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
Mark Popovic 	D 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-5 	0 	0 	0
Steve Shields 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
lKarl Stewart 	LW 	8 	0 	0 	0 	15 	-3 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player 	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
iKari Lehtonen 	2166	38	20	15	0 	106	2.94	2 	1123	1017	.906
Michael Garnett	1271	24	10	7 	4 	73 	3.45	2 	634 	561 	.885
Mike Dunham 	779 	17	8 	5 	2 	36 	2.77	1 	336 	300 	.893
Adam Berkhoel 	473 	9 	2 	4 	1 	30 	3.81	0 	255 	225 	.882
Steve Shields 	266 	5 	1 	2 	1 	19 	4.29	0 	129 	110 	.853
Team: 	4955	82	41	33	8 	264	3.20	5 	2477	2213	.893
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