2005–06 NHL season

The **2005–06 NHL season** was the 88th season of the National Hockey League. The 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs began on April 21 2006 and ended on June 19. The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Edmonton Oilers. This was the first Stanley Cup for the Hurricanes.

The 2004–05 season was cancelled due to a labour dispute with the NHL Players Association. The dispute was over the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the league and its players.

## Regular season 
### Final standings 
''Red-shaded team won the Presidents' Trophy and home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs.*

*Orange-shaded team won the other conference.*

*Yellow-shaded teams won the other four divisions.*

*Green-shaded teams won the remaining ten playoff berths.*

Numbers in brackets means 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, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points*

#### Eastern Conference 
#### Western Conference 
#### Tiebreaking procedures 
If two or more clubs are tied in points during the regular season, the order 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*

### 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*

## Stanley Cup playoffs 
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### Playoff bracket 
### Conference Quarterfinals 
#### Eastern Conference Quarterfinals 
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### Conference Semifinals 
#### Eastern Conference Semifinals 
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### Conference Finals 
#### Eastern Conference Finals 
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#### Western Conference Finals 
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### Stanley Cup Finals 
## NHL awards 
### All-Star teams 
## First games 
The following are players of note who played their first NHL game in 2005-06:
* Jeff Carter, Philadelphia Flyers
* Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
* Ryan Getzlaf, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
* Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers
* Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
* Dustin Penner, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
* Dion Phaneuf, Calgary Flames
* Cam Ward, Carolina Hurricanes

## 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
* Keith Primeau, Philadelphia Flyers
* Luc Robitaille, Los Angeles Kings
* Eric Weinrich, Vancouver Canucks
* Scott Young, St. Louis Blues
* Steve Yzerman, Detroit Red Wings

## References 
## Other websites 
* 2005-06 Depth Charts and Salaries  from www.tsn.ca
* Hockey Database
* NHL.com