2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers season

The 2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers season was the Thrashers' seventh season in the National Hockey League. The Thrashers again did not qualify for the playoffs.

2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers
Division	3rd Southeast
Conference	10th Eastern
2005–06 record	41–33–8
Team information
General manager	Don Waddell
Coach	Bob Hartley
Captain	Scott Mellanby
Arena	Philips Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Ilya Kovalchuk (52)
Assists	Marc Savard (69)
Points	Ilya Kovalchuk (98)

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

[1] 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.

Eastern Conference[2]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	52	21	9	314	211	113
2	Y- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	52	22	8	294	260	112
3	Y- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	46	27	9	242	229	101
4	X- Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	52	24	6	242	239	110
5	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	45	26	11	267	259	101
6	X- New York Rangers	AT	82	44	26	12	257	215	100
7	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	42	31	9	243	247	93
8	X- Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	43	33	6	252	260	92
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9	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	41	33	8	257	270	90
10	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	41	33	8	281	275	90
11	Florida Panthers	SE	82	37	34	11	240	257	85
12	New York Islanders	AT	82	36	40	6	230	278	78
13	Boston Bruins	NE	82	29	37	16	230	266	74
14	Washington Capitals	SE	82	29	41	12	237	306	70
15	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	22	46	14	244	316	58

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and 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

The Thrashers did not qualify for the playoffs.

Player statistics

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
Karl 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%
Kari 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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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Draft picks

Atlanta's draft picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	16	Alex Bourret	Canada	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
2	41	Ondrej Pavelec	Czech Republic	Rabat Kladno (Czech Republic)
2	49	Chad Denny	Canada	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
2	53	Andrew Kozek	Canada	South Surrey Eagles (BCHL)
4	116	Jordan Smotherman	United States	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
5	135	Tomas Pospisil	Czech Republic	Oceláři Třinec Jr. (Czech Republic)
6	187	Andrei Zubarev	Russia	Salavat Yulayev Ufa (Russia)
7	207	Myles Stoesz	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)

See also

1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
2. "2005–2006 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
3. "2005-06 Atlanta Thrashers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-02.

• "2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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