2005–06 Boston Bruins season

The 2005–06 Boston Bruins season was the Boston Bruins' 82nd season of operation. The Bruins slipped to 13th in the Eastern Conference and did not qualify for the 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs.

2005–06 Boston Bruins
Division	5th Northeast
Conference	13th Eastern
2005–06 record	29–37–16
Goals for	230
Goals against	266
Team information
General manager	Mike O'Connell Jeff Gorton
Coach	Mike Sullivan
Captain	Joe Thornton (Oct-Nov) Vacant (Nov-Apr)
Alternate captains	Hal Gill (Nov-Apr) Brian Leetch Glen Murray
Arena	TD Banknorth Garden
Average attendance	16,211 (92.3%)
Team leaders
Goals	Patrice Bergeron (31)
Assists	Brad Boyes (43)
Points	Patrice Bergeron (73)
Penalty minutes	Hal Gill (124)
Wins	Tim Thomas (12)
Goals against average	Hannu Toivonen (2.63)

Off-season

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

• The 2005 NHL Entry Draft took place in Ottawa, Ontario, on July 30, 2005.
• The free agency period began on July 1.

Regular season

After Joe Thornton voiced his unhappiness with his contract in Boston in 2005, many teams reportedly sent offers to the Bruins. However, Thornton re-signed with the team on August 11, 2005, on a three-year contract worth US$20 million. On November 30, 2005, he was traded to the San Jose Sharks in a blockbuster four-player deal which sent forwards Marco Sturm and Wayne Primeau and defenseman Brad Stuart to Boston. Thornton was the team's leading scorer at the time by a substantial margin and many felt Bruins general manager Mike O'Connell had traded away one of the few players who was truly showing an exemplary effort. On January 10, 2006, Thornton returned to Boston as a member of the Sharks, but was ejected for checking Bruins' defenseman Hal Gill from behind at 5:13 of the first period. Thornton received a five-minute major and a game misconduct. The misconduct was later rescinded by the NHL.

The Bruins ended up finishing with the third-worst record in the Eastern Conference, but the story of the season for the team was the emergence of goaltender Tim Thomas. Thomas had been in the Bruins organization before and had become a star in Europe before deciding to give the NHL one last try. Injuries to incumbent starter Andrew Raycroft and backup Hannu Toivonen pushed Thomas into the starting role, one that he did not relinquish until after the 2011–12 season.

Final standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Ottawa Senators	82	52	21	9	314	211	113
2	4	Buffalo Sabres	82	52	24	6	281	239	110
3	7	Montreal Canadiens	82	42	31	9	243	247	93
4	9	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	41	33	8	257	270	90
5	13	Boston Bruins	82	29	37	16	230	266	74

[1] Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime/Shootout 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
8.5
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 schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 5, 2005	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (2005–06)	0–1–0
2	L	October 7, 2005	1–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06)	0–2–0
3	W	October 8, 2005	7–6 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06)	1–2–0
4	W	October 10, 2005	4–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06)	2–2–0
5	W	October 13, 2005	5–2	@ Florida Panthers (2005–06)	3–2–0
6	L	October 15, 2005	1–5	@ Ottawa Senators (2005–06)	3–3–0
7	L	October 18, 2005	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06)	3–4–0
8	L	October 20, 2005	3–4	Buffalo Sabres (2005–06)	3–5–0
9	W	October 22, 2005	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06)	4–5–0
10	L	October 24, 2005	4–5 SO	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06)	4–5–1
11	L	October 26, 2005	3–4 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06)	4–5–2
12	W	October 27, 2005	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06)	5–5–2
13	L	October 29, 2005	4–5 SO	New Jersey Devils (2005–06)	5–5–3
14	L	November 1, 2005	3–4 OT	@ New York Islanders (2005–06)	5–5–4
15	W	November 3, 2005	4–1	Florida Panthers (2005–06)	6–5–4
16	W	November 5, 2005	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06)	7–5–4
17	L	November 8, 2005	3–4 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06)	7–5–5
18	L	November 10, 2005	2–5	Ottawa Senators (2005–06)	7–6–5
19	L	November 12, 2005	2–5	@ New York Islanders (2005–06)	7–7–5
20	L	November 17, 2005	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06)	7–8–5
21	L	November 19, 2005	2–3	Buffalo Sabres (2005–06)	7–9–5
22	L	November 20, 2005	2–3	@ New York Rangers (2005–06)	7–10–5
23	W	November 23, 2005	5–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06)	8–10–5
24	L	November 25, 2005	3–5	Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06)	8–11–5
25	L	November 26, 2005	2–4	@ Ottawa Senators (2005–06)	8–12–5
26	L	November 29, 2005	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (2005–06)	8–13–5
27	W	December 1, 2005	3–0	Ottawa Senators (2005–06)	9–13–5
28	W	December 3, 2005	5–4 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	10–13–5
29	L	December 4, 2005	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	10–14–5
30	L	December 7, 2005	1–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	10–15–5
31	L	December 11, 2005	1–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	10–15–6
32	W	December 15, 2005	3–2	@ Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	11–15–6
33	L	December 17, 2005	0–3	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	11–16–6
34	W	December 22, 2005	4–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06)	12–16–6
35	L	December 23, 2005	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06)	12–17–6
36	W	December 27, 2005	4–3 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2005–06)	13–17–6
37	L	December 28, 2005	4–6	@ Florida Panthers (2005–06)	13–18–6
38	W	December 30, 2005	2–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06)	14–18–6
39	L	January 2, 2006	0–1	Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06)	14–19–6
40	W	January 5, 2006	4–2	Ottawa Senators (2005–06)	15–19–6
41	W	January 7, 2006	6–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06)	16–19–6
42	L	January 10, 2006	2–6	San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	16–20–6
43	L	January 12, 2006	0–6	Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	16–21–6
44	L	January 14, 2006	1–2 SO	Dallas Stars (2005–06)	16–21–7
45	W	January 16, 2006	4–3 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	17–21–7
46	W	January 19, 2006	5–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06)	18–21–7
47	L	January 21, 2006	2–3 SO	New York Rangers (2005–06)	18–21–8
48	W	January 23, 2006	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (2005–06)	19–21–8
49	W	January 24, 2006	3–2	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06)	20–21–8
50	W	January 26, 2006	3–2	Washington Capitals (2005–06)	21–21–8
51	L	January 28, 2006	3–4	New York Islanders (2005–06)	21–22–8
52	W	January 30, 2006	5–0	@ Ottawa Senators (2005–06)	22–22–8
53	W	February 2, 2006	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (2005–06)	23–22–8
54	L	February 4, 2006	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06)	23–23–8
55	L	February 5, 2006	3–4 SO	Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06)	23–23–9
56	W	February 8, 2006	3–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06)	24–23–9
57	L	February 9, 2006	2–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (2005–06)	24–23–10
58	L	February 11, 2006	5–6	Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06)	24–24–10
59	L	March 1, 2006	3–4	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06)	24–25–10
60	W	March 2, 2006	3–2	Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06)	25–25–10
61	L	March 4, 2006	2–3	Buffalo Sabres (2005–06)	25–26–10
62	L	March 7, 2006	2–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06)	25–27–10
63	L	March 9, 2006	0–3	Montreal Canadiens (2005–06)	25–28–10
64	L	March 11, 2006	1–3	New York Islanders (2005–06)	25–29–10
65	L	March 12, 2006	2–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06)	25–30–10
66	L	March 14, 2006	4–5 SO	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06)	25–30–11
67	W	March 16, 2006	3–2 SO	Ottawa Senators (2005–06)	26–30–11
68	W	March 18, 2006	4–2	Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06)	27–30–11
69	L	March 20, 2006	2–5	@ New York Rangers (2005–06)	27–31–11
70	L	March 21, 2006	4–5 SO	Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06)	27–31–12
71	L	March 24, 2006	2–4	@ New Jersey Devils (2005–06)	27–32–12
72	W	March 25, 2006	5–4	Buffalo Sabres (2005–06)	28–32–12
73	L	March 27, 2006	3–4 SO	Florida Panthers (2005–06)	28–32–13
74	L	March 29, 2006	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06)	28–33–13
75	L	April 1, 2006	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06)	28–34–13
76	L	April 4, 2006	3–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06)	28–35–13
77	W	April 6, 2006	3–2 SO	Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06)	29–35–13
78	L	April 8, 2006	3–4 OT	New York Rangers (2005–06)	29–35–14
79	L	April 10, 2006	1–2 OT	Washington Capitals (2005–06)	29–35–15
80	L	April 11, 2006	3–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2005–06)	29–35–16
81	L	April 13, 2006	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (2005–06)	29–36–16
82	L	April 15, 2006	3–4	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06)	29–37–16

Playoffs

• The Boston Bruins did not qualify for the playoffs.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Patrice Bergeron	C	81	31	42	73	22	3	12	1	6
Brad Boyes	C	82	26	43	69	30	11	8	0	3
Glen Murray	RW	64	24	29	53	52	-8	6	1	3
Marco Sturm	LW	51	23	20	43	32	14	5	0	6
Sergei Samsonov	LW	55	18	19	37	22	-3	6	0	1
Joe Thornton	C	23	9	24	33	6	0	3	0	2
Brian Leetch	D	61	5	27	32	36	-10	4	0	0
Brad Stuart	D	55	10	21	31	38	-6	6	0	2
P. J. Axelsson	LW	59	10	18	28	4	-3	1	2	1
Brad Isbister	LW	58	6	17	23	46	-2	1	0	0
Travis Green	C	82	10	12	22	79	-2	0	2	1
Jiri Slegr	D	32	5	11	16	56	-2	4	0	0
David Tanabe	D	54	4	12	16	48	0	0	0	1
Wayne Primeau	C	50	6	8	14	40	-10	0	0	0
Nick Boynton	D	54	5	7	12	93	-7	1	1	0
Milan Jurcina	D	51	6	5	11	54	3	2	0	0
Tom Fitzgerald	RW	71	4	6	10	40	-10	0	0	0
Dave Scatchard	C	16	4	6	10	28	-2	1	0	0
Hal Gill	D	80	1	9	10	124	-4	0	0	0
Alexei Zhamnov	C	24	1	9	10	30	-4	0	0	1
Patrick Leahy	RW	43	4	4	8	19	-2	0	0	0
Shawn McEachern	RW	28	2	6	8	22	-12	1	0	0
Marty Reasoner	C	19	2	6	8	8	-2	1	0	0
Andrew Alberts	D	73	1	6	7	68	3	0	1	0
Eric Nickulas	RW	16	2	4	6	8	2	0	0	0
Mariusz Czerkawski	RW	16	4	1	5	4	-4	0	0	0
Dan LaCouture	LW	55	2	2	4	53	-6	0	1	0
Yan Stastny	C	17	1	3	4	10	-2	0	0	0
Ian Moran	D	12	1	1	2	10	0	0	0	0
Mark Stuart	D	17	1	1	2	10	-1	0	0	0
Kevin Dallman	D	21	0	1	1	8	1	0	0	0
Josh Langfeld	RW	18	0	1	1	10	-6	0	0	0
Tim Thomas	G	38	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Zdenek Blatny	LW	5	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Ben Guite	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Healey	LW	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jay Leach	D	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0
Colton Orr	RW	20	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0
Andrew Raycroft	G	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nathan Robinson	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Sigalet	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hannu Toivonen	G	20	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Ben Walter	C	6	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Tim Thomas	2187	38	12	13	10	101	2.77	1	1213	1112	.917
Hannu Toivonen	1163	20	9	5	4	51	2.63	1	590	539	.914
Andrew Raycroft	1619	30	8	19	2	100	3.71	0	824	724	.879
Jordan Sigalet	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
Team:	4970	82	29	37	16	252	3.04	2	2627	2375	.904

[3]

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;

Awards and records

Milestones

  Player is still active or individual record

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached

Transactions

The Bruins have been involved in the following transactions during the 2005–06 season.

Trades

November 30, 2005

To Boston Bruins Marco Sturm, Brad Stuart, Wayne Primeau

To San Jose Sharks Joe Thornton

March 9, 2006

To Boston Bruins Marty Reasoner, Yan Stastny, 2nd round pick in 2006 (Milan Lucic)

To Edmonton Oilers Sergei Samsonov

Free agents acquired/lost

Player Former team Brian Leetch Toronto Maple Leafs

Player New team

Draft picks

The 2005 NHL Entry Draft was the 43rd NHL Entry Draft. As a lockout cancelled the 2004–05 NHL season, the draft order was determined by lottery on July 22, 2005. Teams were assigned 1 to 3 balls based on their playoff appearances and first overall draft picks from the past three years. According to the draft order, the selection worked its way up to 30 as usual; then instead of repeating the order as in past years, the draft "snaked" back down to the team with the first pick. Therefore the team with the first pick overall would not pick again until the 60th pick. The team with the 30th pick would also get the 31st pick. The draft was only seven rounds in length, compared to nine rounds in years past. The labor dispute caused the shortened draft.

• Boston's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	22	Matt Lashoff	United States	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2	39	Petr Kalus	Czech Republic	HC Vítkovice (Czech Republic)
3	83	Mikko Lehtonen	Finland	Espoo Blues Jr. (Finland)
4	100	Jonathan Sigalet	United States	Bowling Green State University (CCHA)
4	106	Vladimir Sobotka	Czech Republic	HC Slavia Prague Jr. (Czech Republic)
5	154	Wacey Rabbit	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
6	172	Lukas Vantuch	Czech Republic	Bílí Tygři Liberec Jr. (Czech Republic)
7	217	Brock Bradford	Canada	Omaha Lancers (USHL)

Farm teams

American Hockey League

The Bruins' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate was the Providence Bruins. The Bruins had 43 wins and 92 points and finished in fourth place in their division. The Bruins were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs against Portland. Eric Healey and Tim Thomas were selected to the AHL All-Star Game and Healey was the captain for PlanetUSA. Jonathan Sigalet was nominated for the AHL Man of the Year Award.[4]

Roster

THIS IS AN INCOMPLETE LIST

Boston Bruins
Goaltenders 1 – Andrew Raycroft  30 – Tim Thomas  33 – Hannu Toivonen  57 – Jordan Sigalet		Defensemen 7 – Brad Stuart  22 – Brian Leetch  – A 25 – Hal Gill  – A 41 – Andrew Alberts  44 – Nick Boynton  45 – Mark Stuart  48 – Jay Leach  55 – Dave Tanabe  68 – Milan Jurcina  71 – Jiri Slegr		Wingers 11 – P. J. Axelsson  12 – Tom Fitzgerald  17 – Shawn McEachern  18 – Ian Moran  21 – Brad Isbister  23 – Josh Langfeld  26 – Brad Boyes  27 – Glen Murray  29 – Mariusz Czerkawski		Centers 19 – Marco Sturm  20 – Wayne Primeau  36 – Marty Reasoner  37 – Patrice Bergeron  39 – Travis Green  GM: Mike O'Connell and Jeff Gorton Coach: Mike Sullivan

See also

• 2005–06 NHL season

References

• Boston Bruins on Hockey Database
• Bruins on Database Hockey
• Boston Bruins Game Log on Database Hockey

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 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2008-01-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)