2005–06 Colorado Avalanche season

2005–06 Colorado Avalanche
Division	2nd Northwest
2005–06 record	43–30–9
Goals for	283
Goals against	257
Team information
Coach	Joel Quenneville
Captain	Joe Sakic

Regular season

Final standings

Northwest Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Calgary Flames	82	46	25	11	218	200	103
2	7	Colorado Avalanche	82	43	30	9	283	257	95
3	8	Edmonton Oilers	82	41	28	13	256	251	95
4	9	Vancouver Canucks	82	42	32	8	256	255	92
5	11	Minnesota Wild	82	38	36	8	231	215	84

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

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

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic C 82 32 55 87 60 10 10 0 6 Tanguay, AlexAlex Tanguay LW 71 29 49 78 46 8 8 0 4 Brunette, AndrewAndrew Brunette LW 82 24 39 63 48 9 11 0 2 Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk RW 74 24 34 58 24 13 14 1 2 Blake, RobRob Blake D 81 14 37 51 94 2 7 1 1 Svatos, MarekMarek Svatos RW 61 32 18 50 60 0 12 0 9 Liles, John-MichaelJohn-Michael Liles D 82 14 35 49 44 5 6 0 1 Turgeon, PierrePierre Turgeon C 62 16 30 46 32 1 7 0 1 Laperriere, IanIan Laperriere RW 82 21 24 45 116 3 1 1 3 McLean, BrettBrett McLean C 82 9 31 40 51 -7 1 0 0 Brisebois, PatricePatrice Brisebois D 80 10 28 38 55 1 4 0 2 Clark, BrettBrett Clark D 80 9 27 36 56 3 4 0 1 Laaksonen, AnttiAntti Laaksonen LW 81 16 18 34 40 -2 0 2 4 Konowalchuk, SteveSteve Konowalchuk LW 21 6 9 15 14 5 1 2 0 Skrastins, KarlisKarlis Skrastins D 82 3 11 14 65 -7 0 2 0 Hinote, DanDan Hinote RW 73 5 8 13 48 -5 0 1 2 Richardson, BradBrad Richardson C 41 3 10 13 12 0 1 0 0 McCormick, CodyCody McCormick C/RW 45 4 4 8 29 1 0 0 1 Boughner, BobBob Boughner D 41 1 6 7 54 2 0 0 1 May, BradBrad May LW 54 3 3 6 82 -14 0 0 0 Wolski, WojtekWojtek Wolski LW 9 2 4 6 4 -5 2 0 0 Sauer, KurtKurt Sauer D 37 1 4 5 24 5 0 0 0 Vaananen, OssiOssi Vaananen D 53 0 4 4 56 10 0 0 0 Dowd, JimJim Dowd C 18 2 1 3 2 -6 0 1 0 Aebischer, DavidDavid Aebischer G 43 0 3 3 16 0 0 0 0 Budaj, PeterPeter Budaj G 34 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 Kolesnik, VitaliVitali Kolesnik G 8 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Healey, PaulPaul Healey LW 2 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 Theodore, JoseJose Theodore G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Aebischer, DavidDavid Aebischer 2477 43 25 14 2 123 2.98 3 1233 1110 .900 Budaj, PeterPeter Budaj 1803 34 14 10 6 86 2.86 2 864 778 .900 Kolesnik, VitaliVitali Kolesnik 370 8 3 3 0 20 3.24 0 178 158 .888 Theodore, JoseJose Theodore 296 5 1 3 1 15 3.04 0 133 118 .887 Team: 4946 82 43 30 9 244 2.96 5 2408 2164 .899

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic C 9 4 5 9 6 -1 1 0 1 Brunette, AndrewAndrew Brunette LW 9 3 6 9 8 -2 1 0 1 Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk RW 9 2 6 8 2 3 0 0 0 Tanguay, AlexAlex Tanguay LW 9 2 4 6 12 1 0 0 1 Dowd, JimJim Dowd C 9 2 3 5 20 3 0 1 0 Blake, RobRob Blake D 9 3 1 4 8 1 2 0 1 Clark, BrettBrett Clark D 9 2 2 4 2 -2 0 1 0 Wolski, WojtekWojtek Wolski LW 8 1 3 4 2 -3 0 0 0 Liles, John-MichaelJohn-Michael Liles D 9 1 2 3 6 -1 1 0 0 Hinote, DanDan Hinote RW 9 1 1 2 31 -2 0 0 0 Laaksonen, AnttiAntti Laaksonen LW 9 0 2 2 2 -3 0 0 0 Turgeon, PierrePierre Turgeon C 5 0 2 2 6 -3 0 0 0 Richardson, BradBrad Richardson C 9 1 0 1 6 -3 0 0 0 Brisebois, PatricePatrice Brisebois D 9 0 1 1 4 -7 0 0 0 Laperriere, IanIan Laperriere RW 9 0 1 1 27 -6 0 0 0 McLean, BrettBrett McLean C 8 0 1 1 4 -5 0 0 0 Skrastins, KarlisKarlis Skrastins D 9 0 1 1 10 -3 0 0 0 Konowalchuk, SteveSteve Konowalchuk LW 2 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0 May, BradBrad May LW 3 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 Sauer, KurtKurt Sauer D 9 0 0 0 4 -3 0 0 0 Theodore, JoseJose Theodore G 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vaananen, OssiOssi Vaananen D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Theodore, JoseJose Theodore 573 9 4 5 29 3.04 0 296 267 .902 Team: 573 9 4 5 29 3.04 0 296 267 .902

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

See also

• 2005–06 NHL season

References

• 2005–06 Colorado Avalanche Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.