2005–06 Colorado Avalanche season

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