2005–06 Minnesota Wild season

2005–06 Minnesota Wild
Division	5th Northwest
2005–06 record	38–36–8
Goals for	231
Goals against	215
Team information
General manager	Doug Risebrough
Coach	Jacques Lemaire
Captain	Rotating Alex Henry (Oct) Filip Kuba (Nov) Willie Mitchell (Dec-Jan) Brian Rolston (Feb) Wes Walz (Mar-Apr)

The 2005–06 Minnesota Wild season was the Minnesota Wild's fifth season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Wild failed to qualify for the playoffs.

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	W	October 5, 2005	6–3	Calgary Flames (2005–06)	1–0–0
2	L	October 8, 2005	1–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	1–1–0
3	L	October 9, 2005	1–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	1–1–1
4	W	October 12, 2005	6–0	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	2–1–1
5	L	October 14, 2005	3–5	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	2–2–1
6	W	October 16, 2005	4–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	3–2–1
7	W	October 19, 2005	6–1	San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	4–2–1
8	W	October 22, 2005	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	5–2–1
9	L	October 23, 2005	2–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	5–3–1
10	L	October 25, 2005	1–3	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	5–4–1
11	L	October 28, 2005	1–2 SO	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	5–4–2
12	W	October 29, 2005	3–1	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	6–4–2
13	L	November 1, 2005	0–3	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	6–5–2
14	L	November 2, 2005	1–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	6–6–2
15	W	November 5, 2005	3–1	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	7–6–2
16	W	November 6, 2005	4–3 SO	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	8–6–2
17	L	November 8, 2005	2–4	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	8–7–2
18	L	November 11, 2005	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	8–8–2
19	L	November 14, 2005	2–3	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	8–9–2
20	W	November 19, 2005	4–2	Nashville Predators (2005–06)	9–9–2
21	L	November 23, 2005	3–4	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	9–10–2
22	W	November 25, 2005	5–3	St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	10–10–2
23	L	November 30, 2005	2–3 SO	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	10–10–3
24	L	December 1, 2005	1–2	@ Nashville Predators (2005–06)	10–11–3
25	L	December 3, 2005	2–3 SO	@ New Jersey Devils (2005–06)	10–11–4
26	L	December 5, 2005	1–3	@ New York Rangers (2005–06)	10–12–4
27	W	December 8, 2005	5–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06)	11–12–4
28	L	December 10, 2005	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06)	11–13–4
29	L	December 11, 2005	2–3	Buffalo Sabres (2005–06)	11–14–4
30	W	December 13, 2005	4–3	@ New York Islanders (2005–06)	12–14–4
31	L	December 15, 2005	2–3	Boston Bruins (2005–06)	12–15–4
32	W	December 17, 2005	4–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2005–06)	13–15–4
33	W	December 19, 2005	2–1	Dallas Stars (2005–06)	14–15–4
34	L	December 22, 2005	3–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	14–16–4
35	W	December 23, 2005	5–3	Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	15–16–4
36	W	December 26, 2005	4–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	16–16–4
37	W	December 28, 2005	4–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	17–16–4
38	L	December 29, 2005	2–4	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	17–17–4
39	W	December 31, 2005	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	18–17–4
40	W	January 3, 2006	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	19–17–4
41	L	January 5, 2006	2–4	Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	19–18–4
42	W	January 7, 2006	4–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	20–18–4
43	L	January 9, 2006	1–2	Dallas Stars (2005–06)	20–19–4
44	L	January 14, 2006	1–4	Calgary Flames (2005–06)	20–20–4
45	L	January 16, 2006	1–6	Ottawa Senators (2005–06)	20–21–4
46	W	January 18, 2006	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06)	21–21–4
47	W	January 20, 2006	4–1	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	22–21–4
48	W	January 22, 2006	3–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	23–21–4
49	W	January 24, 2006	3–2	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	24–21–4
50	W	January 26, 2006	5–1	Nashville Predators (2005–06)	25–21–4
51	L	January 27, 2006	3–4	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	25–22–4
52	L	January 30, 2006	4–5	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	25–23–4
53	L	January 31, 2006	2–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	25–24–4
54	W	February 2, 2006	3–2 SO	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	26–24–4
55	W	February 4, 2006	6–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	27–24–4
56	W	February 7, 2006	5–1	Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	28–24–4
57	L	February 9, 2006	1–2	Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	28–25–4
58	W	February 10, 2006	6–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	29–25–4
59	L	February 12, 2006	2–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	29–25–5
60	L	February 28, 2006	2–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	29–26–5
61	L	March 2, 2006	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	29–27–5
62	L	March 3, 2006	2–4	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	29–28–5
63	W	March 5, 2006	5–3	Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	30–28–5
64	L	March 7, 2006	2–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	30–28–6
65	L	March 10, 2006	1–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	30–28–7
66	W	March 12, 2006	4–3	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	31–28–7
67	L	March 14, 2006	1–2	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	31–29–7
68	L	March 19, 2006	2–3	Calgary Flames (2005–06)	31–30–7
69	W	March 21, 2006	3–1	Calgary Flames (2005–06)	32–30–7
70	L	March 22, 2006	2–4	@ Dallas Stars (2005–06)	32–31–7
71	L	March 25, 2006	1–5	San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	32–32–7
72	W	March 28, 2006	3–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	33–32–7
73	L	March 29, 2006	1–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	33–33–7
74	W	March 31, 2006	2–1 SO	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	34–33–7
75	L	April 2, 2006	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	34–34–7
76	W	April 4, 2006	5–4 SO	St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	35–34–7
77	W	April 6, 2006	2–1 SO	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	36–34–7
78	L	April 7, 2006	1–2	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	36–35–7
79	W	April 9, 2006	5–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	37–35–7
80	W	April 11, 2006	2–0	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	38–35–7
81	L	April 13, 2006	2–4	@ Nashville Predators (2005–06)	38–36–7
82	L	April 15, 2006	3–4 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2005–06)	38–36–8

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Rolston, BrianBrian Rolston C/RW 82 34 45 79 50 14 15 5 7 Gaborik, MarianMarian Gaborik RW 65 38 28 66 64 6 10 2 7 Bouchard, Pierre-MarcPierre-Marc Bouchard C 80 17 42 59 28 3 7 0 3 White, ToddTodd White C 61 19 21 40 18 -1 5 0 0 Robitaille, RandyRandy Robitaille C 67 12 28 40 54 -5 7 0 2 Walz, WesWes Walz C 82 19 18 37 61 7 1 1 0 Chouinard, MarcMarc Chouinard C 74 14 16 30 34 1 6 2 3 Foster, KurtisKurtis Foster D 58 10 18 28 60 -3 6 0 2 Daigle, AlexandreAlexandre Daigle C 46 5 23 28 12 -6 2 0 1 Dupuis, PascalPascal Dupuis LW 67 10 16 26 40 -10 4 0 2 Kuba, FilipFilip Kuba D 65 6 19 25 44 0 1 1 1 Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu C 64 6 15 21 40 -9 3 0 0 Zyuzin, AndreiAndrei Zyuzin D 57 7 11 18 50 -12 4 0 1 Tjarnqvist, DanielDaniel Tjarnqvist D 60 3 15 18 32 -11 3 0 1 Veilleux, StephaneStephane Veilleux LW 71 7 9 16 63 -13 0 0 1 Burns, BrentBrent Burns D 72 4 12 16 32 -7 1 0 1 Schultz, NickNick Schultz D 79 2 12 14 43 2 0 0 0 Wanvig, KyleKyle Wanvig RW 51 4 8 12 64 -8 1 0 0 Mitchell, WillieWillie Mitchell D 64 2 6 8 87 15 0 0 0 Boogaard, DerekDerek Boogaard LW 65 2 4 6 158 2 0 0 1 Skoula, MartinMartin Skoula D 17 1 5 6 10 0 0 0 0 Foy, MattMatt Foy RW 19 2 3 5 16 -4 1 0 0 Weinhandl, MattiasMattias Weinhandl RW 15 2 3 5 10 0 0 0 0 Henry, AlexAlex Henry D 63 0 5 5 73 -4 0 0 0 Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez G 58 0 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 Westrum, ErikErik Westrum C 10 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0 Ferguson, ScottScott Ferguson D 15 0 0 0 22 -3 0 0 0 Harding, JoshJosh Harding G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nazarov, AndreiAndrei Nazarov LW 2 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0 Reitz, ErikErik Reitz D 5 0 0 0 4 -2 0 0 0 Roloson, DwayneDwayne Roloson G 24 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Fernandez, MannyManny Fernandez 3411 58 30 18 7 130 2.29 1 1612 1482 .919 Roloson, DwayneDwayne Roloson 1361 24 6 17 1 68 3.00 1 759 691 .910 Harding, JoshJosh Harding 185 3 2 1 0 8 2.59 1 83 75 .904 Team: 4957 82 38 36 8 206 2.49 3 2454 2248 .916

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 Minnesota Wild Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.