2005–06 New York Rangers season

2005–06 New York Rangers
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	6th Eastern
2005–06 record	44–26–12
Home record	25–10–6
Road record	19–16–6
Goals for	257
Goals against	215
Team information
General manager	Glen Sather
Coach	Tom Renney
Captain	none
Alternate captains	Jaromir Jagr Darius Kasparaitis Steve Rucchin
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	18,142 (99.7%)
Team leaders
Goals	Jaromir Jagr (54)
Assists	Jaromir Jagr (69)
Points	Jaromir Jagr (123)
Penalty minutes	Darius Kasparaitis (97)
Plus/minus	Michal Rozsival (+35)
Wins	Henrik Lundqvist (30)
Goals against average	Henrik Lundqvist (2.24)

The 2005–06 New York Rangers season marked a resurgence for the Rangers, with their highest point total since their 1993–94 championship, and a return to the playoffs for the first time since 1996–97. Jaromir Jagr also broke several Rangers single-season records including goals (54), points (123), power-play goals (24) and shots on goal (368).

Regular season

• October 17, 2005 – Henrik Lundqvist becomes the first Rangers rookie goaltender to get a shutout since 1985.
• March 11, 2006 – The New York Rangers played the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The pregame festivities involved the jersey retirement for former Canadien and Ranger player Bernie Geoffrion.
• March 29, 2006 - Jaromir Jagr breaks the club single season points record of 109, previously held by Jean Ratelle, (1972–73). Jagr would finish the season with 123 points, the 3rd best total of his illustrious career.
• April 8, 2006 – Jaromir Jagr breaks the club single season goal scoring record of 52, previously held by Adam Graves, (1993–94). Jagr would finish the season with 54 goals, the second best total of his career.

Season standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	New Jersey Devils	82	46	27	9	242	229	101
2	5	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	26	11	267	259	101
3	6	New York Rangers	82	44	26	12	257	215	100
4	12	New York Islanders	82	36	40	6	230	278	78
5	15	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	22	46	14	244	316	58

Game log

Regular season schedule

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

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

		Regular season							Playoffs
Player		GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Jaromir Jagr		82	54	69	123	34	72		3	0	1	1	E	2
Michael Nylander		81	23	56	79	31	76		4	0	1	1	-3	0
Martin Straka		82	22	54	76	17	42		4	0	0	0	-4	2
Martin Rucinsky		52	16	39	55	10	56		2	0	1	1	-1	2
Petr Prucha		68	30	17	47	3	32		4	1	0	1	-3	0
Steve Rucchin		72	13	23	36	6	10		4	1	0	1	-2	0
Petr Sykora		40	16	15	31	5	22		4	0	0	0	-5	0
Michal Rozsival		82	5	25	30	35	90		4	0	1	1	-2	8
Jason Ward		81	10	18	28	-4	44		1	0	0	0	E	2
Fedor Tyutin		77	6	19	25	1	58		4	0	1	1	-1	0
Tom Poti		73	3	20	23	16	70		4	0	0	0	-4	2
Dominic Moore		82	9	9	18	4	28		4	0	0	0	-1	2
Marek Malik		74	2	16	18	28	78		4	0	1	1	-2	6
Ville Nieminen		48	5	12	17	10	53
Marcel Hossa		64	10	6	16	-6	28		4	0	0	0	-1	6
Sandis Ozolinsh		19	3	11	14	2	20		3	0	0	0	-3	6
Blair Betts		66	8	2	10	-10	24		4	1	1	2	-1	2
Jamie Lundmark		12	4	6	10	2	20
Jed Ortmeyer		78	5	2	7	2	38		4	1	0	1	1	4
Jason Strudwick		65	3	4	7	-10	66		3	0	0	0	-1	0
Darius Kasparaitis		67	0	6	6	7	97		2	0	0	0	-1	0
Ryan Hollweg		52	2	3	5	-3	84		4	0	1	1	-1	19
Maxim Kondratiev		29	1	2	3	-2	22
Jarkko Immonen		6	2	0	2	-1	0
Thomas Pock		8	1	1	2	-3	4
Chad Wiseman		1	0	1	1	2	4
Colton Orr		20	0	0	0	E	27		1	0	0	0	E	2
Fedor Fedorov		3	0	0	0	E	6
Jeff Taffe		2	0	0	0	E	0
Alexandre Giroux		1	0	0	0	-1	0
David Liffiton		1	0	0	0	E	2
Bryce Lampman		1	0	0	0	-1	2

*Stats reflect games played with New York only.

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

		Regular season										Playoffs
Player		GP	TOI	W	L	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA		GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Henrik Lundqvist		53	3111	30	12	9	116	2	.922	2.24		3	177	0	3	13	0	.835	4.40
Kevin Weekes		32	1850	14	14	0	91	0	.895	2.95		1	59	1	0	4	0	.840	4.01
Chris Holt		1	10	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.00

Awards and records

• Jaromir Jagr, Lester B. Pearson Award
• Jaromir Jagr, First All-Star Team
• Michal Rozsival, NHL Plus/Minus Award
• Henrik Lundqvist, NHL All-Rookie Team

Transactions

Trades

August 23, 2005	To Anaheim Ducks Trevor Gillies 2007 conditional draft pick	To New York Rangers Steve Rucchin
September 30, 2005	To Montreal Canadiens Garth Murray	To New York Rangers Marcel Hossa
October 7, 2005	To Vancouver Canucks Jozef Balej 6th round pick in 2008	To New York Rangers Fedor Fedorov
October 18, 2005	To Phoenix Coyotes Jamie Lundmark	To New York Rangers Jeff Taffe
January 1, 2006	To Anaheim Ducks Maxim Kondratiev	To New York Rangers Petr Sykora 4th round pick in 2007
January 24, 2006	To Phoenix Coyotes Jeff Taffe	To New York Rangers Martin Sonnenberg
March 8, 2006	To San Jose Sharks Ville Nieminen	To New York Rangers 3rd round pick in 2006
March 9, 2006	To Anaheim Ducks 3rd round pick in 2006	To New York Rangers Sandis Ozolinsh

Free agents acquired

Player	Former Team
D Marek Malik	Vancouver Canucks
F Ville Nieminen	Calgary Flames
F Martin Straka	Los Angeles Kings

Draft picks

New York Ranger's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft at The Westin Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team (League)
1	12	Marc Staal	Defense	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2	40	Michael Sauer	Defense	United States of America	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
2	56	Marc-Andre Cliche	Right Wing	Canada	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
3	66	Brodie Dupont	Left Wing	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
3	77	Dalyn Flatt	Defense	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
4	107	Tom Pyatt	Center	Canada	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
5	147	Trevor Koverko	Defense	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
6	178	Greg Beller	Wing	Canada	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
7	211	Ryan Russell	Center	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)

References

• New York Rangers game log. ESPN. Retrieved on 2007-11-23.
• 2005-06 Team Standings. ESPN. Retrieved on 2007-11-23.
• 2005-06 Player Statistics. hockeyDB. Retrieved on 2007-11-23.
• NHL attendance. ESPN. Retrieved on 2007-11-23.

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