2005–06 Toronto Maple Leafs season

2005–06 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	4th Northeast
Conference	9th Eastern
2005–06 record	41–33–8
Goals for	257
Goals against	270
Team information
General manager	John Ferguson, Jr.
Coach	Pat Quinn
Captain	Mats Sundin
Alternate captains	Tomas Kaberle Bryan McCabe
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Team leaders
Goals	Mats Sundin (31)
Assists	Bryan McCabe (49)
Points	Mats Sundin (78)
Penalty minutes	Bryan McCabe (116)
Wins	Ed Belfour (22)
Goals against average	Jean-Sebastien Aubin (2.21)

The 2005–06 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 88th season of the franchise, 78th season as the Maple Leafs.

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

• October 5, 2005 – The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Ottawa Senators participate in the first NHL shootout. Daniel Alfredson of the Senators scores the first shootout goal in NHL history.
• December 19, 2005 – Ed Belfour passes Terry Sawchuk for second all-time in wins by a goaltender.

Season 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

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL=Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

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

• † Hockey Hall of Fame Game

Torino Olympics

Six members of the Maple Leafs competed in Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. Bryan McCabe represented Canada on defence. Nikolai Antropov competed for the Kazakhstan national ice hockey team, while Aki Berg competed for Finland. Tomas Kaberle played defence for the Czech Republic. Mats Sundin and Mikael Tellqvist captured the Gold Medal while representing Sweden. Mats Sundin held the distinction of being the captain for Sweden.

Playoffs

• This marked the first time since the Maple Leafs joined the Eastern Conference in the 1998–99 season that the team did not make the playoffs.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	70	31	47	78	58	7	16	2	2
McCabe, BryanBryan McCabe	73	19	49	68	116	-1	13	0	6
Kaberle, TomasTomas Kaberle	82	9	58	67	46	-1	6	0	2
Tucker, DarcyDarcy Tucker	74	28	33	61	100	-12	18	0	4
Allison, JasonJason Allison	66	17	43	60	76	-18	9	0	2
Steen, AlexAlex Steen	75	18	27	45	42	-9	9	1	3
Wellwood, KyleKyle Wellwood	81	11	34	45	14	0	3	0	0
Ponikarovsky, AlexeiAlexei Ponikarovsky	81	21	17	38	68	15	2	4	3
O'Neill, JeffJeff O'Neill	74	19	19	38	64	-19	14	0	6
Antropov, NikNik Antropov	57	12	19	31	56	13	2	1	0
Kilger, ChadChad Kilger	79	17	11	28	63	-6	1	1	2
Stajan, MattMatt Stajan	80	15	12	27	50	5	3	4	5
Lindros, EricEric Lindros	33	11	11	22	43	-3	4	0	2
Domi, TieTie Domi	77	5	11	16	109	-10	1	0	0
Klee, KenKen Klee	56	3	12	15	66	-1	1	0	1
Khavanov, AlexanderAlexander Khavanov	64	6	6	12	60	-11	2	1	0
Wilm, ClarkeClarke Wilm	60	1	7	8	43	-15	0	0	0
Berg, AkiAki Berg	75	0	8	8	56	-5	0	0	0
Colaiacovo, CarloCarlo Colaiacovo	21	2	5	7	17	0	1	0	0
White, IanIan White	12	1	5	6	10	2	0	0	0
Czerkawski, MariuszMariusz Czerkawski	19	4	1	5	6	-2	1	0	0
Pohl, JohnJohn Pohl	7	3	1	4	4	2	1	0	0
Belak, WadeWade Belak	55	0	3	3	109	-13	0	0	0
Richardson, LukeLuke Richardson	21	0	3	3	41	-1	0	0	0
Williams, JeremyJeremy Williams	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	49	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0
Harrison, JayJay Harrison	8	0	1	1	2	5	0	0	0
Kronwall, StaffanStaffan Kronwall	34	0	1	1	14	-3	0	0	0
Wozniewski, AndyAndy Wozniewski	13	0	1	1	13	-8	0	0	0
Aubin, Jean-SebastienJean-Sebastien Aubin	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bell, BrendanBrendan Bell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ondrus, BenBen Ondrus	22	0	0	0	18	-10	0	0	0
Perrott, NathanNathan Perrott	3	0	0	0	2	-5	0	0	0
Suglobov, AlexanderAlexander Suglobov	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Tellqvist, MikaelMikael Tellqvist	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	2897	49	22	22	4	159	3.29	0	1476	1317	.892
Tellqvist, MikaelMikael Tellqvist	1399	25	10	11	2	73	3.13	2	697	624	.895
Aubin, Jean-SebastienJean-Sebastien Aubin	677	11	9	0	2	25	2.22	1	330	305	.924
Team:	4973	82	41	33	8	257	3.10	32503	2246	.897

Awards and records

• Mats Sundin, Molson Cup (Most game star selections for Toronto Maple Leafs)

Milestones

     Player is still active or individual record

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Ed Belfour	Passes Terry Sawchuk for second all-time in wins by a goaltender	December 19, 2005
Jay Harrison	1st NHL Assist	January 30, 2006
Staffan Kronwall	1st NHL Game	October 29, 2005
Staffan Kronwall	1st NHL Assist	February 7, 2006
Alexei Ponikarovsky	1st 20 Goal Season
Alexander Steen	1st NHL Goal	October 8, 2005
Mats Sundin	1150th NHL Point	-
Mikael Tellqvist	1st NHL Shutout	December 1, 2005
Kyle Wellwood	1st NHL Multi-Point Game	October 14, 2005

• Jason Allison, Fifth Time in Career, 40 Assists in a Season
• Bryan McCabe, Highest Season Point Total in Career
• Mats Sundin, Fourth Consecutive Season, 30 Goals or More

Transactions

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

Trades

July 30, 2005	To Carolina Hurricanes 4th round pick in 2006 - Reto Berra	To Toronto Maple Leafs Jeff O'Neill
August 24, 2005	To St. Louis Blues Future Considerations	To Toronto Maple Leafs John Pohl
November 6, 2005	To Dallas Stars Nathan Perrott	To Toronto Maple Leafs 6th round pick in 2006 - Leo Komarov
March 8, 2006	To New Jersey Devils Ken Klee	To Toronto Maple Leafs Alexander Suglobov
March 8, 2006	To Columbus Blue Jackets 5th round pick in 2006 - Nick Sucharski	To Toronto Maple Leafs Luke Richardson
June 15, 2006	To Boston Bruins Petr Tenkrat	To Toronto Maple Leafs 7th round pick in 2006 - Chris Frank
June 24, 2006	To Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask	To Toronto Maple Leafs Andrew Raycroft
June 24, 2006	To Chicago Blackhawks 3rd round pick in 2006 - Tony Lagerstrom	To Toronto Maple Leafs 4th round pick in 2006 - James Reimer 4th round pick in 2006 - Korbinian Holzer
June 24, 2006	To Phoenix Coyotes 7th round pick in 2006 - Chris Frank 7th round pick in 2006 - Benn Ferriero	To Toronto Maple Leafs 6th round pick in 2006 - Viktor Stalberg

Waivers

March 8, 2006

To Boston Bruins Mariusz Czerkawski

Free agents

Player Former Team Jason Allison Los Angeles Kings Alexander Khavanov St. Louis Blues Eric Lindros New York Rangers J.S. Aubin Pittsburgh Penguins Mariusz Czerkawski New York Islanders Brad Brown Buffalo Sabres Alex Foster Undrafted Free Agent

Player New Team Alexander Mogilny New Jersey Devils Brian Leetch Boston Bruins Gary Roberts Florida Panthers Joe Nieuwendyk Florida Panthers Jason MacDonald Boston Bruins Bryan Marchment Calgary Flames

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.

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

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	21	Tuukka Rask	Goaltender	Finland	Ilves Jr. (Finland)
3	82	Phil Oreskovic	Defence	Canada	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
5	153	Alex Berry		United States	Bruins Jr. (EJHL)
6	173	Johan Dahlberg		Sweden	Modo Jr. (Sweden)
7	216	Anton Strålman	Defence	Sweden	Skovde (Sweden 2)
7	228	Chad Rau		United States	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)

Farm teams

American Hockey League

• The Maple Leafs farm club was the Toronto Marlies. In their first season, the Marlies had 41 wins, 29 losses, and posted 92 points for the season. The club finished in fourth place in the North Division. In the playoffs, the Marlies lost in the first round 4 games to 1 to Grand Rapids. Marc Moro was the team captain and Paul Maurice was the head coach.

The Maple Leafs were also affiliated with the Pensacola Ice Pilots of the East Coast Hockey League.

Roster

2005-06 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders 20 Ed Belfour  30 J.S. Aubin  32 Mikael Tellqvist		Defensemen 8 Aki Berg  15 Tomas Kaberle  - A 22 Ken Klee  22 Luke Richardson  24 Bryan McCabe  - A 25 Alexander Khavanov  36 Brendan Bell  37 Ian White  43 Jay Harrison  44 Staffan Kronwall  45 Carlo Colaiacovo  56 Andy Wozniewski		Wingers 3 Wade Belak  9 Alexander Suglobov  16 Darcy Tucker  18 Chad Kilger  21 Mariusz Czerkawski  23 Alexei Ponikarovsky  26 Nathan Perrott  28 Tie Domi  46 Ben Ondrus  92 Jeff O'Neill		Centres 10 Alex Steen  13 Mats Sundin  - C 14 Matt Stajan  39 Clarke Wilm  41 Jason Allison  42 Kyle Wellwood  48 Jeremy Williams  53 John Pohl  80 Nik Antropov  88 Eric Lindros  GM: John Ferguson, Jr. Coach: Pat Quinn

See also

• 2005–06 NHL season

References

• Toronto Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
• Toronto Maple Leafs Game Log on Database Hockey