2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers season

The 2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers season was the Thrashers' seventh season in the National Hockey League. The Thrashers again did not qualify for the playoffs.

2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers
Division	3rd Southeast
Conference	10th Eastern
2005–06 record	41–33–8
Home record	24–13–4
Road record	17–20–4
Goals for	281
Goals against	275
Team information
General manager	Don Waddell
Coach	Bob Hartley
Captain	Scott Mellanby
Alternate captains	Peter Bondra Bobby Holik Vyacheslav Kozlov
Arena	Philips Arena
Average attendance	15,550
Minor league affiliate(s)	Chicago Wolves Gwinnett Gladiators
Team leaders
Goals	Ilya Kovalchuk (52)
Assists	Marc Savard (69)
Points	Ilya Kovalchuk (98)
Penalty minutes	Andy Sutton (144)
Plus/minus	Marian Hossa (+17)
Wins	Kari Lehtonen (20)
Goals against average	Mike Dunham (2.77)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

Offseason

On September 27, 2005, Scott Mellanby was named team captain. Peter Bondra, Bobby Holik, and Vyacheslav Kozlov were named alternate captains, rotating on a game-by-game basis.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Carolina Hurricanes	82	52	22	8	294	260	112
2	8	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	43	33	6	252	260	92
3	10	Atlanta Thrashers	82	41	33	8	281	275	90
4	11	Florida Panthers	82	37	34	11	240	257	85
5	14	Washington Capitals	82	29	41	12	237	306	70

^[2] 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.

Eastern Conference^[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	52	21	9	314	211	113
2	Y- Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	52	22	8	294	260	112
3	Y- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	46	27	9	242	229	101
4	X- Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	52	24	6	242	239	110
5	X- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	45	26	11	267	259	101
6	X- New York Rangers	AT	82	44	26	12	257	215	100
7	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	42	31	9	243	247	93
8	X- Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	43	33	6	252	260	92
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9	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	41	33	8	257	270	90
10	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	41	33	8	281	275	90
11	Florida Panthers	SE	82	37	34	11	240	257	85
12	New York Islanders	AT	82	36	40	6	230	278	78
13	Boston Bruins	NE	82	29	37	16	230	266	74
14	Washington Capitals	SE	82	29	41	12	237	306	70
15	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	22	46	14	244	316	58

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

2005–06 regular season[4]
October: 3–8–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 1–4–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 L October 5, 2005 0–2 @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) 0–1–0 Recap 2 W October 7, 2005 7–3 @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 1–1–0 Recap 3 W October 8, 2005 8–1 Washington Capitals (2005–06) 2–1–0 Recap 4 L October 12, 2005 0–2 Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 2–2–0 Recap 5 L October 14, 2005 1–9 Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 2–3–0 Recap 6 L October 15, 2005 1–5 @ New York Rangers (2005–06) 2–4–0 Recap 7 L October 20, 2005 0–6 Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 2–5–0 Recap 8 W October 22, 2005 4–3 New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 3–5–0 Recap 9 L October 25, 2005 3–4 @ New York Islanders (2005–06) 3–6–0 Recap 10 L October 27, 2005 5–7 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 3–7–0 Recap 11 L October 29, 2005 2–3 Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 3–8–0 Recap
November: 7–4–3 (home: 3–2–1; road: 4–2–2) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 12 W November 1, 2005 6–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 4–8–0 Recap 13 L November 4, 2005 2–3 SO @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 4–8–1 Recap 14 L November 5, 2005 3–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 4–9–1 Recap 15 W November 9, 2005 5–0 Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 5–9–1 Recap 16 W November 11, 2005 5–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 6–9–1 Recap 17 W November 12, 2005 9–0 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 7–9–1 Recap 18 L November 16, 2005 3–7 New York Islanders (2005–06) 7–10–1 Recap 19 W November 18, 2005 6–5 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 8–10–1 Recap 20 L November 19, 2005 1–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 8–11–1 Recap 21 L November 22, 2005 2–3 SO @ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 8–11–2 Recap 22 L November 24, 2005 3–6 New York Rangers (2005–06) 8–12–2 Recap 23 W November 26, 2005 7–4 Florida Panthers (2005–06) 9–12–2 Recap 24 W November 27, 2005 5–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 10–12–2 Recap 25 L November 29, 2005 3–4 OT Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 10–12–3 Recap
December: 6–5–3 (home: 4–1–3; road: 2–4–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 26 L December 1, 2005 0–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 10–13–3 Recap 27 L December 3, 2005 1–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 10–14–3 Recap 28 L December 5, 2005 2–5 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 10–15–3 Recap 29 L December 6, 2005 3–5 @ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 10–16–3 Recap 30 W December 9, 2005 5–2 Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 11–16–3 Recap 31 L December 11, 2005 4–5 SO Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 11–16–4 Recap 32 W December 13, 2005 7–6 Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 12–16–4 Recap 33 W December 15, 2005 3–2 OT @ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 13–16–4 Recap 34 W December 17, 2005 2–1 Florida Panthers (2005–06) 14–16–4 Recap 35 L December 22, 2005 5–6 SO Washington Capitals (2005–06) 14–16–5 Recap 36 W December 23, 2005 1–0 @ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 15–16–5 Recap 37 W December 26, 2005 4–0 Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 16–16–5 Recap 38 L December 28, 2005 3–4 OT Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 16–16–6 Recap 39 L December 30, 2005 1–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 16–17–6 Recap
January: 7–7–0 (home: 4–4–0; road: 3–3–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 40 W January 1, 2006 5–2 @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 17–17–6 Recap 41 W January 2, 2006 8–3 Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 18–17–6 Recap 42 L January 4, 2006 3–4 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 18–18–6 Recap 43 W January 6, 2006 6–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 19–18–6 Recap 44 W January 7, 2006 4–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 20–18–6 Recap 45 W January 11, 2006 4–3 SO Nashville Predators (2005–06) 21–18–6 Recap 46 W January 13, 2006 2–0 St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 22–18–6 Recap 47 W January 18, 2006 5–2 @ Dallas Stars (2005–06) 23–18–6 Recap 48 L January 19, 2006 6–8 @ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 23–19–6 Recap 49 L January 21, 2006 0–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 23–20–6 Recap 50 L January 24, 2006 2–3 Boston Bruins (2005–06) 23–21–6 Recap 51 L January 26, 2006 1–5 Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 23–22–6 Recap 52 L January 28, 2006 1–4 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 23–23–6 Recap 53 L January 31, 2006 2–5 Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 23–24–6 Recap
February: 3–2–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 2–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 54 L February 3, 2006 2–5 @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) 23–25–6 Recap 55 W February 4, 2006 6–4 Florida Panthers (2005–06) 24–25–6 Recap 56 L February 7, 2006 1–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 24–26–6 Recap 57 W February 9, 2006 2–1 @ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 25–26–6 Recap 58 W February 11, 2006 2–1 SO @ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 26–26–6 Recap
March: 9–5–0 (home: 6–2–0; road: 3–3–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 59 W March 1, 2006 4–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 27–26–6 Recap 60 L March 2, 2006 2–3 @ Boston Bruins (2005–06) 27–27–6 Recap 61 W March 4, 2006 3–2 OT Washington Capitals (2005–06) 28–27–6 Recap 62 W March 6, 2006 4–3 SO Florida Panthers (2005–06) 29–27–6 Recap 63 W March 8, 2006 3–2 SO New York Rangers (2005–06) 30–27–6 Recap 64 L March 10, 2006 1–3 Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 30–28–6 Recap 65 W March 12, 2006 3–2 OT @ New York Rangers (2005–06) 31–28–6 Recap 66 W March 16, 2006 4–2 New York Islanders (2005–06) 32–28–6 Recap 67 L March 18, 2006 2–4 Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 32–29–6 Recap 68 W March 20, 2006 5–0 Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 33–29–6 Recap 69 W March 21, 2006 5–4 SO @ Boston Bruins (2005–06) 34–29–6 Recap 70 W March 23, 2006 6–5 OT New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 35–29–6 Recap 71 L March 25, 2006 1–5 @ New York Islanders (2005–06) 35–30–6 Recap 72 L March 30, 2006 3–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 35–31–6 Recap
April: 6–2–2 (home: 4–0–0; road: 2–2–2) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 73 W April 1, 2006 5–2 Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 36–31–6 Recap 74 L April 3, 2006 4–6 @ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 36–32–6 Recap 75 W April 5, 2006 5–2 @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) 37–32–6 Recap 76 L April 6, 2006 2–3 SO @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 37–32–7 Recap 77 W April 8, 2006 5–2 Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 38–32–7 Recap 78 W April 11, 2006 6–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 39–32–7 Recap 79 W April 13, 2006 5–3 Washington Capitals (2005–06) 40–32–7 Recap 80 W April 15, 2006 4–3 Boston Bruins (2005–06) 41–32–7 Recap 81 L April 17, 2006 4–6 @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 41–33–7 Recap 82 L April 18, 2006 1–2 OT @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) 41–33–8 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
17	Ilya Kovalchuk	LW	78	52	46	98	−6	68
9	Marc Savard	C	82	28	69	97	7	100
18	Marian Hossa	RW	80	39	53	92	17	67
13	Vyacheslav Kozlov	LW	82	25	46	71	14	33
12	Peter Bondra	RW	60	21	18	39	−3	40
44	Jaroslav Modry	D	79	7	31	38	−9	76
7	Greg de Vries	D	82	7	28	35	1	76
19	Scott Mellanby	RW	71	12	22	34	5	55
16	Bobby Holik	C	64	15	18	33	−6	79
28	Niclas Havelid	D	82	4	28	32	9	48
25	Andy Sutton	D	76	8	17	25	13	144
27	Patrik Stefan	C	64	10	14	24	3	36
10	Serge Aubin	LW	74	7	17	24	−4	79
23	Jim Slater	C	71	10	10	20	1	46
26	Ronald Petrovicky	RW	60	8	12	20	−8	62
29	Brad Larsen	LW	62	7	8	15	−3	21
5	Steve McCarthy†	D	16	7	3	10	0	8
11	J. P. Vigier	RW	41	4	6	10	−4	40
2	Garnet Exelby	D	75	1	9	10	11	75
36	Eric Boulton	LW	51	4	5	9	−4	87
34	Shane Hnidy	D	66	0	3	3	1	33
24	Ramzi Abid	LW	6	0	2	2	1	6
35	Michael Garnett	G	24	0	2	2		0
4	Braydon Coburn	D	9	0	1	1	−2	4
14	Rico Fata†‡	RW	6	0	1	1	−2	4
32	Kari Lehtonen	G	38	0	1	1		4
21	Derek MacKenzie	C	11	0	1	1	0	8
47	Scott Barney	C	3	0	0	0	−1	0
33	Adam Berkhoel	G	9	0	0	0		0
1	Mike Dunham	G	17	0	0	0		0
5	Tomas Kloucek	D	1	0	0	0	0	2
24	Chris Kunitz‡	LW	2	0	0	0	−3	2
22	Francis Lessard	RW	6	0	0	0	−2	0
39	Mark Popovic	D	7	0	0	0	−5	0
31[a]	Steve Shields†	G	5	0	0	0		0
42	Karl Stewart	LW	8	0	0	0	−3	15

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
32	Kari Lehtonen	38	20	15	0	1123	106	2.94	.906	2	2166
35	Michael Garnett	24	10	7	4	634	73	3.45	.885	2	1271
1	Mike Dunham	17	8	5	2	336	36	2.77	.893	1	779
33	Adam Berkhoel	9	2	4	1	255	30	3.81	.882	0	473
31[a]	Steve Shields†	5	1	2	1	129	19	4.29	.853	0	266

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL Offensive Player of the Week	Marc Savard (October 10)	[5]
		Ilya Kovalchuk (November 14)	[6]
		Marian Hossa (December 26)	[7]
		Ilya Kovalchuk (January 9)	[8]
Team	Community Service Award	Ilya Kovalchuk	[9]
	Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy	Niclas Havelid	[10]
	Players' Player Award	Scott Mellanby	[10]
	Team MVP	Marian Hossa	[10]
		Ilya Kovalchuk
	Three Stars of the Game Award	Marian Hossa	[10]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Braydon Coburn	October 5, 2005	[11]
	Jim Slater
	Michael Garnett	October 12, 2005
	Adam Berkhoel	October 15, 2005
1,000th game played	Peter Bondra	November 11, 2005	[12]

Transactions

The Thrashers were involved in the following transactions from February 17, 2005, the day after the 2004–05 NHL season was officially cancelled, through June 19, 2006, the day of the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals.^[13]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 30, 2005 (2005-07-30)	To San Jose Sharks 1st-round pick in 2005	To Atlanta Thrashers 1st-round pick in 2005 2nd-round pick in 2005 7th-round pick in 2005	[14]
	To New York Rangers San Jose’s 1st-round pick in 2005	To Atlanta Thrashers 1st-round pick in 2005 2nd-round pick in 2005	[14]
	To Nashville Predators 4th-round pick in 2006	To Atlanta Thrashers Shane Hnidy	[15]
August 23, 2005 (2005-08-23)	To Ottawa Senators Dany Heatley	To Atlanta Thrashers Greg de Vries Marian Hossa	[16]
August 25, 2005 (2005-08-25)	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Kip Brennan	To Atlanta Thrashers Mark Popovic	[17]
March 1, 2006 (2006-03-01)	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Jani Hurme	To Atlanta Thrashers Joel Stepp	[18]
March 9, 2006 (2006-03-09)	To Vancouver Canucks 4th-round pick in 2007	To Atlanta Thrashers Steve McCarthy	[19]
June 14, 2006 (2006-06-14)	To Vancouver Canucks Tommi Santala 5th-round pick in 2007	To Atlanta Thrashers Atlanta’s 4th-round pick in 2007	[20]
	To Minnesota Wild Petteri Nummelin	To Atlanta Thrashers Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2006 or 2007	[21]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02)	Bobby Holik	New York Rangers	3-year	Free agency	[22]
August 8, 2005 (2005-08-08)	Ramzi Abid	Pittsburgh Penguins		Free agency	[23]
	Scott Barney	Los Angeles Kings		Free agency	[23]
	Eric Boulton	Buffalo Sabres		Free agency	[23]
August 9, 2005 (2005-08-09)	Adam Smyth	Chicago Wolves (AHL)		Free agency	[24]
September 2, 2005 (2005-09-02)	Mike Dunham	New York Rangers	1-year	Free agency	[25]
September 18, 2005 (2005-09-18)	Peter Bondra	HK Poprad (Slovakia)	1-year	Free agency	[26]
October 4, 2005 (2005-10-04)	Chris Kunitz	Anaheim Mighty Ducks		Waivers	[27]
October 27, 2005 (2005-10-27)	Steve Shields	Chicago Wolves (AHL)		Free agency	[28]
January 31, 2006 (2006-01-31)	Rico Fata	Pittsburgh Penguins		Waivers	[29]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[b]	Ref
May 5, 2005 (2005-05-05)	Cory Larose	SCL Tigers (NLA)	Free agency (VI)	[31]
August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02)	Shawn McEachern	Boston Bruins	Free agency (III)	[32]
August 10, 2005 (2005-08-10)	Ivan Majesky	Washington Capitals	Free agency (UFA)	[33]
August 11, 2005 (2005-08-11)	Ben Simon	Columbus Blue Jackets	Free agency (UFA)	[34]
August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15)	Daniel Tjarnqvist	Minnesota Wild	Free agency (UFA)	[35]
August 18, 2005 (2005-08-18)	Libor Ustrnul	HC Karlovy Vary (ELH)	Free agency (UFA)	[36]
August 23, 2005 (2005-08-23)	Pasi Nurminen		Retirement[c]	[37][38]
September 10, 2005 (2005-09-10)	Paul Flache	New York Islanders	Free agency (UFA)	[39]
September 27, 2005 (2005-09-27)	Kyle Rossiter	KalPa (Liiga)	Free agency (VI)	[40]
October 18, 2005 (2005-10-18)	Chris Kunitz	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	Waivers	[41]
March 9, 2006 (2006-03-09)	Rico Fata	Washington Capitals	Waivers	[19]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 27, 2005 (2005-07-27)	Guillaume Desbiens		Entry-level	[42]
	Jimmy Sharrow		Entry-level	[42]
August 9, 2005 (2005-08-09)	Shane Hnidy		Re-signing	[24]
	Brian Maloney		Re-signing	[24]
August 11, 2005 (2005-08-11)	Tomas Kloucek		Re-signing	[43]
	Brad Larsen		Re-signing	[43]
	Francis Lessard		Re-signing	[43]
	Pasi Nurminen	2-year	Re-signing	[43]
	Andy Sutton		Re-signing	[43]
August 12, 2005 (2005-08-12)	Stephen Baby		Re-signing	[44]
	Kevin Doell		Re-signing	[44]
	Michael Garnett		Re-signing	[44]
August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15)	Jim Slater		Entry-level	[45]
August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16)	Derek MacKenzie		Re-signing	[46]
	J. P. Vigier		Re-signing	[46]
October 8, 2005 (2005-10-08)	Ilya Kovalchuk	multi-year	Re-signing	[47]
March 29, 2006 (2006-03-29)	Nathan Oystrick		Entry-level	[48]
March 30, 2006 (2006-03-30)	Boris Valabik		Entry-level	[49]
June 1, 2006 (2006-06-01)	Scott Lehman		Entry-level	[50]
	Chad Painchaud		Entry-level	[50]
	Dan Turple		Entry-level	[50]
June 7, 2006 (2006-06-07)	Niclas Havelid	3-year	Re-signing	[51]

Draft picks

Atlanta's draft picks at the 2005 NHL entry draft held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario.^[52]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	16	Alex Bourret	Canada	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
2	41	Ondrej Pavelec	Czech Republic	Rabat Kladno (Czech Republic)
2	49	Chad Denny	Canada	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
2	53	Andrew Kozek	Canada	South Surrey Eagles (BCHL)
4	116	Jordan Smotherman	United States	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
5	135	Tomas Pospisil	Czech Republic	Oceláři Třinec Jr. (Czech Republic)
6	187	Andrei Zubarev	Russia	Salavat Yulayev Ufa (Russia)
7	207	Myles Stoesz	Canada	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)

Notes

1. Shields wore number 30 in his first game.
2. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on August 1 if applicable.^[30]
3. Nurminen suffered a career-ending knee injury while training in Finland.

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