2005–06 Tampa Bay Lightning season
The 2005–06 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 14th National Hockey League season in Tampa, Florida. Due to the cancellation of the 2004–05 season, the Lightning entered the season as defending Stanley Cup champions, which they won in 2003–04.
2005–06 Tampa Bay Lightning | |
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Division | 2nd Southeast |
Conference | 8th Eastern |
2005–06 record | 43–33–6 |
Home record | 25–15–2 |
Road record | 18–18–4 |
Goals for | 252 |
Goals against | 260 |
Team information | |
General manager | Jay Feaster |
Coach | John Tortorella |
Captain | Dave Andreychuk (Oct-Jan) Vacant (Jan-Apr) |
Alternate captains | Vincent Lecavalier Brad Richards Tim Taylor (Jan-Apr) |
Arena | St. Pete Times Forum |
Average attendance | 20,509 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Springfield Falcons Johnstown Chiefs |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Vincent Lecavalier (35) |
Assists | Brad Richards (68) |
Points | Brad Richards (91) |
Penalty minutes | Pavel Kubina (96) |
Plus/minus | Nolan Pratt (+7) |
Wins | John Grahame (29) |
Goals against average | Sean Burke (2.80) |
Regular season
Final standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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
Playoffs
The Tampa Bay Lightning ended the 2005–06 regular season as the Eastern Conference's eighth seed.
Schedule and results
Regular season
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October: 7–3–2 (home: 3–3–1; road: 4–0–1)
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November: 7–7–1 (home: 4–3–0; road: 3–4–1)
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December: 5–7–0 (home: 4–4–0; road: 1–3–0)
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January: 9–4–1 (home: 3–0–1; road: 6–4–0)
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February: 4–2–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 2–1–0)
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March: 7–6–1 (home: 5–2–0; road: 2–4–1)
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April: 4–4–1 (home: 4–2–0; road: 0–2–1)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
19 | Brad Richards | C | 82 | 23 | 68 | 91 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −5 | 6 |
20 | Vaclav Prospal | LW | 81 | 25 | 55 | 80 | −3 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
4 | Vincent Lecavalier | C | 80 | 35 | 40 | 75 | 0 | 90 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
26 | Martin St. Louis | RW | 80 | 31 | 30 | 61 | −3 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
33 | Fredrik Modin | LW | 77 | 31 | 23 | 54 | 5 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 6 |
22 | Dan Boyle | D | 79 | 15 | 38 | 53 | −8 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 |
17 | Ruslan Fedotenko | LW | 80 | 26 | 15 | 41 | −4 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 20 |
13 | Pavel Kubina | D | 76 | 5 | 33 | 38 | −12 | 96 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −6 | 26 |
34 | Ryan Craig | C | 48 | 15 | 13 | 28 | −4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 10 |
5 | Darryl Sydor | D | 80 | 4 | 19 | 23 | −18 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
25 | Dave Andreychuk‡ | LW | 42 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −13 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
54 | Paul Ranger | D | 76 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 58 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
76 | Evgeny Artyukhin | RW | 72 | 4 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 90 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
18 | Rob DiMaio | RW | 61 | 4 | 13 | 17 | −7 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
29 | Dmitri Afanasenkov | LW | 68 | 9 | 6 | 15 | −7 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
21 | Cory Sarich | D | 82 | 1 | 14 | 15 | −2 | 79 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 |
27 | Tim Taylor | C | 82 | 7 | 6 | 13 | −12 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
44 | Nolan Pratt | D | 82 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
8 | Martin Cibak | C | 65 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −9 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
14 | Norm Milley | RW | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1 | Sean Burke | G | 35 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
11 | Chris Dingman | LW | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −10 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
47 | John Grahame | G | 57 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2 | Timo Helbling | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
46 | Darren Reid | RW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
74 | Nick Tarnasky | C | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | Jim Campbell | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
50 | Gerald Coleman | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
40 | Brian Eklund‡ | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
39 | Doug O'Brien | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
47 | John Grahame | 57 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 1450 | 161 | 3.06 | .889 | 5 | 3152 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 98 | 15 | 4.78 | .847 | 0 | 188 |
1 | Sean Burke | 35 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 764 | 80 | 2.80 | .895 | 2 | 1713 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 7 | 3.84 | .877 | 0 | 109 |
50 | Gerald Coleman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 2.77 | .882 | 0 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
40 | Brian Eklund‡ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3.09 | .842 | 0 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and honors
Milestones
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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1,000th game played | Darryl Sydor | February 28, 2006 | [4] |
Transactions
The Lightning 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.[5]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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July 28, 2005 | To Phoenix Coyotes Jarrod Skalde |
To Tampa Bay Lightning Jason Jaspers |
[6] |
July 30, 2005 | To San Jose Sharks 5th-round pick in 2005 4th-round pick in 2006 |
To Tampa Bay Lightning 3rd-round pick in 2005 |
[7] |
July 30, 2005 | To Philadelphia Flyers 2nd-round pick in 2006 |
To Tampa Bay Lightning Dallas’ 3rd-round pick in 2005 4th-round pick in 2005 |
[5] |
July 30, 2005 | To Dallas Stars 5th-round pick in 2006 |
To Tampa Bay Lightning 6th-round pick in 2005 |
[8] |
September 9, 2005 | To Vancouver Canucks Craig Darby |
To Tampa Bay Lightning Future considerations |
[9] |
February 8, 2006 | To Boston Bruins Brian Eklund |
To Tampa Bay Lightning Zdenek Blatny |
[10] |
Players acquired
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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August 5, 2005 | Mitch Fritz | Springfield Falcons (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [11] |
August 9, 2005 | Sean Burke | Philadelphia Flyers | 2-year | Free agency | [12] |
Rob DiMaio | Dallas Stars | 2-year | Free agency | [13] | |
August 18, 2005 | Jim Campbell | New York Islanders | Free agency | [6] | |
Norm Milley | Buffalo Sabres | Free agency | [6] | ||
August 26, 2005 | Morgan Cey | University of Notre Dame (CCHA) | multi-year | Free agency | [14] |
September 7, 2005 | Todd Rohloff | Buffalo Sabres | 1-year | Free agency | [15] |
June 1, 2006 | Johan Holmqvist | Brynas IF (SHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [16] |
Players lost
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 1] | Ref |
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June 22, 2005 | Andreas Holmqvist | Linkoping HC (SHL) | Free agency (II)[lower-alpha 2] | [19] |
August 4, 2005 | Andre Roy | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency (V) | [20] |
August 5, 2005 | Nikolai Khabibulin | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency (III) | [21] |
August 11, 2005 | Brad Lukowich | New York Islanders | Free agency (UFA) | [22] |
August 12, 2005 | Nikita Alexeev | Avangard Omsk (RSL) | Free agency (II)[lower-alpha 3] | [24] |
August 22, 2005 | Eric Perrin | SC Bern (NLA) | Free agency (II)[lower-alpha 4] | [26] |
Jamie Storr | Philadelphia Flyers | Free agency (UFA) | [27] | |
August 23, 2005 | Shane Willis | HC Davos (NLA) | Free agency (II)[lower-alpha 5] | [29] |
January 10, 2006 | Dave Andreychuk[lower-alpha 6] | Release | [31][32] | |
May 6, 2006 | Jim Campbell | EHC Visp (NLA) | Free agency | [33] |
Signings
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 28, 2005 | Jonathan Boutin | 3-year | Entry-level | [34] |
Martin Cibak | 1-year | Re-signing | [34] | |
Gerald Coleman | 3-year | Entry-level | [35] | |
Zbynek Hrdel | 3-year | Entry-level | [34] | |
Tim Taylor | multi-year | Re-signing | [36] | |
July 30, 2005 | Ruslan Fedotenko | 1-year | Re-signing | [37] |
August 5, 2005 | Brandon Elliott | 3-year | Entry-level | [11] |
Brady Greco | 2-year | Entry-level | [11] | |
Timo Helbling | 1-year | Re-signing | [11] | |
Nolan Pratt | 2-year | Re-signing | [38] | |
August 9, 2005 | Dmitri Afanasenkov | 1-year | Re-signing | [13] |
Dan Boyle | 3-year | Re-signing | [13] | |
August 16, 2005 | Vincent Lecavalier | 4-year | Re-signing | [39] |
August 18, 2005 | Brian Eklund | Re-signing | [6] | |
Jason Jaspers | Re-signing | [6] | ||
August 23, 2005 | Marek Kvapil | 3-year | Entry-level | [40] |
John Toffey | multi-year | Entry-level | [40] | |
August 24, 2005 | Martin St. Louis | 6-year | Re-signing | [41] |
August 25, 2005 | Dave Andreychuk | 2-year | Re-signing | [42] |
August 26, 2005 | Jay Rosehill | multi-year | Entry-level | [14] |
October 3, 2005 | Andy Rogers | 3-year | Entry-level | [43] |
April 14, 2006 | Matt Smaby | 3-year | Entry-level | [44] |
May 12, 2006 | Stanislav Lascek | 3-year | Entry-level | [45] |
May 22, 2006 | Brad Richards | 5-year | Re-signing | [46] |
May 23, 2006 | Justin Keller | 3-year | Entry-level | [47] |
May 30, 2006 | Fredrik Norrena | 1-year | Entry-level | [48] |
May 31, 2006 | Karri Ramo | 3-year | Entry-level | [49] |
Radek Smolenak | 3-year | Entry-level | [50] | |
June 14, 2006 | Eric Perrin | 1-year | Re-signing | [25] |
Draft picks
Tampa's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario.
Round | # | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 32 | Vladimir Mihalik | Defense | Slovakia | Pesov II (Slovakia) |
3 | 73 | Radek Smolenak | Left wing | Czech Republic | Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) |
3 | 89 | Chris Lawrence | Center | Canada | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
4 | 92 | Marek Bartanus | Right wing | Slovakia | HC Kosice (Slovakia) |
4 | 102 | Blair Jones | Center | Canada | Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) |
5 | 133 | Stanislav Lascek | Right wing | Slovakia | Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL) |
6 | 163 | Marek Kvapil | Right wing | Slovakia | Saginaw Spirit (OHL) |
6 | 165 | Kevin Beech | Goaltender | Canada | Sudbury Wolves (OHL) |
7 | 225 | John Wessbecker | Defense | United States | Blake School (USHS) |
See also
Notes
- In parentheses is the player's free agency group on August 1 if applicable.[17]
- Tampa Bay retained Holmqvist’s NHL rights through the 2008–09 season.[18]
- Tampa Bay retained Alexeev’s NHL rights and re-signed him on July 1, 2006.[23]
- Tampa Bay retained Perrin’s NHL rights and re-signed him on June 14, 2006.[25]
- Tampa Bay retained Willis’ NHL rights through the 2005–06 season.[28]
- Andreychuk retired.[30]
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