2005–06 New York Islanders season
The 2005–06 New York Islanders season was the 34th season in the franchise's history. The Islanders replaced head coach Steve Stirling, replacing him with Brad Shaw.[2] On March 14, 2006, the Islanders trailed the Montreal Canadiens by five points for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, but won only five of their final 18 games to finish 12th in the East. Their 12th place finish meant that, for the first time since the 2000–01 season, the team would not qualify for the playoffs.
2005–06 New York Islanders | |
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Division | 4th Atlantic |
Conference | 12th Eastern |
2005–06 record | 36–40–6 |
Home record | 20–18–3 |
Road record | 16–22–3 |
Goals for | 230 |
Goals against | 278 |
Team information | |
General manager | Mike Milbury |
Coach | Steve Stirling Brad Shaw (interim) |
Assistant coach | Dan Bylsma |
Captain | Alexei Yashin |
Alternate captains | Brad Lukowich (Oct-Mar) Mark Parrish (Oct-Mar) Mike York (Mar-Apr) Alexei Zhitnik (Mar-Apr) |
Arena | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
Average attendance | 12,609 (77.7%) |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Bridgeport Sound Tigers Mississippi Sea Wolves[1] |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Miroslav Satan (35) |
Assists | Mike York (39) |
Points | Miroslav Satan (66) Alexei Yashin (66) |
Penalty minutes | Eric Godard (115) |
Plus/minus | Joel Bouchard (+5) |
Wins | Rick DiPietro (30) |
Goals against average | Rick DiPietro (3.02) |
Offseason
Forward Alexei Yashin was named team captain, replacing the departed Michael Peca.[3]
Regular season
Final standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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
Schedule and results
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October: 5–6–0 (home: 3–2–0; road: 2–4–0)
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November: 7–6–1 (home: 2–3–1; road: 5–3–0)
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December: 5–6–1 (home: 3–3–0; road: 2–3–1)
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January: 6–7–1 (home: 4–4–0; road: 2–3–1)
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February: 2–3–1 (home: 0–2–1; road: 2–1–0)
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March: 8–7–1 (home: 6–2–0; road: 2–5–1)
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April: 3–5–1 (home: 2–2–1; road: 1–3–0)
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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 Islanders only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Islanders only.
Regular season | ||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
81 | Miroslav Satan | LW | 82 | 35 | 31 | 66 | −8 | 54 |
79 | Alexei Yashin | C | 82 | 28 | 38 | 66 | −14 | 68 |
55 | Jason Blake | C | 76 | 28 | 29 | 57 | 0 | 60 |
16 | Mike York | LW | 75 | 13 | 39 | 52 | −9 | 30 |
37 | Mark Parrish‡ | RW | 57 | 24 | 17 | 41 | −14 | 16 |
7 | Trent Hunter | RW | 82 | 16 | 19 | 35 | −9 | 34 |
17 | Shawn Bates | C | 66 | 15 | 19 | 34 | −11 | 60 |
14 | Chris Campoli | D | 80 | 9 | 25 | 34 | −16 | 46 |
77 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 59 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 4 | 88 |
3 | Brent Sopel‡ | D | 57 | 2 | 25 | 27 | −9 | 64 |
45 | Arron Asham | RW | 63 | 9 | 15 | 24 | −5 | 103 |
12 | Oleg Kvasha‡ | LW | 49 | 9 | 12 | 21 | −2 | 32 |
21 | Robert Nilsson | C | 53 | 6 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 26 |
24 | Radek Martinek | D | 74 | 1 | 16 | 17 | −9 | 32 |
25 | Brad Lukowich‡ | D | 57 | 1 | 12 | 13 | −3 | 32 |
44 | Janne Niinimaa‡ | D | 41 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −7 | 62 |
10 | Sean Bergenheim | LW | 28 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −11 | 20 |
4 | Joel Bouchard | D | 25 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
18 | Jeff Hamilton | C | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
28 | Wyatt Smith | C | 42 | 0 | 8 | 8 | −7 | 26 |
6 | Bruno Gervais | D | 27 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −1 | 8 |
11 | Mattias Weinhandl‡ | RW | 53 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −4 | 14 |
49 | Eric Godard | RW | 57 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 115 |
15 | Jeff Tambellini† | LW | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
3 | Denis Grebeshkov† | D | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −8 | 8 |
26[lower-alpha 1] | Rob Collins | C | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
27 | Jeremy Colliton | C | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
29 | Petteri Nokelainen | C | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 |
44 | John Erskine† | D | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −12 | 99 |
39 | Rick DiPietro | G | 63 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |
38 | Allan Rourke | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
43 | Ryan Caldwell | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
62 | Kevin Colley‡ | C | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 52 |
34 | Wade Dubielewicz | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
63 | Cole Jarrett | W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
40 | Matt Koalska | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
58 | Masi Marjamaki | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Tomi Pettinen | D | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 16 |
48 | Steve Regier | LW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
30 | Garth Snow | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Goaltending
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
39 | Rick DiPietro | 63 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 1797 | 180 | 3.02 | .900 | 1 | 3572 |
30 | Garth Snow | 20 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 595 | 68 | 3.72 | .886 | 0 | 1096 |
34 | Wade Dubielewicz | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 145 | 15 | 2.90 | .897 | 0 | 310 |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL Defensive Player of the Week | Rick DiPietro (March 13) | [7] |
Team | Bob Nystrom Award | Kevin Colley | [8] |
Transactions
The Islanders 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.[9]
Trades
Date | Details | Ref | |
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August 3, 2005 | To Vancouver Canucks Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2006[lower-alpha 2] |
To New York Islanders Brent Sopel |
[10] |
August 3, 2005 | To Edmonton Oilers Michael Peca |
To New York Islanders Mike York Conditional draft pick in 2006[lower-alpha 3] |
[11] |
January 10, 2006 | To Dallas Stars Janne Niinimaa 5th-round pick in 2007 |
To New York Islanders John Erskine 2nd-round pick in 2006 |
[12] |
March 8, 2006 | To Los Angeles Kings Mark Parrish Brent Sopel |
To New York Islanders Denis Grebeshkov Jeff Tambellini Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2006[lower-alpha 4] |
[13] |
March 9, 2006 | To Phoenix Coyotes Oleg Kvasha Conditional 5th-round pick[lower-alpha 5] |
To New York Islanders 3rd-round pick in 2006 |
[14] |
March 9, 2006 | To New Jersey Devils Brad Lukowich |
To New York Islanders 3rd-round pick in 2006 |
[15] |
Players acquired
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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August 2, 2005 | Alexei Zhitnik | Ak Bars Kazan (RSL) | 4-year | Free agency | [16] |
August 3, 2005 | Miroslav Satan | Buffalo Sabres | 3-year | Free agency | [17] |
August 10, 2005 | Wyatt Smith | Nashville Predators | Free agency | [18] | |
August 11, 2005 | Brad Lukowich | Tampa Bay Lightning | 2-year | Free agency | [19] |
August 12, 2005 | Allan Rourke | Carolina Hurricanes | Free agency | [20] | |
August 18, 2005 | Joel Bouchard | Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [21] |
September 6, 2005 | Travis Brigley | Valerenga (GET) | 1-year | Free agency | [22] |
September 10, 2005 | Paul Flache | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency | [23] | |
January 5, 2006 | Frederic Cloutier | Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) | Free agency | [24] |
Players lost
Signings
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 28, 2005 | Jeremy Colliton | 3-year | Entry-level | [45] |
July 29, 2005 | Garth Snow | 3-year | Re-signing | [46] |
August 12, 2005 | Mattias Weinhandl | 2-year | Re-signing | [47] |
August 13, 2005 | Trent Hunter | 1-year | Re-signing | [48] |
Mike York | 1-year | Re-signing | [48] | |
August 15, 2005 | Arron Asham | 1-year | Re-signing | [49] |
Oleg Kvasha | 1-year | Re-signing | [49] | |
August 16, 2005 | Radek Martinek | 1-year | Re-signing | [50] |
Brent Sopel | 2-year | Re-signing | [51] | |
August 17, 2005 | Masi Marjamaki | 3-year | Entry-level | [52] |
August 22, 2005 | Shawn Bates | 1-year | Re-signing | [53] |
August 23, 2005 | Petteri Nokelainen | 3-year | Entry-level | [54] |
August 24, 2005 | Justin Papineau | 1-year | Re-signing | [55] |
August 30, 2005 | Robert Nilsson | 3-year | Entry-level | [56] |
August 31, 2005 | Tomi Pettinen | 1-year | Re-signing | [57] |
September 1, 2005 | Kevin Colley | 1-year | Re-signing | [58] |
Rob Collins | 1-year | Re-signing | [58] | |
September 7, 2005 | Rick DiPietro | 1-year | Re-signing | [59] |
September 12, 2005 | Mark Parrish | 1-year | Re-signing | [60] |
September 29, 2005 | Eric Godard | Re-signing | [61] | |
November 14, 2005 | Jeff Hamilton | Re-signing | [62] | |
March 6, 2006 | Shawn Bates | 3-year | Extension | [63] |
March 7, 2006 | Radek Martinek | 2-year | Extension | [64] |
March 22, 2006 | Blake Comeau | 3-year | Entry-level | [65] |
March 30, 2006 | Ryan O'Marra | 3-year | Entry-level | [66] |
May 15, 2006 | Frans Nielsen | 2-year | Entry-level | [67] |
May 16, 2006 | Johan Halvardsson | Entry-level | [68] | |
June 1, 2006 | Jason Pitton | Entry-level | [69] |
Draft picks
New York's draft picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario.
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 15 | Ryan O'Marra | Canada | Erie Otters (OHL) |
2 | 46 | Dustin Kohn | Canada | Calgary Hitmen (WHL) |
3 | 76 | Shea Guthrie | Canada | St. George's School (USHS-RI) |
5 | 144 | Masi Marjamaki | Finland | Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) |
6 | 180 | Tyrell Mason | Canada | Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL) |
7 | 196 | Nick Tuzzolino | Canada | Sarnia Sting (OHL) |
7 | 210 | Luciano Aquino | Canada | Brampton Battalion (OHL) |
See also
Notes
- Collins wore number 54 in his first game.
- If the Islanders signed Sopel beyond the 2005–06 season, Vancouver would receive a 2006 second round pick. If the Islanders didn’t sign him, Vancouver would instead receive a 2006 third round pick.
- 4th-round pick
- The Islanders would receive the pick if Los Angeles made the playoffs.
- Phoenix would receive the pick if they did not re-sign Kvasha.
- In parentheses is the player's free agency group on August 1 if applicable.[25]
- Jonsson retired from the NHL. The Islanders retained Jonsson’s NHL rights through the 2005–06 season.[26]
- The Islanders retained Hamilton’s NHL rights and re-signed him on November 14.
- The Islanders retained Mapletoft’s NHL rights.
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