2005–06 New York Rangers season

The 2005–06 New York Rangers season was the National Hockey League franchise's 79th season of play and their 80th season overall. It marked a resurgence for the Rangers, with the team finishing the season having recorded 100 points, the sixth time in franchise history that the team had reached the 100-point plateau and their highest point total since their 1993–94 championship season, 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). The Rangers missed out on winning the Atlantic Division on the last day of the regular season when the Devils defeated the Montreal Canadiens and the Rangers lost to the Ottawa Senators. The Rangers qualified for the playoffs as the sixth seed but were swept by their rivals the New Jersey Devils in the first round.

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	Vacant
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)

Regular season

• October 17, 2005 – Henrik Lundqvist becomes the first Rangers rookie goaltender to record a shutout since John Vanbiesbrouck in the 1984-85 season, in a 4-0 Rangers win at home over the Florida Panthers.
• March 11, 2006 – The New York Rangers played the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The pre-game festivities involved the jersey retirement for former Canadien and Ranger player Bernie Geoffrion.
• March 29, 2006 - Jaromir Jagr records 4 assists, accumulating 113 points for the season and breaking 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.
• March 29, 2006 - Henrik Lundqvist sets a franchise record for rookie goaltenders with his 30th win of the season, in a 5-1 win over the Islanders.
• April 8, 2006 – Jaromir Jagr records a goal and three assists, accumulating 53 goals for the season and breaking 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.
• April 8, 2006 – The Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 4-3 in overtime, capturing their 100th point in ther final victory of the season.

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

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Eastern Conference[2]

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 Game Log
October: 6-4-3 (Home: 4-1-2; Road: 2-3-1) Game October Opponent Score Record 1 5 @ Philadelphia Flyers 5 - 3 1-0-0 2 6 Montreal Canadiens 4 - 3 OT 1-0-1 3 8 @ New Jersey Devils 3 - 2 OT 1-0-2 4 10 @ Washington Capitals 3 - 2 1-1-2 5 13 New Jersey Devils 4 - 1 2-1-2 6 15 Atlanta Thrashers 5 - 1 3-1-2 7 17 Florida Panthers 4 - 0 4-1-2 8 19 New York Islanders 3 - 2 SO 4-1-3 9 20 @ New York Islanders 5 - 4 4-2-3 10 22 @ Buffalo Sabres 3 - 1 4-3-3 11 27 New York Islanders 3 - 1 5-3-3 12 29 @ Montreal Canadiens 5 - 2 6-3-3 13 31 Montreal Canadiens 4 - 1 6-4-3
November: 10-3-0 (Home: 4-1-0; Road: 6-2-0) Game November Opponent Score Record 14 3 @ New Jersey Devils 4 - 2 7-4-3 15 5 New Jersey Devils 3 - 2 SO 8-4-3 16 7 Pittsburgh Penguins 3 - 2 8-5-3 17 9 @ Florida Panthers 4 - 3 SO 9-5-3 18 10 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 5 - 2 10-5-3 19 12 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 6 - 1 11-5-3 20 15 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 2 - 1 11-6-3 21 17 @ Carolina Hurricanes 5 - 1 11-7-3 22 19 Carolina Hurricanes 4 - 3 12-7-3 23 20 Boston Bruins 3 - 2 13-7-3 24 22 @ Buffalo Sabres 3 - 2 SO 14-7-3 25 24 @ Atlanta Thrashers 6 - 3 15-7-3 26 26 Washington Capitals 3 - 2 SO 16-7-3
December: 6-5-2 (Home: 3-3-0; Road: 3-2-2) Game December Opponent Score Record 27 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 2 - 1 17-7-3 28 3 @ Washington Capitals 5 - 1 17-8-3 29 5 Minnesota Wild 3 - 1 18-8-3 30 7 @ Chicago Blackhawks 2 - 1 OT 18-8-4 31 8 @ Nashville Predators 5 - 1 19-8-4 32 10 @ St. Louis Blues 5 - 4 OT 20-8-4 33 13 Vancouver Canucks 3 - 2 20-9-4 34 18 Colorado Avalanche 2 - 1 20-10-4 35 20 New Jersey Devils 3 - 1 20-11-4 36 22 Tampa Bay Lightning 4 - 2 21-11-4 37 26 @ Ottawa Senators 6 - 2 21-12-4 38 28 @ New York Islanders 6 - 2 22-12-4 39 31 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4 - 3 OT 22-12-5
January: 7-3-3 (Home: 5-1-3; Road: 2-2-0) Game January Opponent Score Record 40 3 Tampa Bay Lightning 1 - 0 OT 22-12-6 41 5 Philadelphia Flyers 4 - 3 OT 22-12-7 42 7 Florida Panthers 4 - 0 23-12-7 43 10 Calgary Flames 4 - 2 24-12-7 44 12 Edmonton Oilers 5 - 4 OT 25-12-7 45 14 @ Detroit Red Wings 4 - 3 25-13-7 46 16 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 4 - 3 25-14-7 47 19 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 4 - 2 26-14-7 48 21 @ Boston Bruins 3 - 2 SO 27-14-7 49 22 New Jersey Devils 3 - 1 28-14-7 50 24 Buffalo Sabres 2 - 1 28-15-7 51 28 Pittsburgh Penguins 7 - 1 29-15-7 52 30 Philadelphia Flyers 3 - 2 OT 29-15-8
February: 6-0-0 (Home: 3-0-0; Road: 3-0-0) Game February Opponent Score Record 53 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 3 - 1 30-15-8 54 2 @ New York Islanders 5 - 2 31-15-8 55 4 @ Philadelphia Flyers 4 - 3 OT 32-15-8 56 8 Ottawa Senators 5 - 1 33-15-8 57 10 Toronto Maple Leafs 4 - 2 34-15-8 58 11 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4 - 2 35-15-8
March: 5-6-4 (Home: 4-2-1; Road: 1-4-3) Game March Opponent Score Record 59 2 @ Philadelphia Flyers 6 - 1 36-15-8 60 4 @ New Jersey Devils 2 - 1 36-16-8 61 6 Carolina Hurricanes 2 - 1 36-17-8 62 8 @ Atlanta Thrashers 3 - 2 SO 36-17-9 63 11 @ Montreal Canadiens 1 - 0 36-18-9 64 12 Atlanta Thrashers 3 - 2 OT 36-18-10 65 14 @ Carolina Hurricanes 5 - 3 36-19-10 66 16 Washington Capitals 5 - 4 37-19-10 67 18 Toronto Maple Leafs 5 - 2 38-19-10 68 20 Boston Bruins 5 - 2 39-19-10 69 22 Philadelphia Flyers 6 - 3 39-20-10 70 24 @ Florida Panthers 3 - 2 SO 39-20-11 71 25 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 4 - 3 SO 39-20-12 72 27 Buffalo Sabres 5 - 4 SO 40-20-12 73 29 @ New York Islanders 5 - 1 41-20-12 74 30 @ Ottawa Senators 4 - 1 41-21-12
April: 3-5-0 (Home: 2-2-0; Road: 1-3-0) Game April Opponent Score Record 75 4 Philadelphia Flyers 3 - 2 SO 42-21-12 76 6 New York Islanders 3 - 1 43-21-12 77 8 @ Boston Bruins 4 - 3 OT 44-21-12 78 9 @ New Jersey Devils 3 - 2 44-22-12 79 11 New York Islanders 3 - 2 44-23-12 80 13 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 5 - 3 44-24-12 81 15 @ Philadelphia Flyers 4 - 1 44-25-12 82 18 Ottawa Senators 5 - 1 44-26-12

Playoffs

Main article: 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Rangers qualified for the playoffs for the first time since the 1997 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Key:      Win      Loss

2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) New Jersey Devils - New Jersey wins series 4-0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Attendance Series 1 April 22 New York Rangers 1 - 6 New Jersey Devils 19,040 New Jersey leads series 1-0 2 April 24 New York Rangers 1 - 4 New Jersey Devils 19,040 New Jersey leads series 2-0 3 April 26 New Jersey Devils 3 - 0 New York Rangers 18,200 New Jersey leads series 3-0 4 April 29 New Jersey Devils 4 - 2 New York Rangers 18,200 New Jersey wins series 4-0

Player statistics

Skaters

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

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM Blair Betts 4 1 1 2 -1 2 Jaromir Jagr 3 0 1 1 0 2 Martin Rucinsky 2 0 1 1 -1 2 Michael Nylander 4 0 1 1 -3 0 Steve Rucchin 4 1 0 1 -2 0 Marek Malik 4 0 1 1 -2 6 Michal Rozsival 4 0 1 1 -2 8 Fedor Tyutin 4 0 1 1 -1 0 Ryan Hollweg 4 0 1 1 -1 19 Petr Prucha 4 1 0 1 -3 0 Jed Ortmeyer 4 1 0 1 1 4 Sandis Ozolinsh 3 0 0 0 -3 6 Darius Kasparaitis 2 0 0 0 -1 0 Martin Straka 4 0 0 0 -4 2 Petr Sykora 4 0 0 0 -5 0 Jason Strudwick 3 0 0 0 -1 0 Tom Poti 4 0 0 0 -4 2 Jason Ward 1 0 0 0 0 2 Marcel Hossa 4 0 0 0 -1 6 Dominic Moore 4 0 0 0 -1 2 Chad Wiseman 1 0 0 0 0 2 Colton Orr 1 0 0 0 0 2

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Henrik Lundqvist	53	3112	30	12	9	116	2.24	1485	.922	2	0	2	0
Kevin Weekes	32	1850	14	14	3	91	2.95	867	.895	0	0	1	4
Chris Holt	1	10	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1.000	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Henrik Lundqvist	3	177	0	3	13	4.41	79	.835	0
Kevin Weekes	1	60	0	1	4	4.00	25	.840	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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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's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada at the Westin Hotel.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	12	Marc Staal	D	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2	40	Michael Sauer	D	United States	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
2	56	Marc-Andre Cliche	RW	Canada	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
3	66	Brodie Dupont	C	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
3	77	Dalyn Flatt	D	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
4	107	Tom Pyatt	C	Canada	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
5	147	Trevor Koverko	D	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
6	178	Greg Beller	F	Canada	Lake of the Woods (USHS-MN)
7	211	Ryan Russell	C	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)

References

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