2005–06 Boston Bruins season

2005–06 Boston Bruins
Division 5th Northeast
Conference 13th Eastern
2005–06 record 29–37–16
Goals for 230
Goals against 266
Team information
General Manager Mike O'Connell
Jeff Gorton
Coach Mike Sullivan
Captain Joe Thornton (Oct-Nov)
Vacant (Nov-Apr)
Alternate captains Hal Gill (Nov-Apr)
Brian Leetch
Glen Murray
Arena TD Banknorth Garden
Average attendance 16,211 (92.3%)
Team leaders
Goals Patrice Bergeron (31)
Assists Brad Boyes (43)
Points Patrice Bergeron (73)
Penalties in minutes Hal Gill (124)
Wins Tim Thomas (12)
Goals against average Hannu Toivonen (2.63)
<2004–05 2006–07>

The 2005–06 Boston Bruins season was the Boston Bruins' 82nd season of operation. The Bruins slipped to 13th in the Eastern Conference and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

Regular season

After Joe Thornton voiced his unhappiness with his contract in Boston in 2005, many teams reportedly sent offers to the Bruins. However, Thornton re-signed with the team on August 11, 2005, for a three-year deal worth US$20 million. On November 30, 2005, he was traded to the San Jose Sharks in a blockbuster four-player deal which sent forwards Marco Sturm and Wayne Primeau and defenseman Brad Stuart to Boston. Thornton was the team's leading scorer at the time by a substantial margin and many felt that Bruins General Manager Mike O'Connell had dealt away one of the few players who was truly showing an exemplary effort. On January 10, 2006, Thornton returned to Boston as a member of the Sharks, but was ejected for checking Bruins' defenseman Hal Gill from behind at 5:13 of the first period. Thornton received a five minute major and a game misconduct. The misconduct was later rescinded by the NHL.

The Bruins ended up finishing with the 3rd-worst record in the Eastern Conference, but the story of the season for the team was the emergence of goaltender Tim Thomas. Thomas had been in the Bruins organization before and had become a star in Europe before deciding to give the NHL one last try. Injuries to incumbent starter Andrew Raycroft and backup Hannu Toivonen pushed Thomas into the starting role, one that he did not relinquish until after the 2011–12 season.

Final 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

[1] Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime/Shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

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 8 242 229 101
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
8.5
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

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1LOctober 5, 20051–2 Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 0–1–0
2LOctober 7, 20051–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 0–2–0
3WOctober 8, 20057–6 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 1–2–0
4WOctober 10, 20054–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 2–2–0
5WOctober 13, 20055–2 @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) 3–2–0
6LOctober 15, 20051–5 @ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 3–3–0
7LOctober 18, 20053–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 3–4–0
8LOctober 20, 20053–4 Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 3–5–0
9WOctober 22, 20056–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 4–5–0
10LOctober 24, 20054–5 SO @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 4–5–1
11LOctober 26, 20053–4 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 4–5–2
12WOctober 27, 20052–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 5–5–2
13LOctober 29, 20054–5 SO New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 5–5–3
14LNovember 1, 20053–4 OT @ New York Islanders (2005–06) 5–5–4
15WNovember 3, 20054–1 Florida Panthers (2005–06) 6–5–4
16WNovember 5, 20056–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 7–5–4
17LNovember 8, 20053–4 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 7–5–5
18LNovember 10, 20052–5 Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 7–6–5
19LNovember 12, 20052–5 @ New York Islanders (2005–06) 7–7–5
20LNovember 17, 20051–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 7–8–5
21LNovember 19, 20052–3 Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 7–9–5
22LNovember 20, 20052–3 @ New York Rangers (2005–06) 7–10–5
23WNovember 23, 20055–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 8–10–5
24LNovember 25, 20053–5 Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 8–11–5
25LNovember 26, 20052–4 @ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 8–12–5
26LNovember 29, 20052–3 @ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 8–13–5
27WDecember 1, 20053–0 Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 9–13–5
28WDecember 3, 20055–4 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 10–13–5
29LDecember 4, 20052–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 10–14–5
30LDecember 7, 20051–4 @ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 10–15–5
31LDecember 11, 20051–2 OT Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 10–15–6
32WDecember 15, 20053–2 @ Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 11–15–6
33LDecember 17, 20050–3 @ Calgary Flames (2005–06) 11–16–6
34WDecember 22, 20054–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 12–16–6
35LDecember 23, 20051–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 12–17–6
36WDecember 27, 20054–3 OT @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 13–17–6
37LDecember 28, 20054–6 @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) 13–18–6
38WDecember 30, 20052–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 14–18–6
39LJanuary 2, 20060–1 Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 14–19–6
40WJanuary 5, 20064–2 Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 15–19–6
41WJanuary 7, 20066–3 Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 16–19–6
42LJanuary 10, 20062–6 San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 16–20–6
43LJanuary 12, 20060–6 Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 16–21–6
44LJanuary 14, 20061–2 SO Dallas Stars (2005–06) 16–21–7
45WJanuary 16, 20064–3 OT Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 17–21–7
46WJanuary 19, 20065–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 18–21–7
47LJanuary 21, 20062–3 SO New York Rangers (2005–06) 18–21–8
48WJanuary 23, 20063–2 @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 19–21–8
49WJanuary 24, 20063–2 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 20–21–8
50WJanuary 26, 20063–2 Washington Capitals (2005–06) 21–21–8
51LJanuary 28, 20063–4 New York Islanders (2005–06) 21–22–8
52WJanuary 30, 20065–0 @ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 22–22–8
53WFebruary 2, 20063–1 Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 23–22–8
54LFebruary 4, 20060–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 23–23–8
55LFebruary 5, 20063–4 SO Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 23–23–9
56WFebruary 8, 20063–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 24–23–9
57LFebruary 9, 20062–3 OT New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 24–23–10
58LFebruary 11, 20065–6 Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 24–24–10
59LMarch 1, 20063–4 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 24–25–10
60WMarch 2, 20063–2 Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 25–25–10
61LMarch 4, 20062–3 Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 25–26–10
62LMarch 7, 20062–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 25–27–10
63LMarch 9, 20060–3 Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 25–28–10
64LMarch 11, 20061–3 New York Islanders (2005–06) 25–29–10
65LMarch 12, 20062–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 25–30–10
66LMarch 14, 20064–5 SO @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 25–30–11
67WMarch 16, 20063–2 SO Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 26–30–11
68WMarch 18, 20064–2 Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 27–30–11
69LMarch 20, 20062–5 @ New York Rangers (2005–06) 27–31–11
70LMarch 21, 20064–5 SO Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 27–31–12
71LMarch 24, 20062–4 @ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 27–32–12
72WMarch 25, 20065–4 Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 28–32–12
73LMarch 27, 20063–4 SO Florida Panthers (2005–06) 28–32–13
74LMarch 29, 20063–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 28–33–13
75LApril 1, 20060–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 28–34–13
76LApril 4, 20063–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 28–35–13
77WApril 6, 20063–2 SO Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 29–35–13
78LApril 8, 20063–4 OT New York Rangers (2005–06) 29–35–14
79LApril 10, 20061–2 OT Washington Capitals (2005–06) 29–35–15
80LApril 11, 20063–4 OT @ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 29–35–16
81LApril 13, 20063–4 Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 29–36–16
82LApril 15, 20063–4 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 29–37–16

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Bergeron, PatricePatrice Bergeron C 81 31 42 73 2231216
Boyes, BradBrad Boyes C 82 26 43 69 3011803
Murray, GlenGlen Murray RW 64 24 29 53 52-8613
Sturm, MarcoMarco Sturm LW 51 23 20 43 3214506
Samsonov, SergeiSergei Samsonov LW 55 18 19 37 22-3601
Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton C 23 9 24 33 60302
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch D 61 5 27 32 36-10400
Stuart, BradBrad Stuart D 55 10 21 31 38-6602
Axelsson, P. J.P. J. Axelsson LW 59 10 18 28 4-3121
Isbister, BradBrad Isbister LW 58 6 17 23 46-2100
Green, TravisTravis Green C 82 10 12 22 79-2021
Slegr, JiriJiri Slegr D 32 5 11 16 56-2400
Tanabe, DavidDavid Tanabe D 54 4 12 16 480001
Primeau, WayneWayne Primeau C 50 6 8 14 40-10000
Boynton, NickNick Boynton D 54 5 7 12 93-7110
Jurcina, MilanMilan Jurcina D 51 6 5 11 543200
Fitzgerald, TomTom Fitzgerald RW 71 4 6 10 40-10000
Scatchard, DaveDave Scatchard C 16 4 6 10 28-2100
Gill, HalHal Gill D 80 1 9 10 124-4000
Zhamnov, AlexAlex Zhamnov C 24 1 9 10 30-4001
Leahy, PatrickPatrick Leahy RW 43 4 4 8 19-2000
McEachern, ShawnShawn McEachern RW 28 2 6 8 22-12100
Reasoner, MartyMarty Reasoner C 19 2 6 8 8-2100
Alberts, AndrewAndrew Alberts D 73 1 6 7 683010
Nickulas, EricEric Nickulas RW 16 2 4 6 82000
Czerkawski, MariuszMariusz Czerkawski RW 16 4 1 5 4-4000
LaCouture, DanDan LaCouture LW 55 2 2 4 53-6010
Stastny, YanYan Stastny C 17 1 3 4 10-2000
Moran, IanIan Moran D 12 1 1 2 100000
Stuart, MarkMark Stuart D 17 1 1 2 10-1000
Dallman, KevinKevin Dallman D 21 0 1 1 81000
Langfeld, JoshJosh Langfeld RW 18 0 1 1 10-6000
Thomas, TimTim Thomas G 38 0 1 1 40000
Blatny, ZdenekZdenek Blatny LW 5 0 0 0 2-2000
Guite, BenBen Guite RW 1 0 0 0 00000
Healey, EricEric Healey LW 2 0 0 0 20000
Leach, JayJay Leach D 2 0 0 0 71000
Orr, ColtonColton Orr RW 20 0 0 0 270000
Raycroft, AndrewAndrew Raycroft G 30 0 0 0 00000
Robinson, NathanNathan Robinson C 2 0 0 0 00000
Sigalet, JordanJordan Sigalet G 1 0 0 0 00000
Toivonen, HannuHannu Toivonen G 20 0 0 0 60000
Walter, BenBen Walter C 6 0 0 0 42000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Thomas, TimTim Thomas 2187 38 12 13 10 101 2.77 112131112.917
Toivonen, HannuHannu Toivonen 1163 20 9 5 4 51 2.63 1590539.914
Raycroft, AndrewAndrew Raycroft 1619 30 8 19 2 100 3.71 0824724.879
Sigalet, JordanJordan Sigalet 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 000
Team: 4970 82 29 37 16 252 3.04 226272375.904

[3]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Milestones

  Player is still active or individual record
Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached

Transactions

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

Trades

November 30, 2005 To Boston Bruins
Marco Sturm, Brad Stuart, Wayne Primeau
To San Jose Sharks
Joe Thornton
March 9, 2006 To Boston Bruins
Marty Reasoner, Yan Stastny, 2nd round pick in 2006
To Edmonton Oilers
Sergei Samsonov

Free agents Acquired/Lost

Player Former team
Brian Leetch Toronto Maple Leafs
Player New team

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.

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)

Farm teams

American Hockey League

The Bruins AHL affiliate was the Providence Bruins. The Bruins had 43 wins and 92 points and finished in fourth place in their division. The Bruins were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs against Portland. Eric Healey and Tim Thomas were selected to the AHL All-Star Game and Healey was the captain for PlanetUSA. Jonathan Sigalet was nominated for the AHL Man of the Year Award.[4]

Roster

THIS IS AN INCOMPLETE LIST

Boston Bruins
Goaltenders

Defensemen

Wingers

Centers

See also

References

  1. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
  2. "2005–2006 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  3. "2005-06 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
  4. http://www.providencebruins.com/files/1Bruins_AHL_Awards.pdf
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