2005–06 Nashville Predators season

2005–06 Nashville Predators
Division 2nd Central
2005–06 record 49–25–8
Goals for 259
Goals against 227
Team information
General Manager David Poile
Coach Barry Trotz
Captain Greg Johnson
Arena Gaylord Entertainment Center
Team leaders
Goals Paul Kariya
Steve Sullivan (31)
Assists Paul Kariya (54)
Points Paul Kariya (85)
Penalties in minutes Darcy Hordichuk (163)
Wins Tomas Vokoun (36)
Goals against average Chris Mason (2.54)
<2004–05 2006–07>

The 2005–06 Nashville Predators season was the eighth season of the Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League. The Predators qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Regular season

The Predators were the last team to record their first regulation loss of the regular season. They opened the season with an 8–0–1 stretch before losing at home to the Edmonton Oilers on October 29, 2005, 5–1.

In response, Mason said, "It was a cheesy goal. Someone else should have received it." [4]

Final standings

Central Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
11 Detroit Red Wings 82 58 16 8 305 209 124
24 Nashville Predators 82 49 25 8 259 227 106
313 Columbus Blue Jackets 82 35 43 4 223 279 74
414 Chicago Blackhawks 82 26 43 13 211 285 65
515 St. Louis Blues 82 21 46 15 197 292 57

[5] 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.

Western Conference[6]
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 P- Detroit Red Wings CE 82 58 16 8 305 209 124
2 Y- Dallas Stars PA 82 53 23 6 265 218 112
3 Y- Calgary Flames NW 82 46 25 11 218 200 103
4 X- Nashville Predators CE 82 49 25 8 259 227 106
5 X- San Jose Sharks PA 82 44 27 11 266 242 99
6 X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim PA 82 43 27 12 254 229 98
7 X- Colorado Avalanche NW 82 43 30 9 283 257 95
8 X- Edmonton Oilers NW 82 41 28 13 256 251 95
8.5
9 Vancouver Canucks NW 82 42 32 8 256 255 92
8 Los Angeles Kings PA 82 42 35 5 249 270 89
11 Minnesota Wild NW 82 38 36 8 231 215 84
12 Phoenix Coyotes PA 82 38 39 5 246 271 81
13 Columbus Blue Jackets CE 82 35 43 4 223 279 74
14 Chicago Blackhawks CE 82 26 43 13 211 285 65
15 St. Louis Blues CE 82 21 46 15 197 292 57

Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest

P- Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot

Game log

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WOctober 5, 20053–2 San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 1–0–0
2WOctober 8, 20053–2 SO Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 2–0–0
3WOctober 12, 20055–4 @ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 3–0–0
4WOctober 13, 20055–4 SO @ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 4–0–0
5WOctober 15, 20054–1 @ St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 5–0–0
6WOctober 20, 20053–2 SO St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 6–0–0
7WOctober 22, 20052–1 San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 7–0–0
8WOctober 25, 20055–3 Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 8–0–0
9LOctober 26, 20052–3 OT @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 8–0–1
10LOctober 29, 20051–5 Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 8–1–1
11LNovember 1, 20051–4 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 8–2–1
12LNovember 2, 20052–3 OT @ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 8–2–2
13LNovember 5, 20052–3 SO @ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 8–2–3
14WNovember 8, 20053–2 Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 9–2–3
15WNovember 10, 20055–3 Dallas Stars (2005–06) 10–2–3
16WNovember 12, 20053–1 St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 11–2–3
17WNovember 15, 20053–2 Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 12–2–3
18LNovember 19, 20052–4 @ Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 12–3–3
19WNovember 23, 20054–2 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 13–3–3
20WNovember 24, 20054–3 Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 14–3–3
21LNovember 26, 20051–3 Dallas Stars (2005–06) 14–4–3
22WNovember 29, 20052–0 Calgary Flames (2005–06) 15–4–3
23WDecember 1, 20052–1 Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 16–4–3
24WDecember 3, 20054–3 SO Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 17–4–3
25WDecember 7, 20055–2 @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 18–4–3
26LDecember 8, 20051–5 New York Rangers (2005–06) 18–5–3
27LDecember 10, 20053–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 18–6–3
28LDecember 13, 20053–7 @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) 18–7–3
29WDecember 15, 20055–3 Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 19–7–3
30WDecember 17, 20057–3 Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 20–7–3
31WDecember 20, 20053–2 Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 21–7–3
32WDecember 21, 20056–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 22–7–3
33WDecember 23, 20055–4 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 23–7–3
34WDecember 27, 20054–3 @ Calgary Flames (2005–06) 24–7–3
35LDecember 28, 20053–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 24–8–3
36LDecember 30, 20052–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 24–9–3
37LJanuary 1, 20062–4 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 24–10–3
38LJanuary 3, 20060–3 @ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 24–11–3
39WJanuary 4, 20064–3 @ St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 25–11–3
40LJanuary 6, 20061–3 Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 25–12–3
41WJanuary 8, 20065–1 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 26–12–3
42WJanuary 10, 20062–1 New York Islanders (2005–06) 27–12–3
43LJanuary 11, 20063–4 SO @ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 27–12–4
44LJanuary 13, 20064–5 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 27–12–5
45WJanuary 15, 20065–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 28–12–5
46LJanuary 19, 20063–4 SO New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 28–12–6
47WJanuary 21, 20067–2 Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 29–12–6
48WJanuary 23, 20063–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 30–12–6
49WJanuary 24, 20062–1 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 31–12–6
50LJanuary 26, 20061–5 @ Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 31–13–6
51LJanuary 28, 20063–4 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 31–14–6
52LFebruary 1, 20061–2 @ Dallas Stars (2005–06) 31–15–6
53WFebruary 2, 20064–3 OT Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 32–15–6
54WFebruary 4, 20066–0 Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 33–15–6
55LFebruary 6, 20062–4 @ Dallas Stars (2005–06) 33–16–6
56LFebruary 8, 20060–6 @ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 33–17–6
57LFebruary 9, 20062–3 Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 33–18–6
58WFebruary 11, 20065–2 Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 34–18–6
59LMarch 1, 20060–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 34–19–6
60WMarch 2, 20063–1 Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 35–19–6
61LMarch 5, 20062–3 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 35–19–7
62WMarch 7, 20063–2 @ Calgary Flames (2005–06) 36–19–7
63WMarch 9, 20063–2 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 37–19–7
64LMarch 11, 20062–3 OT @ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 37–19–8
65WMarch 14, 20065–0 Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 38–19–8
66WMarch 16, 20062–0 Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 39–19–8
67WMarch 18, 20069–4 Calgary Flames (2005–06) 40–19–8
68WMarch 20, 20064–2 St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 41–19–8
69WMarch 21, 20063–2 SO @ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 42–19–8
70LMarch 24, 20063–6 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 42–20–8
71LMarch 25, 20064–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 42–21–8
72LMarch 28, 20063–5 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 42–22–8
73LMarch 30, 20062–4 Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 42–23–8
74WApril 1, 20062–1 St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 43–23–8
75LApril 3, 20061–3 Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 43–24–8
76LApril 5, 20063–4 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 43–25–8
77WApril 6, 20063–0 @ St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 44–25–8
78WApril 8, 20062–1 SO Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 45–25–8
79WApril 11, 20062–0 @ St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 46–25–8
80WApril 13, 20064–2 Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 47–25–8
81WApril 15, 20065–1 Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 48–25–8
82WApril 18, 20066–3 Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 49–25–8

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Kariya, PaulPaul Kariya LW 82 31 54 85 40-61403
Sullivan, SteveSteve Sullivan RW 69 31 37 68 5021345
Perreault, YanicYanic Perreault C 69 22 35 57 30-31002
Timonen, KimmoKimmo Timonen D 79 11 39 50 74-3801
Erat, MartinMartin Erat RW 80 20 29 49 760501
Zidlicky, MarekMarek Zidlicky D 67 12 37 49 8281001
Hartnell, ScottScott Hartnell LW 81 25 23 48 10181028
Hamhuis, DanDan Hamhuis D 82 7 31 38 7011411
Hall, AdamAdam Hall RW 75 14 15 29 4001005
Legwand, DavidDavid Legwand C 44 7 19 26 343005
Upshall, ScottieScottie Upshall LW 48 8 16 24 3414102
Sillinger, MikeMike Sillinger C 31 10 12 22 140301
Johnson, GregGreg Johnson C 68 11 8 19 106043
Walker, ScottScott Walker RW 33 5 11 16 362100
Suter, RyanRyan Suter D 71 1 15 16 667000
Smithson, JerredJerred Smithson C 66 5 9 14 549001
Hordichuk, DarcyDarcy Hordichuk LW 74 7 6 13 1639001
Fiddler, VernonVernon Fiddler C 40 8 4 12 42-2302
Markov, DannyDanny Markov D 58 0 11 11 629000
Tootoo, JordinJordin Tootoo RW 34 4 6 10 559000
Weber, SheaShea Weber D 28 2 8 10 428201
Stevenson, JeremyJeremy Stevenson LW 35 4 3 7 740000
Nichol, ScottScott Nichol C 34 3 3 6 793010
Eaton, MarkMark Eaton D 69 3 1 4 44-2000
Beech, KrisKris Beech C 5 1 2 3 01000
Witt, BrendanBrendan Witt D 17 0 3 3 685000
Vokoun, TomasTomas Vokoun G 61 0 2 2 260000
Zanon, GregGreg Zanon D 4 0 2 2 60000
Mason, ChrisChris Mason G 23 1 0 1 00000
Allison, JamieJamie Allison D 20 0 1 1 45-6000
Finley, BrianBrian Finley G 1 0 0 0 00000
Gamache, SimonSimon Gamache C 11 0 0 0 0-6000
Klein, KevinKevin Klein D 2 0 0 0 0-1000
Rinne, PekkaPekka Rinne G 2 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Vokoun, TomasTomas Vokoun 3601 61 36 18 7 160 2.67 419841824.919
Mason, ChrisChris Mason 1227 23 12 5 1 52 2.54 2597545.913
Rinne, PekkaPekka Rinne 63 2 1 1 0 4 3.81 04036.900
Finley, BrianBrian Finley 60 1 0 1 0 7 7.00 04134.829
Team: 4951 82 49 25 8 223 2.70 626622439.916

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Kariya, PaulPaul Kariya LW 5 2 5 7 00200
Timonen, KimmoKimmo Timonen D 5 1 3 4 40010
Sillinger, MikeMike Sillinger C 5 2 1 3 12-1100
Weber, SheaShea Weber D 4 2 0 2 8-3100
Erat, MartinMartin Erat RW 5 1 1 2 6-1100
Hamhuis, DanDan Hamhuis D 5 0 2 2 2-2000
Sullivan, SteveSteve Sullivan RW 5 0 2 2 0-2000
Hall, AdamAdam Hall RW 5 1 0 1 0-3101
Hartnell, ScottScott Hartnell LW 5 1 0 1 40000
Fiddler, VernonVernon Fiddler C 2 0 1 1 0-1000
Johnson, GregGreg Johnson C 5 0 1 1 20000
Legwand, DavidDavid Legwand C 5 0 1 1 8-1000
Zidlicky, MarekMarek Zidlicky D 2 0 1 1 20000
Eaton, MarkMark Eaton D 5 0 0 0 80000
Markov, DannyDanny Markov D 5 0 0 0 6-1000
Mason, ChrisChris Mason G 5 0 0 0 00000
Nichol, ScottScott Nichol C 3 0 0 0 2-2000
Perreault, YanicYanic Perreault C 1 0 0 0 20000
Smithson, JerredJerred Smithson C 3 0 0 0 40000
Tootoo, JordinJordin Tootoo RW 3 0 0 0 0-1000
Upshall, ScottieScottie Upshall LW 2 0 0 0 00000
Walker, ScottScott Walker RW 5 0 0 0 60000
Witt, BrendanBrendan Witt D 5 0 0 0 12-3000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Mason, ChrisChris Mason 296 5 1 4 17 3.45 0171154.901
Team: 296 5 1 4 17 3.45 0171154.901

[7]

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

Playoffs

Nashville (4) vs. San Jose (5)
Date Away Home
April 21 San Jose 3 4 Nashville
April 23 San Jose 3 0 Nashville
April 25 Nashville 1 4 San Jose
April 27 Nashville 4 5 San Jose
April 30 San Jose 2 1 Nashville
San Jose wins series 41

Draft picks

Nashville's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario.

Round # Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team (League)

References

  1. http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200603090VAN.html
  2. http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199512300STL.html
  3. "Goalie Mason scores, wins fifth straight as Preds top Yotes". 2006-04-15.
  4. "NHL Power Rankings". CNN. 2006-04-18.
  5. Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
  6. "2005–2006 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  7. "2005-06 Nashville Predators Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
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