2005–06 Dallas Stars season

2005–06 Dallas Stars
Division	1st Pacific
Conference	2nd Western
2005–06 record	53–23–6
Goals for	265
Goals against	218
Team information
General Manager	Doug Armstrong
Coach	Dave Tippett
Captain	Mike Modano
Alternate captains	Brenden Morrow Sergei Zubov
Arena	American Airlines Center
Average attendance	17,828
Team leaders
Goals	Jere Lehtinen (33)
Assists	Sergei Zubov (58)
Points	Mike Modano (77)
Penalties in minutes	Brenden Morrow (183)
Plus/minus	Brenden Morrow (+30)
Wins	Marty Turco (41)
Goals against average	Marty Turco (2.55)
<2004–05	2006–07>

The 2005–06 Dallas Stars season was the Stars' 13th season in the city of Dallas, the 39th overall of the franchise. This was the season following the 2004–05 season which was canceled due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout.

Regular season

Final standings

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Dallas Stars	82	53	23	6	265	218	112
2	5	San Jose Sharks	82	44	27	11	266	242	99
3	6	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	43	27	12	254	229	98
4	10	Los Angeles Kings	82	42	35	5	249	270	89
5	12	Phoenix Coyotes	82	38	39	5	246	271	81

Western Conference

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 5, 2005	5–4	Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	1–0–0
2	L	October 8, 2005	2–3	Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	1–1–0
3	W	October 11, 2005	3–2	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	2–1–0
4	W	October 13, 2005	3–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	3–1–0
5	W	October 14, 2005	3–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	4–1–0
6	L	October 16, 2005	2–5	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	4–2–0
7	L	October 20, 2005	2–7	Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	4–3–0
8	W	October 22, 2005	2–1	Calgary Flames (2005–06)	5–3–0
9	L	October 26, 2005	4–5 OT	San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	5–3–1
10	L	October 28, 2005	3–5	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	5–4–1
11	W	October 29, 2005	5–3	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	6–4–1
12	L	November 2, 2005	3–6	Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	6–5–1
13	W	November 4, 2005	9–1	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	7–5–1
14	W	November 5, 2005	3–2 SO	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	8–5–1
15	W	November 7, 2005	4–0	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	9–5–1
16	L	November 10, 2005	3–5	@ Nashville Predators (2005–06)	9–6–1
17	W	November 12, 2005	3–2 SO	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	10–6–1
18	W	November 13, 2005	3–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	11–6–1
19	W	November 16, 2005	4–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	12–6–1
20	W	November 18, 2005	6–3	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	13–6–1
21	W	November 23, 2005	3–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	14–6–1
22	L	November 25, 2005	1–4	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	14–7–1
23	W	November 26, 2005	3–1	@ Nashville Predators (2005–06)	15–7–1
24	W	November 30, 2005	4–1	San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	16–7–1
25	W	December 2, 2005	5–4 SO	Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06)	17–7–1
26	W	December 7, 2005	4–3	Florida Panthers (2005–06)	18–7–1
27	W	December 10, 2005	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06)	19–7–1
28	L	December 14, 2005	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06)	19–8–1
29	W	December 15, 2005	2–0	@ Ottawa Senators (2005–06)	20–8–1
30	W	December 18, 2005	5–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	21–8–1
31	L	December 19, 2005	1–2	@ Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	21–9–1
32	W	December 21, 2005	5–3	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	22–9–1
33	L	December 23, 2005	2–3	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	22–10–1
34	W	December 26, 2005	6–1	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	23–10–1
35	L	December 27, 2005	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	23–11–1
36	W	December 29, 2005	3–0	St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	24–11–1
37	L	December 31, 2005	2–3	Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	24–12–1
38	L	January 2, 2006	2–3 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	24–12–2
39	W	January 4, 2006	3–1	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	25–12–2
40	W	January 6, 2006	4–3 SO	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	26–12–2
41	W	January 8, 2006	6–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	27–12–2
42	W	January 9, 2006	2–1	@ Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	28–12–2
43	W	January 12, 2006	4–1	Washington Capitals (2005–06)	29–12–2
44	W	January 14, 2006	2–1 SO	@ Boston Bruins (2005–06)	30–12–2
45	L	January 16, 2006	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06)	30–13–2
46	L	January 18, 2006	2–5	Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06)	30–14–2
47	L	January 20, 2006	3–6	Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06)	30–15–2
48	W	January 23, 2006	4–1	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	31–15–2
49	W	January 25, 2006	4–3 SO	St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	32–15–2
50	W	January 26, 2006	3–2 SO	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	33–15–2
51	W	January 28, 2006	2–1 SO	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	34–15–2
52	W	January 30, 2006	3–2 OT	San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	35–15–2
53	W	February 1, 2006	2–1	Nashville Predators (2005–06)	36–15–2
54	L	February 4, 2006	3–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	36–15–3
55	W	February 6, 2006	4–2	Nashville Predators (2005–06)	37–15–3
56	W	February 9, 2006	5–1	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	38–15–3
57	L	February 10, 2006	3–6	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	38–16–3
58	L	February 12, 2006	5–6	@ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	38–17–3
59	L	March 2, 2006	2–6	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	38–18–3
60	W	March 4, 2006	5–3	Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	39–18–3
61	W	March 5, 2006	7–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	40–18–3
62	W	March 7, 2006	4–3 SO	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	41–18–3
63	L	March 9, 2006	0–1	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	41–19–3
64	W	March 11, 2006	2–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	42–19–3
65	W	March 13, 2006	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	43–19–3
66	W	March 16, 2006	4–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	44–19–3
67	W	March 18, 2006	4–3 SO	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	45–19–3
68	L	March 20, 2006	1–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	45–20–3
69	W	March 22, 2006	4–2	Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	46–20–3
70	W	March 24, 2006	3–2 SO	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	47–20–3
71	W	March 26, 2006	3–2	Calgary Flames (2005–06)	48–20–3
72	W	March 29, 2006	2–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	49–20–3
73	L	March 31, 2006	4–5 SO	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	49–20–4
74	L	April 1, 2006	0–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	49–21–4
75	L	April 3, 2006	2–3 OT	San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	49–21–5
76	W	April 6, 2006	5–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	50–21–5
77	W	April 8, 2006	3–2 SO	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	51–21–5
78	L	April 9, 2006	1–4	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	51–22–5
79	W	April 11, 2006	3–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	52–22–5
80	W	April 15, 2006	4–3 OT	Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	53–22–5
81	L	April 17, 2006	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	53–23–5
82	L	April 18, 2006	4–5 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	53–23–6

Playoffs

Western Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (7) Colorado Avalanche

Colorado wins series 4–1

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT
1	April 22	Colorado	5 - 2	Dallas
2	April 14	Colorado	5 – 4	Dallas	OT
3	April 216	Dallas	4 – 3	Colorado	OT
4	April 28	Dallas	4 – 1	Colorado
5	April 30	Colorado	3 – 2	Dallas	OT

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Modano, MikeMike Modano	C	78	27	50	77	58	23	12	1	4
Arnott, JasonJason Arnott	C	81	32	44	76	102	13	11	1	5
Zubov, SergeiSergei Zubov	D	78	13	58	71	46	20	9	0	0
Morrow, BrendenBrenden Morrow	LW	81	23	42	65	183	30	8	1	4
Jokinen, JussiJussi Jokinen	C	81	17	38	55	30	2	8	0	2
Lehtinen, JereJere Lehtinen	RW	80	33	19	52	30	9	14	1	6
Boucher, PhilippePhilippe Boucher	D	66	16	27	43	77	28	8	0	3
Guerin, BillBill Guerin	RW	70	13	27	40	115	0	3	0	2
Barnes, StuStu Barnes	C	78	15	21	36	44	9	0	1	2
Kapanen, NikoNiko Kapanen	C	81	14	21	35	36	-10	5	2	4
Miettinen, AnttiAntti Miettinen	RW	79	11	20	31	46	0	4	0	1
Ott, SteveSteve Ott	C	82	5	17	22	178	1	0	0	1
Robidas, StephaneStephane Robidas	D	75	5	15	20	67	15	1	1	0
Hagman, NiklasNiklas Hagman	LW	54	6	9	15	16	-2	0	1	0
Skoula, MartinMartin Skoula	D	61	4	11	15	36	6	3	0	1
Daley, TrevorTrevor Daley	D	81	3	11	14	87	-2	0	0	1
Klemm, JonJon Klemm	D	76	4	7	11	60	-3	1	0	1
Svoboda, JaroslavJaroslav Svoboda	LW	43	4	3	7	22	-3	0	0	2
Niinimaa, JanneJanne Niinimaa	D	22	2	4	6	24	-5	1	1	1
Tjarnqvist, MathiasMathias Tjarnqvist	RW	33	2	4	6	18	4	0	0	0
Perrott, NathanNathan Perrott	RW	23	2	1	3	54	2	0	0	1
Hedberg, JohanJohan Hedberg	G	19	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Mitchell, WillieWillie Mitchell	D	16	0	2	2	26	4	0	0	0
Turco, MartyMarty Turco	G	68	0	2	2	28	0	0	0	0
Lessard, JuniorJunior Lessard	RW/C	5	1	0	1	12	0	0	0	0
Stevenson, JeremyJeremy Stevenson	LW	16	1	0	1	21	-3	0	0	0
Erskine, JohnJohn Erskine	D	26	0	0	0	62	-3	0	0	0
Jancevski, DanDan Jancevski	D	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Oliver, DavidDavid Oliver	RW	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Polak, VojtechVojtech Polak	LW	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Traverse, PatrickPatrick Traverse	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Turco, MartyMarty Turco	3910	68	41	19	5	166	2.55	3	1624	1458	.898
Hedberg, JohanJohan Hedberg	1079	19	12	4	1	48	2.67	0	472	424	.898
Team:	4989	82	53	23	6	214	2.57	3	2096	1882	.898

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Morrow, BrendenBrenden Morrow	LW	5	1	5	6	6	-1	0	0	0
Zubov, SergeiSergei Zubov	D	5	1	5	6	6	-1	1	0	0
Guerin, BillBill Guerin	RW	5	3	1	4	0	-2	1	0	0
Lehtinen, JereJere Lehtinen	RW	5	3	1	4	0	-1	1	0	0
Modano, MikeMike Modano	C	5	1	3	4	4	0	1	0	0
Hagman, NiklasNiklas Hagman	LW	5	2	1	3	4	-1	0	0	1
Jokinen, JussiJussi Jokinen	C	5	2	1	3	0	1	1	0	0
Arnott, JasonJason Arnott	C	5	0	3	3	4	-1	0	0	0
Barnes, StuStu Barnes	C	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
Robidas, StephaneStephane Robidas	D	5	0	2	2	4	-1	0	0	0
Klemm, JonJon Klemm	D	5	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Boucher, PhilippePhilippe Boucher	D	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Kapanen, NikoNiko Kapanen	C	5	0	1	1	10	-2	0	0	0
Miettinen, AnttiAntti Miettinen	RW	5	0	1	1	8	-1	0	0	0
Niinimaa, JanneJanne Niinimaa	D	4	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Ott, SteveSteve Ott	C	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Daley, TrevorTrevor Daley	D	3	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Mitchell, WillieWillie Mitchell	D	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Stevenson, JeremyJeremy Stevenson	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Svoboda, JaroslavJaroslav Svoboda	LW	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Turco, MartyMarty Turco	G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Turco, MartyMarty Turco	319	5	1	4	18	3.39	0	136	118	.868
Team:	319	5	1	4	18	3.39	0	136	118	.868

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;

Transactions

Trades

Date	Details
July 30, 2005	To Tampa Bay Lightning 2005 6th round pick	To Dallas Stars 2006 5th round pick
November 6, 2005	To Toronto Maple Leafs 2006 conditional 6th round pick	To Dallas Stars Nathan Perrott
December 12, 2005	To Florida Panthers 2007 7th round pick	To Dallas Stars Niklas Hagman
January 10, 2006	To New York Islanders John Erskine 2006 2nd round pick	To Dallas Stars Janne Niinimaa 2007 5th round pick
March 8, 2006	To Minnesota Wild Martin Skoula Shawn Belle	To Dallas Stars Willie Mitchell 2007 2nd round pick

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Martin Skoula	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	2 years
Johan Hedberg	Vancouver Canucks	1 year
Mario Scalzo	Rimouski Océanic	3 year entry level contract
Stephane Robidas	Chicago Blackhawks	2 years
Garrett Burnett	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	1 year

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Aaron Downey	St. Louis Blues	2 years
Chris Therien	Philadelphia Flyers	1 year, $500,000
Teppo Numminen	Buffalo Sabres	1 year
Valeri Bure	Los Angeles Kings	1 year
Lubomir Sekeras	Malmö IF
Scott Young	St. Louis Blues	1 year

Claimed via Waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
Jeremy Stevenson	Nashville Predators	February 15, 2006

Player Signings

Player	Contract terms
Francis Wathier	3 year entry level contract
B.J. Crombeen	3 year entry level contract
Shawn Belle	3 year entry level contract
Sergei Zubov	3 years, $12 million
Mattias Tjarnqvist	1 year
Mike Modano	5 years, $17 million
Patrick Traverse	1 year
Vojtech Polak	3 year entry level contract
Junior Lessard	1 year
Niko Kapanen	1 year
Steve Ott	1 year
David Oilver	1 year
Mike Smith	1 year
Yared Hagos	2 years
Antti Miettinen	2 years
Jason Arnott	1 year
Mike Siklenka	1 year
Brendan Morrow	2 years
Dan Ellis	1 year
Janos Vas	3 years
John Erskine	1 year
Dan Jancevski	1 year
Jussi Jokinen	2 years
Loui Eriksson	3 year entry level contract
Nicklas Grossmann	3 year entry level contract
Tobias Stephan	3 year entry level contract
Philippe Boucher	3 year extension

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	28	Matt Niskanen	(D)	United States	Virginia HIgh School (USHS,MN)
2	33	James Neal	(LW)	Canada	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
3	71	Richard Clune	(LW)	Canada	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
5	146	Tom Wandell	(C)	Sweden	Södertälje SK (SWE)
5	160	Matt Watkins	(RW)	Canada	Vernon Vipers (BCHL)
7	223	Pat McGann	(G)	United States	Illinois Midgets

Farm teams

The Stars American Hockey League Affiliate for the 2005-06 season were the Iowa Stars based in Des Moines, Iowa. They also started to be affiliated with the Idaho Steelheads of the East Coast Hockey League.

See also

2005-06 NHL Season

References

• "2005–06 Dallas Stars Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.