2005–06 Los Angeles Kings season

2005–06 Los Angeles Kings
Division	4th Pacific
Conference	10th Western
2005–06 record	42–35–5
Home record	26–14–1
Road record	16–21–4
Goals for	249 ()
Goals against	270 ()
Team information
General Manager	Dave Taylor
Coach	Andy Murray (Oct-Mar) John Torchetti (interim) (Mar/Apr)
Captain	Mattias Norstrom Luc Robitaille served as the captain of the Kings for the team's last home game
Alternate captains	Craig Conroy Aaron Miller Luc Robitaille Jeremy Roenick
Arena	Staples Center
Average attendance	17,821
Team leaders
Goals	Michael Cammalleri (26)
Assists	Lubomir Visnovsky (50)
Points	Lubomir Visnovsky (67)
Penalties in minutes	Sean Avery (257)
Plus/minus	Pavol Demitra (+21)
Wins	Mathieu Garon (31)
Goals against average	Jason LaBarbera (2.89)
<2004–05	2006–07>

The 2005–06 Los Angeles Kings season was the 39th season (38th season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise. It began with wholesale changes, as during the off-season the Kings acquired centers Pavol Demitra and Jeremy Roenick to help solidify their offense, as well as goaltender Jason LaBarbera.

The changes appeared to pay off, as the Kings stormed out to a 15–6–1 record, and first place in the division. The team, however, collapsed, winning only 27 of their remaining 60 games, finishing 4th in the Pacific Division, and out of the playoffs for the third consecutive season. Head coach Andy Murray was fired for their final 12 games and John Torchetti taking over despite finishing with an impressive 42 wins.

Regular season

• January 19, 2006 – Luc Robitaille becomes the Kings' all-time leading goal scorer.

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

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

The Kings we're eliminated from playoff condition in late March 2006

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Visnovsky, LubomirLubomir Visnovsky D 80 17 50 67 50 7 10 0 3 Conroy, CraigCraig Conroy C 78 22 44 66 78 13 5 3 3 Demitra, PavolPavol Demitra LW 58 25 37 62 42 21 7 5 7 Cammalleri, MichaelMichael Cammalleri C 80 26 29 55 50 -14 15 0 4 Frolov, AlexanderAlexander Frolov LW 69 21 33 54 40 17 4 3 4 Armstrong, DerekDerek Armstrong C 62 13 28 41 46 -2 7 0 1 Corvo, JoeJoe Corvo D 81 14 26 40 38 16 7 0 3 Avery, SeanSean Avery C 75 15 24 39 257 -5 1 3 1 Belanger, EricEric Belanger C 65 17 20 37 62 -5 5 0 1 Brown, DustinDustin Brown LW 79 14 14 28 80 -10 6 0 2 Norstrom, MattiasMattias Norstrom D 77 4 23 27 58 -3 2 1 1 Robitaille, LucLuc Robitaille LW 65 15 9 24 52 -6 3 0 2 Roenick, JeremyJeremy Roenick C 58 9 13 22 36 -5 2 0 1 Kostopoulos, TomTom Kostopoulos RW 76 8 14 22 100 -8 0 0 1 Gleason, TimTim Gleason D 78 2 19 21 77 0 0 0 0 Dempsey, NathanNathan Dempsey D 53 2 11 13 48 0 0 0 0 Cowan, JeffJeff Cowan LW 46 8 1 9 73 -8 0 0 0 Weaver, MikeMike Weaver D 53 0 9 9 14 -3 0 0 0 Parrish, MarkMark Parrish RW 19 5 3 8 4 -9 3 0 0 Miller, AaronAaron Miller D 56 0 8 8 27 -6 0 0 0 Giuliano, JeffJeff Giuliano LW 48 3 4 7 26 0 0 0 2 Parros, GeorgeGeorge Parros RW 55 2 3 5 138 1 0 0 0 Garon, MathieuMathieu Garon G 63 0 3 3 8 0 0 0 0 Grebeshkov, DenisDenis Grebeshkov D 8 0 2 2 12 -4 0 0 0 Kanko, PetrPetr Kanko RW 10 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 LaBarbera, JasonJason LaBarbera G 29 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Pushkarev, KonstantinKonstantin Pushkarev RW 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan, MattMatt Ryan C 12 0 1 1 2 -4 0 0 0 Sopel, BrentBrent Sopel D 11 0 1 1 6 -4 0 0 0 Belanger, KenKen Belanger LW 5 0 0 0 7 -1 0 0 0 Clarke, NoahNoah Clarke LW 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Flinn, RyanRyan Flinn LW 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 Hauser, AdamAdam Hauser G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 James, ConnorConnor James RW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Petiot, RichardRichard Petiot D 2 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0 Tambellini, JeffJeff Tambellini LW 4 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Garon, MathieuMathieu Garon 3446 63 31 26 3 185 3.22 4 1738 1553 .894 LaBarbera, JasonJason LaBarbera 1433 29 11 9 2 69 2.89 1 688 619 .900 Hauser, AdamAdam Hauser 51 1 0 0 0 6 7.06 0 24 18 .750 Team: 4930 82 42 35 5 260 3.16 5 2450 2190 .894

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;

Draft picks

Los Angeles's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario on July 30, 2005:

• Anze Kopitar (11th pick)
• Dany Roussin (50th pick)
• T.J. Fast (60th pick)
• Jonathan Quick (72nd pick)
• Patrik Hersley (139th pick)
• Ryan McGinnis (184th pick)
• Josh Meyers (206th pick)
• John Seymour (226th pick)

See also

• 2005–06 NHL season

References

• "2005–06 Los Angeles Kings Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.