2005–06 New York Islanders season

2005–06 New York Islanders
Division	4th Atlantic
Conference	12th Eastern
2005–06 record	36–40–6
Goals for	230
Goals against	278
Team information
General manager	Mike Milbury
Coach	Steve Stirling, Brad Shaw (interim)
Captain	Alexei Yashin
Arena	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Average attendance	12,609 (77.7%)

The 2005–06 New York Islanders season was the 34th season in the franchise's history. The Islanders replaced head coach Steve Stirling, replacing him with Brad Shaw. On March 14, 2006, the Islanders trailed the Montreal Canadiens by five points for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, but won only five of their final 18 games to finish 12th in the East. Their 12th place finish meant that, for the first time since the 2000–01 season, the team would not qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

Forward Alexei Yashin is named team captain, replacing the departed Michael Peca.

Regular season

Final 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

Eastern Conference

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

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

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Miroslav Satan	LW	82	35	31	66	54	-8	17	0	2
Alexei Yashin	C	82	28	38	66	68	-14	10	0	2
Jason Blake	C	76	28	29	57	60	0	12	2	2
Mike York	LW	75	13	39	52	30	-9	4	1	2
Mark Parrish	RW	57	24	17	41	16	-14	13	0	5
Trent Hunter	RW	82	16	19	35	34	-9	5	0	3
Shawn Bates	C	66	15	19	34	60	-11	1	1	4
Chris Campoli	D	80	9	25	34	46	-16	2	0	2
Alexei Zhitnik	D	59	5	24	29	88	4	3	0	0
Brent Sopel	D	57	2	25	27	64	-9	2	0	0
Arron Asham	RW	63	9	15	24	103	-5	2	1	0
Oleg Kvasha	LW/C	49	9	12	21	32	-2	1	0	1
Robert Nilsson	C	53	6	14	20	26	-6	1	0	1
Radek Martinek	D	74	1	16	17	32	-9	0	0	0
Brad Lukowich	D	57	1	12	13	32	-3	0	0	1
Janne Niinimaa	D	41	1	9	10	62	-7	0	0	0
Sean Bergenheim	LW	28	4	5	9	20	-11	0	0	1
Joel Bouchard	D	25	1	8	9	23	5	0	0	0
Jeff Hamilton	C	13	2	6	8	8	0	1	0	0
Wyatt Smith	C	42	0	8	8	26	-7	0	0	0
Bruno Gervais	D	27	3	4	7	8	-1	1	0	0
Mattias Weinhandl	RW	53	2	4	6	14	-4	0	0	0
Eric Godard	RW	57	2	2	4	115	-2	0	0	0
Jeff Tambellini	LW	21	1	3	4	8	2	0	0	0
Denis Grebeshkov	D	21	0	3	3	8	-8	0	0	0
Rob Collins	C	8	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0
Jeremy Colliton	C	19	1	1	2	6	2	0	0	0
Petteri Nokelainen	C	15	1	1	2	4	-1	0	0	1
John Erskine	D	34	1	0	1	99	-12	0	0	0
Rick DiPietro	G	63	0	1	1	28	0	0	0	0
Allan Rourke	D	6	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Ryan Caldwell	D	2	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Kevin Colley	C	16	0	0	0	52	-2	0	0	0
Wade Dubielewicz	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cole Jarrett	W	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Matt Koalska	C	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Masi Marjamaki	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tomi Pettinen	D	18	0	0	0	16	-2	0	0	0
Steve Regier	LW	9	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Garth Snow	G	20	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Rick DiPietro	3572	63	30	24	5	180	3.02	1	1797	1617	.900
Garth Snow	1096	20	4	13	1	68	3.72	0	595	527	.886
Wade Dubielewicz	310	7	2	3	0	15	2.90	0	145	130	.897
Team:	4978	82	36	40	6	263	3.17	1	2537	2274	.896

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

New York's draft picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	15	Ryan O'Marra	Canada	Erie Otters (OHL)
2	46	Dustin Kohn	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
3	76	Shea Guthrie	Canada	St. George's School (USHS-RI)
5	144	Masi Marjamaki	Finland	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
6	180	Tyrell Mason	Canada	Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)
7	196	Nick Tuzzolino	Canada	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
7	210	Luciano Aquino	Canada	Brampton Battalion (OHL)

See also

• 2005–06 NHL season

References

• "2005–06 New York Islanders Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.