2005–06 San Jose Sharks season

2005–06 San Jose Sharks
Division	2nd Pacific
Conference	5th Western
2005–06 record	44–27–11
Goals for	266
Goals against	242
Team information
General manager	Doug Wilson
Coach	Ron Wilson
Captain	Patrick Marleau

The 2005–06 San Jose Sharks season was the Sharks' 15th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

In the first round of the 2006 NHL Western Conference playoffs, the fifth-seeded Sharks defeated the fourth-seeded Nashville Predators in five games. The two teams split the first two games in Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center, but when the series shifted to San Jose's HP Pavilion, the Sharks took both games and a stranglehold on the series. The Sharks then finished off the Predators when the series moved back to Nashville, taking Game 5, 2–1.

The Sharks then moved on to the second round, facing the eighth-seeded Edmonton Oilers, who had upset the heavily favored, top-seeded Detroit Red Wings. The Sharks took the first two games in San Jose by identical 2–1 scores, but when the series shifted to Rexall Place in Edmonton, the Oilers never lost again in the series, taking two in Edmonton, one in San Jose and another back in Edmonton to complete the 4–2 series victory, setting up a Western Conference Final match-up against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Jonathan Cheechoo RW 82 56 37 93 58 23 24 2 11 Joe Thornton C 58 20 72 92 55 31 8 0 4 Patrick Marleau C 82 34 52 86 26 -12 20 1 4 Nils Ekman LW 77 21 36 57 54 20 5 0 2 Tom Preissing D 74 11 32 43 26 17 2 0 2 Milan Michalek RW 81 17 18 35 45 1 4 0 2 Steve Bernier RW 39 14 13 27 35 4 2 1 1 Alyn McCauley C 76 12 14 26 30 -3 4 2 3 Mark Smith C 80 9 15 24 97 3 2 1 1 Scott Hannan D 81 6 18 24 58 7 2 0 1 Christian Ehrhoff D 64 5 18 23 32 10 2 0 2 Kyle McLaren D 77 2 21 23 66 6 0 0 1 Grant Stevenson C 47 10 12 22 14 -7 5 0 2 Marcel Goc C 81 8 14 22 22 -7 2 0 2 Scott Thornton LW 71 10 11 21 84 -8 1 0 2 Marco Sturm LW 23 6 10 16 16 -8 3 0 0 Niko Dimitrakos RW 45 4 12 16 26 0 0 0 0 Brad Stuart D 23 2 10 12 14 -2 1 0 0 Josh Langfeld RW 39 2 9 11 16 4 0 1 0 Wayne Primeau C 21 5 3 8 17 -6 1 1 1 Ville Nieminen LW 22 3 4 7 10 -3 0 1 0 Matt Carle D 12 3 3 6 14 -2 2 0 1 Patrick Rissmiller LW 18 3 3 6 8 1 1 0 1 Rob Davison D 69 1 5 6 76 6 0 0 0 Josh Gorges D 49 0 6 6 31 5 0 0 0 Ryane Clowe RW 18 0 2 2 9 -2 0 0 0 Jim Fahey D 21 0 2 2 14 -11 0 0 0 Scott Parker RW 10 1 0 1 38 3 0 0 0 Matt Carkner D 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Douglas Murray D 34 0 1 1 27 3 0 0 0 Evgeni Nabokov G 45 0 1 1 18 0 0 0 0 Vesa Toskala G 37 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 Nolan Schaefer G 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Vesa Toskala 2039 37 23 7 4 87 2.56 2 878 791 .901 Evgeni Nabokov 2575 45 16 19 7 133 3.10 1 1160 1027 .885 Nolan Schaefer 352 7 5 1 0 11 1.88 1 138 127 .920 Team: 4966 82 44 27 11 231 2.79 4 2176 1945 .894

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Patrick Marleau C 11 9 5 14 8 2 4 0 2 Jonathan Cheechoo RW 11 4 5 9 8 -1 1 0 1 Joe Thornton C 11 2 7 9 12 -4 1 0 1 Christian Ehrhoff D 11 2 6 8 18 2 1 0 1 Tom Preissing D 11 1 6 7 4 0 0 0 0 Steve Bernier RW 11 1 5 6 8 4 1 0 1 Milan Michalek RW 9 1 4 5 8 4 1 0 0 Nils Ekman LW 11 2 2 4 8 -2 1 0 0 Mark Smith C 11 3 0 3 6 2 1 0 0 Patrick Rissmiller LW 11 2 1 3 6 1 0 0 0 Matt Carle D 11 0 3 3 4 1 0 0 0 Marcel Goc C 11 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 Kyle McLaren D 11 0 3 3 4 2 0 0 0 Scott Thornton LW 11 2 0 2 6 -1 0 0 0 Ville Nieminen LW 11 0 2 2 24 -1 0 0 0 Josh Gorges D 11 0 1 1 4 -1 0 0 0 Scott Hannan D 11 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 Alyn McCauley C 6 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 Ryane Clowe RW 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Rob Davison D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Evgeni Nabokov G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grant Stevenson C 5 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0 Vesa Toskala G 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Vesa Toskala 686 11 6 5 28 2.45 1 311 283 .910 Evgeni Nabokov 12 1 0 0 1 5.00 0 4 3 .750 Team: 698 11 6 5 29 2.49 1 315 286 .908

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

On November 30, 2005, the Boston Bruins traded Joe Thornton - who was the team's leading scorer at the time by a substantial margin - to the San Jose Sharks in a four-player deal which sent Marco Sturm, Wayne Primeau and Brad Stuart to Boston.

Draft picks

San Jose'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	8	Devin Setoguchi	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
2	35	Marc-Edouard Vlasic	Canada	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
4	112	Alex Stalock	United States	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
5	140	Taylor Dakers	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
5	149	Derek Joslin	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
5	162	P. J. Fenton	United States	University of Massachusetts Amherst (Hockey East)
6	183	Will Colbert	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
6	193	Tony Lucia	United States	Wayzata High School (USHS-MN)

See also

• 2005–06 NHL season

References

• "2005–06 San Jose Sharks Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.