2005–06 Dallas Stars season

2005–06 Dallas Stars
Pacific Division champions
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)
Penalty minutes	Brenden Morrow (183)
Plus/minus	Brenden Morrow (+30)
Wins	Marty Turco (41)
Goals against average	Marty Turco (2.55)

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

Schedule and results

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 Quarterfinals: vs. (7) Colorado Avalanche

Colorado wins series 4–1

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance
1	April 22	Colorado	5 - 2	Dallas		18,532
2	April 14	Colorado	5 – 4	Dallas	OT	18,532
3	April 216	Dallas	3– 4	Colorado	OT	18,007
4	April 28	Dallas	4 – 1	Colorado		18,007
5	April 30	Colorado	3 – 2	Dallas	OT	18,532

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mike Modano	C	78	27	50	77	58	23	12	1	4
Jason Arnott	C	81	32	44	76	102	13	11	1	5
Sergei Zubov	D	78	13	58	71	46	20	9	0	0
Brenden Morrow	LW	81	23	42	65	183	30	8	1	4
Jussi Jokinen	C	81	17	38	55	30	2	8	0	2
Jere Lehtinen	RW	80	33	19	52	30	9	14	1	6
Philippe Boucher	D	66	16	27	43	77	28	8	0	3
Bill Guerin	RW	70	13	27	40	115	0	3	0	2
Stu Barnes	C	78	15	21	36	44	9	0	1	2
Niko Kapanen	C	81	14	21	35	36	-10	5	2	4
Antti Miettinen	RW	79	11	20	31	46	0	4	0	1
Steve Ott	C	82	5	17	22	178	1	0	0	1
Stephane Robidas	D	75	5	15	20	67	15	1	1	0
Niklas Hagman	LW	54	6	9	15	16	-2	0	1	0
Martin Skoula	D	61	4	11	15	36	6	3	0	1
Trevor Daley	D	81	3	11	14	87	-2	0	0	1
Jon Klemm	D	76	4	7	11	60	-3	1	0	1
Jaroslav Svoboda	LW	43	4	3	7	22	-3	0	0	2
Janne Niinimaa	D	22	2	4	6	24	-5	1	1	1
Mathias Tjarnqvist	RW	33	2	4	6	18	4	0	0	0
Nathan Perrott	RW	23	2	1	3	54	2	0	0	1
Johan Hedberg	G	19	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	0
Willie Mitchell	D	16	0	2	2	26	4	0	0	0
Marty Turco	G	68	0	2	2	28	0	0	0	0
Junior Lessard	RW/C	5	1	0	1	12	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Stevenson	LW	16	1	0	1	21	-3	0	0	0
John Erskine	D	26	0	0	0	62	-3	0	0	0
Dan Jancevski	D	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
David Oliver	RW	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Vojtech Polak	LW	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Patrick 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%
Marty Turco	3910	68	41	19	5	166	2.55	3	1624	1458	.898
Johan 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
Brenden Morrow	LW	5	1	5	6	6	-1	0	0	0
Sergei Zubov	D	5	1	5	6	6	-1	1	0	0
Bill Guerin	RW	5	3	1	4	0	-2	1	0	0
Jere Lehtinen	RW	5	3	1	4	0	-1	1	0	0
Mike Modano	C	5	1	3	4	4	0	1	0	0
Niklas Hagman	LW	5	2	1	3	4	-1	0	0	1
Jussi Jokinen	C	5	2	1	3	0	1	1	0	0
Jason Arnott	C	5	0	3	3	4	-1	0	0	0
Stu Barnes	C	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
Stephane Robidas	D	5	0	2	2	4	-1	0	0	0
Jon Klemm	D	5	1	0	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Philippe Boucher	D	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Niko Kapanen	C	5	0	1	1	10	-2	0	0	0
Antti Miettinen	RW	5	0	1	1	8	-1	0	0	0
Janne Niinimaa	D	4	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Steve Ott	C	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Trevor Daley	D	3	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Willie Mitchell	D	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Stevenson	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaroslav Svoboda	LW	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Marty Turco	G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Marty 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 (Kevin Beech)	To Dallas Stars 2006 5th round pick (David McIntyre)
November 6, 2005	To Toronto Maple Leafs 2006 conditional 6th round pick (Leo Komarov)	To Dallas Stars Nathan Perrott
December 12, 2005	To Florida Panthers 2007 7th round pick (Sergei Gaiduchenko)	To Dallas Stars Niklas Hagman
January 10, 2006	To New York Islanders John Erskine 2006 2nd round pick (Jesse Joensuu)	To Dallas Stars Janne Niinimaa 2007 5th round pick (Ondrej Roman)
March 8, 2006	To Minnesota Wild Martin Skoula Shawn Belle	To Dallas Stars Willie Mitchell 2007 2nd round pick (Nico Sacchetti)

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
Mathias 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 Oliver	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)
3	75	Perttu Lindgren	(C)	Finland	Ilves Jr. (Finland)
5	146	Tom Wandell	(C)	Sweden	Södertälje SK (Elitserien)
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 became affiliated with the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL.

See also

2005-06 NHL Season

References

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