2005–06 Detroit Red Wings season

2005–06 Detroit Red Wings
2005–06 Detroit Red Wings
Presidents' Trophy winners
Central Division champions
Division	1st Central
Conference	1st Western
2005–06 record	58–16–8
Home record	27–9–5
Road record	31–7–3
Goals for	305
Goals against	209
Team information
General manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Mike Babcock
Captain	Steve Yzerman
Alternate captains	Nicklas Lidstrom; Brendan Shanahan
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Average attendance	20,066 (100%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Grand Rapids Griffins; Toledo Storm
Team leaders
Goals	Brendan Shanahan (40)
Assists	Nicklas Lidstrom (64)
Points	Pavel Datsyuk (87)
Penalty minutes	Chris Chelios (108)
Plus/minus	Mathieu Schneider (33)
Wins	Manny Legace (37)
Goals against average	Manny Legace (2.19)
	← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 Detroit Red Wings season was the 80th National Hockey League season in Detroit, Michigan. The Wings once again found themselves having the best regular season record, scoring 124 points for the second-highest point total in franchise history.

The Red Wings began the season with a conflict in goal as recent pickup Chris Osgood was injured in preseason activities and unproven Manny Legace was to start in goal. Legace played great, winning 10 of his first 11 games, and quickly earned the starting goaltender job. The Red Wings decided to start Legace in the playoffs but his inexperience quickly showed and Detroit was knocked out in the first round by the Edmonton Oilers (who'd go on to win the conference) in six games.

Detroit defenseman, Jiri Fischer, suffered a cardiac arrest in the first period of a game against the Nashville Predators on November 21. The game was stopped and eventually called as many fans in Joe Louis Arena either could not see what was going on or looked on in horror. Fischer was given CPR on the Wings' bench and then carried out on a stretcher. Nashville had a 1–0 lead within the game and it was decided that the score would be added onto the rescheduled game later in the season.^[1]

The Red Wings sold out all 41 home games in 2005–06, as 20,066 fans packed Joe Louis Arena for every regular season and playoff game played in Detroit.

There was no All-Star Game this year as the Winter Olympics in Turin took place in February 2006, where nine Red Wings players represented their countries. Kris Draper represented Canada,^[2] Chris Chelios represented the United States,^[3] Robert Lang represented the Czech Republic, Pavel Datsyuk represented Russia, and Nicklas Lidstrom, Mikael Samuelsson, Henrik Zetterberg, Niklas Kronwall and Tomas Holmstrom represented Sweden.^[4] Team Canada Head Coach Wayne Gretzky told Steve Yzerman it was his decision as to whether he wanted to play in the 2006 Olympics. Citing his age and playing ability, Yzerman bowed out to give up his roster spot to a "more deserving player."^[5]

Sweden won the gold medal in ice hockey, as all three goals scored in the gold medal game were by Red Wing players. Red Wings' Head Coach Mike Babcock decided to give the five gold medal winners from Detroit time to return to Sweden to celebrate. They only missed one game, February 28 against the San Jose Sharks. In that game, Detroit suffered their worst loss of the season, losing by four goals.

For the first time in 10 years, Detroit was not shut out in any of their 82 regular season games.^[6] Offensively, Detroit trailed only the Ottawa Senators in scoring and shots on goal, with 301 goals (305 including the four shootout-winning goals) and 2,796 shots, respectively. Furthermore, for the first time since the 1992–93 season, the Red Wings scored more than 100 power play goals during the regular season, this time with 102. Detroit had eight players on its roster that scored at least twenty goals each during the regular season.

Defensively, the Red Wings finished second in most shutouts for, with nine and allowed only 206 goals (209 including three shootout-winning goals), good enough for third overall.

Regular season

The Red Wings finished the regular season with the League's best power-play percentage, at 22.13% (102 for 461).^[7]

Season standings

Central Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	82	58	16	8	305	209	124
2	4	Nashville Predators	82	49	25	8	259	227	106
3	13	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	35	43	4	223	279	74
4	14	Chicago Blackhawks	82	26	43	13	211	285	65
5	15	St. Louis Blues	82	21	46	15	197	292	57

^[8]Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference^[9]
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

For complete final standings, see 2005–06 NHL season

Playoffs

The Detroit Red Wings ended the 2005–06 regular season as the Western Conference's first seed and played Edmonton in the first round. Edmonton would go on to defeat Detroit and reach the Stanley Cup Finals, losing in Game 7 to the Carolina Hurricanes.

Schedule and results

Regular season

2005–06 regular season^[10]

October: 11–1–0 (home: 5–1–0; road: 6–0–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 5	St. Louis	1 – 5	Detroit		Legace	20,066	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 6	Detroit	4 – 3	St. Louis		Legace	15,318	2–0–0	4	Recap
3	October 9	Calgary	3 – 6	Detroit		Legace	20,066	3–0–0	6	Recap
4	October 10	Vancouver	4 – 2	Detroit		Legace	20,066	3–1–0	6	Recap
5	October 13	Detroit	5 – 2	Los Angeles		Legace	18,118	4–1–0	8	Recap
6	October 15	Detroit	2 – 0	Phoenix		Legace	17,799	5–1–0	10	Recap
7	October 17	San Jose	2 – 3	Detroit	OT	Legace	20,066	6–1–0	12	Recap
8	October 21	Anaheim	2 – 3	Detroit		Legace	20,066	7–1–0	14	Recap
9	October 22	Detroit	6 – 0	Columbus		Legace	18,136	8–1–0	16	Recap
10	October 24	Detroit	6 – 2	Columbus		Legace	16,098	9–1–0	18	Recap
11	October 27	Chicago	2 – 5	Detroit		Legace	20,066	10–1–0	20	Recap
12	October 29	Detroit	4 – 2	Chicago		Osgood	20,658	11–1–0	22	Recap

November: 7–5–2 (home: 4–2–1; road: 3–3–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
13	November 1	Chicago	1 – 4	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	12–1–0	24	Recap
14	November 3	Edmonton	4 – 3	Detroit	OT	Osgood	20,066	12–1–1	25	Recap
15	November 5	Phoenix	4 – 1	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	12–2–1	25	Recap
16	November 6	Detroit	4 – 1	St. Louis		Osgood	13,211	13–2–1	27	Recap
17	November 9	Los Angeles	5 – 4	Detroit	OT	Legace	20,066	14–2–1	29	Recap
18	November 11	Minnesota	1 – 3	Detroit		Legace	20,066	15–2–1	31	Recap
19	November 13	Detroit	1 – 4	Vancouver		Legace	18,630	15–3–1	31	Recap
20	November 16	Detroit	1 – 3	Calgary		Legace	19,289	15–4–1	31	Recap
21	November 17	Detroit	5 – 6	Edmonton	OT	Osgood	20,066	15–4–2	32	Recap
22	November 19	St. Louis	3 – 2	Detroit		Legace	20,066	15–5–2	32	Recap
	November 21	Nashville	PPD^[a]	Detroit		Legace	20,066			Recap
23	November 23	Colorado	3 – 7	Detroit		Legace	20,066	16–5–2	34	Recap
24	November 25	Detroit	1 – 3	Anaheim		Osgood	17,174	16–6–2	34	Recap
25	November 26	Detroit	7 – 6	San Jose		Osgood	17,496	17–6–2	36	Recap
26	November 28	Detroit	5 – 2	Los Angeles		Howard	18,118	18–6–2	38	Recap
Notes: ^a Game was cancelled with 7:31 left in the first period after Jiri Fischer suffered heart failure on the bench. Nashville was ahead 1–0 and the score would be added to a January 23 rescheduled game.^[11] Fischer was tended to and would soon after retire due to an enlarged heart and complications resulting thereof.

December: 8–3–1 (home: 4–2–0; road: 4–1–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
27	December 1	Calgary	3 – 2	Detroit		Howard	20,066	18–7–2	38	Recap
28	December 4	NY Islanders	2 – 1	Detroit		Howard	20,066	18–8–2	38	Recap
29	December 6	New Jersey	2 – 5	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	19–8–2	40	Recap
30	December 9	Detroit	4 – 3	Washington		Osgood	18,277	20–8–2	42	Recap
31	December 12	Pittsburgh	1 – 3	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	21–8–2	44	Recap
32	December 13	Detroit	6 – 7	Atlanta		Osgood	17,559	21–9–2	44	Recap
33	December 15	Detroit	2 – 3	Florida	OT	Osgood	17,716	21–9–3	45	Recap
34	December 17	Detroit	6 – 3	Tampa Bay		Osgood	21,204	22–9–3	47	Recap
35	December 20	Columbus	3 – 4	Detroit	SO	Osgood	20,066	23–9–3	49	Recap
36	December 23	Detroit	3 – 2	Chicago	OT	Osgood	20,543	24–9–3	51	Recap
37	December 27	Detroit	4 – 1	Dallas		Osgood	18,584	25–9–3	53	Recap
38	December 31	Columbus	2 – 3	Detroit	OT	Osgood	20,066	26–9–3	55	Recap

January: 8–4–2 (home: 4–3–1; road: 4–1–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
39	January 3	Minnesota	4 – 2	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	26–10–3	55	Recap
40	January 5	St. Louis	0 – 3	Detroit		Legace	20,066	27–10–3	57	Recap
41	January 6	Detroit	3 – 1	Nashville		Legace	17,113	28–10–3	59	Recap
42	January 8	Dallas	6 – 3	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	28–11–3	59	Recap
43	January 10	Detroit	2 – 3	Carolina		Legace	18,730	28–12–3	59	Recap
44	January 12	Philadelphia	3 – 6	Detroit		Legace	20,066	29–12–3	61	Recap
45	January 14	NY Rangers	3 – 4	Detroit		Legace	20,066	30–12–3	63	Recap
46	January 18	Detroit	4 – 0	Columbus		Osgood	17,089	31–12–3	65	Recap
47	January 21	Detroit	4 – 3	Colorado		Legace	18,007	32–12–3	67	Recap
48	January 23^[b]	Nashville	3 – 2	Detroit		Legace	20,066	32–13–3	67	Recap
49	January 24	Nashville	2 – 1	Detroit	OT	Legace	20,066	32–13–4	67	Recap
50	January 26	Vancouver	1 – 2	Detroit		Legace	20,066	33–13–4	69	Recap
51	January 28	Detroit	1 – 2	Dallas	SO	Legace	18,584	33–13–5	71	Recap
52	January 30	Detroit	5 – 4	Minnesota		Legace	18,568	34–13–5	73	Recap
Notes: ^b Makeup date for the November 21st game that was postponed. Nashville started the game with a 1–0 lead.

February: 5–1–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 2–1–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
53	February 1	St. Louis	2 – 3	Detroit	Legace	20,066	35–13–5	75	Recap
54	February 4	Detroit	3 – 0	Colorado	Legace	18,007	36–13–5	77	Recap
55	February 8	Nashville	0 – 6	Detroit	Legace	20,066	37–13–5	79	Recap
56	February 9	Detroit	3 – 2	Nashville	Legace	17,113	38–13–5	81	Recap
57	February 12	Colorado	3 – 6	Detroit	Legace	20,066	39–13–5	83	Recap
58	February 28	Detroit	1 – 5	San Jose	Legace	17,496	39–14–5	83	Recap

March: 11–1–3 (home: 4–1–3; road: 7–0–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
59	March 1	Detroit	2 – 0	Anaheim		Osgood	16,606	40–14–5	85	Recap
60	March 4	Detroit	7 – 3	Phoenix		Legace	18,619	41–14–5	87	Recap
61	March 7	Phoenix	5 – 2	Detroit		Legace	20,066	41–15–5	89	Recap
62	March 9	Los Angeles	3 – 7	Detroit		Legace	20,066	42–15–5	89	Recap
63	March 11	Chicago	4 – 6	Detroit		Legace	20,066	43–15–5	91	Recap
64	March 12	Detroit	5 – 3	Chicago		Osgood	19,136	44–15–5	93	Recap
65	March 15	Anaheim	1 – 3	Detroit		Osgood	20,066	45–15–5	95	Recap
66	March 18	Detroit	4 – 3	Edmonton	SO	Legace	16,839	46–15–5	97	Recap
67	March 19	Detroit	7 – 3	Vancouver		Osgood	18,630	47–15–5	99	Recap
68	March 21	Nashville	3 – 2	Detroit	SO	Legace	20,066	47–15–6	100	Recap
69	March 23	San Jose	0 – 4	Detroit		Legace	20,066	48–15–6	102	Recap
70	March 25	Columbus	5 – 4	Detroit	SO	Osgood	20,066	48–15–7	103	Recap
71	March 27	Detroit	4 – 1	St. Louis		Legace	12,834	49–15–7	105	Recap
72	March 30	Detroit	4 – 2	Nashville		Legace	16,570	50–15–7	107	Recap
73	March 31	Chicago	3 – 2	Detroit	OT	Osgood	20,066	50–15–8	108	Recap

April: 8–1–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 5–1–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
74	April 2	Detroit	3 – 2	Minnesota		Legace	18,568	51–15–8	110	Recap
75	April 3	Detroit	2 – 1	Calgary	SO	Osgood	19,289	52–15–8	112	Recap
76	April 7	Columbus	6 – 5	Detroit	SO	Legace	20,066	53–15–8	114	Recap
77	April 8	Detroit	4 – 2	Columbus		Osgood	18,136	54–15–8	116	Recap
78	April 11	Edmonton	0 – 2	Detroit		Legace	20,066	55–15–8	118	Recap
79	April 13	Detroit	7 – 3	Chicago		Legace	15,117	56–15–8	120	Recap
80	April 15	Detroit	3 – 2	St. Louis		Osgood	16,094	57–15–8	122	Recap
81	April 17	Dallas	2 – 3	Detroit		Legace	20,066	58–15–8	124	Recap
82	April 18	Detroit	3 – 6	Nashville		Osgood	17,113	58–16–8	124	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2006 Stanley Cup playoffs^[10]

Western Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (8) Edmonton Oilers — Edmonton wins 4–2

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 21	Edmonton	2 – 3	Detroit	2OT	Legace	20,066	Red Wings lead 1–0	Recap
2	April 23	Edmonton	4 – 2	Detroit		Legace	20,066	Series tied 1–1	Recap
3	April 25	Detroit	3 – 4	Edmonton	2OT	Legace	16,839	Oilers lead 2–1	Recap
4	April 27	Detroit	4 – 2	Edmonton		Legace	16,839	Series tied 2–2	Recap
5	April 29	Edmonton	3 – 2	Detroit		Legace	20,066	Oilers lead 3–2	Recap
6	May 1	Detroit	3 – 4	Edmonton		Legace	16,839	Oilers win 4–2	Recap

Legend:

Win Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Red Wings only.

			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
13	Pavel Datsyuk	C	75	28	59	87	26	22	5	0	3	3	0	0
40	Henrik Zetterberg	LW	77	39	46	85	29	30	6	6	0	6	−2	2
14	Brendan Shanahan	LW	82	40	41	81	29	105	6	1	1	2	0	6
5	Nicklas Lidstrom	D	80	16	64	80	21	50	6	1	1	2	−4	2
20	Robert Lang	C	72	20	42	62	17	72	6	3	3	6	−2	2
96	Tomas Holmstrom	LW	81	29	30	59	14	66	6	1	2	3	−1	12
23	Mathieu Schneider	D	72	21	38	59	33	86	6	1	7	8	−1	6
29	Jason Williams	C	80	21	37	58	4	26	6	1	1	2	−3	6
37	Mikael Samuelsson	RW	71	23	22	45	27	42	6	0	1	1	−1	6
19	Steve Yzerman	C	61	14	20	34	8	18	4	0	4	4	−2	4
33	Kris Draper	C	80	10	22	32	3	58	6	0	0	0	3	6
15	Jason Woolley	D	53	1	18	19	3	28	—	—	—	—	—	—
39	Johan Franzen	C	80	12	4	16	4	36	6	1	2	3	0	4
44	Mark Mowers	RW	46	4	11	15	13	16	6	0	0	0	0	0
11	Daniel Cleary	RW	77	3	12	15	5	40	6	0	1	1	2	6
3	Andreas Lilja	D	82	2	13	15	18	98	6	0	1	1	−4	6
22	Brett Lebda	D	46	3	9	12	9	20	6	0	0	0	3	4
18	Kirk Maltby	LW	82	5	6	11	−9	80	6	2	1	3	2	4
24	Chris Chelios	D	81	4	7	11	22	108	6	0	0	0	2	6
55	Niklas Kronwall	D	27	1	8	9	11	28	6	0	3	3	0	2
2	Jiri Fischer	D	22	3	5	8	8	33	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	Cory Cross†	D	16	1	1	2	3	15	—	—	—	—	—	—
42	Donald MacLean	C	1	1	1	2	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
41	Valtteri Filppula	C	4	0	1	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
34	Manny Legace	G	51	0	1	1		0	6	0	0	0		0
4	Jamie Rivers‡	D	15	0	1	1	0	12	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Jimmy Howard	G	4	0	0	0		0	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	Jiri Hudler	C	4	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	Tomas Kopecky	RW	1	0	0	0	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Chris Osgood	G	32	0	0	0		8	—	—	—	—	—	—
45	Kyle Quincey	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

		Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
34	Manny Legace	51	37	8	3	1244	106	2.19	.915	7	2905	6	2	4	155	18	.884	2.65	0	1029
30	Chris Osgood	32	20	6	5	828	85	2.79	.897	2	1846	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Jimmy Howard	4	1	2	0	104	10	2.99	.904	0	201	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	James Norris Memorial Trophy	Nicklas Lidstrom	^[12]
	Lady Byng Memorial Trophy	Pavel Datsyuk	^[13]
	Lester Patrick Trophy	Steve Yzerman	^[14]
	NHL First All-Star Team	Nicklas Lidstrom (Defense)	^[15]
League (in-season)	NHL Defensive Player of the Month	Manny Legace (October)	^[16]
	NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Manny Legace (October 24)	^[17]
	NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Manny Legace (February 13)	^[18]
	NHL Offensive Player of the Week	Brendan Shanahan (December 19)	^[19]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
1,000th game played	Mathieu Schneider	October 21, 2005	^[20]
600th assist	Brendan Shanahan	November 9, 2005	^[21]
600th assist	Nicklas Lidstrom	March 7, 2006	^[22]

Transactions

The Red Wings were involved in the following transactions from February 17, 2005, the day after the 2004–05 NHL season was officially cancelled, through June 19, 2006, the day of the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals.^[23]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
March 9, 2006	To Phoenix Coyotes Jamie Rivers	To Detroit Red Wings 7th-round pick in 2006	^[24]
March 9, 2006	To Pittsburgh Penguins 4th-round pick in 2007	To Detroit Red Wings Cory Cross	^[25]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
August 8, 2005 (2005-08-08)	Chris Osgood	St. Louis Blues	1-year	Free agency	^[26]
August 12, 2005 (2005-08-12)	Kent McDonell	Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year	Free agency	^[27]
August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16)	Andy Delmore	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	1-year	Free agency	^[28]
August 25, 2005 (2005-08-25)	Andreas Lilja	Nashville Predators	1-year	Free agency	^[29]
August 25, 2005 (2005-08-25)	Don MacLean	Espoo Blues (Liiga)	1-year	Free agency	^[29]
September 18, 2005 (2005-09-18)	Mikael Samuelsson	Sodertalje SK (SHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[30]
October 4, 2005 (2005-10-04)	Daniel Cleary	Phoenix Coyotes	1-year	Free agency	^[31]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via^[a]	Ref
July 26, 2005 (2005-07-26)	Derian Hatcher	Philadelphia Flyers^[b]	Compliance buyout	^[34]
	Darren McCarty	Calgary Flames^[c]	Compliance buyout	^[34]
	Ray Whitney	Carolina Hurricanes^[d]	Compliance buyout	^[34]
August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02)	Pete Vandermeer	Montreal Canadiens	Free agency (VI)	^[37]
August 3, 2005 (2005-08-03)	Mathieu Dandenault	Montreal Canadiens	Free agency (V)	^[38]
August 10, 2005 (2005-08-10)	Paul Ballantyne	Phoenix Roadrunners (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[39]
August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15)	Nathan Robinson	Boston Bruins	Free agency (UFA)	^[40]
August 17, 2005 (2005-08-17)	Curtis Joseph	Phoenix Coyotes	Free agency (III)	^[41]
August 25, 2005 (2005-08-25)	Danny Groulx	Kassel Huskies (DEL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[42]
October 4, 2005 (2005-10-04)	Andy Delmore	Columbus Blue Jackets	Waivers	^[31]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 28, 2005 (2005-07-28)	Brendan Shanahan	1-year	Option exercised	^[43]
July 29, 2005 (2005-07-29)	Ryan Oulahen	3-year	Entry-level	^[44]
July 29, 2005 (2005-07-29)	Kyle Quincey	3-year	Entry-level	^[44]
August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02)	Steve Yzerman	1-year	Re-signing	^[45]
August 4, 2005 (2005-08-04)	Chris Chelios	1-year	Re-signing	^[46]
	Johan Franzen	1-year	Entry-level	^[46]
	Mathieu Schneider	2-year	Re-signing	^[46]
August 11, 2005 (2005-08-11)	Tomas Kopecky	1-year	Re-signing	^[47]
August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16)	Darryl Bootland	1-year	Re-signing	^[48]
August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16)	Jason Williams	1-year	Re-signing	^[49]
August 19, 2005 (2005-08-19)	Valtteri Filppula	3-year	Entry-level	^[50]
August 24, 2005 (2005-08-24)	Matt Ellis	2-year	Re-signing	^[51]
August 25, 2005 (2005-08-25)	Jimmy Howard	3-year	Entry-level	^[52]
August 27, 2005 (2005-08-27)	Niklas Kronwall	2-year	Re-signing	^[53]
September 7, 2005 (2005-09-07)	Henrik Zetterberg	4-year	Re-signing	^[54]
September 26, 2005 (2005-09-26)	Pavel Datsyuk	2-year	Re-signing	^[55]
October 8, 2005 (2005-10-08)	Jason Woolley	1-year	Re-signing	^[56]
March 25, 2006 (2006-03-25)	Mikael Samuelsson	3-year	Extension	^[57]
April 18, 2006 (2006-04-18)	Andreas Lilja	2-year	Extension	^[58]
May 31, 2006 (2006-05-31)	Chris Chelios	1-year	Re-signing	^[59]
	Jonathan Ericsson	2-year	Entry-level	^[59]
	Stefan Liv	1-year	Entry-level	^[59]
	Evan McGrath	3-year	Entry-level	^[59]

Draft picks

As there was no 2004–05 season to set the order for the draft, a lottery was held in which teams were assigned a number of balls, between one and three, based on the number of playoff appearances the team had had in the past three seasons. As the Red Wings had made the playoffs three consecutive seasons, they were given only one ball in the lottery. The Red Wings ended up with the 19th overall pick.

Detroit's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario:

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	19	Jakub Kindl (D)	Czech Republic	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
2	42	Justin Abdelkader (LW)	United States	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
3	80	Christofer Lofberg (C)	Sweden	Djurgardens IF
4	103	Mattias Ritola (C/W)	Sweden	Leksands IF Jr. (Sweden)
5	132	Darren Helm (LW)	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
5	137	Johan Ryno (RW)	Sweden	Kumla Jr. (Sweden Jr.)
5	151	Jeff May	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
6	175	Juho Mielonen	Finland	Ilves (Finland Jr.)
7	214	Bretton Stamler	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)

Farm teams

Grand Rapids Griffins

The Griffins were Detroit's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2005–06.

Toledo Storm

The Storm were the Red Wings' ECHL affiliate for the 2005–06 season.

Notes

^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on August 1 if applicable.^[32]
^ Hatcher signed with Philadelphia on August 2.^[33]
^ McCarty signed with Calgary on August 2.^[35]
^ Whitney signed with Carolina on August 6.^[36]

References

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"2005-06 Detroit Red Wings Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 21, 2022.

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^ Yzerman pulls name out of Team Canada list, ESPN.com, accessed August 31, 2007.
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^ "Lester Patrick Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
^ "Legace earns defensive honors". NHL.com. November 1, 2005. Archived from the original on October 30, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ "Legace wins Player of the Week". NHL.com. October 24, 2005. Archived from the original on October 30, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ "Legace earns defensive honors". NHL.com. February 13, 2006. Archived from the original on October 30, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ "Shanahan named Player of the Week". NHL.com. December 19, 2005. Archived from the original on October 30, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
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^ "Red Wings add Delmore". NHL.com. August 16, 2005. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Wings sign Lilja and MacLean". NHL.com. August 25, 2005. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ "Samuelsson inks one-year deal". NHL.com. September 18, 2005. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Cleary signs, final roster set for opener". Detroit Red Wings. October 4, 2005. Archived from the original on December 24, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ "Free Agents List". ESPN.com. August 1, 2005. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
^ "Flyers sign big trio: Hatcher, Rathje, Therien". ESPN.com. August 2, 2005. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Notebook: Red Wings GM will meet with Yzerman". TribLIVE.com. July 27, 2005. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
^ "Calgary Flames sign forwards Tony Amonte and Darren McCarty". Calgary Flames. August 2, 2005. Archived from the original on December 1, 2005. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
^ "HURRICANES AGREE TO TERMS WITH RAY WHITNEY". NHL.com. August 6, 2005. Archived from the original on June 30, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
^ "P. Vandermeer signs with Habs". theahl.com. August 2, 2005. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
^ "Canadiens retain Kovalev, add Dandenault". ESPN.com. August 3, 2005. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
^ "Roadrunners establish veteran presence". OurSports Central. August 10, 2005. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
^ "Bruins sign three former AHL All-Stars". theahl.com. August 15, 2005. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
^ "Coyotes sign veteran goalie Curtis Joseph". UPI. August 17, 2005. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
^ "Danny Groulx Stats, News, Video, Bio, Highlights on TSN". TSN. Retrieved July 4, 2022. Aug 25, 2005 Signed with the Kassel Huskies of the Deutsche Liga (Germany).
^ "Shanahan returns for ninth season with Detroit". Detroit Red Wings. July 28, 2005. Archived from the original on December 25, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Red Wings sign Oulahen and Quincey". OurSports Central. July 29, 2005. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
^ "Yzerman set to begin 22nd season in Detroit". Detroit Red Wings. August 2, 2005. Archived from the original on January 12, 2006. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Chelios & Schneider return, Franzen joins from Sweden". NHL.com. August 4, 2005. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ "Kopecky signs qualifying offer". NHL.com. August 11, 2005. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ "Bootland agrees to one-year contract". Detroit Red Wings. August 16, 2005. Archived from the original on December 27, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ "Williams accepts qualifying offer". NHL.com. August 16, 2005. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ "Detroit signs 2002 draft pick". Detroit Red Wings. August 19, 2005. Archived from the original on December 10, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ "Ellis inks two-year deal". Detroit Red Wings. August 24, 2005. Archived from the original on December 13, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ "Goaltender will not return for his senior season". NHL.com. August 25, 2005. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ "2005 Eddie Shore Award winner inks deal". Detroit Red Wings. August 27, 2005. Archived from the original on December 28, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ "Zetterberg inks four-year deal". NHL.com. September 7, 2005. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ "Datsyuk returns to Red Wings". Detroit Red Wings. September 27, 2005. Archived from the original on December 27, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ "Woolley back in Detroit". Detroit Red Wings. October 8, 2005. Archived from the original on December 13, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ "Samuelsson signs three-year extension". NHL.com. March 25, 2006. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ "Andreas Lilja Stats, News, Video, Bio, Highlights on TSN". TSN. Retrieved July 4, 2022. Apr 18, 2006 Signed by the Detroit Red Wings to a two-year contract extension.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Chelios returns for 23rd season". Detroit Red Wings. May 31, 2006. Archived from the original on June 14, 2006. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[33] In parentheses is the player's free agency group on August 1 if applicable.^[32]

[35] Hatcher signed with Philadelphia on August 2.^[33]

[38] McCarty signed with Calgary on August 2.^[35]

[40] Whitney signed with Carolina on August 6.^[36]

[1] Defenseman stable, breathing on his own, ESPN.com, accessed August 31, 2007.

[2] Meet the athletes: ice hockey, cbc sports, accessed August 31, 2007.

[3] Chris Chelios, usolympicteam.com, accessed August 31, 2007.

[4] Let the games begin Archived 2006-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, NHL.com, accessed August 31, 2007.

[5] Yzerman pulls name out of Team Canada list, ESPN.com, accessed August 31, 2007.

[6] "2005-06 Detroit Red Wings Schedule and Results".

[7] "2005-06 NHL Summary".

[nhl-standings-2006-8] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.

[9] "2005–2006 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.

[Gamelog-10] "2005-06 Detroit Red Wings Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 21, 2022.

[11] Wings' Fischer collapses, game cancelled, TSN.com, November 21, 2005, accessed August 30, 2007.

[12] "James Norris Memorial Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved October 30, 2022.

[13] "Lady Byng Memorial Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved October 30, 2022.

[14] "Lester Patrick Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved October 30, 2022.

[15] "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved October 30, 2022.

[16] "Legace earns defensive honors". NHL.com. November 1, 2005. Archived from the original on October 30, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[17] "Legace wins Player of the Week". NHL.com. October 24, 2005. Archived from the original on October 30, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[18] "Legace earns defensive honors". NHL.com. February 13, 2006. Archived from the original on October 30, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[19] "Shanahan named Player of the Week". NHL.com. December 19, 2005. Archived from the original on October 30, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[20] Lomon, Chris (December 17, 2015). "A Tremendous Honor For Schneider". NHLPA.com. Retrieved October 30, 2022. Schneider skated in his milestone 1,000th NHL game, on October 21, 2005

[21] "Brendan Shanahan". New York Rangers. Archived from the original on November 24, 2006. Retrieved December 11, 2023. Notched his 600th NHL assist Nov. 9 vs. Los Angeles

[22] "Coyotes vs. Red Wings - NHL Game Recap - March 7, 2006". ESPN. March 7, 2006. Retrieved October 30, 2022.

[pst-23] "Hockey Transactions Search Results". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved July 4, 2022.

[24] "Rivers traded to Phoenix for seventh round pick". NHL.com. March 9, 2006. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[25] "Wings become his third team in six weeks". NHL.com. March 9, 2006. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[26] "Veteran netminder signs one-year deal". NHL.com. August 8, 2005. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[27] "McDonell signs with Wings". Detroit Red Wings. August 12, 2005. Archived from the original on December 27, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[28] "Red Wings add Delmore". NHL.com. August 16, 2005. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[825signings-29] "Wings sign Lilja and MacLean". NHL.com. August 25, 2005. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[30] "Samuelsson inks one-year deal". NHL.com. September 18, 2005. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[1004moves-31] "Cleary signs, final roster set for opener". Detroit Red Wings. October 4, 2005. Archived from the original on December 24, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[falist-32] "Free Agents List". ESPN.com. August 1, 2005. Retrieved June 19, 2022.

[34] "Flyers sign big trio: Hatcher, Rathje, Therien". ESPN.com. August 2, 2005. Retrieved December 31, 2023.

[726buyouts-36] "Notebook: Red Wings GM will meet with Yzerman". TribLIVE.com. July 27, 2005. Retrieved July 4, 2022.

[37] "Calgary Flames sign forwards Tony Amonte and Darren McCarty". Calgary Flames. August 2, 2005. Archived from the original on December 1, 2005. Retrieved June 23, 2022.

[39] "HURRICANES AGREE TO TERMS WITH RAY WHITNEY". NHL.com. August 6, 2005. Archived from the original on June 30, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2023.

[41] "P. Vandermeer signs with Habs". theahl.com. August 2, 2005. Retrieved July 4, 2022.

[42] "Canadiens retain Kovalev, add Dandenault". ESPN.com. August 3, 2005. Retrieved July 4, 2022.

[43] "Roadrunners establish veteran presence". OurSports Central. August 10, 2005. Retrieved July 4, 2022.

[44] "Bruins sign three former AHL All-Stars". theahl.com. August 15, 2005. Retrieved December 31, 2023.

[45] "Coyotes sign veteran goalie Curtis Joseph". UPI. August 17, 2005. Retrieved July 4, 2022.

[46] "Danny Groulx Stats, News, Video, Bio, Highlights on TSN". TSN. Retrieved July 4, 2022. Aug 25, 2005 Signed with the Kassel Huskies of the Deutsche Liga (Germany).

[47] "Shanahan returns for ninth season with Detroit". Detroit Red Wings. July 28, 2005. Archived from the original on December 25, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[729signings-48] "Red Wings sign Oulahen and Quincey". OurSports Central. July 29, 2005. Retrieved July 4, 2022.

[49] "Yzerman set to begin 22nd season in Detroit". Detroit Red Wings. August 2, 2005. Archived from the original on January 12, 2006. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[804signings-50] "Chelios & Schneider return, Franzen joins from Sweden". NHL.com. August 4, 2005. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[51] "Kopecky signs qualifying offer". NHL.com. August 11, 2005. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[52] "Bootland agrees to one-year contract". Detroit Red Wings. August 16, 2005. Archived from the original on December 27, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[53] "Williams accepts qualifying offer". NHL.com. August 16, 2005. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[54] "Detroit signs 2002 draft pick". Detroit Red Wings. August 19, 2005. Archived from the original on December 10, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[55] "Ellis inks two-year deal". Detroit Red Wings. August 24, 2005. Archived from the original on December 13, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[56] "Goaltender will not return for his senior season". NHL.com. August 25, 2005. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[57] "2005 Eddie Shore Award winner inks deal". Detroit Red Wings. August 27, 2005. Archived from the original on December 28, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[58] "Zetterberg inks four-year deal". NHL.com. September 7, 2005. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[59] "Datsyuk returns to Red Wings". Detroit Red Wings. September 27, 2005. Archived from the original on December 27, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[60] "Woolley back in Detroit". Detroit Red Wings. October 8, 2005. Archived from the original on December 13, 2005. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[61] "Samuelsson signs three-year extension". NHL.com. March 25, 2006. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

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2005–06 Detroit Red Wings season

Contents

Regular season

Season standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

Farm teams

Grand Rapids Griffins

Toledo Storm

See also

Notes

References