2005–06 Florida Panthers season

2005–06 Florida Panthers
Division	4th Southeast
Conference	11th Eastern
2005–06 record	37–34–11
Home record	25–11–5
Road record	12–23–6
Goals for	240
Goals against	257
Team information
General manager	Mike Keenan
Coach	Jacques Martin
Captain	Olli Jokinen
Alternate captains	Chris Gratton Sean Hill Joe Nieuwendyk Gary Roberts
Arena	Bank Atlantic Center
Average attendance	16,014
Minor league affiliate(s)	Rochester Americans Florida Everblades
Team leaders
Goals	Olli Jokinen (38)
Assists	Olli Jokinen (51)
Points	Olli Jokinen (89)
Penalty minutes	Chris Gratton (104)
Plus/minus	Martin Gelinas (+27)
Wins	Roberto Luongo (35)
Goals against average	Roberto Luongo (2.97)

The 2005–06 Florida Panthers season was their 12th season in the National Hockey League. The Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.

Offseason

Just prior to the start of the regular season it was announced Olli Jokinen would remain team captain and Chris Gratton, Sean Hill, Joe Nieuwendyk, and Gary Roberts would rotate as alternate captains.^[1]

Regular season

The Panthers were shut out a league-high 8 times and had the fewest power-play opportunities of all 30 teams, with 411.^[2][3]

Final standings

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Carolina Hurricanes	82	52	22	8	294	260	112
2	8	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	43	33	6	252	260	92
3	10	Atlanta Thrashers	82	41	33	8	281	275	90
4	11	Florida Panthers	82	37	34	11	240	257	85
5	14	Washington Capitals	82	29	41	12	237	306	70

^[4] 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.

Eastern Conference^[5]

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

2005–06 regular season[6]
October: 6–5–1 (home: 4–1–0; road: 2–4–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 W October 5, 2005 2–0 Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 1–0–0 Recap 2 W October 7, 2005 2–0 Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 2–0–0 Recap 3 L October 8, 2005 1–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 2–1–0 Recap 4 W October 10, 2005 3–1 @ New York Islanders (2005–06) 3–1–0 Recap 5 L October 13, 2005 2–5 Boston Bruins (2005–06) 3–2–0 Recap 6 W October 15, 2005 3–2 Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 4–2–0 Recap 7 L October 17, 2005 0–4 @ New York Rangers (2005–06) 4–3–0 Recap 8 L October 18, 2005 3–4 @ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 4–4–0 Recap 9 W October 20, 2005 3–2 Washington Capitals (2005–06) 5–4–0 Recap 10 W October 25, 2005 4–3 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 6–4–0 Recap 11 L October 27, 2005 4–5 OT @ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 6–4–1 Recap 12 L October 31, 2005 1–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 6–5–1 Recap
November: 1–9–3 (home: 1–4–1; road: 0–5–2) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 13 L November 1, 2005 4–5 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 6–5–2 Recap 14 L November 3, 2005 1–4 @ Boston Bruins (2005–06) 6–6–2 Recap 15 L November 5, 2005 0–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 6–7–2 Recap 16 L November 9, 2005 3–4 SO New York Rangers (2005–06) 6–7–3 Recap 17 L November 11, 2005 0–1 Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 6–8–3 Recap 18 L November 12, 2005 4–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 6–9–3 Recap 19 L November 15, 2005 3–4 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 6–9–4 Recap 20 L November 17, 2005 1–4 @ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 6–10–4 Recap 21 L November 19, 2005 3–5 New York Islanders (2005–06) 6–11–4 Recap 22 L November 23, 2005 1–5 New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 6–12–4 Recap 23 W November 25, 2005 6–3 Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 7–12–4 Recap 24 L November 26, 2005 4–7 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 7–13–4 Recap 25 L November 28, 2005 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 7–14–4 Recap
December: 8–6–1 (home: 7–1–1; road: 1–5–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 26 W December 1, 2005 3–2 Washington Capitals (2005–06) 8–14–4 Recap 27 W December 3, 2005 4–3 OT Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 9–14–4 Recap 28 L December 5, 2005 3–6 Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 9–15–4 Recap 29 L December 7, 2005 3–4 @ Dallas Stars (2005–06) 9–16–4 Recap 30 L December 8, 2005 2–6 @ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 9–17–4 Recap 31 L December 10, 2005 1–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 9–18–4 Recap 32 W December 13, 2005 7–3 Nashville Predators (2005–06) 10–18–4 Recap 33 W December 15, 2005 3–2 OT Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 11–18–4 Recap 34 L December 17, 2005 1–2 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 11–19–4 Recap 35 W December 18, 2005 3–2 @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 12–19–4 Recap 36 W December 22, 2005 4–1 Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 13–19–4 Recap 37 L December 23, 2005 3–4 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 13–20–4 Recap 38 L December 26, 2005 2–3 SO Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 13–20–5 Recap 39 W December 28, 2005 6–4 Boston Bruins (2005–06) 14–20–5 Recap 40 W December 30, 2005 2–1 Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 15–20–5 Recap
January: 5–5–3 (home: 2–1–2; road: 3–4–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 41 W January 1, 2006 2–1 @ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 16–20–5 Recap 42 L January 3, 2006 0–3 @ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 16–21–5 Recap 43 L January 4, 2006 3–4 OT @ New York Islanders (2005–06) 16–21–6 Recap 44 L January 7, 2006 0–4 @ New York Rangers (2005–06) 16–22–6 Recap 45 W January 8, 2006 4–3 SO @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 17–22–6 Recap 46 W January 12, 2006 3–1 St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 18–22–6 Recap 47 L January 14, 2006 4–5 OT Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 18–22–7 Recap 48 L January 19, 2006 3–6 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 18–23–7 Recap 49 L January 21, 2006 0–1 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 18–24–7 Recap 50 W January 24, 2006 3–2 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 19–24–7 Recap 51 L January 25, 2006 3–4 SO Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 19–24–8 Recap 52 W January 27, 2006 4–0 New Jersey Devils (2005–06) 20–24–8 Recap 53 L January 30, 2006 2–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 20–25–8 Recap
February: 3–2–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 2–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 54 W February 3, 2006 5–2 Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 21–25–8 Recap 55 L February 4, 2006 4–6 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 21–26–8 Recap 56 W February 7, 2006 5–0 @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 22–26–8 Recap 57 L February 11, 2006 3–5 @ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 22–27–8 Recap 58 W February 28, 2006 8–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 23–27–8 Recap
March: 10–4–1 (home: 7–2–0; road: 3–2–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 59 L March 2, 2006 0–1 Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 23–28–8 Recap 60 L March 3, 2006 2–5 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 23–29–8 Recap 61 L March 6, 2006 3–4 SO @ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 23–29–9 Recap 62 W March 8, 2006 6–2 Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 24–29–9 Recap 63 W March 10, 2006 5–3 Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 25–29–9 Recap 64 W March 11, 2006 4–3 OT Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 26–29–9 Recap 65 L March 15, 2006 0–4 Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) 26–30–9 Recap 66 W March 17, 2006 4–2 New York Islanders (2005–06) 27–30–9 Recap 67 W March 18, 2006 4–3 SO @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) 28–30–9 Recap 68 W March 20, 2006 6–5 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 29–30–9 Recap 69 W March 22, 2006 3–2 Washington Capitals (2005–06) 30–30–9 Recap 70 W March 24, 2006 3–2 SO New York Rangers (2005–06) 31–30–9 Recap 71 W March 27, 2006 4–3 SO @ Boston Bruins (2005–06) 32–30–9 Recap 72 W March 29, 2006 5–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 33–30–9 Recap 73 L March 31, 2006 2–3 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 33–31–9 Recap
April: 4–3–2 (home: 3–2–1; road: 1–1–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 74 W April 1, 2006 4–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 34–31–9 Recap 75 L April 3, 2006 1–4 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 34–32–9 Recap 76 L April 5, 2006 2–5 Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 34–33–9 Recap 77 L April 7, 2006 1–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) 34–34–9 Recap 78 W April 9, 2006 6–3 Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 35–34–9 Recap 79 L April 11, 2006 5–6 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 35–34–10 Recap 80 W April 13, 2006 5–4 OT @ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 36–34–10 Recap 81 L April 15, 2006 1–2 SO Washington Capitals (2005–06) 36–34–11 Recap 82 W April 18, 2006 2–1 OT Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 37–34–11 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

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 Panthers only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
12	Olli Jokinen	C	82	38	51	89	14	88
25	Joe Nieuwendyk	C	65	26	30	56	−2	46
15	Jozef Stumpel	C	74	15	37	52	11	26
16	Nathan Horton	C	71	28	19	47	8	89
4	Jay Bouwmeester	D	82	5	41	46	1	79
23	Martin Gelinas	LW	82	17	24	41	27	80
10	Gary Roberts	LW	58	14	26	40	4	51
77	Chris Gratton	C	76	17	22	39	6	104
26	Mike Van Ryn	D	80	8	29	37	15	90
13	Juraj Kolnik	RW	77	15	20	35	1	40
9	Stephen Weiss	C	41	9	12	21	−2	22
85	Rostislav Olesz	C	59	8	13	21	−4	24
22[a]	Sean Hill	D	78	2	18	20	3	80
11	Jon Sim†	LW	33	10	8	18	−1	26
2	Lukas Krajicek	D	67	2	14	16	1	50
20	Joel Kwiatkowski	D	73	4	8	12	3	86
44	Gregory Campbell	LW	64	3	6	9	−11	40
22	Kristian Huselius‡	LW	24	5	3	8	−11	4
14	Niklas Hagman‡	LW	30	2	4	6	−8	2
43	Serge Payer	C	71	2	4	6	−7	26
7	Steve Montador†	D	51	1	5	6	4	68
57	Anthony Stewart	C	10	2	1	3	2	2
1	Roberto Luongo	G	75	0	3	3		2
55	Ric Jackman†	D	15	1	1	2	0	6
21	Alexei Semenov†	D	16	1	1	2	−1	21
51	Rob Globke	C	18	1	0	1	0	6
33	Eric Cairns‡	D	23	0	1	1	1	37
40	Greg Jacina	LW	11	0	1	1	−1	4
5	Branislav Mezei	D	16	0	1	1	3	37
42	Mikhail Yakubov†	C	13	0	1	1	−1	4
33	Jamie Allison†	D	7	0	0	0	0	11
7	Alexander Karpovtsev‡	D	6	0	0	0	−3	4
29	Jamie McLennan	G	17	0	0	0		0
37	Petr Taticek‡	C	3	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
1	Roberto Luongo	75	35	30	9	2488	213	2.97	.914	4	4305
29	Jamie McLennan	17	2	4	2	360	34	3.01	.906	0	678

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Roberto Luongo (October 10)	[7]
		Roberto Luongo (December 19)	[8]
	NHL Offensive Player of the Week	Olli Jokinen (March 13)	[9]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Rostislav Olesz	October 5, 2005	[10]
	Anthony Stewart	October 18, 2005
	Greg Jacina	November 12, 2005
	Rob Globke	December 28, 2005
	Petr Taticek	January 21, 2006
25th shutout	Roberto Luongo	October 7, 2005	[11]
400th goal	Gary Roberts	November 19, 2005	[12]

Transactions

The Panthers 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.^[13]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 27, 2005 (2005-07-27)	To Nashville Predators Darcy Hordichuk	To Florida Panthers 4th-round pick in 2005	[14]
July 30, 2005 (2005-07-30)	To Philadelphia Flyers 1st-round pick in 2005 2nd-round pick in 2006	To Florida Panthers 1st-round pick in 2005	[15]
October 5, 2005 (2005-10-05)	To Ottawa Senators Filip Novak	To Florida Panthers Conditional 6th-round pick in 2007	[16]
November 19, 2005 (2005-11-19)	To Edmonton Oilers Conditional draft pick in 2006	To Florida Panthers Alexei Semenov	[17]
December 2, 2005 (2005-12-02)	To Calgary Flames Kristian Huselius	To Florida Panthers Dustin Johner Steve Montador	[18]
December 12, 2005 (2005-12-12)	To Dallas Stars Niklas Hagman	To Florida Panthers 7th-round pick in 2007	[19]
January 18, 2006 (2006-01-18)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Eric Cairns	To Florida Panthers 6th-round pick in 2006	[20]
January 23, 2006 (2006-01-23)	To Philadelphia Flyers 6th-round pick in 2007	To Florida Panthers Jon Sim	[21]
March 9, 2006 (2006-03-09)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Petr Taticek	To Florida Panthers Ric Jackman	[22]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
August 1, 2005 (2005-08-01)	Joe Nieuwendyk	Toronto Maple Leafs	2-year	Free agency	[23]
	Gary Roberts	Toronto Maple Leafs	2-year	Free agency	[23]
August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02)	Martin Gelinas	Calgary Flames	2-year	Free agency	[24]
August 12, 2005 (2005-08-12)	Chris Gratton	Colorado Avalanche	1-year	Free agency	[25]
August 17, 2005 (2005-08-17)	Jozef Stumpel	HC Slavia Praha (ELH)	2-year	Free agency	[26]
August 19, 2005 (2005-08-19)	Jean-Marc Pelletier	Phoenix Coyotes		Free agency	[27]
August 26, 2005 (2005-08-26)	Dan Focht	Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)		Free agency	[28]
August 31, 2005 (2005-08-31)	Phil Osaer	San Antonio Rampage (AHL)		Free agency	[29]
September 25, 2005 (2005-09-25)	Drew Larman	London Knights (OHL)		Free agency	[30]
January 28, 2006 (2006-01-28)	Mikhail Yakubov	Chicago Blackhawks		Waivers	[31]
February 13, 2006 (2006-02-13)	Jamie Allison	Nashville Predators		Waivers	[32]
June 15, 2006 (2006-06-15)	Ville Peltonen	HC Lugano (NLA)		Free agency	[33]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[b]	Ref
N/A	Kamil Piros	HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (RSL)	Free agency (VI)	[35]
April 28, 2005 (2005-04-28)	Vaclav Nedorost	HC Ceske Budejovice (ELH)	Free agency (II)[c]	[37]
July 1, 2005 (2005-07-01)	Travis Scott	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RSL)	Free agency (VI)	[38]
July 28, 2005 (2005-07-28)	Mathieu Biron	Washington Capitals[d]	Compliance buyout	[40]
August 1, 2005 (2005-08-01)	Ty Jones[e]		Contract expiration (VI)	[34]
August 13, 2005 (2005-08-13)	Patrick DesRochers	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	[42]
August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16)	Paul Healey	Colorado Avalanche	Free agency (UFA)	[43]
August 26, 2005 (2005-08-26)	Christian Berglund	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (NLA)	Free agency (II)[f]	[45]
September 8, 2005 (2005-09-08)	Josh Olson	Houston Aeros (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[46]
September 10, 2005 (2005-09-10)	Burke Henry	EC Red Bull Salzburg (EBEL)	Free agency (VI)	[47]
September 21, 2005 (2005-09-21)	Scott Kelman	Gwinnett Gladiators (ECHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[48]
October 2, 2005 (2005-10-02)	Ryan Jardine	Hamburg Freezers (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	[49]
October 3, 2005 (2005-10-03)	Eric Beaudoin	Jokerit (Liiga)	Free agency (UFA)	[50]
June 17, 2006 (2006-06-17)	Mikhail Yakubov	Severstal Cherepovets (RSL)	Free agency[g]	[51]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 28, 2005 (2005-07-28)	Martin Lojek		Entry-level	[40]
	Stefan Meyer		Entry-level	[40]
August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02)	Greg Jacina	2-year	Re-signing	[52]
	Joel Kwiatkowski	2-year	Re-signing	[52]
August 12, 2005 (2005-08-12)	Niklas Hagman	1-year	Re-signing	[53]
	Kristian Huselius	1-year	Re-signing	[54]
	Stephen Weiss	1-year	Re-signing	[54]
August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15)	Juraj Kolnik	1-year	Re-signing	[55]
	Filip Novak	1-year	Re-signing	[55]
	Martin Tuma	3-year	Entry-level	[55]
August 18, 2005 (2005-08-18)	Rostislav Olesz	3-year	Entry-level	[56]
August 22, 2005 (2005-08-22)	Serge Payer		Re-signing	[57]
August 25, 2005 (2005-08-25)	Roberto Luongo	1-year	Arbitration award	[58]
September 12, 2005 (2005-09-12)	Jay Bouwmeester	1-year	Re-signing	[59]
	Olli Jokinen	1-year	Re-signing	[59]
	Mike Van Ryn	1-year	Re-signing	[59]
March 9, 2006 (2006-03-09)	Chris Gratton	2-year	Extension	[60]
	Olli Jokinen	4-year	Extension	[61]
May 29, 2006 (2006-05-29)	Janis Sprukts	1-year	Entry-level	[62]
May 31, 2006 (2006-05-31)	Bret Nasby		Entry-level	[63]
	David Shantz		Entry-level	[63]
June 15, 2006 (2006-06-15)	Sean Hill	1-year	Option exercised	[64]

Draft picks

Florida's draft picks at the 2005 NHL entry draft held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario.^[65]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	20	Kenndal McArdle	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
2	32	Tyler Plante	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
3	90	Dan Collins	United States	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
4	93	Olivier Legault	Canada	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
4	104	Matt Duffy	United States	New Hampshire Junior Monarchs (EJHL)
5	161	Brian Foster	United States	New Hampshire Junior Monarchs (EJHL)
6	164	Roman Derlyuk	Russia	Spartak St. Petersburg (Russia)
7	224	Zach Bearson	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)

Notes

1. Hill wore number 55 through January 25.
2. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on August 1 if applicable.^[34]
3. Florida retained Nedorost’s NHL rights through the 2008–09 season.^[36]
4. Biron signed with Washington on August 10.^[39]
5. Jones retired.^[41]
6. Florida retained Berglund’s NHL rights through the 2007–08 season.^[44]
7. Florida retained Yakubov’s NHL rights through the 2008–09 season.^[36]

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