2005–06 St. Louis Blues season

2005–06 St. Louis Blues
Division	5th Central
Conference	15th Western
2005–06 record	21–46–15
Goals for	197
Goals against	292
Team information
General Manager	Larry Pleau
Coach	Mike Kitchen
Captain	Dallas Drake

The 2005–06 St. Louis Blues season was the 39th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri, and the first since the 2004–05 NHL lockout. The Blues finished the regular season with a record of 21 wins, 46 losses and 15 losses in overtime, sufficient for an NHL season-low of 57 points. The Blues failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 1978–79 season, ending their streak of consecutive playoff appearances at 25 seasons.

Offseason

Dallas Drake named team captain, following the retirement of captain Al MacInnis.

Regular season

The Blues finished 30th overall in scoring, with just 192 goals for (excluding shootout-winning goals).[1][2]

Final 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

[3] 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[4]
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	1–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	0–1–0
2	L	October 6, 2005	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	0–2–0
3	L	October 8, 2005	6–7	San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	0–3–0
4	W	October 11, 2005	4–1	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	1–3–0
5	L	October 15, 2005	1–4	Nashville Predators (2005–06)	1–4–0
6	W	October 19, 2005	3–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	2–4–0
7	L	October 20, 2005	2–3 SO	@ Nashville Predators (2005–06)	2–4–1
8	L	October 22, 2005	2–3	Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	2–5–1
9	L	October 25, 2005	4–5 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	2–5–2
10	L	October 28, 2005	4–6	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	2–6–2
11	L	October 29, 2005	2–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	2–7–2
12	L	November 2, 2005	5–6 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	2–7–3
13	L	November 4, 2005	2–7	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	2–8–3
14	L	November 6, 2005	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	2–9–3
15	L	November 9, 2005	1–3	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	2–10–3
16	L	November 10, 2005	2–4	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	2–11–3
17	L	November 12, 2005	1–3	@ Nashville Predators (2005–06)	2–12–3
18	W	November 16, 2005	2–0	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	3–12–3
19	W	November 19, 2005	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	4–12–3
20	L	November 22, 2005	3–6	Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	4–13–3
21	L	November 25, 2005	3–5	@ Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	4–14–3
22	L	November 26, 2005	3–4	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	4–15–3
23	W	December 1, 2005	4–1	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	5–15–3
24	L	December 6, 2005	3–6	New York Islanders (2005–06)	5–16–3
25	L	December 8, 2005	4–5	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06)	5–17–3
26	L	December 10, 2005	4–5 OT	New York Rangers (2005–06)	5–17–4
27	W	December 13, 2005	3–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06)	6–17–4
28	L	December 16, 2005	1–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	6–18–4
29	L	December 17, 2005	2–5	Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06)	6–19–4
30	W	December 20, 2005	5–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	7–19–4
31	L	December 21, 2005	3–6	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	7–20–4
32	W	December 23, 2005	2–1 SO	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	8–20–4
33	L	December 26, 2005	1–6	Dallas Stars (2005–06)	8–21–4
34	W	December 28, 2005	2–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	9–21–4
35	L	December 29, 2005	0–3	@ Dallas Stars (2005–06)	9–22–4
36	L	December 31, 2005	4–5 SO	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	9–22–5
37	W	January 2, 2006	4–1	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	10–22–5
38	L	January 4, 2006	3–4	Nashville Predators (2005–06)	10–23–5
39	L	January 5, 2006	0–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	10–24–5
40	L	January 9, 2006	1–6	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	10–25–5
41	L	January 12, 2006	1–3	@ Florida Panthers (2005–06)	10–26–5
42	L	January 13, 2006	0–2	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06)	10–27–5
43	L	January 15, 2006	2–4	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06)	10–28–5
44	L	January 17, 2006	3–5	New Jersey Devils (2005–06)	10–29–5
45	L	January 19, 2006	4–5 SO	@ Washington Capitals (2005–06)	10–29–6
46	L	January 20, 2006	3–4 SO	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	10–29–7
47	W	January 23, 2006	4–0	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	11–29–7
48	L	January 25, 2006	3–4 SO	@ Dallas Stars (2005–06)	11–29–8
49	L	January 26, 2006	3–5	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	11–30–8
50	W	January 30, 2006	3–2 SO	Calgary Flames (2005–06)	12–30–8
51	L	February 1, 2006	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	12–31–8
52	W	February 2, 2006	6–5 SO	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	13–31–8
53	W	February 4, 2006	4–3 OT	Dallas Stars (2005–06)	14–31–8
54	W	February 8, 2006	4–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	15–31–8
55	L	February 10, 2006	2–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	15–31–9
56	W	February 12, 2006	5–4 SO	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	16–31–9
57	W	March 1, 2006	4–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	17–31–9
58	L	March 2, 2006	1–3	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	17–32–9
59	W	March 5, 2006	4–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	18–32–9
60	L	March 7, 2006	1–2 SO	Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	18–32–10
61	W	March 10, 2006	2–1 OT	Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	19–32–10
62	L	March 11, 2006	1–2 SO	Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	19–32–11
63	W	March 13, 2006	3–2 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	20–32–11
64	L	March 16, 2006	2–5	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	20–33–11
65	L	March 18, 2006	1–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	20–34–11
66	L	March 20, 2006	2–4	@ Nashville Predators (2005–06)	20–35–11
67	L	March 21, 2006	0–6	San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	20–36–11
68	L	March 23, 2006	2–7	Calgary Flames (2005–06)	20–37–11
69	L	March 25, 2006	2–3 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	20–37–12
70	L	March 27, 2006	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	20–38–12
71	L	March 29, 2006	2–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	20–38–13
72	L	March 31, 2006	2–4	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	20–39–13
73	L	April 1, 2006	1–2	@ Nashville Predators (2005–06)	20–40–13
74	L	April 4, 2006	4–5 SO	@ Minnesota Wild (2005–06)	20–40–14
75	L	April 6, 2006	0–3	Nashville Predators (2005–06)	20–41–14
76	L	April 8, 2006	2–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	20–42–14
77	W	April 9, 2006	2–1	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	21–42–14
78	L	April 11, 2006	0–2	Nashville Predators (2005–06)	21–43–14
79	L	April 13, 2006	1–4	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	21–44–14
80	L	April 15, 2006	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	21–45–14
81	L	April 16, 2006	0–3	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	21–46–14
82	L	April 18, 2006	2–3 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	21–46–15

Playoffs

The Blues missed the playoffs for the first time since the 1978-79 season.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Scott Young	RW	79	18	31	49	52	-32	10	0	1
Doug Weight	C	47	11	33	44	50	-11	7	0	1
Mike Sillinger	C	48	22	19	41	49	-17	11	1	1
Petr Cajanek	RW	71	10	31	41	54	-22	3	0	0
Dean McAmmond	C	78	15	22	37	32	-25	4	0	0
Keith Tkachuk	LW	41	15	21	36	46	-15	10	0	1
Lee Stempniak	RW	57	14	13	27	22	-10	5	0	2
Jay McClement	C	67	6	21	27	30	-23	1	0	2
Jamal Mayers	RW	67	15	11	26	129	-22	0	2	1
Dallas Drake	RW	62	2	24	26	59	-13	1	0	1
Dennis Wideman	D	67	8	16	24	83	-31	5	1	1
Christian Backman	D	52	6	12	18	48	-15	3	0	1
Eric Weinrich	D	59	1	16	17	44	-10	1	0	0
Kevin Dallman	D	46	4	9	13	21	-15	3	0	0
Mike Glumac	RW	33	7	5	12	33	-8	5	0	0
Mark Rycroft	RW	80	6	4	10	46	-14	0	1	2
Barret Jackman	D	63	4	6	10	156	-6	0	0	2
Eric Brewer	D	32	6	3	9	45	-17	1	0	1
Vladimir Orszagh	RW	16	4	5	9	14	-2	1	0	0
Ryan Johnson	C	65	3	6	9	33	-21	1	1	0
Jeff Hoggan	LW	52	2	6	8	34	-16	0	0	0
Simon Gamache	C	15	3	4	7	10	1	0	0	0
Trent Whitfield	C	30	2	5	7	14	-3	1	0	0
Timofei Shishkanov	LW	22	3	2	5	6	-1	0	0	0
Eric Boguniecki	C	9	1	4	5	4	-1	1	0	0
Bryce Salvador	D	46	1	4	5	26	-24	0	0	0
Andy Roach	D	5	1	2	3	10	0	1	0	0
Aaron Downey	RW	17	2	0	2	45	0	0	0	0
Peter Sejna	LW	6	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	0
Matt Walker	D	54	0	2	2	79	-7	0	0	0
Jeff Woywitka	D	26	0	2	2	25	-12	0	0	0
Jason Bacashihua	G	19	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Poapst	D	41	0	1	1	37	-21	0	0	0
Jesse Boulerice	RW	12	0	0	0	13	-4	0	0	0
Jon DiSalvatore	RW	5	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Reinhard Divis	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Colin Hemingway	RW	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Patrick Lalime	G	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Curtis Sanford	G	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Stuart	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Zigomanis	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Curtis Sanford	1830	34	13	13	5	81	2.66	3	885	804	.908
Jason Bacashihua	966	19	4	10	1	52	3.23	0	515	463	.899
Patrick Lalime	1699	31	4	18	8	103	3.64	0	868	765	.881
Reinhard Divis	475	12	0	5	1	37	4.67	0	231	194	.840
Team:	4970	82	21	46	15	273	3.30	3	2499	2226	.891

[5]

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;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

St. Louis'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	24	T. J. Oshie	United States	Warroad High School (USHS-MN)
2	37	Scott Jackson	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
3	85	Ben Bishop	United States	Texas Tornado (NAHL)
5	156	Ryan Reaves	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
6	169	Mike Gauthier	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
6	171	Nick Drazenovic	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
7	219	Nikolai Lemtyugov	Russia	CSKA Moscow (Russia)

Farm teams

Peoria Rivermen (AHL) - Peoria, Illinois Posted 46-26-0-8 Record, lost in 2nd round of playoffs

Alaska Aces (ECHL) - Anchorage, Alaska Posted 53-12-0-7 Record, won Kelley Cup

References

https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2006.html
https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/STL/2006.html
Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.
"2005–2006 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
"2005-06 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

"2005–06 St. Louis Blues Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

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[1] ttps://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2006.html

[2] ttps://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/STL/2006.html

[nhl-standings-2006-3] Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162.

[4] "2005–2006 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.

[5] "2005-06 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

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See also	West Coast Express Draft Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

2005–06 St. Louis Blues season

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Farm teams

See also

References

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