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2005–06 Los Angeles Kings season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2005–06
year	2005
Team	Los Angeles Kings
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	10th
Division	Pacific
DivisionRank	4th
Record	42–35–5
HomeRecord	26–14–1
RoadRecord	16–21–4
GoalsFor	249
GoalsAgainst	270
GeneralManager	Dave Taylor
Coach	Andy Murray (Oct.–Mar.)
John Torchetti (Mar.–Apr.)
Captain	Mattias Norstrom
Luc Robitaille (one game)
AltCaptain	Craig Conroy
Aaron Miller
Mattias Norstrom (one game)
Luc Robitaille
Jeremy Roenick
Arena	Staples Center
Attendance	17,821
MinorLeague	Manchester Monarchs
Reading Royals
GoalsLeader	Michael Cammalleri (26)
AssistsLeader	Lubomir Visnovsky (50)
PointsLeader	Lubomir Visnovsky (67)
PlusMinusLeader	Pavol Demitra (+21)
PIMLeader	Sean Avery (257)
WinsLeader	Mathieu Garon (31)
GAALeader	Jason LaBarbera (2.89)

John Torchetti (Mar.–Apr.) Luc Robitaille (one game) Aaron Miller Mattias Norstrom (one game) Luc Robitaille Jeremy Roenick Reading Royals

The 2005–06 Los Angeles Kings season was the 39th season (38th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. It began with wholesale changes, as during the off-season the Kings acquired centers Pavol Demitra and Jeremy Roenick to help solidify their offense, as well as goaltender Jason LaBarbera.

The changes appeared to pay off, as the Kings stormed out to a 15–6–1 record, and first place in the division. The team, however, collapsed, winning only 27 of their remaining 60 games, finishing fourth in the Pacific Division, and out of the playoffs for the third consecutive season. Head Coach Andy Murray was fired for their final 12 games with John Torchetti taking over, despite the team finishing with an impressive 42 wins.

Regular season

January 19, 2006 – Luc Robitaille becomes the Kings' all-time leading goal scorer.

The Kings finished the regular season with the most power play opportunities, tying the Phoenix Coyotes with 541. They also finished 30th overall in penalty-kill percentage, at 78.73%.

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 5, 2005||4–5 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2005–06) ||0–1–0 || |- |2||October 6, 2005||3–2 || align="left"| Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) ||1–1–0 || |- |3||October 9, 2005||2–1 OT|| align="left"| Minnesota Wild (2005–06) ||2–1–0 || |- |4||October 11, 2005||3–1 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) ||3–1–0 || |- |5||October 13, 2005||2–5 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) ||3–2–0 || |- |6||October 16, 2005||3–1 || align="left"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) ||4–2–0 || |- |7||October 19, 2005||5–4 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) ||5–2–0 || |- |8||October 20, 2005||7–2 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2005–06) ||6–2–0 || |- |9||October 23, 2005||2–3 || align="left"| Calgary Flames (2005–06) ||6–3–0 || |- |10||October 25, 2005||3–1 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) ||7–3–0 || |- |11||October 28, 2005||4–5 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2005–06) ||7–4–0 || |- |12||October 29, 2005||5–2 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (2005–06) ||8–4–0 ||

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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 Kings only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
17	D	80	17	50	67	7	50
22	C	78	22	44	66	13	78
38	LW	58	25	37	62	21	42
13	C	80	26	29	55	−14	50
24	LW	69	21	33	54	17	40
7	C	62	13	28	41	−2	46
6	D	81	14	26	40	16	38
19	C	75	15	24	39	−5	257
25	C	65	17	20	37	−5	62
23	LW	79	14	14	28	−10	80
14	D	77	4	23	27	−3	58
20	LW	65	15	9	24	−6	52
97	C	58	9	13	22	−5	36
29	RW	76	8	14	22	−8	100
42	D	78	2	19	21	0	77
10	D	53	2	11	13	0	48
15	LW	46	8	1	9	−8	73
43	D	53	0	9	9	−3	14
37	RW	19	5	3	8	−9	4
3	D	56	0	8	8	−6	27
53	LW	48	3	4	7	0	26
57	RW	55	2	3	5	1	138
31	G	63	0	3	3		8
37	D	8	0	2	2	−4	12
48	RW	10	1	0	1	1	0
35	G	29	0	1	1		0
9	RW	1	0	1	1	0	0
40	C	12	0	1	1	−4	2
5	D	11	0	1	1	−4	6
77	LW	5	0	0	0	−1	7
39	LW	5	0	0	0	0	0
49	LW	2	0	0	0	0	5
45	G	1	0	0	0		0
56	RW	2	0	0	0	−1	0
2	D	2	0	0	0	−2	2
51	LW	4	0	0	0	−1	2

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
31	Mathieu Garon	63	31	26	3	1738	185	3.22	.894	4	3446
35	Jason LaBarbera	29	11	9	2	688	69	2.89	.900	1	1433
45	Adam Hauser	1	0	0	0	24	6	7.06	.750	0	51

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)	Team
NHL Defensive Player of the Month	Mathieu Garon (December)
NHL Offensive Player of the Week	Craig Conroy (October 24)
Ace Bailey Memorial Award	Mattias Norstrom	title=2005-2006 KINGS AWARD WINNERS	url=https://www.nhl.com/kings/news/2005-2006-kings-award-winners/c-457251	website=NHL.com	access-date=December 21, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030202244/https://www.nhl.com/kings/news/2005-2006-kings-award-winners/c-457251	archive-date=October 30, 2022	date=April 16, 2006}}
Bill Libby Memorial Award	Lubomir Visnovsky
Defensive Player	Mattias Norstrom
Jim Fox Community Service	Jeremy Roenick
Leading Scorer	Lubomir Visnovsky
Mark Bavis Memorial Award	Pavol Demitra
Most Popular Player	Luc Robitaille
Outstanding Defenseman	Lubomir Visnovsky
Unsung Hero	Craig Conroy

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
George Parros	October 5, 2005
Jeff Giuliano	November 5, 2005
Jeff Tambellini	November 30, 2005
Petr Kanko	December 16, 2005
Matt Ryan	December 31, 2005
Connor James	January 7, 2006
Adam Hauser	January 14, 2006
Richard Petiot	January 17, 2006
Konstantin Pushkarev	March 27, 2006

Transactions

The Kings 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.

Trades

Date	Details	Ref
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Philadelphia Flyers](2005-06-philadelphia-flyers-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Washington Capitals](2005-06-washington-capitals-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To [New York Islanders](2005-06-new-york-islanders-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Phoenix Coyotes](2005-06-phoenix-coyotes-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To Philadelphia Flyers

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Tom Kostopoulos
Pavol Demitra
Jason LaBarbera
Marty Wilford
Valeri Bure
Jeff Giuliano
Brad Fast
Shay Stephenson
Joey Mormina
Ken Belanger
Yanick Lehoux
Connor James
Peter Harrold

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Esa Pirnes
Jason Holland
Martin Straka
Chris Schmidt
Scott Barney
Joe Rullier
Roman Cechmanek
Stephane Quintal
Yanick Lehoux
Trent Klatt
Yanick Lehoux
Ken Belanger
Luc Robitaille
Brad Smyth

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Luc Robitaille
Ryan Munce
Mike Weaver
Ryan Flinn
Eric Belanger
Michael Cammalleri
Adam Hauser
Noah Clarke
Yutaka Fukufuji
Richard Petiot
Alexander Frolov
George Parros
Joe Corvo
Jeff Tambellini
Dany Roussin
Lauri Tukonen
Anze Kopitar
Yanick Lehoux
Mattias Norstrom
Ned Lukacevic
Danny Taylor

Draft picks

Los Angeles's picks at the 2005 NHL entry draft held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario on July 30, 2005.

Round	#	Player	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	11	Anze Kopitar	Sodertalje SK (Sweden)
2	50	Dany Roussin	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
2	60	T. J. Fast	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
3	72	Jonathan Quick	Avon Old Farms (USHS-CT)
5	139	Patrik Hersley	Malmo Redhawks Jr. (Sweden)
6	184	Ryan McGinnis	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
7	206	Josh Meyers	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
7	226	John Seymour	Brampton Battalion (OHL)

Notes

References

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"2005-06 Los Angeles Kings Schedule and Results".
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(October 24, 2005). "CONROY EARNS NHL WEEKLY HONOR".
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(August 4, 2005). "Flyers Trade Jeremy Roenick to Los Angeles".
(August 12, 2005). "Aug 12: Capitals Acquire Defenseman Bryan Muir".
(March 8, 2006). "KINGS ACQUIRE PARRISH, SOPEL FROM ISLANDERS".
(March 9, 2006). "KINGS ACQUIRE JACKMAN FROM PHOENIX FOR LEHOUX".
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(August 2, 2005). "Demitra leaves Blues behind, heads for L.A.".
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(August 12, 2005). "KINGS AGREE TO CONTRACT WITH JEFF GIULIANO".
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(August 24, 2005). "KINGS AGREE TO TERMS WITH JOEY MORMINA".
(September 30, 2005). "KINGS AGREE TO TERMS WITH KEN BELANGER".
(November 25, 2005). "KINGS CLAIM FORWARD YANICK LEHOUX OFF WAIVERS".
(January 4, 2006). "KINGS SIGN AND RECALL CONNOR JAMES; PUT BELANGER ON IR".
(April 12, 2006). "KINGS SIGN DEFENSEMAN PETER HARROLD".
(August 1, 2005). "Free Agents List".
(April 28, 2005). "Bluesin uusimmat vahvistukset: Pirnes, Peltonen ja Kaltiainen".
"JASON HOLLAND".
(August 3, 2005). "THRASHERS GIVE HOLIK $12.75M".
"CHRIS SCHMIDT".
(August 8, 2005). "Thrashers sign LWs Boulton, Abid, C Barney".
(August 10, 2005). "Rangers agree to terms with Rullier".
"ROMAN CECHMANEK".
(August 22, 2005). "It's over: Quintal calls it quits after 16 seasons".
"Site officiel du Genève-Servette Hockey Club".
(September 12, 2005). "TRENT KLATT ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT".
(November 14, 2005). "KINGS KEN BELANGER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT".
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"Brad Smyth".
(July 25, 2005). "TRANSACTIONS".
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(August 9, 2005). "TRANSACTIONS".
(August 11, 2005). "KINGS AGREE TO CONTRACT TERMS WITH NOAH CLARKE".
(August 11, 2005). "KINGS AGREE TO CONTRACT TERMS WITH YUTAKA FUKUFUJI".
(August 11, 2005). "KINGS AGREE TO CONTRACT TERMS WITH RICHARD PETIOT".
(August 12, 2005). "California dreamin': Valeri Bure signs with Kings".
(August 12, 2005). "KINGS AGREE TO CONTRACT WITH GEORGE PARROS".
(August 15, 2005). "KINGS AGREE TO TERMS WITH JOE CORVO".
(August 15, 2005). "KINGS AGREE TO TERMS WITH JEFF TAMBELLINI".
(August 16, 2005). "Kings agree to terms with Roussin".
(August 23, 2005). "Tuesday roundup: Islanders sign '04 first-round pick".
(September 7, 2005). "TRANSACTIONS".
(September 7, 2005). "KINGS AGREE TO TERMS WITH ANZE KOPITAR".
(March 6, 2006). "KINGS AGREE ON TWO-YEAR CONTRACT WITH NORSTROM".
(June 1, 2006). "KINGS SIGN DRAFT PICKS LUKACEVIC, TAYLOR".
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