2005–06 Nashville Predators season

Regular season

The Predators were the last team to record their first regulation loss of the regular season. They opened the season with an 8–0–1 stretch before losing at home to the Edmonton Oilers on October 29, 2005, 5–1.

• On March 9, 2006, David Legwand tied the record for the fastest regular season overtime goal scored (set on December 30, 1995, by Mats Sundin) when he scored just six seconds into the overtime period to give the Predators a 3–2 road win over the Vancouver Canucks.
• Starting goaltender Tomas Vokoun missed the final eight regular season games and the playoffs due to a blood condition.
• On April 15, 2006, Chris Mason was credited for a goal when Phoenix Coyotes forward Geoff Sanderson shot the puck into his own net. Mason became the ninth NHL goaltender to score a goal and joined Damian Rhodes as the only goaltenders to be credited with a goal in both the American Hockey League and NHL.{{cite news| url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/recap?gameId=260415027 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120526081656/http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/recap?gameId=260415027 | url-status=dead | archive-date=May 26, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060421235940/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/scott_wraight/04/17/power.rankings26/index.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 21, 2006

Final standings

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 5, 2005||3–2 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2005–06) ||1–0–0 || |- |2||October 8, 2005||3–2 SO|| align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) ||2–0–0 || |- |3||October 12, 2005||5–4 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) ||3–0–0 || |- |4||October 13, 2005||5–4 SO|| align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) ||4–0–0 || |- |5||October 15, 2005||4–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (2005–06) ||5–0–0 || |- |6||October 20, 2005||3–2 SO|| align="left"| St. Louis Blues (2005–06) ||6–0–0 || |- |7||October 22, 2005||2–1 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2005–06) ||7–0–0 || |- |8||October 25, 2005||5–3 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) ||8–0–0 || |- |9||October 26, 2005||2–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) ||8–0–1 || |- |10||October 29, 2005||1–5 || align="left"| Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) ||8–1–1 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 21, 2006 || 4–3 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks || Predators lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 23, 2006 || 0–3 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks || Series tied 1–1 || |- | 3 || April 25, 2006 || 1–4 || align="left"|@ San Jose Sharks || Sharks lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 27, 2006 || 4–5 || align="left"|@ San Jose Sharks || Sharks lead 3–1 || |- | 5 || April 30, 2006 || 1–2 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks || Sharks win 4–1 ||

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

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

The Predators 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

Players acquired

Players lost

Signings

Draft picks

Nashville's draft picks at the 2005 NHL entry draft held at the Westin Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario.

Notes

References

References

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2. "Toronto Maple Leafs at St. Louis Blues Box Score — December 30, 1995".
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12. (July 30, 2005). "Thrashers Acquire Defenseman Shane Hnidy from Nashville for 2006 4th Round Pick".
13. (August 2, 2005). "Flyers Trade Defenseman Danny Markov to Nashville".
14. (September 9, 2005). "Predators acquire forward Kris Beech".
15. (October 24, 2005). "Preds acquire blueliner Rick Berry".
16. (January 29, 2006). "Predators acquire Sillinger from Blues".
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23. (December 7, 2005). "Predators sign forward John Vigilante".
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43. (January 9, 2006). "Predators sign Alexander Radulov".
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