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2005–06 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2005–06
year	2005
Team	New York Rangers
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	6th
Division	Atlantic
DivisionRank	3rd
Record	44–26–12
HomeRecord	25–10–6
RoadRecord	19–16–6
GoalsFor	257
GoalsAgainst	215
GeneralManager	Glen Sather
Coach	Tom Renney
Captain	Vacant
AltCaptain	Jaromir Jagr
Darius Kasparaitis
Steve Rucchin
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Attendance	18,142 (99.7%)
MinorLeague	Hartford Wolf Pack
Charlotte Checkers
GoalsLeader	Jaromir Jagr (54)
AssistsLeader	Jaromir Jagr (69)
PointsLeader	Jaromir Jagr (123)
PIMLeader	Darius Kasparaitis (97)
PlusMinusLeader	Michal Rozsival (+35)
WinsLeader	Henrik Lundqvist (30)
GAALeader	Henrik Lundqvist (2.24)

Darius Kasparaitis Steve Rucchin Charlotte Checkers

The 2005–06 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 79th season of play and their 80th season overall. It marked a resurgence for the Rangers, with the team finishing the season having recorded 100 points, the sixth time in franchise history that the team had reached the 100-point plateau and their highest point total since their 1993–94 championship season, and a return to the playoffs for the first time since 1996–97. Jaromir Jagr also broke several Rangers single-season records including goals (54), points (123), power-play goals (24) and shots on goal (368). The Rangers missed out on winning the Atlantic Division on the last day of the regular season when the Devils defeated the Montreal Canadiens and the Rangers lost to the Ottawa Senators. The Rangers qualified for the playoffs as the sixth seed but were swept by their rivals the New Jersey Devils in the first round.

Regular season

October 17, 2005 – Henrik Lundqvist becomes the first Rangers rookie goaltender to record a shutout since John Vanbiesbrouck in the 1984–85 season, in a 4-0 Rangers win at home over the Florida Panthers.
March 11, 2006 – The New York Rangers played the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre in Montreal. The pre-game festivities involved the jersey retirement for former Canadien and Ranger player Bernie Geoffrion.
March 29, 2006 – Jaromir Jagr records 4 assists, accumulating 113 points for the season and breaking the club single season points record of 109, previously held by Jean Ratelle, (1972–73). Jagr would finish the season with 123 points, the 3rd best total of his illustrious career.
March 29, 2006 – Henrik Lundqvist sets a franchise record for rookie goaltenders with his 30th win of the season, in a 5–1 win over the Islanders.
April 8, 2006 – Jaromir Jagr records a goal and three assists, accumulating 53 goals for the season and breaking the club single season goal scoring record of 52, previously held by Adam Graves, (1993–94). Jagr would finish the season with 54 goals, the second best total of his career.
April 8, 2006 – The Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 4–3 in overtime, capturing their 100th point in their final victory of the season.

Season standings

Playoffs

Main article: 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Rangers qualified for the playoffs for the first time since the 1997 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- | 1 || October 5 || @ Philadelphia Flyers || 5–3 || 1–0–0 || |- | 2 || October 6 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–3 OT || 1–0–1 || |- | 3 || October 8 || @ New Jersey Devils || 3–2 OT || 1–0–2 || |- | 4 || October 10 || @ Washington Capitals || 3–2 || 1–1–2 || |- | 5 || October 13 || New Jersey Devils || 4–1 || 2–1–2 || |- | 6 || October 15 || Atlanta Thrashers || 5–1 || 3–1–2 || |- | 7 || October 17 || Florida Panthers || 4–0 || 4–1–2 || |- | 8 || October 19 || New York Islanders || 3–2 SO || 4–1–3 || |- | 9 || October 20 || @ New York Islanders || 5–4 || 4–2–3 || |- | 10 || October 22 || @ Buffalo Sabres || 3–1 || 4–3–3 || |- | 11 || October 27 || New York Islanders || 3–1 || 5–3–3 || |- | 12 || October 29 || @ Montreal Canadiens || 5–2 || 6–3–3 || |- | 13 || October 31 || Montreal Canadiens || 4–1 || 6–4–3 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 22 || @ New Jersey Devils || 1–6 || 19,040 || Devils lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 24 || @ New Jersey Devils || 1–4 || 19,040 || Devils lead 2–0 || |- | 3 || April 26 || New Jersey Devils || 0–3 || 18,200 || Devils lead 3–0 || |- | 4 || April 29 || New Jersey Devils || 2–4 || 18,200 || Devils win 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 Rangers only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Rangers only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
68	RW	82	54	69	123	34	72	3	0	1	1	0	2
92	C	81	23	56	79	31	76	4	0	1	1	−3	0
82	LW	82	22	54	76	17	42	4	0	0	0	−4	2
26	LW	52	16	39	55	10	56	2	0	1	1	−1	2
25	LW	68	30	17	47	3	32	4	1	0	1	−3	0
20	C	72	13	23	36	6	10	4	1	0	1	−2	0
17	RW	40	16	15	31	5	22	4	0	0	0	−5	0
3	D	82	5	25	30	35	90	4	0	1	1	−2	8
14	RW	81	10	18	28	−4	44	1	0	0	0	0	2
51	D	77	6	19	25	1	58	4	0	1	1	−1	0
16	D	73	3	20	23	16	70	4	0	0	0	−4	2
18	C	82	9	9	18	4	28	4	0	0	0	−1	2
8	D	74	2	16	18	28	78	4	0	1	1	−2	6
10	LW	48	5	12	17	10	53
81	LW	64	10	6	16	−6	28	4	0	0	0	−1	6
24	D	19	3	11	14	2	20	3	0	0	0	−3	6
19	C	66	8	2	10	−10	24	4	1	1	2	−1	2
41	RW	78	5	2	7	2	38	4	1	0	1	1	4
34	D	65	3	4	7	−10	66	3	0	0	0	−1	0
6	D	67	0	6	6	7	97	2	0	0	0	−1	0
44	C	52	2	3	5	−3	84	4	0	1	1	−1	19
24	D	29	1	2	3	−2	22
38	C	6	2	0	2	−1	0
22	D	8	1	1	2	−3	4
30	G	53	0	2	2		0	3	0	0	0		0
17	C	3	1	0	1	−2	6
21	LW	1	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	2
28	RW	15	0	1	1	1	44	1	0	0	0	0	2
80	G	32	0	1	1		4	1	0	0	0		2
15	C	2	0	0	0	0	0
39	LW	1	0	0	0	−1	0
17	RW	3	0	0	0	0	6
40	G	1	0	0	0		0
33	D	1	0	0	0	−1	2
55	D	1	0	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

No.	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
30	53	30	12	9	1485	116	2.24	.922	2	3112	3	0	3	79	13	4.41	.835	0	177
80	32	14	14	3	867	91	2.95	.895	0	1850	1	0	1	25	4	4.00	.840	0	60
40	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00	1.000	0	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)	Team
Lester B. Pearson Award	Jaromir Jagr
NHL All-Rookie Team	Henrik Lundqvist (Goaltender)	title=Postseason All-Star Teams	url=https://records.nhl.com/awards/phwa-all-star-teams?season=20052006	website=records.nhl.com	access-date=October 28, 2022}}
NHL First All-Star Team	Jaromir Jagr (Right wing)
NHL Plus-Minus Award	Michal Rozsival
NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Henrik Lundqvist (October 31)
Henrik Lundqvist (January 23)
NHL Offensive Player of the Month	Jaromir Jagr (December)
Jaromir Jagr (March)
NHL Offensive Player of the Week	Michael Nylander (March 20)
Ceil Saidel Memorial Award	Henrik Lundqvist
Frank Boucher Trophy	Jaromir Jagr	title=Rangers fans honored at regular-season finale	url=https://www.nhl.com/rangers/news/rangers-fans-honored-at-regular-season-finale/c-492612	website=NHL.com	access-date=November 28, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028221037/https://www.nhl.com/rangers/news/rangers-fans-honored-at-regular-season-finale/c-492612	archive-date=October 28, 2022	date=April 18, 2006}}
Good Guy Award	Jaromir Jagr
Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award	Henrik Lundqvist
Players' Player Award	Jed Ortmeyer
Kevin Weekes
Rangers MVP	Jaromir Jagr
Rookie of the Year	Henrik Lundqvist
Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award	Henrik Lundqvist

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Ryan Hollweg	October 5, 2005
Henrik Lundqvist	October 8, 2005
Petr Prucha
Chris Holt	December 3, 2006
Alexandre Giroux	March 25, 2006
Jarkko Immonen	April 6, 2006
David Liffiton	April 11, 2006

Transactions

The Rangers 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 [Atlanta Thrashers](2005-06-atlanta-thrashers-season)	To New York Rangers	title=Rangers Make Nine Selections in 2005 NHL Entry Draft	url=http://www.newyorkrangers.com/pressbox/pressreleases.asp?id=1669	website=New York Rangers	access-date=November 28, 2023	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051020064041/http://www.newyorkrangers.com/pressbox/pressreleases.asp?id=1669	archive-date=October 20, 2005	date=July 30, 2005}}
To [Montreal Canadiens](2005-06-montreal-canadiens-season)	To New York Rangers
To [Anaheim Mighty Ducks](2005-06-mighty-ducks-of-anaheim-season)	To New York Rangers
To Montreal Canadiens	To New York Rangers
To [Vancouver Canucks](2005-06-vancouver-canucks-season)	To New York Rangers
To [Phoenix Coyotes](2005-06-phoenix-coyotes-season)	To New York Rangers
To Anaheim Mighty Ducks	To New York Rangers
To Phoenix Coyotes	To New York Rangers
To [San Jose Sharks](2005-06-san-jose-sharks-season)	To New York Rangers
To Anaheim Mighty Ducks	To New York Rangers
To [Dallas Stars](2005-06-dallas-stars-season)	To New York Rangers

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Marek Malik
Martin Straka
Martin Rucinsky
Ville Nieminen
Jason Ward
Joe Rullier
Hannu Pikkarainen
Michal Rozsival
Colton Orr

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref	N/A
Karel Rachunek	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)
Steve Valiquette	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)
Bobby Holik	Atlanta Thrashers
Richard Scott
Jason LaBarbera	Los Angeles Kings
Jason Marshall	Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Lawrence Nycholat	Washington Capitals
Jeff MacMillan	Columbus Blue Jackets
Lucas Lawson	JYP (Liiga)
Mike Dunham	Atlanta Thrashers
Layne Ulmer	San Antonio Rampage (AHL)
Dan Blackburn
Rory Rawlyk	Bofors IK (Allsvenskan)

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Rick Kozak
Al Montoya
Hugh Jessiman
Henrik Lundqvist
Kevin Weekes
Thomas Pock
Blair Betts
Steve MacIntyre
Tom Poti
Jozef Balej
Chris Holt
Petr Prucha
Jamie Lundmark
Garth Murray
Chad Wiseman
Jarkko Immonen
Alexandre Giroux
Martin Grenier
Bryce Lampman
Dominic Moore
Jed Ortmeyer
Craig Weller
Marc Staal
Bruce Graham
Fedor Fedorov
Dane Byers
Lauri Korpikoski
Greg Moore
Brandon Dubinsky
Ryan Callahan
Colton Orr
Martin Richter

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 2005 NHL entry draft in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada at the Westin Hotel.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	12	Marc Staal	D	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2	40	Michael Sauer	D	United States	Portland Winter Hawks (WHL)
2	56	Marc-Andre Cliche	RW	Canada	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
3	66	Brodie Dupont	C	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
3	77	Dalyn Flatt	D	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
4	107	Tom Pyatt	C	Canada	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
5	147	Trevor Koverko	D	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
6	178	Greg Beller	F	Canada	Lake of the Woods (USHS-MN)
7	211	Ryan Russell	C	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)

Notes

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