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2005–06 St. Louis Blues season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2005–06
year	2005
Team	St. Louis Blues
Record	21–46–15
HomeRecord	12–23–6
RoadRecord	9–23–9
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	15th
Division	Central
DivisionRank	5th
GoalsFor	197
GoalsAgainst	292
GeneralManager	Larry Pleau
Coach	Mike Kitchen
Captain	Dallas Drake
AltCaptain	Barret Jackman
Doug Weight (Oct.–Jan.)
Scott Young (Jan.–Apr.)
Arena	Savvis Center
Attendance	14,213
MinorLeague	Peoria Rivermen
Alaska Aces
GoalsLeader	Mike Sillinger (22)
AssistsLeader	Doug Weight (33)
PointsLeader	Scott Young (49)
PIMLeader	Barret Jackman (156)
PlusMinusLeader	Simon Gamache (+1)
WinsLeader	Curtis Sanford (13)
GAALeader	Curtis Sanford (2.66)

Doug Weight (Oct.–Jan.) Scott Young (Jan.–Apr.) Alaska Aces 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 was named team captain, following the retirement of previous captain Al MacInnis.

Regular season

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

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 5, 2005||1–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) ||0–1–0 || |- |2||October 6, 2005||3–4 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) ||0–2–0 || |- |3||October 8, 2005||6–7 || align="left"| San Jose Sharks (2005–06) ||0–3–0 || |- |4||October 11, 2005||4–1 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) ||1–3–0 || |- |5||October 15, 2005||1–4 || align="left"| Nashville Predators (2005–06) ||1–4–0 || |- |6||October 19, 2005||3–2 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) ||2–4–0 || |- |7||October 20, 2005||2–3 SO|| align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (2005–06) ||2–4–1 || |- |8||October 22, 2005||2–3 || align="left"| Minnesota Wild (2005–06) ||2–5–1 || |- |9||October 25, 2005||4–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) ||2–5–2 || |- |10||October 28, 2005||4–6 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) ||2–6–2 || |- |11||October 29, 2005||2–5 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) ||2–7–2 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
48	RW	79	18	31	49	−32	52
39	C	47	11	33	44	−11	50
18	C	48	22	19	41	−17	49
26	RW	71	10	31	41	−22	54
37	C	78	15	22	37	−25	32
7	LW	41	15	21	36	−15	46
12	RW	57	14	13	27	−10	22
9	C	67	6	21	27	−23	30
21	RW	67	15	11	26	−22	129
10	RW	62	2	24	26	−13	59
25	D	67	8	16	24	−31	83
55	D	52	6	12	18	−15	48
6	D	59	1	16	17	−10	44
38	D	46	4	9	13	−15	21
54	RW	33	7	5	12	−8	33
42	RW	80	6	4	10	−14	46
5	D	63	4	6	10	−6	156
4	D	32	6	3	9	−17	45
32	RW	16	4	5	9	−2	14
17	C	65	3	6	9	−21	33
22	LW	52	2	6	8	−16	34
20	C	15	3	4	7	1	10
23	C	30	2	5	7	−3	14
20	LW	22	3	2	5	−1	6
33	C	9	1	4	5	−1	4
27	D	46	1	4	5	−24	26
20	D	5	1	2	3	0	10
47	RW	17	2	0	2	0	45
15	LW	6	1	1	2	1	4
28	D	54	0	2	2	−7	79
29	D	26	0	2	2	−12	25
30	G	19	0	1	1		0
33	D	41	0	1	1	−21	37
36	RW	12	0	0	0	−4	13
62	RW	5	0	0	0	−1	2
50	G	12	0	0	0		0
53	RW	3	0	0	0	−2	0
40	G	31	0	0	0		0
1	G	34	0	0	0		0
43	D	1	0	0	0	0	0
41	C	2	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP}	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
1	Curtis Sanford	34	13	13	5	885	81	2.66	.908	3	1830
30	Jason Bacashihua	19	4	10	1	515	52	3.23	.899	0	966
40	Patrick Lalime	31	4	18	8	868	103	3.64	.881	0	1699
50	Reinhard Divis	12	0	5	1	231	37	4.67	.840	0	475

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)
NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Curtis Sanford (November 21)

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Jeff Hoggan	October 5, 2005
Jay McClement
Andy Roach
Lee Stempniak	October 6, 2005
Jeff Woywitka
Colin Hemingway	October 19, 2005
Dennis Wideman	November 9, 2005
Jason Bacashihua	December 16, 2005
Jon DiSalvatore	January 19, 2006
Mike Glumac	January 30, 2006

Transactions

The Blues 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 [Edmonton Oilers](2005-06-edmonton-oilers-season)	To St. Louis Blues
To [Toronto Maple Leafs](2005-06-toronto-maple-leafs-season)	To St. Louis Blues
To [Pittsburgh Penguins](2005-06-pittsburgh-penguins-season)	To St. Louis Blues
To Edmonton Oilers	To St. Louis Blues
To [Nashville Predators](2005-06-nashville-predators-season)	To St. Louis Blues
To [Carolina Hurricanes](2005-06-carolina-hurricanes-season)	To St. Louis Blues	title=Blues Trade Doug Weight To Carolina In Exchange For A 1st Round Pick Along With Two, 4th Round Picks, Magnus Kahnberg, Mike Zigomanis And Jesse Boulerice	url=http://www.stlouisblues.com/news/0506/060130A.html	website=St. Louis Blues	access-date=July 14, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060324112928/http://www.stlouisblues.com/news/0506/060130A.html	archive-date=March 24, 2006	date=January 30, 2006}}
To [Vancouver Canucks](2005-06-vancouver-canucks-season)	To St. Louis Blues

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Aaron Downey
Jeff Hoggan
Ryan Ramsay
Trent Whitfield
Dean McAmmond
Scott Young
Simon Gamache
Kevin Dallman
Vladimir Orszagh
Craig Anderson

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Jame Pollock
Alexander Khavanov
Aris Brimanis
Brett Scheffelmaier
Erkki Rajamaki
Aaron Downey
Simon Gamache
Craig Anderson
Reinhard Divis

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Patrick Lalime
Andy Roach
Matt Walker
Zack Fitzgerald
Lee Stempniak
Eric Boguniecki
Colin Hemingway
Bryce Salvador
Trevor Byrne
Mike Glumac
Ryan Johnson
Mark Rycroft
Mike Stuart
Eric Brewer
Jamal Mayers
Brett Scheffelmaier
Peter Sejna
David Backes
Keith Tkachuk
Magnus Kahnberg
Michal Birner
Roman Polak
Marek Schwarz
Carl Soderberg

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	24	T. J. Oshie	Warroad High School (USHS-MN)
2	37	Scott Jackson	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
3	85	Ben Bishop	Texas Tornado (NAHL)
5	156	Ryan Reaves	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
6	169	Mike Gauthier	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
6	171	Nick Drazenovic	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
7	219	Nikolai Lemtyugov	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 Kelly Cup

Notes

References

(September 15, 2005). "Forward Dallas Drake Named Team Captain For 2005-06 Season".
(September 9, 2005). "Hard-shooting defenseman Al MacInnis retires".
"2005-06 NHL Summary".
"2005-06 St. Louis Blues Roster and Statistics".
"2005-06 St. Louis Blues Schedule".
(November 21, 2005). "Blues' Goaltender Sanford Is Top Defensive Player".
"2005-06 NHL Debuts".
"Hockey Transactions Search Results".
(August 2, 2005). "Blues Trade Chris Pronger To Edmonton For Defensemen Eric Brewer, Doug Lynch and Jeff Woywitka".
(August 24, 2005). "Blues Trade Forward John Pohl To Toronto for Future Considerations".
(December 9, 2005). "Blues Trade Forward Eric Boguniecki To Pittsburgh For Defenseman Steve Poapst".
(December 13, 2005). "Oilers obtain Blake Evans from St. Louis".
(January 29, 2006). "Blues Acquire Forward Timofei Shishkanov From Nashville In Exchange For Mike Sillinger".
(January 30, 2006). "Blues Trade Doug Weight To Carolina In Exchange For A 1st Round Pick Along With Two, 4th Round Picks, Magnus Kahnberg, Mike Zigomanis And Jesse Boulerice".
(March 9, 2006). "Blues Trade Eric Weinrich To Vancouver In Exchange For Tomas Mojzis And A 3rd Round Pick".
(August 2, 2005). "Nieuwendyk, Roberts Sign With Panthers".
(August 2, 2005). "Blues Sign Forwards Trent Whitfield, Jeff Hoggan, Ryan Ramsay".
(August 9, 2005). "Blues Sign Left Wing Dean McAmmond".
(September 13, 2005). "Blues sign veteran right wing Scott Young".
(November 29, 2005). "Blues Claim Forward Simon Gamache On Waivers".
(December 3, 2005). "Blues Claim Defenseman Kevin Dallman Off Waivers".
(December 30, 2005). "Blues Claim Right Wing Vladimir Orszagh Off Waivers".
(January 31, 2006). "St. Louis Blues Announce Roster Moves".
(August 1, 2005). "Free Agents List".
"JAME POLLOCK".
(August 10, 2005). "Maple Leafs Sign Alexander Khavanov".
"ARIS BRIMANIS".
(October 26, 2005). "Defenseman announces his retirement".
(December 19, 2005). "Rajamäki siirtyy Espooseen".
(January 24, 2006). "TRANSACTIONS".
(January 28, 2006). "Predators claim Gamache on waivers".
(February 3, 2006). "Blackhawks acquire goalie Anderson from Blues".
"Reinhard Divis".
(July 28, 2005). "Blues Pick-Up Options For Lalime, Roach and Walker".
(July 30, 2005). "TRANSACTIONS".
(August 9, 2005). "Blues Re-Sign Defenseman Bryce Salvador".
(August 11, 2005). "Mark Rycroft Re-signs With Blues And Ryan Johnson Accepts Qualifying Offer".
(August 15, 2005). "Jamal Mayers Re-signs With Blues And Eric Brewer Accepts Qualifying Offer".
(March 16, 2006). "Blues Sign Minnesota State Star David Backes".
(April 20, 2006). "St. Louis Blues Pick-Up Option For Keith Tkachuk".
(April 25, 2006). "St. Louis Blues Sign Magnus Kahnberg".
(May 31, 2006). "St. Louis Blues Sign Goaltender Marek Schwarz, Defenseman Roman Polak, and Forwards Michal Birner and Carl Soderberg".
"2005 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".

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