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2005–06 Tampa Bay Lightning season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2005–06
year	2005
Team	Tampa Bay Lightning
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	8th
Division	Southeast
DivisionRank	2nd
Record	43–33–6
HomeRecord	25–15–2
RoadRecord	18–18–4
GoalsFor	252
GoalsAgainst	260
GeneralManager	Jay Feaster
Coach	John Tortorella
Captain	Dave Andreychuk (Oct.–Jan.)
Vacant (Jan.–Apr.)
AltCaptain	Vincent Lecavalier
Brad Richards
Tim Taylor (Jan.–Apr.)
Arena	St. Pete Times Forum
Attendance	20,509
MinorLeague	Springfield Falcons
Johnstown Chiefs
GoalsLeader	Vincent Lecavalier (35)
AssistsLeader	Brad Richards (68)
PointsLeader	Brad Richards (91)
PIMLeader	Pavel Kubina (96)
PlusMinusLeader	Nolan Pratt (+7)
WinsLeader	John Grahame (29)
GAALeader	Sean Burke (2.80)

Vacant (Jan.–Apr.) Brad Richards Tim Taylor (Jan.–Apr.) Johnstown Chiefs The 2005–06 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 14th National Hockey League season in Tampa, Florida. Due to the cancellation of the 2004–05 season, the Lightning entered the season as defending Stanley Cup champions, which they won in 2003–04.

Regular season

Final standings

Playoffs

The Tampa Bay Lightning ended the 2005–06 regular season as the Eastern Conference's eighth seed.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 5, 2005||5–2 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) ||1–0–0 || |- |2||October 7, 2005||0–2 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (2005–06) ||1–1–0 || |- |3||October 8, 2005||2–1 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (2005–06) ||2–1–0 || |- |4||October 10, 2005||2–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (2005–06) ||2–2–0 || |- |5||October 13, 2005||3–4 SO|| align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) ||2–2–1 || |- |6||October 15, 2005||3–1 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) ||3–2–1 || |- |7||October 16, 2005||2–3 SO|| align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) ||3–2–2 || |- |8||October 20, 2005||6–0 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) ||4–2–2 || |- |9||October 21, 2005||1–4 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (2005–06) ||4–3–2 || |- |10||October 26, 2005||6–3 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) ||5–3–2 || |- |11||October 28, 2005||4–2 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2005–06) ||6–3–2 || |- |12||October 29, 2005||3–2 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) ||7–3–2 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 21, 2006 || Tampa Bay || 1–4 || Ottawa || 19,660 || Senators lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 23, 2006 || Tampa Bay || 4–3 || Ottawa || 19,745 || Series tied 1–1 || |- | 3 || April 25, 2006 || Ottawa || 8–4 || Tampa Bay || 20,815 || Senators lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 27, 2006 || Ottawa || 5–2 || Tampa Bay || 20,682 || Senators lead 3–1 || |- | 5 || April 29, 2006 || Tampa Bay || 2–3 || Ottawa || 20,004 || Senators win 4–1 ||

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Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
19	C	82	23	68	91	0	32	5	3	5	8	−5	6
20	LW	81	25	55	80	−3	50	5	0	2	2	1	0
4	C	80	35	40	75	0	90	5	1	3	4	0	7
26	RW	80	31	30	61	−3	38	5	4	0	4	−2	2
33	LW	77	31	23	54	5	56	5	0	0	0	−6	6
22	D	79	15	38	53	−8	38	5	1	3	4	−1	6
17	LW	80	26	15	41	−4	44	5	0	0	0	−1	20
13	D	76	5	33	38	−12	96	5	1	1	2	−6	26
34	C	48	15	13	28	−4	6	5	0	0	0	−3	10
5	D	80	4	19	23	−18	30	5	0	1	1	−3	0
25	LW	42	6	12	18	−13	16
54	D	76	1	17	18	5	58	5	2	4	6	0	0
76	RW	72	4	13	17	−4	90	5	1	0	1	1	6
18	RW	61	4	13	17	−7	30	2	0	0	0	−1	0
29	LW	68	9	6	15	−7	16	5	0	1	1	−1	2
21	D	82	1	14	15	−2	79	5	0	1	1	−1	4
27	C	82	7	6	13	−12	22	5	0	0	0	−2	2
44	D	82	0	9	9	7	60	5	0	0	0	0	7
8	C	65	2	6	8	−9	22	5	0	0	0	−1	0
14	RW	14	2	1	3	−2	4
1	G	35	0	1	1		10	3	0	0	0		0
11	LW	34	0	1	1	−10	22	3	0	0	0	0	19
47	G	57	0	1	1		14	4	0	0	0		0
2	D	9	0	1	1	−3	6
46	RW	7	0	1	1	−2	0
74	C	12	0	1	1	−3	4
16	RW	1	0	0	0	0	2
50	G	2	0	0	0		0
40	G	1	0	0	0		0
39	D	5	0	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

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

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
47	John Grahame	57	29	22	1	1450	161	3.06	.889	5	3152	4	1	3	98	15	4.78	.847	0	188
1	Sean Burke	35	14	10	4	764	80	2.80	.895	2	1713	3	0	1	57	7	3.84	.877	0	109
50	Gerald Coleman	2	0	0	1	17	2	2.77	.882	0	43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
40	Brian Eklund	1	0	1	0	19	3	3.09	.842	0	58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and honors

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	1,000th game played
Timo Helbling	October 5, 2005
Paul Ranger	October 15, 2005
Evgeny Artyukhin	October 20, 2005
Nick Tarnasky
Brian Eklund	November 8, 2005
Gerald Coleman	November 11, 2005
Ryan Craig	December 17, 2005
Darren Reid
Doug O'Brien	January 29, 2006
Darryl Sydor	February 28, 2006

Transactions

The Lightning 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 [Phoenix Coyotes](2005-06-phoenix-coyotes-season)	To Tampa Bay Lightning
To [San Jose Sharks](2005-06-san-jose-sharks-season)	To Tampa Bay Lightning
To [Philadelphia Flyers](2005-06-philadelphia-flyers-season)	To Tampa Bay Lightning
To [Dallas Stars](2005-06-dallas-stars-season)	To Tampa Bay Lightning
To [Vancouver Canucks](2005-06-vancouver-canucks-season)	To Tampa Bay Lightning
To [Boston Bruins](2005-06-boston-bruins-season)	To Tampa Bay Lightning

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Mitch Fritz
Sean Burke
Rob DiMaio
Jim Campbell
Norm Milley
Morgan Cey
Todd Rohloff
Johan Holmqvist

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Andreas Holmqvist
Andre Roy
Nikolai Khabibulin
Brad Lukowich
Nikita Alexeev
Eric Perrin
Jamie Storr
Shane Willis
Dave Andreychuk
Jim Campbell

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Jonathan Boutin
Martin Cibak
Gerald Coleman
Zbynek Hrdel
Tim Taylor
Ruslan Fedotenko
Brandon Elliott
Brady Greco
Timo Helbling
Nolan Pratt
Dmitri Afanasenkov
Dan Boyle
Vincent Lecavalier
Brian Eklund
Jason Jaspers
Marek Kvapil
John Toffey
Martin St. Louis
Dave Andreychuk
Jay Rosehill
Andy Rogers
Matt Smaby
Stanislav Lascek
Brad Richards
Justin Keller
Fredrik Norrena
Karri Ramo
Radek Smolenak
Eric Perrin

Draft picks

Tampa's picks at the 2005 NHL entry draft in Ottawa, Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Position	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	32	Vladimir Mihalik	Defense	Pesov II (Slovakia)
3	73	Radek Smolenak	Left wing	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
3	89	Chris Lawrence	Center	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
4	92	Marek Bartanus	Right wing	HC Kosice (Slovakia)
4	102	Blair Jones	Center	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
5	133	Stanislav Lascek	Right wing	Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QMJHL)
6	163	Marek Kvapil	Right wing	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
6	165	Kevin Beech	Goaltender	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
7	225	John Wessbecker	Defense	Blake School (USHS)

Notes

References

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