2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers season

The 2005–06 Atlanta Thrashers season was the 23rd season of play for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 31st season for the organization overall.

Regular season The Thrashers again did not qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason On September 27, 2005, Scott Mellanby was named team captain. Peter Bondra, Bobby Holik, and Vyacheslav Kozlov were named alternate captains, rotating on a game-by-game basis.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|1||October 5, 2005||0–2 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) ||0–1–0 ||

|2||October 7, 2005||7–3 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) ||1–1–0 ||

|3||October 8, 2005||8–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2005–06) ||2–1–0 ||

|4||October 12, 2005||0–2 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) ||2–2–0 ||

|5||October 14, 2005||1–9 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) ||2–3–0 ||

|6||October 15, 2005||1–5 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2005–06) ||2–4–0 ||

|7||October 20, 2005||0–6 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) ||2–5–0 ||

|8||October 22, 2005||4–3 || align="left"| New Jersey Devils (2005–06) ||3–5–0 ||

|9||October 25, 2005||3–4 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (2005–06) ||3–6–0 ||

|10||October 27, 2005||5–7 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) ||3–7–0 ||

|11||October 29, 2005||2–3 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) ||3–8–0 ||

|12||November 1, 2005||6–4 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) ||4–8–0 ||

|13||November 4, 2005||2–3 SO|| align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) ||4–8–1 ||

|14||November 5, 2005||3–4 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) ||4–9–1 ||

|15||November 9, 2005||5–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) ||5–9–1 ||

|16||November 11, 2005||5–2 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) ||6–9–1 ||

|17||November 12, 2005||9–0 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) ||7–9–1 ||

|18||November 16, 2005||3–7 || align="left"| New York Islanders (2005–06) ||7–10–1 ||

|19||November 18, 2005||6–5 OT|| align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) ||8–10–1 ||

|20||November 19, 2005||1–5 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) ||8–11–1 ||

|21||November 22, 2005||2–3 SO|| align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) ||8–11–2 ||

|22||November 24, 2005||3–6 || align="left"| New York Rangers (2005–06) ||8–12–2 ||

|23||November 26, 2005||7–4 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (2005–06) ||9–12–2 ||

|24||November 27, 2005||5–2 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) ||10–12–2 ||

|25||November 29, 2005||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) ||10–12–3 ||

|26||December 1, 2005||0–4 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) ||10–13–3 ||

|27||December 3, 2005||1–2 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) ||10–14–3 ||

|28||December 5, 2005||2–5 || align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) ||10–15–3 ||

|29||December 6, 2005||3–5 || align="left"| @ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) ||10–16–3 ||

|30||December 9, 2005||5–2 || align="left"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) ||11–16–3 ||

|31||December 11, 2005||4–5 SO|| align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) ||11–16–4 ||

|32||December 13, 2005||7–6 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) ||12–16–4 ||

|33||December 15, 2005||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) ||13–16–4 ||

|34||December 17, 2005||2–1 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (2005–06) ||14–16–4 ||

|35||December 22, 2005||5–6 SO|| align="left"| Washington Capitals (2005–06) ||14–16–5 ||

|36||December 23, 2005||1–0 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (2005–06) ||15–16–5 ||

|37||December 26, 2005||4–0 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) ||16–16–5 ||

|38||December 28, 2005||3–4 OT|| align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) ||16–16–6 ||

|39||December 30, 2005||1–4 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) ||16–17–6 ||

|40||January 1, 2006||5–2 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) ||17–17–6 ||

|41||January 2, 2006||8–3 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (2005–06) ||18–17–6 ||

|42||January 4, 2006||3–4 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) ||18–18–6 ||

|43||January 6, 2006||6–4 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) ||19–18–6 ||

|44||January 7, 2006||4–3 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06) ||20–18–6 ||

|45||January 11, 2006||4–3 SO|| align="left"| Nashville Predators (2005–06) ||21–18–6 ||

|46||January 13, 2006||2–0 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (2005–06) ||22–18–6 ||

|47||January 18, 2006||5–2 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2005–06) ||23–18–6 ||

|48||January 19, 2006||6–8 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) ||23–19–6 ||

|49||January 21, 2006||0–2 || align="left"| Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) ||23–20–6 ||

|50||January 24, 2006||2–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (2005–06) ||23–21–6 ||

|51||January 26, 2006||1–5 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) ||23–22–6 ||

|52||January 28, 2006||1–4 || align="left"| @ Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) ||23–23–6 ||

|53||January 31, 2006||2–5 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) ||23–24–6 ||

|54||February 3, 2006||2–5 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) ||23–25–6 ||

|55||February 4, 2006||6–4 || align="left"| Florida Panthers (2005–06) ||24–25–6 ||

|56||February 7, 2006||1–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) ||24–26–6 ||

|57||February 9, 2006||2–1 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) ||25–26–6 ||

|58||February 11, 2006||2–1 SO|| align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) ||26–26–6 ||

|59||March 1, 2006||4–2 || align="left"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) ||27–26–6 ||

|60||March 2, 2006||2–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (2005–06) ||27–27–6 ||

|61||March 4, 2006||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Washington Capitals (2005–06) ||28–27–6 ||

|62||March 6, 2006||4–3 SO|| align="left"| Florida Panthers (2005–06) ||29–27–6 ||

|63||March 8, 2006||3–2 SO|| align="left"| New York Rangers (2005–06) ||30–27–6 ||

|64||March 10, 2006||1–3 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (2005–06) ||30–28–6 ||

|65||March 12, 2006||3–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (2005–06) ||31–28–6 ||

|66||March 16, 2006||4–2 || align="left"| New York Islanders (2005–06) ||32–28–6 ||

|67||March 18, 2006||2–4 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06) ||32–29–6 ||

|68||March 20, 2006||5–0 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) ||33–29–6 ||

|69||March 21, 2006||5–4 SO|| align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (2005–06) ||34–29–6 ||

|70||March 23, 2006||6–5 OT|| align="left"| New Jersey Devils (2005–06) ||35–29–6 ||

|71||March 25, 2006||1–5 || align="left"| @ New York Islanders (2005–06) ||35–30–6 ||

|72||March 30, 2006||3–4 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) ||35–31–6 ||

|73||April 1, 2006||5–2 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) ||36–31–6 ||

|74||April 3, 2006||4–6 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) ||36–32–6 ||

|75||April 5, 2006||5–2 || align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) ||37–32–6 ||

|76||April 6, 2006||2–3 SO|| align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) ||37–32–7 ||

|77||April 8, 2006||5–2 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) ||38–32–7 ||

|78||April 11, 2006||6–2 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) ||39–32–7 ||

|79||April 13, 2006||5–3 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2005–06) ||40–32–7 ||

|80||April 15, 2006||4–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (2005–06) ||41–32–7 ||

|81||April 17, 2006||4–6 || align="left"| @ Washington Capitals (2005–06) ||41–33–7 ||

|82||April 18, 2006||1–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2005–06) ||41–33–8 ||

Legend:

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 Thrashers only. = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only. Player Regular season 17 LW 78 52 46 98 −6 68 9 C 82 28 69 97 7 100 18 RW 80 39 53 92 17 67 13 LW 82 25 46 71 14 33 12 RW 60 21 18 39 −3 40 44 D 79 7 31 38 −9 76 7 D 82 7 28 35 1 76 19 RW 71 12 22 34 5 55 16 C 64 15 18 33 −6 79 28 D 82 4 28 32 9 48 25 D 76 8 17 25 13 144 27 C 64 10 14 24 3 36 10 LW 74 7 17 24 −4 79 23 C 71 10 10 20 1 46 26 RW 60 8 12 20 −8 62 29 LW 62 7 8 15 −3 21 5 D 16 7 3 10 0 8 11 RW 41 4 6 10 −4 40 2 D 75 1 9 10 11 75 36 LW 51 4 5 9 −4 87 34 D 66 0 3 3 1 33 24 LW 6 0 2 2 1 6 35 G 24 0 2 2 0 4 D 9 0 1 1 −2 4 14 RW 6 0 1 1 −2 4 32 G 38 0 1 1 4 21 C 11 0 1 1 0 8 47 C 3 0 0 0 −1 0 33 G 9 0 0 0 0 1 G 17 0 0 0 0 5 D 1 0 0 0 0 2 24 LW 2 0 0 0 −3 2 22 RW 6 0 0 0 −2 0 39 D 7 0 0 0 −5 0 31 G 5 0 0 0 0 42 LW 8 0 0 0 −3 15

Goaltending Player Regular season 32 Kari Lehtonen 38 20 15 0 1123 106 2.94 .906 2 2166 35 Michael Garnett 24 10 7 4 634 73 3.45 .885 2 1271 1 Mike Dunham 17 8 5 2 336 36 2.77 .893 1 779 33 Adam Berkhoel 9 2 4 1 255 30 3.81 .882 0 473 31 Steve Shields 5 1 2 1 129 19 4.29 .853 0 266

Awards and records

Awards TypeAward/honorRecipientRef League(in-season) NHL Offensive Player of the Week Marc Savard (October 10) Ilya Kovalchuk (November 14) Marian Hossa (December 26) Ilya Kovalchuk (January 9) Team Community Service Award Ilya Kovalchuk Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy Niclas Havelid Players' Player Award Scott Mellanby Team MVP Marian Hossa Ilya Kovalchuk Three Stars of the Game Award Marian Hossa

Milestones MilestonePlayerDateRef First game Braydon Coburn October 5, 2005 Jim Slater Michael Garnett October 12, 2005 Adam Berkhoel October 15, 2005 1,000th game played Peter Bondra November 11, 2005

Transactions The Thrashers 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 Final.

Trades Date Details Ref To San Jose Sharks To Atlanta Thrashers To New York Rangers To Atlanta Thrashers To Nashville Predators To Atlanta Thrashers To Ottawa Senators To Atlanta Thrashers To Anaheim Mighty Ducks To Atlanta Thrashers To Anaheim Mighty Ducks To Atlanta Thrashers To Vancouver Canucks To Atlanta Thrashers To Vancouver Canucks To Atlanta Thrashers To Minnesota Wild To Atlanta Thrashers

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Bobby Holik New York Rangers 3-year Free agency Ramzi Abid Pittsburgh Penguins Free agency Scott Barney Los Angeles Kings Free agency Eric Boulton Buffalo Sabres Free agency Adam Smyth Chicago Wolves (AHL) Free agency Mike Dunham New York Rangers 1-year Free agency Peter Bondra HK Poprad (Slovakia) 1-year Free agency Chris Kunitz Anaheim Mighty Ducks Waivers Steve Shields Chicago Wolves (AHL) Free agency Rico Fata Pittsburgh Penguins Waivers

Players lost Date Player New team Via Ref Cory Larose SCL Tigers (NLA) Free agency (VI) , retrieved June 20, 2022 Shawn McEachern Boston Bruins Free agency (III) Ivan Majesky Washington Capitals Free agency (UFA) Ben Simon Columbus Blue Jackets Free agency (UFA) Daniel Tjarnqvist Minnesota Wild Free agency (UFA) Libor Ustrnul HC Karlovy Vary (ELH) Free agency (UFA) Pasi Nurminen Retirement Paul Flache New York Islanders Free agency (UFA) Kyle Rossiter KalPa (Liiga) Free agency (VI) Chris Kunitz Anaheim Mighty Ducks Waivers Rico Fata Washington Capitals Waivers

Signings