2005–06 Edmonton Oilers season

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2005–06 Edmonton Oilers
Western Conference Champions
Division	3rd Northwest
Conference	8th Western
2005–06 record	41–28–13
Home record	20–15–6
Road record	21–13–7
Goals for	256 (T-13th)
Goals against	251 (13th)
General Manager	Kevin Lowe
Coach	Craig MacTavish
Captain	Jason Smith
Alternate captains	Ethan Moreau Ryan Smyth
Arena	Rexall Place
Average attendance	16,832
Team leaders
Goals	Ryan Smyth (36)
Assists	Ales Hemsky (58)
Points	Ales Hemsky (77)
Penalties in minutes	Ethan Moreau (87)
Plus/Minus	Steve Staios (+10)
Wins	Jussi Markkanen (15)
Goals against average	Dwayne Roloson (2.43)

The 2005–06 Edmonton Oilers season was the Oilers' 26th season in the NHL, and they were coming off a 36–29–12–5 record in 2003–04, earning 89 points, finishing in 9th place in the Western Conference, failing to qualify for post-season play.

Due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout, the 2004–05 NHL season was cancelled when the players and owners could not agree to a new CBA. The two sides would come to agreement, and there would be many changes for both the Oilers and the NHL as a whole.

The NHL introduced a salary cap of $39 million for the 2005–06, which meant the teams above that figure would cut salary to fit under the cap. The Oilers, who had a lot of cap room, took advantage of this, and the St. Louis Blues would trade former Hart Trophy and Norris Trophy winner Chris Pronger to the Oilers in exchange for Eric Brewer, Jeff Woywitka and Doug Lynch. Pronger would then sign a 5 year, $25 million contract with Edmonton. The Oilers would then make another blockbuster trade, this time acquiring former Selke Trophy winner Mike Peca from the New York Islanders for Mike York and a 4th round draft pick.

The NHL also made a number of rule changes, such as adding a shootout to determine the winner of a game that was tied after 5 minutes of overtime to eliminate ties, goaltenders were not allowed to play the puck in the corners of the ice surface, and the referees would crack down on obstruction.

The Oilers would start off the season rather slowly, sitting with a 9–9–1 record after 19 games, but the club would get hot, going 21–9–7 in their next 37 games. As the trade deadline approached, the club did not have a clear #1 goalie, and they addressed this issue by trading their 1st round draft pick in 2006 to the Minnesota Wild for Dwayne Roloson. Edmonton would also add former Calder Trophy winner Sergei Samsonov to the club, as they sent Marty Reasoner and Yan Stastny to the Boston Bruins to acquire him. The Oilers played mediocre hockey for the rest of the season, but managed to finish in 8th place in the Western Conference, and qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2003.

Offensively, Ryan Smyth would lead the club with 36 goals, his highest total since scoring 39 goals in 1996–97, and 22 year old Ales Hemsky would breakout, earning a club high 58 assists and 77 points. Shawn Horcoff would also have a breakout season, scoring 22 goals and 73 points, as would Jarret Stoll, as he would score 22 goals and earn 68 points. On defense, Chris Pronger would anchor the blueline, earning a defenceman best 56 points, whileMarc-Andre Bergeron would score 15 goals and 35 points from the blueline. Ethan Moreau had a club high 87 penalty minutes.

In goal, Edmonton would use a trio of goaltenders until the arrival of Dwayne Roloson at the trade deadline. Mike Morrison would win 10 games and have a 2.83 GAA, but he would not last the season with the Oilers, as he would be lost on waivers to the Ottawa Senators. Ty Conklin, the starter from 2003–04, would appear in only 18 games, going 8–5–1 with a 2.80 GAA, before being sent to the minors. Jussi Markkanen won a club high 15 games, and would serve as Dwayne Roloson's backup when the club acquired him. Roloson would have a team best 2.43 GAA, and have a 8–7–4 record with the team.

Edmonton would open up the playoffs against the President's Trophy winners, the Detroit Red Wings, who finished with 124 points during the season. After the Wings won the first game in double overtime, Edmonton would tie the series with a solid 4–2 victory to return home with a split. The teams would exchange wins in the 2 games in Edmonton, and return to Detroit for game 5 tied 2–2. Edmonton would hang on for a 3–2 victory in game 5, and return home looking to close out the series. The Oilers hang on to win the 6th game 4–3, eliminating the heavily favoured Red Wings 4–2, and Edmonton won their first playoff series since 1998.

In the 2nd round, the Oilers would have to face the 5th seeded San Jose Sharks, who finished the season with only 4 more points than Edmonton at 99. The Sharks would take control of the series early on, winning both games in San Jose by 2–1 scores, however, the Oilers would get a much needed triple overtime victory in game 3, and then win the 4th game to tie the series up at 2, heading back to San Jose. The Oilers would dominate the Sharks in the 5th game, winning 6–3, and would win the series with a 2–0 shutout in game 6, to earn a spot in the Conference Finals for the first time since 1992.

The Oilers would have a Western Conference Final matchup against the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, who were the 6th seed in the conference, and finished with 2 more points than Edmonton during the season. Edmonton, who had won their last 4 games, stayed on their hot streak, winning the first 2 games in Anaheim by 3–1 scores. The Oilers would take a 3–0 series lead with a 5–4 win, however, the Mighty Ducks would avoid the sweep by defeating the Oilers 6–3 in game 4. Edmonton would rebound, winning the 5th game 2–1, and earn their first trip to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time since winning it in 1990.

Edmonton would face the Eastern Conference champion Carolina Hurricanes in the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals. In the opening game, goaltender Dwayne Roloson would go down to injury midway through the 3rd period with the score tied at 4, and Ty Conklin came in to replace Roloson, however, he would allow the winning goal as Carolina won the game 5–4. With Jussi Markkanen starting in game 2, the Hurricanes dominated the Oilers, winning the game 5–0. Edmonton would rebound in the 3rd game, playing their first home game in the Stanley Cup Finals since May 22, 1990, with a 2–1 victory, but the Hurricanes would take the 4th game 2–1 to take a commanding 3–1 series lead. The Oilers, facing elimination, would take the 5th game to overtime, and win the game by a 4–3 score to stay alive. The series returned to Edmonton for game 6, and the Oilers shutout Carolina 4–0, setting up a 7th game to determine the champion. The Hurricanes, led by goaltender Cam Ward, played a very solid defensive game, and hold the Oilers to a single goal, while the Hurricanes managed to put 3 behind Jussi Markkanen, to win their 1st Stanley Cup in club history.

Contents 1 Season standings 2 Game log 3 Playoffs 3.1 Edmonton Oilers 4, Detroit Red Wings 2 3.2 Edmonton Oilers 4, San Jose Sharks 2 3.3 Edmonton Oilers 4, Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1 3.4 Carolina Hurricanes 4, Edmonton Oilers 3 4 Season stats 4.1 Scoring leaders 4.2 Goaltending 5 Playoff stats 5.1 Scoring leaders 5.2 Goaltending 6 Transactions 6.1 Trades 6.2 Free agents 6.3 Draft picks 7 References

[edit] Season standings

Northwest Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Calgary Flames	82	46	25	11	218	200	103
Colorado Avalanche	82	43	30	9	283	257	95
Edmonton Oilers	82	41	28	13	256	251	95
Vancouver Canucks	82	42	32	8	256	255	92
Minnesota Wild	82	38	36	8	231	215	84

[edit] Game log

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	October 5	Colorado Avalanche	3–4	Edmonton Oilers	1–0–0	2
2	October 8	Vancouver Canucks	3–4	Edmonton Oilers	2–0–0	4
3	October 10	Edmonton Oilers	4–2	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	3–0–0	6
4	October 11	Edmonton Oilers	1–3	Los Angeles Kings	3–1–0	6
5	October 14	Dallas Stars	3–2	Edmonton Oilers	3–2–0	6
6	October 15	Edmonton Oilers	0–3	Calgary Flames	3–3–0	6
7	October 18	Phoenix Coyotes	4–3	Edmonton Oilers	3–3–1	7
8	October 20	Edmonton Oilers	1–3	Calgary Flames	3–4–1	7
9	October 21	Colorado Avalanche	7–1	Edmonton Oilers	3–5–1	7
10	October 25	Edmonton Oilers	3–5	Colorado Avalanche	3–6–1	7
11	October 28	Edmonton Oilers	5–3	Dallas Stars	4–6–1	9
12	October 29	Edmonton Oilers	5–1	Nashville Predators	5–6–1	11
13	November 1	Columbus Blue Jackets	1–5	Edmonton Oilers	6–6–1	13
14	November 3	Edmonton Oilers	4–3	Detroit Red Wings	7–6–1	15
15	November 4	Edmonton Oilers	7–2	St. Louis Blues	8–6–1	17
16	November 7	Edmonton Oilers	0–4	Dallas Stars	8–7–1	17
17	November 8	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	Nashville Predators	8–8–1	17
18	November 11	Edmonton Oilers	3–1	Columbus Blue Jackets	9–8–1	19
19	November 13	Edmonton Oilers	1–3	Chicago Blackhawks	9–9–1	19
20	November 14	Edmonton Oilers	5–2	Colorado Avalanche	10–9–1	21
21	November 17	Detroit Red Wings	5–6	Edmonton Oilers	11–9–1	23
22	November 19	Chicago Blackhawks	4–3	Edmonton Oilers	11–10–1	23
23	November 21	San Jose Sharks	1–2	Edmonton Oilers	12–10–1	25
24	November 23	Edmonton Oilers	4–3	Minnesota Wild	13–10–1	27
25	November 25	Edmonton Oilers	2–1	Calgary Flames	14–10–1	29
26	November 29	Colorado Avalanche	3–2	Edmonton Oilers	14–11–1	29
27	December 1	Vancouver Canucks	3–5	Edmonton Oilers	15–11–1	31
28	December 3	Boston Bruins	5–4	Edmonton Oilers	15–11–2	32
29	December 8	Edmonton Oilers	3–2	Philadelphia Flyers	16–11–2	34
30	December 10	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	New York Islanders	16–11–3	35
31	December 13	Edmonton Oilers	1–2	New Jersey Devils	16–11–4	36
32	December 15	Montreal Canadiens	3–5	Edmonton Oilers	17–11–4	38
33	December 17	Edmonton Oilers	5–4	Vancouver Canucks	18–11–4	40
34	December 19	Calgary Flames	4–5	Edmonton Oilers	19–11–4	42
35	December 21	Edmonton Oilers	7–6	Vancouver Canucks	20–11–4	44
36	December 23	Los Angeles Kings	3–5	Edmonton Oilers	21–11–4	46
37	December 26	Minnesota Wild	4–1	Edmonton Oilers	21–12–4	46
38	December 28	Minnesota Wild	4–2	Edmonton Oilers	21–13–4	46
39	December 30	Nashville Predators	2–4	Edmonton Oilers	22–13–4	48
40	December 31	Edmonton Oilers	5–6	Calgary Flames	22–14–4	48
41	January 3	Chicago Blackhawks	0–4	Edmonton Oilers	23–14–4	50
42	January 7	Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2	Edmonton Oilers	23–15–4	50
43	January 10	Edmonton Oilers	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins	24–15–4	52
44	January 12	Edmonton Oilers	4–5	New York Rangers	24–15–5	53
45	January 14	Ottawa Senators	5–3	Edmonton Oilers	24–16–5	53
46	January 16	Buffalo Sabres	3–1	Edmonton Oilers	24–17–5	53
47	January 19	Edmonton Oilers	3–2	San Jose Sharks	25–17–5	55
48	January 21	Edmonton Oilers	3–4	Phoenix Coyotes	25–17–6	56
49	January 23	Calgary Flames	3–1	Edmonton Oilers	25–18–6	56
50	January 25	Edmonton Oilers	6–3	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	26–18–6	58
51	January 26	Edmonton Oilers	5–3	Los Angeles Kings	27–18–6	60
52	January 29	Edmonton Oilers	4–3	Phoenix Coyotes	28–18–6	62
53	February 2	Columbus Blue Jackets	2–1	Edmonton Oilers	28–18–7	63
54	February 4	Vancouver Canucks	1–3	Edmonton Oilers	29–18–7	65
55	February 6	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	5–6	Edmonton Oilers	30–18–7	67
56	February 7	Edmonton Oilers	2–5	Colorado Avalanche	30–19–7	67
57	February 10	Minnesota Wild	6–3	Edmonton Oilers	30–20–7	67
58	February 12	St. Louis Blues	5–4	Edmonton Oilers	30–20–8	68
59	March 1	St. Louis Blues	4–2	Edmonton Oilers	30–21–8	68
60	March 3	San Jose Sharks	2–3	Edmonton Oilers	31–21–8	70
61	March 5	Nashville Predators	2–3	Edmonton Oilers	32–21–8	72
62	March 7	Dallas Stars	4–3	Edmonton Oilers	32–21–9	73
63	March 9	Edmonton Oilers	2–5	San Jose Sharks	32–22–9	73
64	March 11	Edmonton Oilers	3–4	Columbus Blue Jackets	32–22–10	74
65	March 12	Edmonton Oilers	3–4	Minnesota Wild	32–23–10	74
66	March 14	Edmonton Oilers	2–1	Minnesota Wild	33–23–10	76
67	March 16	Calgary Flames	2–3	Edmonton Oilers	34–23–10	78
68	March 18	Detroit Red Wings	4–3	Edmonton Oilers	34–23–11	79
69	March 21	Vancouver Canucks	4–1	Edmonton Oilers	34–24–11	79
70	March 23	Edmonton Oilers	3–4	Vancouver Canucks	34–24–12	80
71	March 25	Edmonton Oilers	3–2	Vancouver Canucks	35–24–12	82
72	March 26	Edmonton Oilers	4–3	Colorado Avalanche	36–24–12	84
73	March 28	Minnesota Wild	3–2	Edmonton Oilers	36–25–12	84
74	March 30	Los Angeles Kings	0–4	Edmonton Oilers	37–25–12	86
75	April 1	Calgary Flames	4–1	Edmonton Oilers	37–26–12	86
76	April 3	Phoenix Coyotes	1–7	Edmonton Oilers	38–26–12	88
77	April 6	Edmonton Oilers	1–2	Minnesota Wild	38–26–13	89
78	April 7	Edmonton Oilers	4–3	Chicago Blackhawks	39–26–13	91
79	April 9	Edmonton Oilers	1–2	St. Louis Blues	39–27–13	91
80	April 11	Edmonton Oilers	0–2	Detroit Red Wings	39–28–13	91
81	April 13	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	1–2	Edmonton Oilers	40–28–13	93
82	April 17	Colorado Avalanche	2–4	Edmonton Oilers	41–28–13	95

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Edmonton Oilers 4, Detroit Red Wings 2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	April 21	Edmonton Oilers	2–3	Detroit Red Wings	0–1
2	April 23	Edmonton Oilers	4–2	Detroit Red Wings	1–1
3	April 25	Detroit Red Wings	3–4	Edmonton Oilers	2–1
4	April 27	Detroit Red Wings	4–2	Edmonton Oilers	2–2
5	April 29	Edmonton Oilers	3–2	Detroit Red Wings	3–2
6	May 1	Detroit Red Wings	3–4	Edmonton Oilers	4–2

[edit] Edmonton Oilers 4, San Jose Sharks 2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	May 7	Edmonton Oilers	1–2	San Jose Sharks	0–1
2	May 8	Edmonton Oilers	1–2	San Jose Sharks	0–2
3	May 10	San Jose Sharks	2–3	Edmonton Oilers	1–2
4	May 12	San Jose Sharks	3–6	Edmonton Oilers	2–2
5	May 14	Edmonton Oilers	6–3	San Jose Sharks	3–2
6	May 17	San Jose Sharks	0–2	Edmonton Oilers	4–2

[edit] Edmonton Oilers 4, Anaheim Mighty Ducks 1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	May 19	Edmonton Oilers	3–1	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	1–0
2	May 21	Edmonton Oilers	3–1	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	2–0
3	May 23	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	4–5	Edmonton Oilers	3–0
4	May 25	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	6–3	Edmonton Oilers	3–1
5	May 27	Edmonton Oilers	2–1	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	4–1

[edit] Carolina Hurricanes 4, Edmonton Oilers 3

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	June 5	Edmonton Oilers	4–5	Carolina Hurricanes	0–1
2	June 7	Edmonton Oilers	0–5	Carolina Hurricanes	0–2
3	June 10	Carolina Hurricanes	1–2	Edmonton Oilers	1–2
4	June 12	Carolina Hurricanes	2–1	Edmonton Oilers	1–3
5	June 14	Edmonton Oilers	4–3	Carolina Hurricanes	2–3
6	June 17	Carolina Hurricanes	0–4	Edmonton Oilers	3–3
7	June 19	Edmonton Oilers	1–3	Carolina Hurricanes	3–4

[edit] Season stats

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ales Hemsky	81	19	58	77	64
Shawn Horcoff	79	22	51	73	85
Jarret Stoll	82	22	46	68	74
Ryan Smyth	75	36	30	66	58
Chris Pronger	80	12	44	56	74

[edit] Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OTL	GA	SO	Save %	GAA
Dwayne Roloson	19	1163	8	7	4	47	1	.905	2.43
Ty Conklin	18	922	8	5	1	43	1	.880	2.80
Mike Morrison	21	891	10	4	2	42	0	.884	2.83
Jussi Markkanen	37	2016	15	12	6	105	0	.880	3.13

[edit] Playoff stats

[edit] Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Chris Pronger	24	5	16	21	26
Shawn Horcoff	24	7	12	19	12
Fernando Pisani	24	14	4	18	10
Ales Hemsky	24	6	11	17	14
Ryan Smyth	24	7	9	16	22

[edit] Goaltending

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	Save %	GAA
Jussi Markkanen	6	360	3	3	13	1	.905	2.17
Dwayne Roloson	18	1160	12	5	45	1	.927	2.33
Ty Conklin	1	6	0	1	1	0	.667	10.00

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Trades

August 1, 2005	To Boston Bruins Brad Isbister	To Edmonton Oilers *4th round pick in 2006 - James Delory
August 2, 2005	To St. Louis Blues Eric Brewer Doug Lynch Jeff Woywitka	To Edmonton Oilers Chris Pronger
August 3, 2005	To New York Islanders Mike York **4th round pick in 2006 - Kevin Montgomery	To Edmonton Oilers Michael Peca
August 29, 2005	To Boston Bruins *4th round pick in 2006 - James Delory	To Edmonton Oilers Yan Stastny
November 19, 2005	To Florida Panthers Alexei Semenov	To Edmonton Oilers 5th round pick in 2006 - Bryan Pitton
December 13, 2005	To St. Louis Blues Future considerations	To Edmonton Oilers Blake Evans
January 26, 2006	To Pittsburgh Penguins Jani Rita Cory Cross	To Edmonton Oilers Dick Tarnstrom
January 26, 2006	To Chicago Blackhawks Tony Salmelainen	To Edmonton Oilers Jaroslav Spacek
March 8, 2006	To Minnesota Wild ***1st round pick in 2006 - Trevor Lewis ****3rd round pick in 2007 - Spencer Machacek	To Edmonton Oilers Dwayne Roloson
March 9, 2006	To Boston Bruins Marty Reasoner Yan Stastny 2nd round pick in 2006 - Milan Lucic	To Edmonton Oilers Sergei Samsonov

*Later traded to the San Jose Sharks
**Later traded to the Colorado Avalanche
***Later traded to the Los Angeles Kings
****Later traded to the Atlanta Thrashers

[edit] Free agents

Player Former Team F Rem Murray Nashville Predators

Player New Team D Scott Ferguson Minnesota Wild F Mike Bishai Phoenix Coyotes

[edit] Draft picks

Edmonton's draft picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	25	Andrew Cogliano	Canada	St. Michael's Buzzers (OPJHL)
2	36	Taylor Chorney	United States	Shattuck-Saint Mary's Boarding School (USHS)
3	81	Danny Syvret	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
3	86	Robby Dee	United States	Breck School (USHS)
4	97	Chris Vande Velde	United States	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
4	120	Vyacheslav Trukhno	Russia	Prince Edward Island Rocket (QMJHL)
5	157	Fredrik Pettersson	Sweden	Frolunda (Sweden)
7	220	Matthew Glasser	Canada	Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL)

[edit] References

• SHRP Sports
• The Internet Hockey Database
• National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007

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