2005–06 Dallas Stars season

The 2005–06 Dallas Stars season was the Stars' 13th season in the city of Dallas, the 39th overall of the franchise. This was the season following the 2004–05 season which was canceled due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout.

2005–06 Dallas Stars
Pacific Division champions
Division	1st Pacific
Conference	2nd Western
2005–06 record	53–23–6
Home record	28–11–2
Road record	25–12–4
Goals for	265
Goals against	218
Team information
General manager	Doug Armstrong
Coach	Dave Tippett
Captain	Mike Modano
Alternate captains	Brenden Morrow Sergei Zubov
Arena	American Airlines Center
Average attendance	17,828
Minor league affiliate(s)	Iowa Stars Idaho Steelheads
Team leaders
Goals	Jere Lehtinen (33)
Assists	Sergei Zubov (58)
Points	Mike Modano (77)
Penalty minutes	Brenden Morrow (183)
Plus/minus	Brenden Morrow (+30)
Wins	Marty Turco (41)
Goals against average	Marty Turco (2.55)
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Regular season

Final standings

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Dallas Stars	82	53	23	6	265	218	112
2	5	San Jose Sharks	82	44	27	11	266	242	99
3	6	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	43	27	12	254	229	98
4	10	Los Angeles Kings	82	42	35	5	249	270	89
5	12	Phoenix Coyotes	82	38	39	5	246	271	81

^[1]

Western Conference^[2]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P- Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	58	16	8	305	209	124
2	Y- Dallas Stars	PA	82	53	23	6	265	218	112
3	Y- Calgary Flames	NW	82	46	25	11	218	200	103
4	X- Nashville Predators	CE	82	49	25	8	259	227	106
5	X- San Jose Sharks	PA	82	44	27	11	266	242	99
6	X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PA	82	43	27	12	254	229	98
7	X- Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	43	30	9	283	257	95
8	X- Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	41	28	13	256	251	95
8.5
9	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	42	32	8	256	255	92
8	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	42	35	5	249	270	89
11	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	38	36	8	231	215	84
12	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	38	39	5	246	271	81
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	35	43	4	223	279	74
14	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	26	43	13	211	285	65
15	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	21	46	15	197	292	57

Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched division; X – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Regular season

2005–06 regular season[3]
October: 6–4–1 (home: 3–3–1; road: 3–1–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 October 5, 2005 5–4 Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 1–0–0 W 2 October 8, 2005 2–3 Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 1–1–0 L 3 October 11, 2005 3–2 Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 2–1–0 W 4 October 13, 2005 3–2 OT @ Calgary Flames (2005–06) 3–1–0 W 5 October 14, 2005 3–2 @ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 4–1–0 W 6 October 16, 2005 2–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 4–2–0 L 7 October 20, 2005 2–7 Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 4–3–0 L 8 October 22, 2005 2–1 Calgary Flames (2005–06) 5–3–0 W 9 October 26, 2005 4–5 OT San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 5–3–1 OTL 10 October 28, 2005 3–5 Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 5–4–1 L 11 October 29, 2005 5–3 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 6–4–1 W
November: 10–3–0 (home: 5–2–0; road: 5–1–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 12 November 2, 2005 3–6 Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 6–5–1 L 13 November 4, 2005 9–1 Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 7–5–1 W 14 November 5, 2005 3–2 SO @ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 8–5–1 W 15 November 7, 2005 4–0 Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 9–5–1 W 16 November 10, 2005 3–5 @ Nashville Predators (2005–06) 9–6–1 L 17 November 12, 2005 3–2 SO @ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 10–6–1 W 18 November 13, 2005 3–1 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 11–6–1 W 19 November 16, 2005 4–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 12–6–1 W 20 November 18, 2005 6–3 Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 13–6–1 W 21 November 23, 2005 3–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 14–6–1 W 22 November 25, 2005 1–4 Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 14–7–1 L 23 November 26, 2005 3–1 @ Nashville Predators (2005–06) 15–7–1 W 24 November 30, 2005 4–1 San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 16–7–1 W
December: 8–5–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 5–2–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 25 December 2, 2005 5–4 SO Carolina Hurricanes (2005–06) 17–7–1 W 26 December 7, 2005 4–3 Florida Panthers (2005–06) 18–7–1 W 27 December 10, 2005 2–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06) 19–7–1 W 28 December 14, 2005 3–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (2005–06) 19–8–1 L 29 December 15, 2005 2–0 @ Ottawa Senators (2005–06) 20–8–1 W 30 December 18, 2005 5–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 21–8–1 W 31 December 19, 2005 1–2 @ Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 21–9–1 L 32 December 21, 2005 5–3 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 22–9–1 W 33 December 23, 2005 2–3 Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 22–10–1 L 34 December 26, 2005 6–1 @ St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 23–10–1 W 35 December 27, 2005 1–4 Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 23–11–1 L 36 December 29, 2005 3–0 St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 24–11–1 W 37 December 31, 2005 2–3 Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 24–12–1 L
January: 11–3–1 (home: 7–2–0; road: 4–1–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 38 January 2, 2006 2–3 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 24–12–2 OTL 39 January 4, 2006 3–1 Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 25–12–2 W 40 January 6, 2006 4–3 SO Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 26–12–2 W 41 January 8, 2006 6–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 27–12–2 W 42 January 9, 2006 2–1 @ Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 28–12–2 W 43 January 12, 2006 4–1 Washington Capitals (2005–06) 29–12–2 W 44 January 14, 2006 2–1 SO @ Boston Bruins (2005–06) 30–12–2 W 45 January 16, 2006 2–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (2005–06) 30–13–2 L 46 January 18, 2006 2–5 Atlanta Thrashers (2005–06) 30–14–2 L 47 January 20, 2006 3–6 Tampa Bay Lightning (2005–06) 30–15–2 L 48 January 23, 2006 4–1 Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 31–15–2 W 49 January 25, 2006 4–3 SO St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 32–15–2 W 50 January 26, 2006 3–2 SO @ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 33–15–2 W 51 January 28, 2006 2–1 SO Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 34–15–2 W 52 January 30, 2006 3–2 OT San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 35–15–2 W
February: 3–2–1 (home: 2–0–0; road: 1–2–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 53 February 1, 2006 2–1 Nashville Predators (2005–06) 36–15–2 W 54 February 4, 2006 3–4 OT @ St. Louis Blues (2005–06) 36–15–3 OTL 55 February 6, 2006 4–2 Nashville Predators (2005–06) 37–15–3 W 56 February 9, 2006 5–1 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 38–15–3 W 57 February 10, 2006 3–6 @ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 38–16–3 L 58 February 12, 2006 5–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 38–17–3 L
March: 11–3–1 (home: 6–1–0; road: 5–2–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 59 March 2, 2006 2–6 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 38–18–3 L 60 March 4, 2006 5–3 Colorado Avalanche (2005–06) 39–18–3 W 61 March 5, 2006 7–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 40–18–3 W 62 March 7, 2006 4–3 SO @ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06) 41–18–3 W 63 March 9, 2006 0–1 @ Calgary Flames (2005–06) 41–19–3 L 64 March 11, 2006 2–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 42–19–3 W 65 March 13, 2006 4–2 Vancouver Canucks (2005–06) 43–19–3 W 66 March 16, 2006 4–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 44–19–3 W 67 March 18, 2006 4–3 SO @ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 45–19–3 W 68 March 20, 2006 1–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 45–20–3 L 69 March 22, 2006 4–2 Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 46–20–3 W 70 March 24, 2006 3–2 SO Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06) 47–20–3 W 71 March 26, 2006 3–2 Calgary Flames (2005–06) 48–20–3 W 72 March 29, 2006 2–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 49–20–3 W 73 March 31, 2006 4–5 SO @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 49–20–4 OTL
April: 4–3–2 (home: 2–0–1; road: 2–3–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 74 April 1, 2006 0–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06) 49–21–4 L 75 April 3, 2006 2–3 OT San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 49–21–5 OTL 76 April 6, 2006 5–3 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06) 50–21–5 W 77 April 8, 2006 3–2 SO @ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06) 51–21–5 W 78 April 9, 2006 1–4 @ San Jose Sharks (2005–06) 51–22–5 L 79 April 11, 2006 3–2 Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 52–22–5 W 80 April 15, 2006 4–3 OT Minnesota Wild (2005–06) 53–22–5 W 81 April 17, 2006 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06) 53–23–5 L 82 April 18, 2006 4–5 OT @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06) 53–23–6 OTL
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) OTL Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2006 Stanley Cup playoffs[3]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (7) Colorado Avalanche – Avalanche win 4–1 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 April 22, 2006 2–5 Colorado Avalanche Avalanche lead 1–0 L 2 April 24, 2006 4–5 OT Colorado Avalanche Avalanche lead 2–0 L 3 April 26, 2006 3–4 OT @ Colorado Avalanche Avalanche lead 3–0 L 4 April 28, 2006 4–1 @ Colorado Avalanche Avalanche lead 3–1 W 5 April 30, 2006 2–3 OT Colorado Avalanche Avalanche win 4–1 L
Legend: W Win L Loss

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 Stars only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Stars only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
9	Mike Modano	C	78	27	50	77	23	58	5	1	3	4	0	4
44	Jason Arnott	C	81	32	44	76	13	102	5	0	3	3	−1	4
56	Sergei Zubov	D	78	13	58	71	20	46	5	1	5	6	−1	6
10	Brenden Morrow	LW	81	23	42	65	30	183	5	1	5	6	−1	6
36	Jussi Jokinen	C	81	17	38	55	2	30	5	2	1	3	1	0
26	Jere Lehtinen	RW	80	33	19	52	9	30	5	3	1	4	−1	0
43	Philippe Boucher	D	66	16	27	43	28	77	5	0	1	1	0	2
13	Bill Guerin	RW	70	13	27	40	0	115	5	3	1	4	−2	0
14	Stu Barnes	C	78	15	21	36	9	44	5	1	1	2	0	0
39	Niko Kapanen	C	81	14	21	35	−10	36	5	0	1	1	−2	10
20	Antti Miettinen	RW	79	11	20	31	0	46	5	0	1	1	−1	8
29	Steve Ott	C	82	5	17	22	1	178	5	0	1	1	0	2
3	Stephane Robidas	D	75	5	15	20	15	67	5	0	2	2	−1	4
15	Niklas Hagman†	LW	54	6	9	15	−2	16	5	2	1	3	−1	4
41	Martin Skoula‡	D	61	4	11	15	6	36	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Trevor Daley	D	81	3	11	14	−2	87	3	0	0	0	−3	0
42	Jon Klemm	D	76	4	7	11	−3	60	5	1	0	1	−1	0
11	Jaroslav Svoboda	LW	43	4	3	7	−3	22	2	0	0	0	−1	2
4	Janne Niinimaa†	D	22	2	4	6	−5	24	4	0	1	1	0	8
23	Mathias Tjarnqvist	RW	33	2	4	6	4	18	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Nathan Perrott†	RW	23	2	1	3	2	54	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	Johan Hedberg	G	19	0	2	2		6	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Willie Mitchell†	D	16	0	2	2	4	26	5	0	0	0	0	2
35	Marty Turco	G	68	0	2	2		28	5	0	0	0		2
21	Junior Lessard	RW	5	1	0	1	0	12	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Jeremy Stevenson†	LW	16	1	0	1	−3	21	1	0	0	0	0	0
55	John Erskine‡	D	26	0	0	0	−3	62	—	—	—	—	—	—
38	Dan Jancevski	D	2	0	0	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	David Oliver	RW	3	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
53	Vojtech Polak	LW	3	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Patrick Traverse	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
		GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Marty Turco	68	41	19	5	1624	166	2.55	.898	3	3910	5	1	4	136	18	3.39	.868	0	319
1	Johan Hedberg	19	12	4	1	472	48	2.67	.898	0	1079	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL Second All-Star Team	Sergei Zubov (Defense)	[4]
League (in-season)	NHL Defensive Player of the Month	Marty Turco (November)	[5]
	NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Marty Turco (November 14)	[6]
		Marty Turco (January 30)	[7]
Team	Star of the Game Award	Jason Arnott	[8]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Jussi Jokinen	October 5, 2005	[9]
	Junior Lessard	October 22, 2005
	Vojtech Polak
	Dan Jancevski	February 4, 2006

Transactions

The Stars 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.^[10]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 30, 2005 (2005-07-30)	To Tampa Bay Lightning 6th-round pick in 2005	To Dallas Stars 5th-round pick in 2006	[11]
November 6, 2005 (2005-11-06)	To Toronto Maple Leafs 6th-round pick in 2006	To Dallas Stars Nathan Perrott	[12]
December 12, 2005 (2005-12-12)	To Florida Panthers 7th-round pick in 2007	To Dallas Stars Niklas Hagman	[13]
January 10, 2006 (2006-01-10)	To New York Islanders John Erskine 2nd-round pick in 2006	To Dallas Stars Janne Niinimaa 5th-round pick in 2007	[14]
March 9, 2006 (2006-03-09)	To Minnesota Wild Shawn Belle Martin Skoula	To Dallas Stars Willie Mitchell 2nd-round pick in 2007	[15]
June 14, 2006 (2006-06-14)	To New York Rangers Conditional draft pick in 2008	To Dallas Stars Rights to Mike Green	[16]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
August 3, 2005 (2005-08-03)	Martin Skoula	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	2-year	Free agency	[17]
August 5, 2005 (2005-08-05)	Johan Hedberg	Leksands IF (SHL)	1-year	Free agency	[18]
	Mario Scalzo	Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)	3-year	Free agency	[19]
August 6, 2005 (2005-08-06)	Stephane Robidas	Chicago Blackhawks	2-year	Free agency	[20]
August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15)	Garrett Burnett	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	1-year	Free agency	[21]
February 15, 2006 (2006-02-15)	Jeremy Stevenson	Nashville Predators		Waivers	[22]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[a]	Ref
July 28, 2005 (2005-07-28)	Pierre Turgeon	Colorado Avalanche[b]	Compliance buyout	[25]
August 1, 2005 (2005-08-01)	Aaron Downey	St. Louis Blues	Free agency (UFA)	[26]
August 9, 2005 (2005-08-09)	Rob DiMaio	Tampa Bay Lightning	Free agency (III)	[27]
September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13)	Don Sweeney		Retirement (III)	[28]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 27, 2005 (2005-07-27)	Jaroslav Svoboda	1-year	Option exercised	[29]
	Francis Wathier	3-year	Entry-level	[30]
July 28, 2005 (2005-07-28)	Shawn Belle	3-year	Entry-level	[31]
	B. J. Crombeen	3-year	Entry-level	[31]
July 31, 2005 (2005-07-31)	Sergei Zubov	3-year	Re-signing	[32]
August 3, 2005 (2005-08-03)	Mike Modano	5-year	Re-signing	[33]
	Vojtech Polak	3-year	Entry-level	[34]
	Mathias Tjarnqvist	1-year	Re-signing	[34]
	Patrick Traverse	1-year	Re-signing	[34]
August 5, 2005 (2005-08-05)	Junior Lessard	1-year	Re-signing	[19]
August 11, 2005 (2005-08-11)	Niko Kapanen	1-year	Re-signing	[35]
	Steve Ott	1-year	Re-signing	[35]
August 12, 2005 (2005-08-12)	Yared Hagos	2-year	Entry-level	[36]
	David Oliver	1-year	Re-signing	[36]
	Mike Smith	1-year	Re-signing	[36]
August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15)	Jason Arnott	1-year	Re-signing	[37]
	Antti Miettinen	2-year	Re-signing	[21]
	Mike Siklenka	1-year	Re-signing	[21]
August 19, 2005 (2005-08-19)	Dan Ellis	1-year	Re-signing	[38]
	John Erskine	1-year	Re-signing	[38]
	Brenden Morrow	2-year	Re-signing	[39]
	Janos Vas	3-year	Entry-level	[38]
August 24, 2005 (2005-08-24)	Loui Eriksson	3-year	Entry-level	[40]
	Nicklas Grossmann	3-year	Entry-level	[40]
	Dan Jancevski	1-year	Re-signing	[40]
	Jussi Jokinen	2-year	Re-signing	[40]
	Tobias Stephan	3-year	Entry-level	[40]
September 30, 2005 (2005-09-30)	Mark Fistric	3-year	Entry-level	[41]
January 5, 2006 (2006-01-05)	Marty Turco	4-year	Extension	[42]
March 3, 2006 (2006-03-03)	Philippe Boucher	3-year	Extension	[43]
May 17, 2006 (2006-05-17)	Perttu Lindgren	3-year	Entry-level	[44]
May 19, 2006 (2006-05-19)	John Lammers	3-year	Entry-level	[45]
May 23, 2006 (2006-05-23)	Joel Lundqvist	3-year	Entry-level	[46]
June 14, 2006 (2006-06-14)	Mike Green	1-year	Re-signing	[16]
	Niklas Hagman	2-year	Re-signing	[16]
	Jere Lehtinen	1-year	Option exercised	[16]

Draft picks

Dallas' picks at the 2005 NHL entry draft in Ottawa, Ontario.^[47]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	28	Matt Niskanen	(D)	United States	Virginia High School (USHS-MN)
2	33	James Neal	(LW)	Canada	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
3	71	Richard Clune	(LW)	Canada	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
3	75	Perttu Lindgren	(C)	Finland	Ilves Jr. (Finland)
5	146	Tom Wandell	(C)	Sweden	Södertälje SK (Elitserien)
5	160	Matt Watkins	(RW)	Canada	Vernon Vipers (BCHL)
7	223	Pat McGann	(G)	United States	Illinois Midgets

Farm teams

The Stars American Hockey League Affiliate for the 2005–06 season were the Iowa Stars, based in Des Moines, Iowa. They also became affiliated with the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL.

See also

• 2005–06 NHL season

Notes

1. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on August 1 if applicable.^[23]
2. Turgeon signed with Colorado on August 3.^[24]