2005–06 Ottawa Senators season
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2005–06 Ottawa Senators
Northeast Division Champions
Division 1st Northeast
Conference 1st Eastern
2005–06 record 52–21–9
Home record 29–9–3
Road record 23–12–6
Goals for 312
Goals against 205
General Manager John Muckler
Coach Bryan Murray
Captain Daniel Alfredsson
Alternate captains Zdeno Chara
Wade Redden
Arena Corel Centre (renamed to Scotiabank Place during season)
Average attendance 19,474
Team leaders
Goals Dany Heatley (50)
Assists Jason Spezza (71)
Points Dany Heatley (103)
Penalties in minutes Chris Neil (204)
Plus/Minus Wade Redden (+35)
Wins Dominik Hasek (28)
Goals against average Dominik Hasek (2.09)

2005–06 Ottawa Senators season was the 13th season of the Ottawa Senators. After one of their franchise-best regular seasons, finishing with 113 points, the Senators made it to the Eastern Conference Semifinal, in which the Buffalo Sabres eliminated Ottawa in five games.

Contents:
Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions
Roster - Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References


Changes occurred to the Senators roster before the season. First, Ottawa acquired the playoff-experienced goaltender Dominik Hasek for his Stanley Cup experience. Second, a blockbuster trade involved Marian Hossa and Greg DeVries being sent to the Atlanta Thrashers for Dany Heatley. The trade occurred on the day that Hossa had signed a new contract. The value of Hossa's contract was beyond what GM Muckler felt that Hossa was worth and so he was dealt away. Marian had lead the Sens in scoring.

The Senators' arena, Scotiabank Place, its name since January 2006 since signing with Scotiabank for a 25 year, $25 million contract.
The Senators' arena, Scotiabank Place, its name since January 2006 since signing with Scotiabank for a 25 year, $25 million contract.

Heatley, together with Alfredsson and Spezza, formed one of the league's top offensive lines,[1] dubbed the "CASH line" by fans in a contest held by the Ottawa Citizen. The name is made from the initials of Captain Alfredsson, Spezza, and Heatley. [2] Cash Line won out over finalists 'Dash Line' and 'Dazzle Line,' which Spezza reputedly despised and wanted to veto.[3] Another nickname the line has picked up is the 'Pizza Line', and is the nickname used by the Citizen's rival paper, the Ottawa Sun.[4][5] However, during the press conference to introduce the teams for the 2007 Stanley Cup Final, Dany Heatley went on record to say he likes the 'Cash line' name.[6]

The Senators team sent nine players to the 2006 Winter Olympics as part of the NHL's commitment. Daniel Alfredsson, Zdeno Chara, Martin Havlat, Dany Heatley, Andrej Meszaros, Wade Redden, Christoph Schubert and Anton Volchenkov all played for their country's national teams, while Jason Spezza was a substitute for Canada. The experience was not good for the Senators: Dominik Hasek was having a good season but the team lost him to a hamstring injury he suffered while playing for the Czech national ice hockey team. He would not play again for the Senators.

Ray Emery took over the starting goaltender duties; he became the first rookie netminder since Philadelphia's Brian Boucher in 2000 to win a playoff series when the Senators defeated Tampa Bay in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, four games to one. The Senators were then defeated by the Buffalo Sabres in the second round, four games to one.

After that playoff failure, Eugene Melnyk (the team's owner) comforted fans in an open letter, by saying that their team would not only win the Stanley Cup in the future, but, once they had it, they would, he boasted, "hoard" it year after year.[7]

Regular season

Highlights

The 'CASH' line made a dramatic and historic debut, playing in the first game of the 2005–06 season on October 5, 2005, against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Toronto. In the pre-season, right winger Brandon Bochenski had been playing on the line as he had played with Spezza in the AHL during the lock-out. But with five minutes to go, with the Senators trailing, then Senators' coach Bryan Murray replaced Bochenski with Alfredsson and Alfredsson scored a game-tying goal with 62 seconds left. Heatley and Alfredsson would then go on to score the first shootout goals in NHL history to win the game that night.[8]

Heatley became the first Ottawa Senator in franchise history to reach 100 points on April 13, 2006, recording two assists during a 5–4 overtime loss to the Florida Panthers and five days later became the first to reach the 50–goal mark. Meanwhile, defenceman Wade Redden became the first Senator to win the NHL Plus/Minus Award, tied with New York Ranger Michal Rozsival, with a +35.

Season standings[9]

Northeast Division GP W L OTL GF GA PTS
Ottawa Senators (1) 82 52 21 9 314 211 113
Buffalo Sabres (4) 82 52 24 6 281 239 110
Montreal Canadiens (7) 82 42 31 9 243 247 93
Toronto Maple Leafs 82 41 33 8 257 270 90
Boston Bruins 82 29 37 16 230 266 74

Game log[10]

October

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
1 October 5 Ottawa 3 – 2 Toronto Maple Leafs SO Hasek 19,452 1–0–0 2
2 October 8 Buffalo Sabres 0 – 5 Ottawa Hasek 19,661 2–0–0 4
3 October 10 Toronto Maple Leafs 5 – 6 Ottawa SO Hasek 18,680 3–0–0 6
4 October 11 Ottawa 4 – 2 Montreal Canadiens Emery 21,273 4–0–0 8
5 October 15 Boston Bruins 1 – 5 Ottawa Hasek 19,379 5–0–0 10
6 October 21 Ottawa 4 – 1 Tampa Bay Lightning Hasek 20,494 6–0–0 12
7 October 24 Ottawa 2 – 3 Carolina Hurricanes Hasek 12,116 6–1–0 12
8 October 27 Montreal Canadiens 3 – 4 Ottawa OT Emery 18,840 7–1–0 14
9 October 29 Ottawa 8 – 0 Toronto Maple Leafs Hasek 19,480 8–1–0 16
10 October 30 Philadelphia Flyers 5 – 3 Ottawa Hasek 19,335 8–2–0 16

November

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
11 November 2 Ottawa 10 – 4 Buffalo Sabres Emery 13,905 9–2–0 18
12 November 3 Tampa Bay Lightning 4 – 2 Ottawa Hasek 18,604 10–2–0 20
13 November 5 New York Islanders 6 – 0 Ottawa Hasek 19,776 11–2–0 22
14 November 10 Ottawa 5 – 2 Boston Bruins Hasek 17,159 12–2–0 24
15 November 12 Buffalo Sabres 1 – 6 Ottawa Emery 19,414 13–2–0 26
16 November 15 Carolina Hurricanes 2 – 1 Ottawa Hasek 19,544 13–3–0 26
17 November 17 Florida Panthers 1 – 4 Ottawa Hasek 18,650 14–3–0 28
18 November 19 New Jersey Devils 4 – 5 Ottawa Emery 19,534 15–3–0 30
19 November 22 Ottawa 5 – 3 Carolina Hurricanes Hasek 13,427 16–3–0 32
20 November 25 Ottawa 6 – 2 New York Islanders Hasek 15,564 17–3–0 35
21 November 26 Boston Bruins 2 – 4 Ottawa Hasek 19,691 18–3–0 36
22 November 29 Montreal Canadiens 0 – 4 Ottawa Emery 19,858 19–3–0 38

December

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
23 December 1 Ottawa 0 – 3 Boston Bruins Hasek 15,639 19–4–0 38
24 December 2 Los Angeles Kings 1 – 5 Ottawa Hasek 19,671 20–4–0 40
25 December 5 Ottawa 6 – 3 Florida Panthers Hasek 10,883 21–4–0 42
26 December 9 Ottawa 2 – 3 Vancouver Canucks SO Hasek 18,630 21–4–1 44
27 December 10 Ottawa 1 – 2 Calgary Flames OT Emery 19,289 21–4–2 44
28 December 12 Ottawa 6 – 2 Colorado Avalanche Hasek 18,007 22–4–2 46
29 December 15 Dallas Stars 2 – 0 Ottawa Emery 19,598 22–5–2 46
30 December 17 Toronto Maple Leafs 2 – 8 Ottawa Hasek 19,935 23–5–2 48
31 December 20 Ottawa 3 – 4 Montreal Canadiens SO Hasek 21,273 23–5–3 49
32 December 22 Ottawa 3 – 4 Philadelphia Flyers Hasek 19,817 23–6–3 49
33 December 23 Ottawa 4 – 2 New York Islanders Emery 11,425 24–6–3 51
34 December 26 New York Rangers 2 – 6 Ottawa Hasek 19,806 25–6–3 53
35 December 28 Carolina Hurricanes 2 – 6 Ottawa Hasek 20,050 26–6–3 55
36 December 30 New York Islanders 3 – 4 Ottawa Emery 20,055 27–6–3 57

January

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
37 January 2 Ottawa 3 – 8 Atlanta Thrashers Emery 12,536 27–7–3 57
38 January 4 Ottawa 3 – 1 Washington Capitals Hasek 10,047 28–7–3 59
39 January 5 Ottawa 2 – 4 Boston Bruins Hasek 15,481 28–8–3 59
40 January 7 Ottawa 1 – 4 Montreal Canadiens Hasek 21,273 28–9–3 59
41 January 10 Phoenix Coyotes 2 – 7 Ottawa Hasek 19,773 29–9–3 61
42 January 12 San Jose Sharks 2 – 0 Ottawa Hasek 19,538 29–10–3 61
43 January 14 Ottawa 5 – 3 Edmonton Oilers Hasek 16,839 30–10–3 63
44 January 16 Ottawa 6 – 1 Minnesota Wild Hasek 18,568 31–10–3 65
45 January 19 Anaheim Ducks 4 – 3 Ottawa SO Hasek 19,387 31–10–4 66
46 January 21 Toronto Maple Leafs 0 – 7 Ottawa Hasek 20,093 32–10–4 68
47 January 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 3 – 4 Ottawa Hasek 19,865 33–10–4 70
48 January 26 Montreal Canadiens 0 – 3 Ottawa Hasek 19,908 34–10–4 72
49 January 30 Boston Bruins 5 – 0 Ottawa Emery 19,551 34–11–4 72

February

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
50 February 1 Ottawa 3 – 5 New Jersey Devils Hasek 10,142 34–12–4 72
51 February 2 Ottawa 7 – 2 Pittsburgh Penguins Hasek 14,714 35–12–4 74
52 February 4 Ottawa 1 – 2 Buffalo Sabres SO Hasek 17,451 35–12–5 75
53 February 6 Pittsburgh Penguins 2 – 5 Ottawa Emery 19,877 36–12–5 77
54 February 8 Ottawa 1 – 5 New York Rangers Hasek 18,200 36–13–5 77
55 February 9 Atlanta Thrashers 2 – 1 Ottawa Hasek 19,604 36–14–5 77
56 February 11 Philadelphia Flyers 2 – 3 Ottawa Hasek 19,834 37–14–5 79

March

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
57 March 1 Ottawa 4 – 3 Pittsburgh Penguins Emery 14,026 38–14–5 81
58 March 2 Washington Capitals 1 – 7 Ottawa Emery 19,346 39–14–5 83
59 March 4 Ottawa 4 – 2 Toronto Maple Leafs Emery 19,486 40–14–5 85
60 March 6 Ottawa 4 – 0 Tampa Bay Lightning Emery 19,855 41–14–5 87
61 March 8 Ottawa 2 – 6 Florida Panthers Emery 15,196 41–15–5 87
62 March 10 Ottawa 3 – 1 Atlanta Thrashers Emery 15,057 42–15–5 89
63 March 12 Ottawa 5 – 2 Washington Capitals Emery 15,740 43–15–5 91
64 March 14 Tampa Bay Lightning 3 – 4 Ottawa Emery 19,810 44–15–5 93
65 March 16 Ottawa 2 – 3 Boston Bruins SO Emery 15,066 44–15–6 94
66 March 18 Buffalo Sabres 2 – 4 Ottawa Emery 19,947 45–15–6 96
67 March 19 Ottawa 4 – 0 New Jersey Devils Emery 14,681 46–15–6 98
68 March 21 Pittsburgh Penguins 2 – 5 Ottawa Emery 19,360 47–15–6 100
69 March 24 Ottawa 3 – 1 Buffalo Sabres Emery 18,690 48–15–6 102
70 March 25 Ottawa 3 – 6 Philadelphia Flyers Emery 19,869 48–16–6 103
71 March 28 New Jersey Devils 3 – 2 Ottawa SO Emery 18,668 48–16–7 103
72 March 30 New York Rangers 1 – 4 Ottawa Emery 18,710 49–16–7 105

April

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
73 April 1 Washington Capitals 1 – 0 Ottawa Emery 19,403 49–17–7 105
74 April 3 Atlanta Thrashers 4 – 6 Ottawa Emery 18,742 50–17–7 107
75 April 5 Ottawa 4 – 5 Buffalo Sabres OT Emery 17,622 50–17–8 108
76 April 6 Montreal Canadiens 5 – 2 Ottawa Emery 19,929 50–18–8 108
77 April 8 Buffalo Sabres 6 – 2 Ottawa Emery 19,575 50–19–8 108
78 April 10 Ottawa 2 – 3 Montreal Canadiens Emery 21,273 50–20–8 108
79 April 11 Boston Bruins 3 – 4 Ottawa OT Morrison 18,279 51–20–8 110
80 April 13 Florida Panthers 5 – 4 Ottawa OT Morrison 19,173 51–20–9 111
81 April 15 Ottawa 1 – 5 Toronto Maple Leafs Emery 19,410 51–21–9 111
82 April 18 Ottawa 5 – 1 New York Rangers Emery 18,200 52–21–9 113
  • Green background indicates win.
  • Red background indicates regulation loss.
  • White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

Playoffs

The Ottawa Senators ended the 2005–06 regular season as the Eastern Conference's first seed.

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (8) Tampa Bay Lightning

Ottawa wins series 4–1

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series
1 April 21 Tampa Bay 1 – 4 Ottawa Emery 19,660 1 – 0
2 April 23 Tampa Bay 4 – 3 Ottawa Emery 19,745 1 – 1
3 April 25 Ottawa 8 – 4 Tampa Bay Emery 20,815 2 – 1
4 April 27 Ottawa 5 – 2 Tampa Bay Emery 20,682 3 – 1
5 April 29 Tampa Bay 3 – 2 Ottawa Emery 20,004 4 – 1

Eastern Conference Semifinals: vs. (4) Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo wins series 4–1

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series
1 May 5 Buffalo 7 – 6 Ottawa OT Emery 19,544 0 – 1
2 May 8 Buffalo 2 – 1 Ottawa Emery 19,816 0 – 2
3 May 10 Ottawa 2 – 3 Buffalo OT Emery 18,690 0 – 3
4 May 11 Ottawa 2 – 1 Buffalo Emery 18,690 1 – 3
5 May 13 Buffalo 3 – 2 Ottawa OT Emery 20,024 1 – 4

Player stats

Scoring Leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Regular Season
Player # GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Dany Heatley 15 82 50 53 103 +29 86
Daniel Alfredsson 11 77 43 60 103 +29 50
Jason Spezza 19 68 19 71 90 +23 33
Peter Schaefer 27 82 20 30 50 +16 40
Wade Redden 6 65 10 40 50 +35 63
Playoffs
Player # GP G A Pts +/- PIM
Jason Spezza 19 10 5 9 14 -1 2
Martin Havlat 9 10 7 6 13 0 4
Dany Heatley 15 10 3 9 12 +1 11
Daniel Alfredsson 11 10 2 8 10 +2 4
Wade Redden 6 9 2 8 10 -2 10

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games Played; MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against;
SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Regular Season
Player # GP MIN W L OT GA SO SV% GAA
Dominik Hasek 39 43 2584 28 10 4 90 5 .925 2.05
Ray Emery 1 29 2168 23 11 4 102 3 .902 2.82
Mike Morrison 30 25 207 11 4 3 54 0 .882 2.95
Playoffs
Player # GP MIN W L OT GA SO SV% GAA
Ray Emery 1 10 604 5 5 0 29 0 .900 2.88

Transactions

Trades

August 23, 2005 To Atlanta Thrashers
Marian Hossa
Greg de Vries		 To Ottawa Senators
Dany Heatley
October 5, 2005 To Florida Panthers
6th round pick in 2007 NHL Entry Draft		 To Ottawa Senators
Filip Novak
March 9, 2006 To Chicago Blackhawks
Brandon Bochenski
2nd round pick in 2006 NHL Entry Draft		 To Ottawa Senators
Tyler Arnason

Received from Waivers

Player Former Team
G Mike Morrison Edmonton Oilers

Draft picks

Ottawa's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario.

Round # Player Nationality NHL Team College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 9 Brian Lee (D) Flag of the United States United States Ottawa Senators Moorhead High School (USHS, MN)
3 70 Vitaly Anikeenko (D) Flag of Russia Russia Ottawa Senators Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
4 95 Cody Bass (C) Flag of Canada Canada Ottawa Senators (from Colorado Avalanche) Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
4 98 Ilya Zubov (C) Flag of Russia Russia Ottawa Senators (from St. Louis Blues) Chelyabinsk (Russia)
4 115 Janne Kolehmainen (LW) Flag of Finland Finland Ottawa Senators SaiPa (SM-liiga)
5 136 Tomas Kudelka (D) Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Ottawa Senators Zlin Jr. (Czech Jr.)
6 186 Dmitri Megalinsky Flag of Russia Russia Ottawa Senators Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
7 204 Colin Greening Flag of Canada Canada Ottawa Senators Upper Canada College (CCL)

External links

See also

References

  1. ^ Garrioch, Bruce (October 30, 2007). "Team Reports". The Hockey News. 
  2. ^ Citizen staff (November 17, 2005), "The Cash Line easily wins the vote", Ottawa Citizen: pg. C1 
  3. ^ Brennan, Don (November 13, 2005). "Saturday night's all right". Ottawa Sun/Slam Sports. Retrieved on 2007–11–29.
  4. ^ Garrioch, Bruce (October 2, 2007), "Pizza Line Ordered Up", Ottawa Sun 
  5. ^ The name refers to a promotion instituted by a pizza company chain to provide a free slice of pizza to all attending when the Senators scored 5 goals. The line increased the number of times the Senators scored 5 per game and the pizza company had to change its promotion to 6 goals.
  6. ^ Panzeri, Allen (May 28, 2007), "Sens carry a nation's hopes; Ducks hope playing with less pressure is to their advantage", Calgary Herald: pg. D1 
  7. ^ TSN.ca Staff with CP, Ottawa Senators' files (2006). "Melnyk confident Sens will be a dynasty". TSN.ca. Retrieved on 2007–08–13.
  8. ^ Canadian Press (October 6, 2005). "Sens Edge Leafs in First Shootout". TSN.ca. Retrieved on 2007-12-01.
  9. ^ "NHL Standings - 2005–06". ESPN.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-13.
  10. ^ "Ottawa Senators Schedule". ESPN.com. Retrieved on 2007–08–13.
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