2005–06 New Jersey Devils season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=2005–06
Team=New Jersey Devils
Conference=Eastern
ConferenceRank=3rd
Division=Atlantic
DivisionRank=1st
Record=45–26–11
HomeRecord=22–13–6
RoadRecord=23–13–5
GoalsFor=242
GoalsAgainst=229
GeneralManager=Lou Lamoriello
Coach=Larry Robinson (until December 19, 2005)
Lou Lamoriello
Captain="Vacant"
AltCaptain=Patrik Elias
John Madden
Alexander Mogilny (Oct-Jan) interim
Colin White
Brian Rafalski
Arena=Continental Airlines Arena
Attendance=14,230
GoalsLeader=Brian Gionta (48)
AssistsLeader=Scott Gomez (51)
PointsLeader=Brian Gionta (89)
PIMLeader=Cam Janssen (91)
Colin White (91)
WinsLeader=Martin Brodeur (43)
GAALeader=Martin Brodeur (2.57)
DivisionWin=yes

The New Jersey Devils 2005-06 season saw the Devils during the National Hockey League's first season back from the 2004-05 NHL lockout. Many of the Devils' players had played in other leagues while the National Hockey League was inactive due to the lockout. Most notably was Patrik Elias who missed the first 39 games of the season due to catching Hepatitis A while playing for the Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Russian Super League. [cite web|url=http://www.newjerseydevils.com/njd/fanzone/features/25series/2005-06.php|title=2005-06: Rallying Back|publisher=NewJerseyDevils|accessdate=2007-06-24] There were some changed the Devils had to make because of the rule changes for the 2005-06 season. Martin Brodeur, one of the best puck-handling goalies, could no longer use this to his advantage as much as he used to since there were now restrictions on where goalies could have the puck in their possession. The recent retirement of hard-hitting defenseman and long-time Captain Scott Stevens meant the Devils game wouldn't be as physically punishing for opposing teams. Another big change was the departure of another defenseman Scott Niedermayer, who had been on the Devils' Stanley Cup-winning teams in 1995, 2000, and 2003 and been with the Devils his whole career to that point, to go play with his brother Rob on the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. The two played against each other for the Stanley Cup a couple years earlier during the 2003 Stanley Cup playoff finals.

Regular season

eason standings

Draft picks

New Jersey's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft at The Westin Ottawa in Ottawa, Canada.

ee also

*2005–06 NHL season

References

*cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/teams/schedule?team=nj&season=2006|title=New Jersey Devils game log|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=2007-06-24
*cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/standings?season=2006|title=2005-06 Team Standings|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=2007-06-24
*cite web|url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000512006.html|title=2005-06 Player Statistics|publisher=hockeyDB|accessdate=2007-06-24
*cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/attendance?year=2006|title=NHL attendance|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=2007-06-24
*cite web|url=http://www.newjerseydevils.com/njd/history/teamphotos/1280/05-06.jpg|title=Devils team photo|publisher=NewJerseyDevils|accessdate=2007-06-24