2005–06 Washington Capitals season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=2005-06
Team=Washington Capitals
Conference=Eastern
ConferenceRank=14th
Division=Southeast
DivisionRank=5th
Record=29-41-12
HomeRecord=
RoadRecord=
GoalsFor=237
GoalsAgainst=306
GeneralManager= George McPhee
Coach= Glen Hanlon
Captain= Jeff Halpern
AltCaptain=
Arena=MCI Center
Attendance=
GoalsLeader=Alexander Ovechkin (52)
AssistsLeader=Alexander Ovechkin (54)
PointsLeader=Alexander Ovechkin (106)
PIMLeader=Brendan Witt (141)
WinsLeader=Olaf Kolzig (20)
GAALeader=Brent Johnson (3.44)The Washington Capitals season involved Alexander Ovechkin’s rookie season. Following the 2004-05 NHL lockout, Alexander Ovechkin played his first game with the Washington Capitals on October 5, 2005, scoring two goals in a 3-2 victory over Columbus. In a shootout against Anaheim, Ovechkin scored the winning goal to end the game at 5-4. The Capitals finished the 2005-2006 NHL season in the cellar of the Southeastern Division again, with a 29-41-12 campaign, having 12 more points then the 2003-04 Season, good for 27th out of the 30 NHL teams. Yet the team played close in every game, playing in 42 one-goal games, although losing 2/3 of those games. A notable first was that Washington area native Jeff Halpern was named captain of the hometown Capitals. At the 2006 trade deadline, March 8, Witt was traded to Nashville. Several Capitals achieved career highs in several offensive categories. Matt Pettinger and Dainius Zubrus achieved new career highs in all offensive categories. Jeff Halpern achieved a career high in assists for the second consecutive season.

Offseason

NHL Draft

Defencemen

"Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points"

Farm Teams

* Hershey Bears, American Hockey League
* South Carolina Stingrays, East Coast Hockey League [National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p.14, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5]

References

* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000492006.html Capitals on Hockey Database]
* [http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamscores.htm?tm=WAS&yr=2005 Capitals Game Log on Database Hockey]
* [http://www.databasehockey.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=WAS&yr=2005 Capitals on Database Hockey]