2005-06 Philadelphia Flyers Statistics
Team Record: 45-26-5 (SO: 0-6) - 101 points
in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Ken Hitchcock (45-26, 11 OTL)
The Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League ended the 2005-06 season with a record of 45 wins and 26 losses (and 5 overtime losses), with a 0-6 showing in shootouts for 101 points in the NHL's Atlantic Division.
The team netted 267 goals and gave up 259. Simon Gagne scored 47 goals for the team, and Mike Knuble tallied 30 or more, too. Peter Forsberg accounted for 56 assists. Antero Niittymaki earned 23 wins in front of the net for the squad, while Robert Esche added 15 or more wins, too. Robert Esche and Antero Niittymaki registered a 2.97 goals against average, pacing goalies with significant playing time.
Ken Hitchcock coached the team. The 2005-06 Philadelphia Flyers lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Gagne | L | 72 | 47 | 32 | 79 | 38 | 31 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 334 | 14.1 |
| Peter Forsberg | C | 60 | 19 | 56 | 75 | 46 | 21 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 132 | 14.4 |
| Mike Knuble | R | 82 | 34 | 31 | 65 | 80 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 217 | 15.7 |
| Joni Pitkanen | D | 58 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 78 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 118 | 11.0 |
| Michal Handzus | C | 73 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 38 | -2 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 113 | 9.7 |
| Jeff Carter | C | 81 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 189 | 12.2 |
| R.J. Umberger | C | 73 | 20 | 18 | 38 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 138 | 14.5 |
| Sami Kapanen | R | 58 | 12 | 22 | 34 | 12 | -9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 123 | 9.8 |
| Mike Richards | C | 79 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 168 | 6.5 |
| Freddy Meyer | D | 57 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 8.8 |
| Kim Johnsson | D | 47 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 6.2 |
| Eric Desjardins | D | 45 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 88 | 4.5 |
| Mike Rathje | D | 79 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 46 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 5.5 |
| Derian Hatcher | D | 77 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 93 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 4.1 |
| Brian Savage | L | 66 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 28 | -18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 8.8 |
| Branko Radivojevic | R | 64 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 44 | -6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 84 | 9.5 |
| Jon Sim | L | 39 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 | -6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 8.8 |
| Petr Nedved | C | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 36 | -8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 10.6 |
| Niko Dimitrakos | R | 19 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 18.5 |
| Donald Brashear | L | 76 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 166 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 5.5 |
| Patrick Sharp | C | 22 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 15.2 |
| Ben Eager | L | 25 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 14.3 |
| Randy Jones | D | 28 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 |
| Dennis Seidenberg | D | 29 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 5.9 |
| Keith Primeau | C | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Turner Stevenson | R | 31 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 45 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3.8 |
| Chris Therien | D | 47 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 34 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 |
| Robert Esche | G | 40 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Ready | L | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Matt Ellison | R | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Potulny | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Antero Niittymaki | G | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stefan Ruzicka | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Pat Kavanagh | R | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Wade Skolney | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alexandre Picard | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| David Printz | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Josh Gratton | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Chouinard | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denis Gauthier | D | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1644 | 263 | 438 | 701 | 1201 | 109 | 80 | 152 | 19 | 21 | 41 | 2552 | 10.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antero Niittymaki | 46 | 2690 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 133 | 2.97 | 1266 | 1133 | .895 |
| Robert Esche | 40 | 2286 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 113 | 2.97 | 1099 | 986 | .897 |
| Totals | 86 | 4976 | 45 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 246 | 2.97 | 2365 | 2119 | .896 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Gagne | L | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 11.5 |
| Peter Forsberg | C | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 33.3 |
| Mike Knuble | R | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5.9 |
| Joni Pitkanen | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Michal Handzus | C | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Carter | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| R.J. Umberger | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Sami Kapanen | R | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Mike Richards | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Freddy Meyer | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Eric Desjardins | D | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 |
| Mike Rathje | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Derian Hatcher | D | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Brian Savage | L | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 |
| Branko Radivojevic | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 |
| Petr Nedved | C | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 28.6 |
| Niko Dimitrakos | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Donald Brashear | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Ben Eager | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Robert Esche | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Antero Niittymaki | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denis Gauthier | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 116 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 125 | -46 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 160 | 8.8 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antero Niittymaki | 2 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4.11 | 34 | 29 | .853 |
| Robert Esche | 6 | 314 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4.20 | 198 | 176 | .889 |
| Totals | 8 | 387 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4.19 | 232 | 205 | .884 |
