2005–06 Toronto Maple Leafs season
| 2005–06 Toronto Maple Leafs | |
|---|---|
| Division | 4th Northeast |
| Conference | 9th Eastern |
| 2005–06 record | 41–33–8 |
| Goals for | 254 |
| Goals against | 263 |
| Team information | |
| General Manager | John Ferguson, Jr. |
| Coach | Pat Quinn |
| Captain | Mats Sundin |
| Alternate captains |
Tomas Kaberle Bryan McCabe |
| Arena | Air Canada Centre |
| Team leaders | |
| Goals | Mats Sundin (31) |
| Assists | Bryan McCabe (49) |
| Points | Mats Sundin (78) |
| Penalties in minutes | Bryan McCabe (116) |
| Wins | Ed Belfour (22) |
| Goals against average | Jean-Sebastien Aubin (2.21) |
The 2005–06 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 89th season of the franchise, 79th season as the Maple Leafs.
Key dates prior to the start of the season:
The Maple Leafs would go on to lead all 30 teams with most power-play goals scored during the regular season, with 107. Captain Mats Sundin, who scored only 13 goals in his first 49 games of the season, scored 18 goals in his final 21 games, for the 12th 30-goal season of his career. The 32-year-old veteran Eric Lindros, signed by the Maple Leafs on August 11, 2005, had a solid start to the season, scoring seven goals in his first eight games. However, wrist injuries would limit him to 33 games played for the year; he finished with 11 goals and 11 assists for 22 points. Tomas Kaberle, Bryan McCabe and Darcy Tucker would all have career years, finishing with 68, 67 and 61 points, respectively.
Defensively, the Maple Leafs finished 21st out of 30 in goaltending, allowing 263 goals (excluding seven shootout goals allowed). It was the most goals allowed by a Maple Leafs team since the 1996–97 squad allowed 273. Toronto finished 26th in power-play goals allowed, with 99 and 24th in penalty killing, with 80.04%. While goaltender Jean-Sebastien Aubin posted a 9–0–2 record with a .924 save percentage, a 2.22 goals against average (GAA) and one shutout, Ed Belfour and Mikael Tellqvist each posted GAAs of over 3.00 and save percentages of under .900. Furthermore, for the first time since the 1988–89 season, Belfour did not record a shutout during the regular season.
The Maple Leafs finished the regular season with a 41–33–8 record for 90 points, two points behind the Tampa Bay Lightning, who captured the eighth spot in the Eastern Conference. Their ninth-place finish meant that the Maple Leafs would miss the playoffs for the first time since 1998. Throughout the season, Toronto struggled against their provincial and divisional rivals, the Ottawa Senators, winning only one game out of eight meetings with a 1–5–2 record. Excluding shootout goals, the Maple Leafs were outscored 39 to 19 and were shut-out twice. Goaltender Ed Belfour went 0–5–2 against the Senators with 34 goals allowed, a 5.20 GAA and a save percentage of .834.
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