2005-06 NHL season

The 2005–06 NHL season was the 88th season of the National Hockey League. The 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs began on April 21 2006 and ended on June 19. The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Edmonton Oilers. This was the first Stanley Cup for the Hurricanes.
The 2004–05 season was cancelled due to a labour dispute with the NHL Players Association. The dispute was over the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the league and its players.
Regular season.
Final standings.
"Red-shaded team won the Presidents' Trophy and home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs."
"Orange-shaded team won the other conference."
"Yellow-shaded teams won the other four divisions."
"Green-shaded teams won the remaining ten playoff berths."
Numbers in brackets means ranking in conference. Division leaders are automatically ranked 1–3. These three, plus the next five teams in the conference standings, earn playoff berths at the end of the season.
"Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points"
Tiebreaking procedures.
If two or more clubs are tied in points during the regular season, the order of the clubs is determined in the following order: 
Scoring leaders.
"Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes"
Leading goaltenders.
"Minimum 1,000 minutes played."
"Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average"
First games.
The following are players of note who played their first NHL game in 2005-06:
Last games.
The following is a list of players who played their last NHL game in 2005-06: