2005-06 Philadelphia Flyers Statistics

National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 45-26-11 (SO: 4-6) - 101 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Atlantic Division
Postseason: 2-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Buffalo Sabres 4-2
Coach: Ken Hitchcock (45-26, 11 OTL)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2005-06 Philadelphia Flyers Roster
2005-06 Philadelphia Flyers Results

The Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League ended the 2005-06 season with a record of 45 wins and 26 losses (and 11 overtime losses), with a 4-6 showing in shootouts for 101 points, finishing second in the NHL's Atlantic Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.

The Flyers netted 267 goals and gave up 259. Simon Gagne scored 47 goals for Philadelphia, 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 NHL conference quarter-finals.

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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
Antero Niittymaki	G	46	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Ryan Potulny	C	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Ellison	R	5	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Stefan Ruzicka	R	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Denis Gauthier	D	17	0	0	0	37	6	0	0	0	0	0	13	0.0
Josh Gratton	L	3	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Alexandre Picard	D	6	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0
Eric Chouinard	C	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wade Skolney	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Printz	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Kavanagh	R	8	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Totals		1562	263	438	701	1187	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	2611	2365	.906

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	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Antero Niittymaki	2	73	0	0	5	4.11	29	24	.828
Robert Esche	6	314	2	4	22	4.20	176	154	.875
Totals	8	387	2	4	27	4.19	232	205	.884