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2005–06 Minnesota Wild season

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The 2005–06 Minnesota Wild season was the team's sixth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Wild failed to qualify for the 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs.

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2005–06 Minnesota Wild
Division	5th Northwest
Conference	11th Western
2005–06 record	38–36–8
Home record	23–16–2
Road record	15–20–6
Goals for	231
Goals against	215
Team information
General manager	Doug Risebrough
Coach	Jacques Lemaire
Captain	Rotating^[1] Alex Henry (Oct.) Filip Kuba (Nov.) Willie Mitchell (Dec.–Jan.) Brian Rolston (Feb.) Wes Walz (Mar.–Apr.)
Alternate captains	Marian Gaborik Willie Mitchell (Oct.–Nov., Feb.-Mar.) Brian Rolston (Oct.–Jan., Mar.-Apr.) Wes Walz (Oct.–Feb.) Todd White
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance	18,575
Minor league affiliate(s)	Houston Aeros
Team leaders
Goals	Marian Gaborik (38)
Assists	Brian Rolston (45)
Points	Brian Rolston (79)
Penalty minutes	Derek Boogaard (158)
Plus/minus	Willie Mitchell (+15)
Wins	Manny Fernandez (30)
Goals against average	Manny Fernandez (2.29)
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Off-season

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Regular season

The Wild allowed the fewest power-play goals in the NHL with 55 and had the highest penalty-kill percentage at 87.39%.^[2]

Final standings

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Northwest Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Calgary Flames	82	46	25	11	218	200	103
2	7	Colorado Avalanche	82	43	30	9	283	257	95
3	8	Edmonton Oilers	82	41	28	13	256	251	95
4	9	Vancouver Canucks	82	42	32	8	256	255	92
5	11	Minnesota Wild	82	38	36	8	231	215	84

^[3] Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

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Western Conference^[4]
R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P- Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	58	16	8	305	209	124
2	Y- Dallas Stars	PA	82	53	23	6	265	218	112
3	Y- Calgary Flames	NW	82	46	25	11	218	200	103
4	X- Nashville Predators	CE	82	49	25	8	259	227	106
5	X- San Jose Sharks	PA	82	44	27	11	266	242	99
6	X- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PA	82	43	27	12	254	229	98
7	X- Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	43	30	9	283	257	95
8	X- Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	41	28	13	256	251	95
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9	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	42	32	8	256	255	92
8	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	42	35	5	249	270	89
11	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	38	36	8	231	215	84
12	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	38	39	5	246	271	81
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	35	43	4	223	279	74
14	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	26	43	13	211	285	65
15	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	21	46	15	197	292	57

Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

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2005–06 regular season^[5]

October: 6–4–2 (home: 5–2–0; road: 1–2–2)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	W	October 5, 2005	6–3	Calgary Flames (2005–06)	1–0–0	Recap
2	L	October 8, 2005	1–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	1–1–0	Recap
3	L	October 9, 2005	1–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	1–1–1	Recap
4	W	October 12, 2005	6–0	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	2–1–1	Recap
5	L	October 14, 2005	3–5	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	2–2–1	Recap
6	W	October 16, 2005	4–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	3–2–1	Recap
7	W	October 19, 2005	6–1	San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	4–2–1	Recap
8	W	October 22, 2005	3–2	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	5–2–1	Recap
9	L	October 23, 2005	2–4	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	5–3–1	Recap
10	L	October 25, 2005	1–3	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	5–4–1	Recap
11	L	October 28, 2005	1–2 SO	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	5–4–2	Recap
12	W	October 29, 2005	3–1	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	6–4–2	Recap

November: 4–6–1 (home: 2–2–1; road: 2–4–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
13	L	November 1, 2005	0–3	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	6–5–2	Recap
14	L	November 2, 2005	1–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	6–6–2	Recap
15	W	November 5, 2005	3–1	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	7–6–2	Recap
16	W	November 6, 2005	4–3 SO	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	8–6–2	Recap
17	L	November 8, 2005	2–4	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	8–7–2	Recap
18	L	November 11, 2005	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	8–8–2	Recap
19	L	November 14, 2005	2–3	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	8–9–2	Recap
20	W	November 19, 2005	4–2	Nashville Predators (2005–06)	9–9–2	Recap
21	L	November 23, 2005	3–4	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	9–10–2	Recap
22	W	November 25, 2005	5–3	St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	10–10–2	Recap
23	L	November 30, 2005	2–3 SO	Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	10–10–3	Recap

December: 8–7–1 (home: 4–2–0; road: 4–5–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
24	L	December 1, 2005	1–2	@ Nashville Predators (2005–06)	10–11–3	Recap
25	L	December 3, 2005	2–3 SO	@ New Jersey Devils (2005–06)	10–11–4	Recap
26	L	December 5, 2005	1–3	@ New York Rangers (2005–06)	10–12–4	Recap
27	W	December 8, 2005	5–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2005–06)	11–12–4	Recap
28	L	December 10, 2005	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2005–06)	11–13–4	Recap
29	L	December 11, 2005	2–3	Buffalo Sabres (2005–06)	11–14–4	Recap
30	W	December 13, 2005	4–3	@ New York Islanders (2005–06)	12–14–4	Recap
31	L	December 15, 2005	2–3	Boston Bruins (2005–06)	12–15–4	Recap
32	W	December 17, 2005	4–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2005–06)	13–15–4	Recap
33	W	December 19, 2005	2–1	Dallas Stars (2005–06)	14–15–4	Recap
34	L	December 22, 2005	3–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	14–16–4	Recap
35	W	December 23, 2005	5–3	Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	15–16–4	Recap
36	W	December 26, 2005	4–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	16–16–4	Recap
37	W	December 28, 2005	4–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	17–16–4	Recap
38	L	December 29, 2005	2–4	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	17–17–4	Recap
39	W	December 31, 2005	4–3	Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	18–17–4	Recap

January: 7–7–0 (home: 5–5–0; road: 2–2–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
40	W	January 3, 2006	4–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	19–17–4	Recap
41	L	January 5, 2006	2–4	Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	19–18–4	Recap
42	W	January 7, 2006	4–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	20–18–4	Recap
43	L	January 9, 2006	1–2	Dallas Stars (2005–06)	20–19–4	Recap
44	L	January 14, 2006	1–4	Calgary Flames (2005–06)	20–20–4	Recap
45	L	January 16, 2006	1–6	Ottawa Senators (2005–06)	20–21–4	Recap
46	W	January 18, 2006	5–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (2005–06)	21–21–4	Recap
47	W	January 20, 2006	4–1	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	22–21–4	Recap
48	W	January 22, 2006	3–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	23–21–4	Recap
49	W	January 24, 2006	3–2	Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	24–21–4	Recap
50	W	January 26, 2006	5–1	Nashville Predators (2005–06)	25–21–4	Recap
51	L	January 27, 2006	3–4	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2005–06)	25–22–4	Recap
52	L	January 30, 2006	4–5	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	25–23–4	Recap
53	L	January 31, 2006	2–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	25–24–4	Recap

February: 4–2–1 (home: 1–1–0; road: 3–1–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
54	W	February 2, 2006	3–2 SO	@ San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	26–24–4	Recap
55	W	February 4, 2006	6–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2005–06)	27–24–4	Recap
56	W	February 7, 2006	5–1	Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	28–24–4	Recap
57	L	February 9, 2006	1–2	Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	28–25–4	Recap
58	W	February 10, 2006	6–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	29–25–4	Recap
59	L	February 12, 2006	2–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	29–25–5	Recap
60	L	February 28, 2006	2–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	29–26–5	Recap

March: 5–7–2 (home: 3–3–1; road: 2–4–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
61	L	March 2, 2006	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	29–27–5	Recap
62	L	March 3, 2006	2–4	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2005–06)	29–28–5	Recap
63	W	March 5, 2006	5–3	Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	30–28–5	Recap
64	L	March 7, 2006	2–3 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2005–06)	30–28–6	Recap
65	L	March 10, 2006	1–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	30–28–7	Recap
66	W	March 12, 2006	4–3	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	31–28–7	Recap
67	L	March 14, 2006	1–2	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	31–29–7	Recap
68	L	March 19, 2006	2–3	Calgary Flames (2005–06)	31–30–7	Recap
69	W	March 21, 2006	3–1	Calgary Flames (2005–06)	32–30–7	Recap
70	L	March 22, 2006	2–4	@ Dallas Stars (2005–06)	32–31–7	Recap
71	L	March 25, 2006	1–5	San Jose Sharks (2005–06)	32–32–7	Recap
72	W	March 28, 2006	3–2	@ Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	33–32–7	Recap
73	L	March 29, 2006	1–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	33–33–7	Recap
74	W	March 31, 2006	2–1 SO	@ Vancouver Canucks (2005–06)	34–33–7	Recap

April: 4–3–1 (home: 3–1–0; road: 1–2–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
75	L	April 2, 2006	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (2005–06)	34–34–7	Recap
76	W	April 4, 2006	5–4 SO	St. Louis Blues (2005–06)	35–34–7	Recap
77	W	April 6, 2006	2–1 SO	Edmonton Oilers (2005–06)	36–34–7	Recap
78	L	April 7, 2006	1–2	@ Calgary Flames (2005–06)	36–35–7	Recap
79	W	April 9, 2006	5–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (2005–06)	37–35–7	Recap
80	W	April 11, 2006	2–0	Chicago Blackhawks (2005–06)	38–35–7	Recap
81	L	April 13, 2006	2–4	@ Nashville Predators (2005–06)	38–36–7	Recap
82	L	April 15, 2006	3–4 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2005–06)	38–36–8	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.

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			Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
12	Brian Rolston	C	82	34	45	79	14	50
10	Marian Gaborik	RW	65	38	28	66	6	64
96	Pierre-Marc Bouchard	C	80	17	42	59	3	28
28	Todd White	C	61	19	21	40	−1	18
25	Randy Robitaille	C	67	12	28	40	−5	54
37	Wes Walz	C	82	19	18	37	7	61
32	Marc Chouinard	C	74	14	16	30	1	34
26	Kurtis Foster	D	58	10	18	28	−3	60
9	Alexandre Daigle	C	46	5	23	28	−6	12
11	Pascal Dupuis	LW	67	10	16	26	−10	40
17	Filip Kuba	D	65	6	19	25	0	44
21	Mikko Koivu	C	64	6	15	21	−9	40
20	Andrei Zyuzin	D	57	7	11	18	−12	50
34	Daniel Tjarnqvist	D	60	3	15	18	−11	32
19	Stephane Veilleux	LW	71	7	9	16	−13	63
8	Brent Burns	D	72	4	12	16	−7	32
55	Nick Schultz	D	79	2	12	14	2	43
27	Kyle Wanvig	RW	51	4	8	12	−8	64
2	Willie Mitchell‡	D	64	2	6	8	15	87
24	Derek Boogaard	LW	65	2	4	6	2	158
41	Martin Skoula†	D	17	1	5	6	0	10
83	Matt Foy	RW	19	2	3	5	−4	16
18	Mattias Weinhandl†	RW	15	2	3	5	0	10
36	Alex Henry	D	63	0	5	5	−4	73
35	Manny Fernandez	G	58	0	3	3		6
7	Erik Westrum	C	10	0	1	1	−1	2
23	Scott Ferguson	D	15	0	0	0	−3	22
29	Josh Harding	G	3	0	0	0		0
44	Andrei Nazarov	LW	2	0	0	0	−1	6
56	Erik Reitz	D	5	0	0	0	−2	4
30	Dwayne Roloson‡	G	24	0	0	0		6

Goaltending

‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.

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		Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Manny Fernandez	58	30	18	7	1612	130	2.29	.919	1	3411
30	Dwayne Roloson‡	24	6	17	1	759	68	3.00	.910	1	1361
29	Josh Harding	3	2	1	0	83	8	2.59	.904	1	185

Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (in-season)	NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Manny Fernandez (January 2)	^[6]
Team	Three Star Award	Brian Rolston	^[7]

Transactions

The Wild were involved in the following transactions from February 17, 2005, the day after the 2004–05 NHL season was officially cancelled, through June 19, 2006, the day of the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals.^[8]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
July 30, 2005	To Ottawa Senators 4th-round pick in 2005	To Minnesota Wild Todd White	^[9]
August 26, 2005	To Phoenix Coyotes Zbynek Michalek	To Minnesota Wild Erik Westrum Dustin Wood	^[10]
March 8, 2006	To Edmonton Oilers Dwayne Roloson	To Minnesota Wild 1st-round pick in 2006 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2007^{[lower-alpha 1]}	^[13]
March 9, 2006	To Dallas Stars Willie Mitchell 2nd-round pick in 2007	To Minnesota Wild Shawn Belle Martin Skoula	^[14]
June 14, 2006	To Atlanta Thrashers Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2006 or 2007	To Minnesota Wild Rights to Petteri Nummelin	^[15]

Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
August 1, 2005 (2005-08-01)	Andrei Nazarov	Phoenix Coyotes		Free agency	^[16]
August 4, 2005 (2005-08-04)	Scott Ferguson	Skovde IK (Allsvenskan)		Free agency	^[17]
August 4, 2005 (2005-08-04)	Kurtis Foster	Anaheim Mighty Ducks		Free agency	^[17]
August 15, 2005 (2005-08-15)	Daniel Tjarnqvist	Atlanta Thrashers	1-year	Free agency	^[18]
August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16)	Joey Tetarenko	Houston Aeros (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[19]
October 4, 2005 (2005-10-04)	Randy Robitaille	Nashville Predators		Waivers	^[20]
March 4, 2006 (2006-03-04)	Mattias Weinhandl	New York Islanders		Waivers	^[21]
June 1, 2006 (2006-06-01)	Niklas Backstrom	Oulun Karpat (Liiga)	multi-year	Free agency	^[22]
June 6, 2006 (2006-06-06)	Peter Ratchuk	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	1-year	Free agency	^[23]

Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Ref
April 12, 2005 (2005-04-12)	Christoph Brandner	Sodertalje SK (SHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[25]
July 29, 2005 (2005-07-29)	Matt Johnson^{[lower-alpha 3]}		Compliance buyout	^[27]
August 1, 2005 (2005-08-01)	Jason Beckett^{[lower-alpha 4]}		Contract expiration (UFA)	^[24]
August 1, 2005 (2005-08-01)	Kyle Kettles^{[lower-alpha 5]}		Contract expiration (UFA)	^[24]
August 4, 2005 (2005-08-04)	Mark Cullen	Chicago Blackhawks	Free agency (UFA)	^[30]
August 6, 2005 (2005-08-06)	Andrew Brunette	Colorado Avalanche	Free agency (III)	^[31]
August 9, 2005 (2005-08-09)	Richard Park	Vancouver Canucks	Free agency (UFA)	^[32]
September 4, 2005 (2005-09-04)	Raymond Giroux	Ak Bars Kazan (RSL)	Free agency (VI)	^[33]
September 14, 2005 (2005-09-14)	Jordan Krestanovich	Mora IK (SHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[34]
N/A	Marc Cavosie	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[35]
October 19, 2005 (2005-10-19)	Dan Cavanaugh	Philadelphia Phantoms (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[36]
May 11, 2006 (2006-05-11)	Kirby Law	Geneve-Servette HC (NLA)	Free agency	^[37]
May 13, 2006 (2006-05-13)	Alexandre Daigle	HC Davos (NLA)	Free agency	^[38]

Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 28, 2005 (2005-07-28)	Patrick O'Sullivan	3-year	Entry-level	^[39]
July 29, 2005 (2005-07-29)	Alexandre Daigle	1-year	Re-signing	^[27]
August 2, 2005 (2005-08-02)	Roman Voloshenko	3-year	Entry-level	^[40]
August 3, 2005 (2005-08-03)	Marc Chouinard	1-year	Re-signing	^[41]
August 3, 2005 (2005-08-03)	Manny Fernandez	1-year	Re-signing	^[42]
August 8, 2005 (2005-08-08)	Miroslav Kopriva		Entry-level	^[41]
August 9, 2005 (2005-08-09)	Pierre-Marc Bouchard	1-year	Re-signing	^[43]
	Willie Mitchell	1-year	Re-signing	^[32]
	Todd White	multi-year	Re-signing	^[32]
August 10, 2005 (2005-08-10)	Andrei Zyuzin	1-year	Re-signing	^[41]
August 16, 2005 (2005-08-16)	Kyle Wanvig	1-year	Re-signing	^[19]
August 19, 2005 (2005-08-19)	Rickard Wallin	1-year	Re-signing	^[44]
August 24, 2005 (2005-08-24)	Peter Olvecky		Entry-level	^[45]
September 9, 2005 (2005-09-09)	Clayton Stoner		Entry-level	^[46]
September 9, 2005 (2005-09-09)	Stephane Veilleux	multi-year	Re-signing	^[46]
September 28, 2005 (2005-09-28)	Erik Reitz		Re-signing	^[47]
March 3, 2006 (2006-03-03)	Manny Fernandez	multi-year	Extension	^[48]
April 5, 2006 (2006-04-05)	Danny Irmen	multi-year	Entry-level	^[49]
May 1, 2006 (2006-05-01)	Benoit Pouliot	multi-year	Entry-level	^[50]
June 14, 2006 (2006-06-14)	Petteri Nummelin	multi-year	Re-signing	^[15]
June 19, 2006 (2006-06-19)	Brian Rolston	1-year	Extension^{[lower-alpha 6]}	^[51]

Draft picks

Minnesota's picks at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario.

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Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	4	Benoit Pouliot	LW	Canada	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
2	57	Matt Kassian	LW	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
3	65	Kristofer Westblom	G	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
4	110	Kyle Bailey	C	Canada	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
4	122	Morten Madsen	LW	Denmark	Frölunda HC Jr. (Sweden)
5	129	Anthony Aiello	D	United States	Thayer Academy (USHS-MA)
7	199	Riley Emmerson	RW	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)

Notes

Minnesota would receive the pick if the Oilers re-signed Roloson, which they did on July 1, 2006.^[11]^[12]
In parentheses is the player's free agency group on August 1 if applicable.^[24]
Johnson retired.^[26]
Beckett was inactive during the 2005–06 season.^[28]
Kettles retired.^[29]
Contract option for the 2007–08 season was exercised by Minnesota.

References

"Minnesota Wild 2005-06 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
"2005-06 Minnesota Wild Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved October 24, 2022.

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2005–06_Minnesota_Wild_season

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Final standings

Schedule and results

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Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

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Trades

Players acquired

Players lost

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Draft picks

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