Skip to content
Regular seasonWSH

Alex Ovechkin's 2005-2006 season

Points
106
NHL#3
Goals
52
NHL#3
Assists
54
NHL#20
Plus/minus
+2
NHL#244
Games
81
98%
98% of 82

Left winger Alex Ovechkin was 20 years old when the 2005-2006 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for Washington Capitals. He played 81 of a possible 82 games and scored 52 goals and 54 assists for 106 points, 1.31 points per game. Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs. He won Calder Memorial Trophy, the first since Daniel Alfredsson in 1996.

Below: the whole season, game by game.

2005-2006
  1. NHL debut

    Alex Ovechkin makes his NHL debut

    Alex was 20 years old · MCI Center, USA

    First NHL goalFirst NHL point
    • The game
      CBJ2–3WSH
      W
      game 1/82
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP17:36TOI
      +2 goals
    Milestone

    Alex Ovechkin scores his first NHL goal

    in the game against Columbus Blue Jackets · October 5

    • The game
      ATL7–3WSH
      L
      game 2/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP17:44TOI
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Alex Ovechkin records his first NHL assist

    in the game against Atlanta Thrashers · October 7

    • The game
      WSH1–8ATL
      L
      game 3/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP16:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR2–3WSH
      W
      game 4/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP15:03TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–7CAR
      L
      game 5/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG13:53TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI5–3WSH
      L
      game 6/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-5SOG25:19TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL2–3WSH
      W
      game 7/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG20:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–3FLA
      L
      game 8/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +1+/-10SOG20:00TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      CAR4–0WSH
      L
      game 9/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:55TOI
    • The game
      WSH3–2BUF
      W
      game 10/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP17:36TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–4TBL
      L
      game 11/821
      His night
      +2P+2G
      0+/-4SOG1SHP22:04TOI
      +2 goals
    • November 2005
    • The game
      WSH1–8PHI
      L
      game 12/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-7SOG23:19TOI
    • The game
      ATL2–3WSH
      W
      game 13/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-7SOG22:20TOI
    • The game
      TOR4–5WSH
      W
      game 14/824
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -1+/-8SOG2PPP17:42TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      WSH4–6TOR
      L
      game 15/823
      His night
      +2P+2G
      -2+/-7SOG1PPP20:58TOI
      +2 goals
    • The game
      NJD4–3WSH
      L
      game 16/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG19:24TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–3NJD
      L
      game 17/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG19:15TOI
    • The game
      TBL3–4WSH
      W
      game 18/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-9SOG22:42TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH5–8BUF
      L
      game 19/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-7SOG1PPP21:58TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH5–1MTL
      W
      game 20/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG17:55TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–5PIT
      L
      game 21/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG25:17TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      22
      points
      NHL#31
      15
      goals
      NHL#4
      7
      assists
      NHL#165
      WSH
      8-13-0W-L-OT16Points
      4th in the Southeast·14th in the Eastern Conference·27th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TBL4–3WSH
      L
      game 22/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-0SOG1PPP20:07TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–3NYR
      L
      game 23/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-9SOG24:30TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF3–2WSH
      L
      game 24/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP21:02TOI
      +1 assist
    • December 2005
    • The game
      WSH2–3FLA
      L
      game 25/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG18:53TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–5WSH
      W
      game 26/822
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +3+/-1SOG1PPP15:32TOI
      +4 points
    • The game
      NSH5–2WSH
      L
      game 27/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP23:08TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DET4–3WSH
      L
      game 28/826
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-6SOG1PPP23:30TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH3–2LAK
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG2PPP18:30TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      WSH1–4SJS
      L
      game 30/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:46TOI
    • The game
      FLA3–2WSH
      L
      game 31/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG19:16TOI
    • The game
      WSH6–5ATL
      W
      game 32/821
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +1+/-8SOG2PPP20:45TOI
      +4 points
    • The game
      MTL2–4WSH
      W
      game 33/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG20:32TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS4–3WSH
      L
      game 34/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP20:59TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH2–7NJD
      L
      game 35/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP20:32TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI3–4WSH
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-7SOG1PPP24:57TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      ATL5–2WSH
      L
      game 37/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP21:47TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      OTT3–1WSH
      L
      game 38/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG23:00TOI
    • The game
      PHI3–1WSH
      L
      game 39/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-2SOG1PPP26:56TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      FLA4–3WSH
      L
      game 40/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP27:03TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CHI4–3WSH
      L
      game 41/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-6SOG24:26TOI
      +2 points
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      51
      points
      NHL#10
      26
      goals
      NHL#6
      25
      assists
      NHL#42
      WSH
      13-23-5W-L-OT31Points
      5th in the Southeast·14th in the Eastern Conference·27th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      WSH1–4DAL
      L
      game 42/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-8SOG23:36TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH3–2ANA
      W
      game 43/822
      His night
      +3P+3G
      +2+/-4SOG19:15TOI
      HAT TRICK
    • The game
      WSH6–1PHX
      W
      game 44/821
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-10SOG2PPP17:18TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      STL4–5WSH
      W
      game 45/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-5SOG1PPP24:01TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      CAR2–5WSH
      W
      game 46/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-6SOG1PPP17:14TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS3–2WSH
      L
      game 47/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG25:02TOI
    • The game
      WSH1–8PIT
      L
      game 48/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG1PPP23:26TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–3BOS
      L
      game 49/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-7SOG1PPP26:24TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL1–2WSH
      W
      game 50/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG18:32TOI
      +1 assist
    • February 2006
    • The game
      TOR1–4WSH
      W
      game 52/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-2SOG21:43TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH0–5TBL
      L
      game 53/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG23:34TOI
    • The game
      FLA5–0WSH
      L
      game 54/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-10SOG21:57TOI
    • The game
      WSH4–5PHI
      L
      game 55/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-11SOG2PPP22:34TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      PIT6–3WSH
      L
      game 56/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-8SOG1SHP23:31TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH5–3TOR
      W
      game 57/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-6SOG1PPP19:10TOI
      +1 goal
    • March 2006
    • The game
      WSH1–7OTT
      L
      game 58/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-5SOG1SHP20:34TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–3ATL
      L
      game 59/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-7SOG2PPP21:57TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYI2–5WSH
      W
      game 60/82
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-7SOG1PPP16:47TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      PIT3–6WSH
      W
      game 61/82
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-10SOG2PPP22:10TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      NJD4–3WSH
      L
      game 62/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG23:27TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8261 of 62 played
      79
      points
      NHL#4
      42
      goals
      NHL#2
      37
      assists
      NHL#37
      WSH
      22-33-7W-L-OT51Points
      5th in the Southeast·14th in the Eastern Conference·27th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      OTT5–2WSH
      L
      game 63/821
      His night
      No points
      +2+/-1SOG24:27TOI
    • The game
      BUF6–4WSH
      L
      game 64/821
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-3SOG2PPP20:40TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      WSH4–5NYR
      L
      game 65/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG24:43TOI
    • The game
      FLA4–3WSH
      L
      game 66/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-8SOG22:30TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL4–2WSH
      L
      game 67/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP19:26TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–3FLA
      L
      game 68/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG27:44TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH3–4TBL
      L
      game 69/821
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-13SOG1PPP25:50TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      WSH3–1CAR
      W
      game 70/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP22:25TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH5–1CAR
      W
      game 71/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-8SOG1PPP18:52TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      WSH2–3MTL
      L
      game 72/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP24:17TOI
      +2 assists
    • April 2006
    • The game
      WSH1–0OTT
      W
      game 73/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-6SOG1PPP23:52TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH5–6CAR
      L
      game 74/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP28:01TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CAR4–3WSH
      L
      game 75/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP29:02TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CAR4–3WSH
      L
      game 76/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-12SOG1PPP24:21TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH0–5NYI
      L
      game 77/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG19:39TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–1BOS
      W
      game 78/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-4SOG23:20TOI
      +1 goal
    Milestone

    Alex Ovechkin reaches 100 career points

    in the game against Boston Bruins · April 10

    • The game
      WSH3–5ATL
      L
      game 79/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP23:42TOI
      +2 points
    Milestone

    Alex Ovechkin reaches 50 career goals

    in the game against Atlanta Thrashers · April 13

    • The game
      WSH2–1FLA
      W
      game 80/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG25:50TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      ATL4–6WSH
      W
      game 81/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-6SOG1PPP20:09TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH4–1TBL
      W
      game 82/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP17:31TOI
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Alex Ovechkin closes the 2005-2006 season with 106 points

    Washington Capitals did not reach the playoffs
    Points
    106
    NHL#3
    Games
    81of 82
    99%
    Goals
    52
    NHL#3
    Assists
    54
    NHL#20
    P/GP
    1.31
    NHL#5
    +/-
    +2
    NHL#244
    Events
    1
    hat trick
    100
    career points
    50
    career goals
    50
    career assists
    13×
    First star
    9×
    Second star
    9×
    Third star
    11 i rad
    games with a point · 17 pts
    7 i rad
    games with a goal
    Honour

    Alex Ovechkin won Calder Memorial Trophy for 2005-2006