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Antero Niittymaki's 2005-2006 season

Wins
23
NHL#19
Save pct
.895
NHL#51
GAA
2.97
NHL#44
Shutouts
2
NHL#16
Games
46
56%
56% of 82

Goaltender Antero Niittymaki was 25 years old when the 2005-2006 season began, his 2nd in the NHL, and played it for Philadelphia Flyers. He played 46 games and won 23 of them, at .895. In the playoffs he played 2 games and won 0.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2005-2006Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Antero Niittymaki plays the 2005-2006 season for Philadelphia Flyers

    PHIPhiladelphia Flyers

    Antero was 25 years old when the 2005-2006 season began. It was his 2nd season with the team. His 2nd NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NJD2–5PHI
      W
      game 2/822
      His night
      .929SV%
      26SV28SA2GA59:41TOIW
      .929
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT5–6PHI
      W
      game 4/823
      His night
      .750SV%
      15SV20SA5GA63:15TOIW
      .750
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI6–8CAR
      L
      game 9/824
      His night
      .806SV%
      29SV36SA7GA59:43TOIL
      .806
      View the game
    • November 2005
    • The game
      NYI2–3PHI
      W
      game 14/823
      His night
      .950SV%
      38SV40SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .950
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT3–2PHI
      L
      game 17/822
      His night
      .897SV%
      26SV29SA3GA64:02TOI
      .897
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI6–3PIT
      W
      game 19/822
      His night
      .900SV%
      27SV30SA3GA59:38TOIW
      .900
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–3BOS
      W
      game 21/823
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA59:54TOIW
      .893
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 827 of 21 started
      5
      wins
      .882
      SV%
      3.5
      GAA
      PHI
      13-5-3W-L-OT29Points
      2nd in the Atlantic·5th in the Eastern Conference·10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYI4–2PHI
      L
      game 22/822
      His night
      .850SV%
      17SV20SA3GA59:30TOIL
      .850
      View the game
    • December 2005
    • The game
      PHI3–4NSH
      L
      game 25/821
      His night
      .906SV%
      29SV32SA3GA65:00TOI
      .906
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY0–1PHI
      W
      game 26/823
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      28SV28SA0GA65:00TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    Milestone

    Antero Niittymaki records his first NHL shutout

    in the game against Calgary Flames · December 6

    • The game
      EDM3–2PHI
      L
      game 27/821
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA59:05TOIL
      .893
      View the game
    • The game
      MIN2–3PHI
      W
      game 28/823
      His night
      .920SV%
      23SV25SA2GA59:35TOIW
      .920
      View the game
    • The game
      VAN5–4PHI
      L
      game 30/826
      His night
      .833SV%in relief
      5SV6SA1GA10:41TOIL
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–2STL
      W
      game 31/822
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA60:00TOIW
      .935
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF2–1PHI
      L
      game 32/823
      His night
      .964SV%
      27SV28SA1GA65:00TOI
      .964
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT3–4PHI
      W
      game 33/823
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .893
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–4PIT
      W
      game 34/822
      His night
      .846SV%
      22SV26SA4GA60:00TOIW
      .846
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–2FLA
      W
      game 35/822
      His night
      .944SV%
      34SV36SA2GA64:48TOIW
      .944
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–3ATL
      W
      game 36/823
      His night
      .903SV%
      28SV31SA3GA60:13TOIW
      .903
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–3CAR
      W
      game 37/824
      His night
      .893SV%
      25SV28SA3GA61:26TOIW
      .893
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–4WSH
      L
      game 38/822
      His night
      .935SV%
      43SV46SA3GA65:00TOI
      .935
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–0BOS
      W
      game 39/823
      His night
      1.000SV%SHUTOUT
      27SV27SA0GA59:53TOIW
      SHUTOUT
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–3NYR
      W
      game 40/823
      His night
      .912SV%
      31SV34SA3GA60:07TOIW
      .912
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–1WSH
      W
      game 41/822
      His night
      .958SV%
      23SV24SA1GA59:38TOIW
      .958
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8223 of 41 started
      16
      wins
      NHL#8
      .910
      SV%
      NHL#13
      2.6
      GAA
      NHL#11
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#5
      PHI
      27-8-6W-L-OT60Points
      1st in the Atlantic·1st in the Eastern Conference·1st in the whole NHL
    • The game
      PHI0–3NJD
      L
      game 42/823
      His night
      .813SV%
      13SV16SA3GA60:00TOIL
      .813
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI5–2CHI
      W
      game 43/823
      His night
      .857SV%
      12SV14SA2GA59:54TOIW
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–6DET
      L
      game 44/828
      His night
      .854SV%
      35SV41SA6GA59:56TOIL
      .854
      View the game
    • The game
      COL4–3PHI
      L
      game 45/822
      His night
      .882SV%
      30SV34SA4GA63:34TOI
      .882
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR4–3PHI
      L
      game 46/823
      His night
      .864SV%
      19SV22SA3GA65:00TOI
      .864
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS5–2PHI
      L
      game 47/822
      His night
      .722SV%
      13SV18SA5GA59:45TOIL
      .722
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT2–4PHI
      W
      game 49/822
      His night
      .923SV%
      24SV26SA2GA59:54TOIW
      .923
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL6–0PHI
      L
      game 51/822
      His night
      .800SV%
      24SV30SA6GA59:58TOIL
      .800
      View the game
    • February 2006
    • The game
      PHI0–5MTL
      L
      game 55/82
      His night
      .861SV%
      31SV36SA5GA60:00TOIL
      .861
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–3OTT
      L
      game 58/821
      His night
      .955SV%in relief
      21SV22SA1GA45:09TOIL
      in relief
      View the game
    • March 2006
    • The game
      NYR6–1PHI
      L
      game 60/822
      His night
      .842SV%in relief
      16SV19SA3GA35:21TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI2–4NYI
      L
      game 61/821
      His night
      .880SV%
      22SV25SA3GA59:17TOIL
      .880
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8233 of 62 started
      18
      wins
      NHL#19
      .894
      SV%
      NHL#21
      3.0
      GAA
      NHL#18
      2
      shutouts
      NHL#11
      PHI
      34-18-10W-L-OT78Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Atlantic·5th in the Eastern Conference·7th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      CAR2–3PHI
      W
      game 63/822
      His night
      .935SV%
      29SV31SA2GA64:36TOIW
      .935
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF6–5PHI
      L
      game 64/822
      His night
      .846SV%
      33SV39SA6GA60:00TOIL
      .846
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI4–2ATL
      W
      game 68/821
      His night
      .926SV%
      25SV27SA2GA59:56TOIW
      .926
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD1–2PHI
      W
      game 69/821
      His night
      .955SV%
      21SV22SA1GA59:55TOIW
      .955
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT3–6PHI
      W
      game 71/822
      His night
      .917SV%
      33SV36SA3GA60:00TOIW
      .917
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–2PHI
      L
      game 72/823
      His night
      .885SV%
      23SV26SA3GA59:17TOIL
      .885
      View the game
    • April 2006
    • The game
      NJD4–1PHI
      L
      game 73/822
      His night
      .871SV%
      27SV31SA4GA60:00TOIL
      .871
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR5–2PHI
      L
      game 77/822
      His night
      .857SV%
      24SV28SA4GA59:48TOIL
      .857
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR1–4PHI
      W
      game 80/822
      His night
      .962SV%
      25SV26SA1GA60:00TOIW
      .962
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI1–5NJD
      L
      game 81/82
      His night
      .750SV%in relief
      6SV8SA2GA37:36TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Antero Niittymaki closes the 2005-2006 season with 23 wins

    PHIPhiladelphia Flyers
    Wins
    23
    Games
    46of 82
    56%
    Shutouts
    2
    SV%
    .895
    GAA
    2.97
    Starts
    42
    Events
    23
    career best in wins
    2
    career best in shutouts
    1
    First NHL shutout
    3×
    First star
    4×
    Second star
    4×
    Third star
    5 i rad
    straight wins
    6 days later
    Playoffs

    Philadelphia Flyers are in the playoffs

    First round

    Philadelphia Flyers meet Buffalo Sabres

    PHIvsBUF
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    View the whole round
    • Game 2
      PHI2–8BUF
      L
      2
      His night
      .833SV%in relief
      15SV18SA3GA40:00TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    • May 2006
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 6
      BUF7–1PHI
      L
      2
      His night
      .818SV%in relief
      9SV11SA2GA32:41TOI
      in relief
      View the game
    First round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–2

    PHI2–4BUF
    Eliminated
    2Games0Wins.828SV%4.1GAA
    The run in numbers

    Antero Niittymaki ends the 2005-2006 playoffs with 0 wins

    PHIPhiladelphia Flyers
    Wins
    0
    Games
    2
    Shutouts
    0
    SV%
    .828
    GAA
    4.13
    Starts
    0
    BUF2–4