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Joe Thornton's 2005-2006 season

Points
125
NHL#1
Goals
29
NHL#48
Assists
96
NHL#1
Plus/minus
+31
NHL#6
Games
81
95%
95% of 85

Centre Joe Thornton was 26 years old when the 2005-2006 season began, his 8th in the NHL, and played it for Boston Bruins och San Jose Sharks. He played 81 of a possible 85 games and scored 29 goals and 96 assists for 125 points, 1.54 points per game. He moved from Boston Bruins to San Jose Sharks in December. In the playoffs he played 11 games for 9 points. He won Art Ross Trophy, the first since Peter Forsberg in 2003. He also won Hart Memorial Trophy, the first since Peter Forsberg in 2003.

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

2005-2006Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Joe Thornton opens the 2005-2006 season with Boston Bruins

    Joe was 26 years old when the 2005-2006 season began. It was his 8th season with the team. His 8th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      MTL2–1BOS
      L
      game 1/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:23TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–4BUF
      L
      game 2/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG21:25TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS7–6PIT
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP23:37TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      BOS4–2TBL
      W
      game 4/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG18:12TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–3BOS
      L
      game 8/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-6SOG1PPP22:17TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PIT3–6BOS
      W
      game 9/822
      His night
      +4P+2G+2A
      +1+/-8SOG3PPP18:42TOI
      +4 points
    • The game
      BOS4–5TOR
      L
      game 10/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-5SOG26:58TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BOS3–4CAR
      L
      game 11/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG22:54TOI
    • The game
      TOR1–2BOS
      W
      game 12/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG21:11TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD5–4BOS
      L
      game 13/821
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +3+/-2SOG22:26TOI
      +4 points
    • November 2005
    • The game
      BOS3–4NYI
      L
      game 14/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG23:01TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      FLA1–4BOS
      W
      game 15/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG18:44TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PIT3–6BOS
      W
      game 16/821
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG2PPP17:53TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      BOS3–4PHI
      L
      game 17/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-7SOG1PPP23:57TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      OTT5–2BOS
      L
      game 18/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG1SHP22:05TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–5NYI
      L
      game 19/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-4SOG23:38TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR4–1BOS
      L
      game 20/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG20:12TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–2BOS
      L
      game 21/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP21:30TOI
      +1 goal
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 8218 of 21 played
      28
      points
      NHL#12
      8
      goals
      NHL#42
      20
      assists
      NHL#5
      BOS
      7-9-5W-L-OT19Points
      5th in the Northeast·11th in the Eastern Conference·22nd in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS2–3NYR
      L
      game 22/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG20:39TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS5–1TOR
      W
      game 23/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP19:29TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI5–3BOS
      L
      game 24/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-2SOG22:24TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BOS2–4OTT
      L
      game 25/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG22:38TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BOS2–3NJD
      L
      game 26/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP20:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • December 2005
    • The game
      SJS5–0BUF
      W
      game 25/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP19:33TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      SJS5–4TOR
      W
      game 26/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP21:19TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      ATL3–5SJS
      W
      game 27/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-4SOG2PPP18:21TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      FLA2–6SJS
      W
      game 28/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP20:30TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CAR3–4SJS
      W
      game 29/823
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +2+/-3SOG1PPP21:03TOI
      +4 points
    • The game
      WSH1–4SJS
      W
      game 30/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG19:31TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      SJS4–5ANA
      L
      game 31/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-3SOG20:12TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ANA2–4SJS
      W
      game 32/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP19:11TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS1–2PHX
      L
      game 33/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG21:52TOI
    • The game
      STL2–1SJS
      L
      game 34/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG23:30TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–4LAK
      L
      game 35/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP16:58TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHX5–4SJS
      L
      game 36/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG23:20TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL2–5SJS
      W
      game 37/822
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-4SOG1PPP21:41TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      CBJ3–6SJS
      W
      game 38/822
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      +3+/-3SOG1PPP22:52TOI
      +4 points
    • The game
      LAK2–3SJS
      W
      game 39/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP20:51TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS6–2BOS
      W
      game 40/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG02:31TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–0OTT
      W
      game 41/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-6SOG21:01TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8240 of 41 played
      60
      points
      NHL#4
      15
      goals
      NHL#52
      45
      assists
      NHL#1
      SJS
      20-16-5W-L-OT45Points
      3rd in the Pacific·9th in the Western Conference·16th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      SJS2–6MTL
      L
      game 42/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP22:43TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TBL1–3SJS
      W
      game 43/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG19:18TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      EDM3–2SJS
      L
      game 44/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP23:14TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS4–3LAK
      W
      game 45/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP28:34TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      LAK1–4SJS
      W
      game 46/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG20:03TOI
    • The game
      ANA2–0SJS
      L
      game 47/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG25:25TOI
    • The game
      SJS2–6PHX
      L
      game 48/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG19:49TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS2–3DAL
      L
      game 49/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG24:15TOI
      +1 assist
    • February 2006
    • The game
      SJS6–4ANA
      W
      game 50/824
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +3+/-4SOG1PPP22:15TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      MIN3–2SJS
      L
      game 51/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG20:45TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      ANA2–0SJS
      L
      game 52/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-5SOG21:56TOI
    • The game
      CGY4–3SJS
      L
      game 53/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -2+/-3SOG2PPP24:18TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      CHI1–2SJS
      W
      game 54/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG21:24TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      DAL3–6SJS
      W
      game 55/822
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP19:49TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      SJS5–4PHX
      W
      game 56/822
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP22:58TOI
      +3 points
    Milestone

    Joe Thornton reaches 500 career points

    in the game against Phoenix Coyotes · February 12

    • The game
      DET1–5SJS
      W
      game 57/824
      His night
      +4P+1G+3A
      0+/-3SOG4PPP20:17TOI
      +4 points
    • March 2006
    • The game
      SJS2–3EDM
      L
      game 58/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG21:22TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS0–2CGY
      L
      game 59/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG25:19TOI
    • The game
      SJS4–5ANA
      L
      game 60/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP22:42TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      EDM2–5SJS
      W
      game 61/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG22:21TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NSH2–3SJS
      W
      game 62/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP28:18TOI
      +2 assists
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8261 of 62 played
      92
      points
      NHL#1
      25
      goals
      NHL#29
      67
      assists
      NHL#1
      SJS
      30-23-9W-L-OT69Points
      4th in the Pacific·10th in the Western Conference·18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      LAK3–4SJS
      W
      game 63/823
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-7SOG1SHP23:24TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      STL2–5SJS
      W
      game 64/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG19:00TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      DAL4–3SJS
      L
      game 65/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG23:15TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL5–6SJS
      W
      game 66/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG21:27TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS6–0STL
      W
      game 67/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +3+/-3SOG19:04TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      SJS0–4DET
      L
      game 68/828
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:18TOI
    • The game
      SJS5–1MIN
      W
      game 69/823
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP20:23TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      SJS5–4CHI
      W
      game 70/822
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP21:13TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      SJS1–4CBJ
      L
      game 71/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG22:47TOI
    • The game
      PHX5–2SJS
      L
      game 72/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-6SOG23:07TOI
    • April 2006
    • The game
      PHX4–3SJS
      L
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG23:58TOI
    • The game
      SJS3–2DAL
      W
      game 74/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-1SOG1PPP24:19TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS2–1COL
      W
      game 75/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG21:28TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      SJS5–0LAK
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-1SOG2PPP18:55TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      DAL1–4SJS
      W
      game 77/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP20:03TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      SJS3–2PHX
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG2PPP20:13TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      SJS5–4VAN
      W
      game 79/825
      His night
      +4P+4A
      +3+/-1SOG1PPP19:53TOI
      +4 assists
    • The game
      VAN3–5SJS
      W
      game 80/825
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-4SOG2PPP21:00TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      ANA3–6SJS
      W
      game 81/823
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-1SOG2PPP18:16TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      LAK4–0SJS
      L
      game 82/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG20:11TOI
    The season in numbers

    Joe Thornton closes the 2005-2006 season with 125 points

    Points
    125
    NHL#1
    Games
    81of 82
    99%
    Goals
    29
    NHL#48
    Assists
    96
    NHL#1
    P/GP
    1.54
    NHL#1
    +/-
    +31
    NHL#6
    Events
    125
    career best in points
    96
    career best in assists
    500
    career points
    10×
    First star
    11×
    Second star
    8×
    Third star
    14 i rad
    games with a point · 22 pts
    5 i rad
    games with a goal
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    San Jose Sharks are in the playoffs

    First round

    San Jose Sharks meet Nashville Predators

    SJSvsNSH
    Swedes on San Jose Sharks
    Swedes on Nashville Predators
    No Swedes
    • Game 1
      SJS3–4NSH
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP23:33TOI
      +1 assist
    • Nashville Predatorslead1–0againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 2
      SJS3–0NSH
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:33TOI
    • San Jose Sharksare1–1withNashville Predators
    • Game 3
      NSH1–4SJS
      W
      1
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG24:44TOI
    • San Jose Sharkslead2–1againstNashville Predators
    • Game 4
      NSH4–5SJS
      W
      1
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-2SOG2PPP26:04TOI
      +2 assists
    • San Jose Sharkslead3–1againstNashville Predators
    • Game 5
      SJS2–1NSH
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP24:04TOI
      +1 assist
    First round

    San Jose Sharks knock Nashville Predators out 4–1

    SJS4–1NSH
    Advance
    He did not play in this round
    7 days later
    Second round

    San Jose Sharks meet Edmonton Oilers

    SJSvsEDM
    Swedes on San Jose Sharks
    Swedes on Edmonton Oilers
    • Game 1
      EDM1–2SJS
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG22:48TOI
    • San Jose Sharkslead1–0againstEdmonton Oilers
    • Game 2
      EDM1–2SJS
      W
      1
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP23:23TOI
      +1 goal
    • San Jose Sharkslead2–0againstEdmonton Oilers
    • Game 3
      SJS2–3EDM
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG37:01TOI
      +1 assist
    • San Jose Sharkslead2–1againstEdmonton Oilers
    • Game 4
      SJS3–6EDM
      L
      1
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG23:39TOI
      +2 points
    • San Jose Sharksare2–2withEdmonton Oilers
    • Game 5
      EDM6–3SJS
      L
      1
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG23:47TOI
      +1 assist
    • Edmonton Oilerslead3–2againstSan Jose Sharks
    • Game 6
      SJS0–2EDM
      L
      1
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-5SOG24:58TOI
    Second round

    Edmonton Oilers knock San Jose Sharks out 4–2

    SJS2–4EDM
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Joe Thornton ends the 2005-2006 playoffs with 9 points

    Points
    9
    NHL#40
    Games
    11
    Goals
    2
    NHL#64
    Assists
    7
    NHL#28
    P/GP
    0.82
    NHL#21
    +/-
    -4
    NHL#300
    Events
    25
    playoff points
    4 i rad
    games with a point
    2 points
    best game
    NSH4–1→EDM2–4
    Honours

    Joe Thornton won Art Ross Trophy and Hart Memorial Trophy for 2005-2006