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Saku Koivu's 2005-2006 season

Points
62
NHL#72
Goals
17
NHL#145
Assists
45
NHL#46
Plus/minus
+1
NHL#285
Games
72
87%
87% of 82

Centre Saku Koivu was 30 years old when the 2005-2006 season began, his 10th in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played 72 of a possible 82 games and scored 17 goals and 45 assists for 62 points, 0.86 points per game. In the playoffs he played 3 games for 2 points.

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

2005-2006Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Saku Koivu plays the 2005-2006 season for Montréal Canadiens

    Saku was 30 years old when the 2005-2006 season began. It was his 10th season with the team. His 10th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      MTL2–1BOS
      W
      game 1/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP17:12TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–3NYR
      W
      game 2/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG18:00TOI
    • The game
      MTL5–4TOR
      W
      game 3/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP20:07TOI
      +2 assists
    Milestone

    Saku Koivu reaches 500 NHL games

    in the game against Toronto Maple Leafs · October 8

    • The game
      OTT4–2MTL
      L
      game 4/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-2SOG18:27TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL2–0ATL
      W
      game 5/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG18:49TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      TOR3–2MTL
      L
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:06TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–4MTL
      W
      game 7/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG21:22TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI3–4MTL
      W
      game 8/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG2PPP20:38TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      PHI2–3MTL
      W
      game 9/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:41TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–4OTT
      L
      game 10/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG21:19TOI
    • The game
      NYR5–2MTL
      L
      game 11/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG16:43TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL4–1NYR
      W
      game 12/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP20:40TOI
      +2 points
    • November 2005
    • The game
      FLA4–5MTL
      W
      game 13/822
      His night
      +3P+3A
      0+/-4SOG2PPP22:19TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      MTL3–2BUF
      W
      game 14/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG21:30TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–3MTL
      W
      game 15/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-2SOG2PPP19:24TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TBL2–3MTL
      W
      game 16/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP20:04TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL2–3PIT
      L
      game 17/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG20:52TOI
    • The game
      TOR5–4MTL
      L
      game 18/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-4SOG20:58TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      FLA3–4MTL
      W
      game 19/822
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP22:52TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      MTL3–5NJD
      L
      game 20/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG18:54TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      WSH5–1MTL
      L
      game 21/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:51TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      25
      points
      NHL#14
      8
      goals
      NHL#42
      17
      assists
      NHL#10
      MTL
      13-5-3W-L-OT29Points
      2nd in the Northeast·4th in the Eastern Conference·5th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      ATL2–3MTL
      W
      game 22/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG24:23TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–3BUF
      L
      game 23/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP18:25TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–4TOR
      L
      game 24/824
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG20:26TOI
    • The game
      MTL0–4OTT
      L
      game 25/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:44TOI
    • December 2005
    • The game
      MTL3–4MIN
      L
      game 31/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-1SOG21:28TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–5CAR
      L
      game 37/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG18:58TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      PIT6–4MTL
      L
      game 38/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG18:02TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–5NJD
      L
      game 39/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG18:07TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      OTT1–4MTL
      W
      game 40/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-2SOG17:53TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL1–2COL
      L
      game 41/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:54TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8231 of 41 played
      31
      points
      NHL#79
      10
      goals
      NHL#117
      21
      assists
      NHL#69
      MTL
      19-16-6W-L-OT44Points
      4th in the Northeast·10th in the Eastern Conference·19th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      SJS2–6MTL
      W
      game 42/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG19:36TOI
    • The game
      DAL2–4MTL
      W
      game 43/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG16:07TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL2–3CGY
      L
      game 44/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP19:48TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      MTL2–6VAN
      L
      game 45/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG15:29TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL3–7CAR
      L
      game 46/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:10TOI
    • The game
      MTL5–3PHI
      W
      game 47/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:27TOI
    • The game
      MTL0–3OTT
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:19TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–3TOR
      W
      game 49/825
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP21:07TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      CAR8–2MTL
      L
      game 50/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG19:35TOI
    • February 2006
    • The game
      MTL1–3BOS
      L
      game 51/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG20:13TOI
    • The game
      BOS0–2MTL
      W
      game 52/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG18:19TOI
    • The game
      PHI0–5MTL
      W
      game 53/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP16:56TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF3–2MTL
      L
      game 54/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:15TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–2BUF
      W
      game 55/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:39TOI
    • The game
      ATL2–1MTL
      L
      game 56/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG18:17TOI
    • The game
      MTL5–3NYI
      W
      game 57/821
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-1SOG2PPP14:25TOI
      +3 assists
    • March 2006
    • The game
      MTL1–0FLA
      W
      game 58/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG17:08TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL6–2TBL
      W
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG13:59TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–5PHI
      L
      game 60/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG16:31TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–5TOR
      L
      game 61/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP16:27TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL3–0BOS
      W
      game 62/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP14:47TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8252 of 62 played
      45
      points
      NHL#88
      14
      goals
      NHL#129
      31
      assists
      NHL#66
      MTL
      30-23-9W-L-OT69Points
      Playoff spot
      3rd in the Northeast·8th in the Eastern Conference·17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR0–1MTL
      W
      game 63/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:38TOI
    • The game
      TBL2–1MTL
      L
      game 64/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:28TOI
    • The game
      CAR5–1MTL
      L
      game 65/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG15:55TOI
    • The game
      PIT5–4MTL
      L
      game 66/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP22:44TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–2WSH
      W
      game 67/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP15:33TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL1–3NYI
      L
      game 68/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG15:35TOI
    • The game
      TOR1–5MTL
      W
      game 69/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG16:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–6MTL
      W
      game 70/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP17:28TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL6–5PIT
      W
      game 71/821
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP15:10TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      NYI0–2MTL
      W
      game 72/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-8SOG17:39TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH2–3MTL
      W
      game 73/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG20:50TOI
      +2 points
    • April 2006
    • The game
      BOS0–2MTL
      W
      game 74/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:09TOI
    • The game
      BOS3–5MTL
      W
      game 75/82
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP16:09TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      MTL5–3OTT
      W
      game 76/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP15:44TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NJD3–2MTL
      L
      game 77/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -2+/-1SOG1PPP20:51TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      OTT2–3MTL
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG16:57TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–3BUF
      L
      game 79/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG17:29TOI
    • The game
      MTL4–3BOS
      W
      game 80/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG15:13TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–2MTL
      L
      game 81/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP18:59TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NJD4–3MTL
      L
      game 82/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG21:53TOI
      +1 assist
    The season in numbers

    Saku Koivu closes the 2005-2006 season with 62 points

    Points
    62
    NHL#72
    Games
    72of 82
    88%
    Goals
    17
    NHL#145
    Assists
    45
    NHL#46
    P/GP
    0.86
    NHL#68
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#285
    Events
    500
    NHL games
    4×
    First star
    4×
    Second star
    5×
    Third star
    5 i rad
    games with a point · 8 pts
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

    First round

    Montréal Canadiens meet Carolina Hurricanes

    MTLvsCAR
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on Carolina Hurricanes
    • Game 1
      MTL6–1CAR
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG13:34TOI
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadienslead1–0againstCarolina Hurricanes
    • Game 2
      MTL6–5CAR
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG23:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • Montréal Canadienslead2–0againstCarolina Hurricanes
    • Game 3
      CAR2–1MTL
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG06:13TOI
    First round

    Carolina Hurricanes knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–2

    MTL2–4CAR
    Eliminated
    3Games2Points0Goals2Assists
    The run in numbers

    Saku Koivu ends the 2005-2006 playoffs with 2 points

    Points
    2
    NHL#149
    Games
    3
    Goals
    0
    NHL#173
    Assists
    2
    NHL#118
    P/GP
    0.67
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#74
    CAR2–4