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Tim Connolly's 2005-2006 season

Points
55
NHL#100
Goals
16
NHL#159
Assists
39
NHL#68
Plus/minus
+5
NHL#166
Games
63
76%
76% of 82

Centre Tim Connolly was 24 years old when the 2005-2006 season began, his 5th in the NHL, and played it for Buffalo Sabres. He played 63 of a possible 82 games and scored 16 goals and 39 assists for 55 points, 0.87 points per game. In the playoffs he played 8 games for 11 points.

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

2005-2006Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Tim Connolly plays the 2005-2006 season for Buffalo Sabres

    Tim was 24 years old when the 2005-2006 season began. It was his 3rd season with the team. His 5th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYI4–6BUF
      W
      game 1/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-5SOG17:31TOI
    • The game
      BOS1–4BUF
      W
      game 2/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG16:45TOI
    • The game
      BUF0–5OTT
      L
      game 3/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG15:35TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–3BUF
      W
      game 4/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG20:02TOI
      +1 assist
    Milestone

    Tim Connolly reaches 100 career assists

    in the game against Pittsburgh Penguins · October 10

    • The game
      BUF4–3TBL
      W
      game 5/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:01TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–3FLA
      L
      game 6/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:58TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–3BOS
      W
      game 7/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP13:41TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR1–3BUF
      W
      game 8/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:35TOI
    • The game
      WSH3–2BUF
      L
      game 9/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:08TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–3NJD
      L
      game 10/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:54TOI
    • The game
      BUF6–4NYI
      W
      game 11/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      -1+/-2SOG2PPP16:20TOI
      +2 points
    • November 2005
    • The game
      OTT10–4BUF
      L
      game 12/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG19:02TOI
    • The game
      MTL3–2BUF
      L
      game 13/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG14:44TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–3MTL
      L
      game 14/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG18:41TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CAR5–3BUF
      L
      game 15/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG16:08TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      TOR2–5BUF
      W
      game 16/824
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +2+/-2SOG1PPP18:00TOI
      +3 points
    Milestone

    Tim Connolly reaches 50 career goals

    in the game against Toronto Maple Leafs · November 11

    • The game
      BUF1–6OTT
      L
      game 17/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:20TOI
    • The game
      NJD1–4BUF
      W
      game 18/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG19:45TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      WSH5–8BUF
      W
      game 19/821
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP19:44TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      BUF3–2BOS
      W
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG20:56TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–2BUF
      L
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG21:22TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      14
      points
      NHL#120
      5
      goals
      NHL#120
      9
      assists
      NHL#111
      BUF
      11-9-1W-L-OT23Points
      4th in the Northeast·8th in the Eastern Conference·17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF4–3NYI
      W
      game 22/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG22:21TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–3BUF
      W
      game 23/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP20:42TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF3–2WSH
      W
      game 24/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG1SHP17:29TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF3–2PIT
      W
      game 25/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:23TOI
    • December 2005
    • The game
      BUF3–2MTL
      W
      game 26/822
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +1+/-2SOG2PPP19:46TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      SJS5–0BUF
      L
      game 27/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG20:18TOI
    • The game
      BUF6–4COL
      W
      game 28/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG1SHP18:28TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      ANA2–3BUF
      W
      game 29/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG17:10TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–2MIN
      W
      game 30/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:27TOI
    • The game
      DAL3–4BUF
      W
      game 31/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG19:13TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF4–3PIT
      W
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG20:43TOI
    • The game
      PIT3–4BUF
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-0SOG1PPP21:08TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF2–1PHI
      W
      game 34/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:16TOI
    • The game
      BUF1–4FLA
      L
      game 35/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG14:40TOI
    • The game
      BUF4–1TBL
      W
      game 36/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG18:30TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–6BUF
      W
      game 37/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP21:01TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF3–4TOR
      L
      game 38/823
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-3SOG2PPP20:28TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      ATL1–4BUF
      W
      game 39/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP20:32TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      FLA2–1BUF
      L
      game 40/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:45TOI
    • The game
      TBL1–3BUF
      W
      game 41/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP18:45TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      33
      points
      NHL#59
      8
      goals
      NHL#156
      25
      assists
      NHL#36
      BUF
      27-12-2W-L-OT56Points
      2nd in the Northeast·4th in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NJD3–2BUF
      L
      game 42/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG14:58TOI
    • The game
      PHX2–1BUF
      L
      game 43/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG22:29TOI
    • The game
      LAK1–10BUF
      W
      game 44/822
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +3+/-2SOG1PPP15:57TOI
      +3 assists
    • The game
      BUF3–1EDM
      W
      game 45/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP19:07TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF1–4VAN
      L
      game 46/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP21:18TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF1–4CGY
      L
      game 47/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:17TOI
    • The game
      BUF2–1NYR
      W
      game 48/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG13:56TOI
    • March 2006
    • The game
      TBL5–8BUF
      W
      game 61/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG14:13TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      BUF6–5PHI
      W
      game 62/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP15:35TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8250 of 62 played
      40
      points
      NHL#122
      9
      goals
      NHL#232
      31
      assists
      NHL#71
      BUF
      41-16-5W-L-OT87Points
      Playoff spot
      2nd in the Northeast·4th in the Eastern Conference·4th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BOS2–6BUF
      W
      game 63/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP14:10TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF6–4WSH
      W
      game 64/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP13:39TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      BOS3–4BUF
      W
      game 72/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG1PPP18:41TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF1–3NJD
      L
      game 73/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG15:32TOI
      +1 goal
    • April 2006
    • The game
      BUF0–7TOR
      L
      game 74/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:20TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–2TOR
      W
      game 75/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG21:01TOI
    • The game
      OTT4–5BUF
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG20:57TOI
    • The game
      PHI4–2BUF
      L
      game 77/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP19:59TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      BUF6–2OTT
      W
      game 78/822
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-4SOG1PPP17:17TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      MTL1–3BUF
      W
      game 79/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP15:12TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      BUF4–2MTL
      W
      game 80/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:43TOI
    • The game
      TOR0–6BUF
      W
      game 81/824
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG19:41TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      BUF4–0CAR
      W
      game 82/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:59TOI
    The season in numbers

    Tim Connolly closes the 2005-2006 season with 55 points

    Points
    55
    NHL#100
    Games
    63of 82
    77%
    Goals
    16
    NHL#159
    Assists
    39
    NHL#68
    P/GP
    0.87
    NHL#62
    +/-
    +5
    NHL#166
    Events
    100
    career assists
    50
    career goals
    4×
    First star
    4×
    Second star
    3×
    Third star
    6 i rad
    games with a point · 9 pts
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Buffalo Sabres are in the playoffs

    First round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Philadelphia Flyers

    BUFvsPHI
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
    • Game 1
      PHI2–3BUF
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-6SOG25:46TOI
      +1 goal
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 2
      PHI2–8BUF
      W
      2
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP20:13TOI
      +2 assists
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–0againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 3
      BUF2–4PHI
      L
      2
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG19:54TOI
      +2 points
    • Buffalo Sabreslead2–1againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 4
      BUF4–5PHI
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG20:48TOI
    • Buffalo Sabresare2–2withPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 5
      PHI0–3BUF
      W
      2
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP15:14TOI
      +2 points
    • May 2006
    • Buffalo Sabreslead3–2againstPhiladelphia Flyers
    • Game 6
      BUF7–1PHI
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG17:51TOI
      +1 assist
    First round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Philadelphia Flyers out 4–2

    BUF4–2PHI
    Advance
    6Games8Points3Goals5Assists
    3 days later
    Second round

    Buffalo Sabres meet Ottawa Senators

    BUFvsOTT
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    Swedes on Ottawa Senators
    • Game 1
      BUF7–6OTT
      W
      2
      His night
      +3P+2G+1A
      +1+/-2SOG2SHP19:47TOI
      +3 points
    • Buffalo Sabreslead1–0againstOttawa Senators
    • Game 2
      BUF2–1OTT
      W
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG00:21TOI
    Second round

    Buffalo Sabres knock Ottawa Senators out 4–1

    BUF4–1OTT
    Advance
    2Games3Points2Goals1Assists
    7 days later
    Conference final

    Buffalo Sabres meet Carolina Hurricanes

    BUFvsCAR
    Swedes on Buffalo Sabres
    Swedes on Carolina Hurricanes
    12 days later
    Conference final

    Carolina Hurricanes knock Buffalo Sabres out 4–3

    BUF3–4CAR
    Eliminated
    He did not play in this round
    The run in numbers

    Tim Connolly ends the 2005-2006 playoffs with 11 points

    Points
    11
    NHL#29
    Games
    8
    Goals
    5
    NHL#21
    Assists
    6
    NHL#34
    P/GP
    1.38
    +/-
    +3
    NHL#31
    Events
    10
    playoff points
    1
    First playoff assist
    1
    First playoff goal
    2×
    Second star
    1×
    Third star
    3 points
    best game
    PHI4–2→OTT4–1→CAR3–4