Regular season and playoffsSJSNYR

Ville Nieminen's 2005-2006 season

Points

NHL#328

Goals

NHL#317

Assists

NHL#319

Plus/minus

NHL#132

Games

83% of 84

Left winger Ville Nieminen was 28 years old when the 2005-2006 season began, his 6th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers och San Jose Sharks. He played 70 of a possible 84 games and scored 8 goals and 16 assists for 24 points, 0.34 points per game. He moved from New York Rangers to San Jose Sharks in March. In the playoffs he played 11 games for 2 points.

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

2005-2006Playoffs

Year 2005
21 years ago
Season opener
October 10
Ville Nieminen opens the 2005-2006 season with New York Rangers
NYRNew York Rangers
Ville was 28 years old when the 2005-2006 season began. It was his first season with the club. His 6th NHL season in all.
- The game
  NYR2–3WSH
  L
  October 10game 4/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG09:56TOI
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- The game
  NJD1–4NYR
  W
  October 13game 5/822
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-1SOG07:23TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  ATL1–5NYR
  W
  October 15game 6/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG10:10TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  FLA0–4NYR
  W
  October 17game 7/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG12:37TOI
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- The game
  NYI3–2NYR
  L
  October 19game 8/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG13:03TOI
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- The game
  NYR4–5NYI
  L
  October 20game 9/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG10:28TOI
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- The game
  NYR1–3BUF
  L
  October 22game 10/823
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG07:21TOI
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- The game
  NYI1–3NYR
  W
  October 27game 11/823
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG05:16TOI
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- The game
  NYR5–2MTL
  W
  October 29game 12/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG13:34TOI
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- The game
  MTL4–1NYR
  L
  October 31game 13/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG06:59TOI
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- November 2005
- The game
  NYR4–2NJD
  W
  November 3game 14/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG12:35TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PIT3–2NYR
  L
  November 7game 16/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG10:12TOI
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- The game
  NYR4–3FLA
  W
  November 9game 17/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG09:58TOI
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- The game
  NYR5–2TBL
  W
  November 10game 18/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG11:50TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR6–1PIT
  W
  November 12game 19/821
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-2SOG1PPP13:11TOI
  +2 assists
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- The game
  NYR1–2TOR
  L
  November 15game 20/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG14:41TOI
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- The game
  NYR1–5CAR
  L
  November 17game 21/824
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG12:52TOI
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- Checkpoint
  November 17
  1/4 into the season
  Game 21 of 8217 of 21 played
  6
  points
  NHL#294
  3
  goals
  NHL#194
  3
  assists
  NHL#337
  NYR
  11-7-3W-L-OT25Points
  1st in the Atlantic·3rd in the Eastern Conference·10th in the whole NHL
- The game
  CAR3–4NYR
  W
  November 19game 22/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG14:13TOI
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- The game
  BOS2–3NYR
  W
  November 20game 23/823
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-6SOG16:05TOI
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR3–2BUF
  W
  November 22game 24/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG13:57TOI
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- The game
  NYR6–3ATL
  W
  November 24game 25/823
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-3SOG13:27TOI
  +2 assists
  View the game
Milestone
Ville Nieminen reaches 100 career points
in the game against Atlanta Thrashers · November 24
- The game
  WSH2–3NYR
  W
  November 26game 26/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG14:13TOI
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- December 2005
- The game
  PIT1–2NYR
  W
  December 1game 27/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG13:08TOI
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- The game
  NYR1–5WSH
  L
  December 3game 28/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG16:02TOI
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- The game
  MIN1–3NYR
  W
  December 5game 29/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG12:52TOI
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- The game
  NYR5–1NSH
  W
  December 8game 31/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG15:00TOI
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- The game
  VAN3–2NYR
  L
  December 13game 33/826
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG08:27TOI
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- The game
  TBL2–4NYR
  W
  December 22game 36/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG12:13TOI
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- The game
  NYR6–2NYI
  W
  December 28game 38/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG09:13TOI
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- The game
  NYR3–4PIT
  L
  December 31game 39/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG07:40TOI
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Year 2006
20 years ago
- The game
  TBL1–0NYR
  L
  January 3game 40/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-5SOG11:14TOI
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- The game
  PHI4–3NYR
  L
  January 5game 41/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG14:58TOI
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- Checkpoint
  January 5
  1/2 into the season
  Game 41 of 8232 of 41 played
  9
  points
  NHL#393
  4
  goals
  NHL#307
  5
  assists
  NHL#416
  NYR
  22-12-7W-L-OT51Points
  2nd in the Atlantic·5th in the Eastern Conference·10th in the whole NHL
- The game
  FLA0–4NYR
  W
  January 7game 42/822
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-2SOG12:21TOI
  +2 points
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- The game
  CGY2–4NYR
  W
  January 10game 43/824
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG11:06TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  EDM4–5NYR
  W
  January 12game 44/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG10:48TOI
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- The game
  NYR3–4DET
  L
  January 14game 45/828
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG13:46TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR3–4CBJ
  L
  January 16game 46/821
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG15:59TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR4–2PIT
  W
  January 19game 47/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG10:37TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR3–2BOS
  W
  January 21game 48/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-6SOG13:18TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NJD1–3NYR
  W
  January 22game 49/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG10:59TOI
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- The game
  BUF2–1NYR
  L
  January 24game 50/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG13:01TOI
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- The game
  PIT1–7NYR
  W
  January 28game 51/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG13:05TOI
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- The game
  PHI3–2NYR
  L
  January 30game 52/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG11:58TOI
  View the game
- February 2006
- The game
  PIT1–3NYR
  W
  February 1game 53/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG09:33TOI
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- The game
  OTT1–5NYR
  W
  February 8game 56/823
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG1SHP10:31TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  TOR2–4NYR
  W
  February 10game 57/825
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG08:29TOI
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- March 2006
- The game
  NYR6–1PHI
  W
  March 2game 59/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG10:06TOI
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- The game
  NYR1–2NJD
  L
  March 4game 60/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG08:10TOI
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- Checkpoint
  March 4
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8248 of 62 played
  17
  points
  NHL#345
  5
  goals
  NHL#353
  12
  assists
  NHL#313
  NYR
  36-17-9W-L-OT81Points
  Playoff spot
  1st in the Atlantic·3rd in the Eastern Conference·6th in the whole NHL
- The game
  EDM2–5SJS
  W
  March 9game 61/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG15:21TOI
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- The game
  NSH2–3SJS
  W
  March 11game 62/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG15:39TOI
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- Checkpoint
  March 11
  3/4 into the season
  Game 62 of 8250 of 62 played
  17
  points
  NHL#354
  5
  goals
  NHL#358
  12
  assists
  NHL#324
  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
  March 13game 63/823
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG17:03TOI
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- The game
  STL2–5SJS
  W
  March 16game 64/822
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG16:21TOI
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- The game
  DAL4–3SJS
  L
  March 18game 65/821
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-3SOG17:41TOI
  +2 points
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- The game
  COL5–6SJS
  W
  March 19game 66/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG17:16TOI
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- The game
  SJS6–0STL
  W
  March 21game 67/822
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG16:04TOI
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- The game
  SJS0–4DET
  L
  March 23game 68/828
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG15:49TOI
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- The game
  SJS5–1MIN
  W
  March 25game 69/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG17:43TOI
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- The game
  SJS5–4CHI
  W
  March 26game 70/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG14:02TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  SJS1–4CBJ
  L
  March 28game 71/821
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG11:50TOI
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- The game
  PHX5–2SJS
  L
  March 30game 72/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG15:52TOI
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- April 2006
- The game
  PHX4–3SJS
  L
  April 1game 73/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG15:40TOI
  +1 assist
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- The game
  SJS3–2DAL
  W
  April 3game 74/821
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG1SHP19:42TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  SJS2–1COL
  W
  April 5game 75/821
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG15:01TOI
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- The game
  SJS5–0LAK
  W
  April 6game 76/822
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG17:46TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  DAL1–4SJS
  W
  April 9game 77/822
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG09:20TOI
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- The game
  SJS3–2PHX
  W
  April 10game 78/822
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG16:25TOI
  View the game
- The game
  SJS5–4VAN
  W
  April 12game 79/825
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG12:17TOI
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- The game
  VAN3–5SJS
  W
  April 13game 80/825
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-2SOG13:17TOI
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  ANA3–6SJS
  W
  April 15game 81/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG15:31TOI
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- The game
  LAK4–0SJS
  L
  April 17game 82/823
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG12:47TOI
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The season in numbers
April 17
Ville Nieminen closes the 2005-2006 season with 24 points
NYRNew York Rangers SJSSan Jose Sharks
Points
24
NHL#328
Games
70of 82
85%
Goals
8
NHL#317
Assists
16
NHL#319
P/GP
0.34
NHL#354
+/-
+7
NHL#132
Events
16
career best in assists
100
career points
2×
Second star
1×
Third star
4 i rad
games with a point · 4 pts
4 days later
Playoffs
April 21
San Jose Sharks are in the playoffs
First round
April 21
San Jose Sharks meet Nashville Predators
SJSvsNSH
Swedes on San Jose Sharks
Nisse Ekman
Swedes on Nashville Predators
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  SJS3–4NSH
  L
  April 211
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG13:23TOI
  +1 assist
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- Nashville Predatorslead1–0againstSan Jose Sharks
- Game 2
  SJS3–0NSH
  W
  April 231
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG12:59TOI
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- San Jose Sharksare1–1withNashville Predators
- Game 3
  NSH1–4SJS
  W
  April 251
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG14:14TOI
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- San Jose Sharkslead2–1againstNashville Predators
- Game 4
  NSH4–5SJS
  W
  April 271
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG11:40TOI
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- San Jose Sharkslead3–1againstNashville Predators
- Game 5
  SJS2–1NSH
  W
  April 301
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG15:37TOI
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First round
April 30
San Jose Sharks knock Nashville Predators out 4–1
SJS4–1NSH
Advance
5Games1Points0Goals1Assists
7 days later
Second round
May 7
San Jose Sharks meet Edmonton Oilers
SJSvsEDM
Swedes on San Jose Sharks
Nisse Ekman
Swedes on Edmonton Oilers
Dick Tärnström
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- Game 1
  EDM1–2SJS
  W
  May 72
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG14:31TOI
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- San Jose Sharkslead1–0againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 2
  EDM1–2SJS
  W
  May 81
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG14:44TOI
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- San Jose Sharkslead2–0againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 3
  SJS2–3EDM
  L
  May 101
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG26:47TOI
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- San Jose Sharkslead2–1againstEdmonton Oilers
- Game 4
  SJS3–6EDM
  L
  May 121
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG15:13TOI
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- San Jose Sharksare2–2withEdmonton Oilers
- Game 5
  EDM6–3SJS
  L
  May 141
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP13:33TOI
  +1 assist
  View the game
- Edmonton Oilerslead3–2againstSan Jose Sharks
- Game 6
  SJS0–2EDM
  L
  May 171
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG19:28TOI
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Second round
May 17
Edmonton Oilers knock San Jose Sharks out 4–2
SJS2–4EDM
Eliminated
6Games1Points0Goals1Assists
The run in numbers
May 17
Ville Nieminen ends the 2005-2006 playoffs with 2 points
NYRNew York Rangers SJSSan Jose Sharks
Points
2
NHL#149
Games
11
Goals
0
NHL#173
Assists
2
NHL#118
P/GP
0.18
NHL#106
+/-
-1
NHL#174
Events
50
playoff games
2×
Third star
NSH4–1→EDM2–4

Ville Nieminen opens the 2005-2006 season with New York Rangers

1/4 into the season

Ville Nieminen reaches 100 career points

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

3/4 into the season

Ville Nieminen closes the 2005-2006 season with 24 points

San Jose Sharks are in the playoffs

San Jose Sharks meet Nashville Predators

San Jose Sharks knock Nashville Predators out 4–1

San Jose Sharks meet Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers knock San Jose Sharks out 4–2

Ville Nieminen ends the 2005-2006 playoffs with 2 points