2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning season
2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning | |
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Division | 2nd Southeast |
Conference | 7th Eastern |
2006–07 record | 44–33–5 |
Home record | 22–18–1 |
Road record | 22–15–4 |
Goals for | 253 |
Goals against | 261 |
Team information | |
General manager | Jay Feaster |
Coach | John Tortorella |
Captain | Tim Taylor |
Alternate captains | Vincent Lecavalier Brad Richards |
Arena | St. Pete Times Forum |
Average attendance | 19,833 |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Vincent Lecavalier (52) |
Assists | Martin St. Louis (59) |
Points | Vincent Lecavalier (108) |
Penalty minutes | Andre Roy (128) |
Plus/minus | Nikita Alexeev (+10) |
Wins | Johan Holmqvist (27) |
Goals against average | Johan Holmqvist (2.85) |
The 2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 15th National Hockey League season in Tampa, Florida. The Lightning hoped to rebound from their disappointing first round exit in 2005–06. After head coach John Tortorella ripped his goaltenders during the 2006 playoffs,[1] the Lightning pinned their hopes on Marc Denis, acquired from the Columbus Blue Jackets during the off-season.
Two Lightning players represented the Eastern Conference at the 55th National Hockey League All-Star Game in Dallas: Martin St. Louis scored a goal in the game, while Vincent Lecavalier recorded an assist.[2]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]No. | CR | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 3 | Atlanta Thrashers | 82 | 43 | 28 | 11 | 246 | 245 | 97 |
2 | 7 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 44 | 33 | 5 | 253 | 261 | 93 |
3 | 11 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 40 | 34 | 8 | 241 | 253 | 88 |
4 | 12 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 35 | 31 | 16 | 247 | 257 | 86 |
5 | 14 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 235 | 286 | 70 |
Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.
R | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | P - Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 308 | 242 | 113 |
2 | Y - New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 49 | 24 | 9 | 216 | 201 | 107 |
3 | Y - Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 43 | 28 | 11 | 246 | 245 | 97 |
4 | X - Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 288 | 222 | 105 |
5 | X - Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 47 | 24 | 11 | 277 | 246 | 105 |
6 | X - New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 42 | 30 | 10 | 242 | 216 | 94 |
7 | X - Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 44 | 33 | 5 | 253 | 261 | 93 |
8 | X - New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 248 | 240 | 92 |
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9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 258 | 269 | 91 |
10 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 42 | 34 | 6 | 245 | 256 | 90 |
11 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 40 | 34 | 8 | 241 | 253 | 88 |
12 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 35 | 31 | 16 | 247 | 257 | 86 |
13 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 35 | 41 | 6 | 219 | 289 | 76 |
14 | Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 235 | 286 | 70 |
15 | Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 22 | 48 | 12 | 214 | 303 | 56 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast |
P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
Playoffs
[edit]Tampa Bay ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Eastern Conference's seventh seed.
Schedule and results
[edit]Regular season
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October: 5–6–0 (home: 3–4–0; road: 2–2–0)
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November: 8–5–2 (home: 4–3–0; road: 4–2–2)
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December: 5–8–0 (home: 3–4–0; road: 2–4–0)
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January: 9–4–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 7–2–0)
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February: 9–2–2 (home: 6–1–1; road: 3–1–1)
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March: 7–7–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 4–4–0)
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April: 1–1–1 (home: 0–1–0; road: 1–0–1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) New Jersey Devils – Devils win 4–2
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Legend:
Win Loss |
Player statistics
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
4 | Vincent Lecavalier | C | 82 | 52 | 56 | 108 | 2 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
26 | Martin St. Louis | RW | 82 | 43 | 59 | 102 | 7 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
19 | Brad Richards | C | 82 | 25 | 45 | 70 | −19 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −4 | 6 |
22 | Dan Boyle | D | 82 | 20 | 43 | 63 | −5 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
20 | Vaclav Prospal | C | 82 | 14 | 41 | 55 | −24 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
71 | Filip Kuba | D | 81 | 15 | 22 | 37 | −9 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
9 | Eric Perrin | C | 82 | 13 | 23 | 36 | −7 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 2 |
17 | Ruslan Fedotenko | LW | 80 | 12 | 20 | 32 | −3 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 |
54 | Paul Ranger | D | 72 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 5 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
34 | Ryan Craig | C | 72 | 14 | 13 | 27 | −11 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 12 |
15 | Nikita Alexeev‡ | RW | 63 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
21 | Cory Sarich | D | 82 | 0 | 15 | 15 | −6 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Doug Janik | D | 75 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −11 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
74 | Nick Tarnasky | C | 77 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −6 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 10 |
24 | Andreas Karlsson | C | 53 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −4 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
16 | Jason Ward† | RW | 17 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −11 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −6 | 6 |
44 | Nolan Pratt | D | 81 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 |
29 | Dmitry Afanasenkov‡ | LW | 33 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −6 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
27 | Tim Taylor | C | 71 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −5 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
49 | Blair Jones | C | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
36 | Andre Roy† | RW | 51 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 116 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
40 | Johan Holmqvist | G | 48 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
7 | Luke Richardson | D | 27 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
55 | Shane O'Brien† | D | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −8 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 12 |
30 | Marc Denis | G | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
31 | Karri Ramo | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
61 | Karl Stewart† | LW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
56 | Kyle Wanvig† | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
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GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
40 | Johan Holmqvist | 48 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 1134 | 121 | 2.85 | .893 | 1 | 2548 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 168 | 18 | 2.92 | .893 | 0 | 370 |
30 | Marc Denis | 44 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 1068 | 125 | 3.19 | .883 | 1 | 2353 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | Karri Ramo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 3.45 | .826 | 0 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
[edit]Awards
[edit]Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy | Vincent Lecavalier | [6] |
NHL Second All-Star Team | Dan Boyle (Defense) | [7] | |
Vincent Lecavalier (Center) | |||
Martin St. Louis (Right Wing) | |||
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Vincent Lecavalier | [8] |
Martin St. Louis | |||
NHL First Star of the Week | Martin St. Louis (November 26) | [9] | |
NHL Second Star of the Week | Vincent Lecavalier (December 10) | [9] | |
NHL Third Star of the Month | Vincent Lecavalier (March) | [10] | |
NHL Second Star of the Week | Vincent Lecavalier (December 24) | [9] | |
Brad Richards (February 25) | |||
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Paul Ranger | [11] |
Milestones
[edit]Vincent Lecavalier reached 50 goals in a single season and becomes the highest, single-season goal scorer in Lightning history, surpassing Brian Bradley's previous record of 42 goals in a single season.
Transactions
[edit]The Lightning were involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season.[12][13]
Trades
[edit]June 30, 2006 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Marc Denis |
To Columbus Blue Jackets Fredrik Modin Fredrik Norrena |
July 2, 2006 | To Tampa Bay Lightning 4th round pick in 2008 |
To Dallas Stars Darryl Sydor |
November 9, 2006 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Daniel Corso |
To Philadelphia Flyers Darren Reid |
February 1, 2007 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Kyle Wanvig Stephen Baby |
To Atlanta Thrashers Andy Delmore Andre Deveaux |
February 24, 2007 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Shane O'Brien 3rd round pick in 2007 |
To Anaheim Ducks Gerald Coleman 1st round picks in 2007 |
February 27, 2007 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Karl Stewart 6th round pick in 2007 |
To Chicago Blackhawks Nikita Alexeev |
Free agents
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Waivers
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Draft picks
[edit]Tampa's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[14] The Lightning picked 15th overall. Through a series of trades, Tampa had only four picks at this draft.
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/junior/club team (league) |
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1 | 15 | Riku Helenius (G) | Finland | Ilves (SM-liiga) |
3 | 78 | Kevin Quick (D) | United States | Salisbury (USHS-CN) |
6 | 168 | Dane Crowley (D) | Canada | Swift Current Broncos (WHL) |
7 | 198 | Denis Kazionov (LW) | Russia | HC MVD Tver (Russian Superleague) |
Farm teams
[edit]The Falcons are the Lightning's top affiliate in the American Hockey League for the third year.
The Chiefs are Tampa Bay's ECHL affiliate for the 2006–07 season.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- "Tampa Bay Lightning 2006-07 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
- "2006-07 Tampa Bay Lightning Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
- ^ McKenzie, Bob, Grahame thrown under the bus, tsn.ca, April 28, 2006, Accessed February 6, 2007.
- ^ 2007 All Star Game box score, espn.com, accessed February 6, 2007.
- ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
- ^ "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ a b "2006-07 Tampa Bay Lightning Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ "Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2007". NHL.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
- ^ a b c "NHL Three Stars of the Week". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
- ^ "NHL Three Stars of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
- ^ "2006-07 NHL Young Stars Rosters". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
- ^ NHL Insider – Offseason Trades[permanent dead link], nhl.com, accessed December 2, 2006.
- ^ NHL Insider – Free Agent Signings[permanent dead link], nhl.com, accessed December 2, 2006.
- ^ "2006 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.