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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.
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) |
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]
Tim Taylor was named the eighth captain in franchise history on September 6, 2006.[3]
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
Tampa Bay ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Eastern Conference's seventh seed.
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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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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (2) New Jersey Devils – Devils win 4–2
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Legend:
Win Loss |
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy | Vincent Lecavalier | [7] |
NHL Second All-Star Team | Dan Boyle (Defense) | [8] | |
Vincent Lecavalier (Center) | |||
Martin St. Louis (Right Wing) | |||
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Vincent Lecavalier | [9] |
Martin St. Louis | |||
NHL First Star of the Week | Martin St. Louis (November 26) | [10] | |
NHL Second Star of the Week | Vincent Lecavalier (December 10) | [10] | |
NHL Third Star of the Month | Vincent Lecavalier (March) | [11] | |
NHL Second Star of the Week | Vincent Lecavalier (December 24) | [10] | |
Brad Richards (February 25) | |||
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Paul Ranger | [12] |
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.[13]
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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First game | Blair Jones | November 20, 2006 | [14] |
Karri Ramo | December 2, 2006 |
The Lightning were involved in the following transactions from June 20, 2006, the day after the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 6, 2007, the day of the deciding game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals.[15]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 30, 2006 | To Tampa Bay Lightning |
To Columbus Blue Jackets |
[16] |
July 2, 2006 | To Tampa Bay Lightning
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To Dallas Stars |
[17] |
November 9, 2006 | To Tampa Bay Lightning |
To Philadelphia Flyers |
[18] |
January 20, 2007 | To Tampa Bay Lightning |
To Los Angeles Kings
|
[19] |
February 1, 2007 | To Tampa Bay Lightning |
To Atlanta Thrashers |
[20] |
February 24, 2007 | To Tampa Bay Lightning
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To Anaheim Ducks
|
[21] |
February 27, 2007 | To Tampa Bay Lightning
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To Chicago Blackhawks |
[22] |
To Tampa Bay Lightning |
To Los Angeles Kings
|
[22] | |
To Tampa Bay Lightning |
To Anaheim Ducks |
[23] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 1, 2006 | Andy Delmore | Columbus Blue Jackets | 1-year | Free agency | [24] |
Andreas Karlsson | HV71 (SHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [25] | |
July 2, 2006 | Filip Kuba | Minnesota Wild | 3-year | Free agency | [26] |
July 6, 2006 | Doug Janik | Buffalo Sabres | Free agency | [27] | |
July 11, 2006 | Luke Richardson | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1-year | Free agency | [28] |
July 15, 2006 | Eric Healey | Boston Bruins | 2-year | Free agency | [29] |
December 2, 2006 | Andre Roy | Pittsburgh Penguins | Waivers | [30] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 1, 2006 | Nikita Alexeev | 1-year | Re-signing | [49] |
July 4, 2006 | Marc Denis | 3-year | Re-signing | [50] |
Norm Milley | 1-year | Re-signing | [51] | |
July 6, 2006 | Ruslan Fedotenko | 1-year | Re-signing | [52] |
July 12, 2006 | Dmitri Afanasenkov | 1-year | Re-signing | [53] |
July 14, 2006 | Mitch Fritz | Re-signing | [54] | |
Blair Jones | 3-year | Entry-level | [55] | |
July 15, 2006 | Ryan Craig | 2-year | Re-signing | [56] |
July 27, 2006 | Cory Sarich | 1-year | Re-signing | [57] |
April 6, 2007 | Vladimir Mihalik | 3-year | Entry-level | [58] |
May 9, 2007 | Jason Ward | 2-year | Extension | [59] |
May 16, 2007 | Andreas Karlsson | 1-year | Extension | [60] |
May 19, 2007 | Johan Holmqvist | 1-year | Extension | [61] |
May 31, 2007 | Riku Helenius | 3-year | Entry-level | [62] |
Chris Lawrence | 3-year | Entry-level | [62] |
Tampa's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[63] 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) |
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.
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