The 2006–07 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals' 33rd season in the National Hockey League (NHL), and the last one in which they used their blue, black and bronze color scheme. For the third consecutive season, the Capitals failed to qualify for the playoffs.
2006–07 Washington Capitals | |
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Division | 5th Southeast |
Conference | 14th Eastern |
2006–07 record | 28–40–14 |
Home record | 17–17–7 |
Road record | 11–23–7 |
Goals for | 235 |
Goals against | 286 |
Team information | |
General manager | George McPhee |
Coach | Glen Hanlon |
Captain | Chris Clark |
Alternate captains | Brian Sutherby Dainius Zubrus (Oct-Feb) Alexander Ovechkin (Feb-Apr) |
Arena | Verizon Center |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Alexander Ovechkin (46) |
Assists | Alexander Ovechkin (46) |
Points | Alexander Ovechkin (92) |
Penalty minutes | Donald Brashear (156) |
Plus/minus | Boyd Gordon (+10) |
Wins | Olaf Kolzig (22) |
Goals against average | Brent Johnson (3.61) |
Regular season
edit- December 15, 2006 - Ovechkin gets the second hat trick of his career by scoring all three goals of a 3–2 overtime victory against the Atlanta Thrashers. The third goal is scored just six seconds into overtime, tying Mats Sundin and David Legwand for the fastest regular-season overtime goal ever scored.[1][2][3]
Season standings
editNo. | 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
Schedule and results
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October: 4–3–4 (home: 2–1–1; road: 2–2–3)
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November: 6–6–2 (home: 3–4–1; road: 3–2–1)
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December: 6–7–1 (home: 3–4–1; road: 3–3–0)
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January: 5–7–0 (home: 4–2–0; road: 1–5–0)
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February: 3–6–4 (home: 2–2–3; road: 1–4–1)
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March: 2–10–3 (home: 2–3–1; road: 0–7–2)
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April: 2–1–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–0–0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
editScoring
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 Capitals only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
8 | Alexander Ovechkin | LW | 82 | 46 | 46 | 92 | −19 | 52 |
28 | Alexander Semin | LW | 77 | 38 | 35 | 73 | −7 | 90 |
17 | Chris Clark | RW | 74 | 30 | 24 | 54 | −10 | 66 |
9 | Dainius Zubrus‡ | C | 60 | 20 | 32 | 52 | −16 | 50 |
18 | Matt Pettinger | LW | 64 | 16 | 16 | 32 | −13 | 22 |
15 | Boyd Gordon | C | 71 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 14 |
2 | Brian Pothier | D | 72 | 3 | 25 | 28 | −11 | 44 |
24 | Kris Beech | C | 64 | 8 | 18 | 26 | −11 | 46 |
27 | Ben Clymer | RW | 66 | 7 | 13 | 20 | −17 | 44 |
21 | Brooks Laich | C | 73 | 8 | 10 | 18 | −2 | 29 |
20 | Richard Zednik‡ | RW | 32 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −4 | 16 |
16 | Brian Sutherby | C | 69 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −9 | 78 |
44 | Steve Eminger | D | 68 | 1 | 16 | 17 | −14 | 63 |
6 | Jamie Heward‡ | D | 52 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 27 |
10 | Matt Bradley | RW | 57 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −5 | 47 |
87 | Donald Brashear | LW | 77 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 156 |
26 | Shaone Morrisonn | D | 78 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 106 |
52 | Mike Green | D | 70 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −10 | 36 |
38 | Jakub Klepis | C | 41 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −2 | 28 |
23 | Milan Jurcina† | D | 30 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
43 | Tomas Fleischmann | LW | 29 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −6 | 8 |
3 | Lawrence Nycholat‡ | D | 18 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −3 | 12 |
47 | Bryan Muir | D | 26 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 42 |
4 | John Erskine | D | 29 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −13 | 69 |
13 | Jiri Novotny† | C | 18 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
39 | Alexandre Giroux | C | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −4 | 2 |
14 | Eric Fehr | RW | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
37 | Olaf Kolzig | G | 54 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
55 | Jeff Schultz | D | 38 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
22 | Rico Fata‡ | RW | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
1 | Brent Johnson | G | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
35 | Frederic Cassivi | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
51 | Timo Helbling‡ | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
29 | Jamie Hunt | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
25 | David Steckel | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
Goaltending
editNo. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
37 | Olaf Kolzig | 54 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 1771 | 159 | 3.00 | .910 | 1 | 3184 |
1 | Brent Johnson | 30 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 894 | 99 | 3.62 | .889 | 0 | 1644 |
35 | Frederic Cassivi | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 6 | 2.60 | .897 | 0 | 139 |
Awards and records
editAwards
editType | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL First All-Star Team | Alexander Ovechkin (Left Wing) | [7] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Alexander Ovechkin[a] | [9] |
NHL Third Star of the Week | Alexander Ovechkin (December 10) | [10] | |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Mike Green | [11] |
Transactions
editTrades
editJuly 12, 2006 | To Washington Capitals Richard Zednik |
To Montreal Canadiens 3rd round pick in 2007 |
February 1, 2007 | To Washington Capitals Milan Jurcina |
To Boston Bruins 4th round pick in 2008 |
February 25, 2007 | To Washington Capitals 2nd round pick in 2007 |
To New York Islanders Richard Zednik |
February 26, 2007 | To Washington Capitals Andy Hedlund 6th round pick in 2008 |
To Ottawa Senators Lawrence Nycholat |
February 27, 2007 | To Washington Capitals Jiri Novotny 1st round pick in 2007 |
To Buffalo Sabres Dainius Zubrus Timo Helbling |
February 27, 2007 | To Washington Capitals Conditional draft pick |
To Los Angeles Kings Jamie Heward |
Free agents acquired
editPlayer | Former team | Date |
D Brian Pothier | Ottawa Senators | July 1, 2006[12] |
F Donald Brashear | Philadelphia Flyers | July 14, 2006[13] |
D John Erskine | New York Islanders |
Free agents lost
editPlayer | New team | Date |
F Brian Willsie | Los Angeles Kings | July 4, 2006[14] |
F Jeff Halpern | Dallas Stars | July 5, 2006[15] |
D Boyd Kane | Philadelphia Flyers | |
F Graham Mink | San Jose Sharks | |
D Mathieu Biron | San Jose Sharks |
Draft picks
editWashington's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[16]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | NHL team | College/junior/club team (league) |
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1 | 4 | Nicklas Backstrom (C) | Sweden | Washington Capitals | Brynas IF (Elitserien) |
1 | 23 | Semyon Varlamov (G) | Russia | Washington Capitals (from Nashville) | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russian Superleague) |
2 | 34 | Michal Neuvirth (G) | Czech Republic | Washington Capitals | Sparta Praha (Czech Extraliga) |
2 | 35 | Francois Bouchard (RW) | Canada | Washington Capitals (from Boston) | Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL) |
2 | 52 | Keith Seabrook (D) | Canada | Washington Capitals (from Anaheim) | Burnaby Express (BCHL) |
4 | 97 | Oskar Osala (LW) | Finland | Washington Capitals | Mississauga IceDogs (OHL) |
4 | 122 | Luke Lynes (C/LW) | United States | Washington Capitals (from Detroit) | Brampton Battalion (OHL) |
5 | 127 | Maxime Lacroix (LW) | Canada | Washington Capitals | Quebec Remparts (QMJHL) |
6 | 157 | Brent Gwidt (C) | United States | Washington Capitals | Lakeland (USHS-WI) |
6 | 177 | Mathieu Perreault (C) | Canada | Washington Capitals (from Buffalo) | Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL) |
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- "Washington Capitals 2006-07 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
- "2006-07 Washington Capitals Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
- ^ "Toronto Maple Leafs at St. Louis Blues Box Score — December 30, 1995".
- ^ "Nashville Predators at Vancouver Canucks Box Score — March 9, 2006".
- ^ "Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers Box Score — December 15, 2006".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "2006-07 Washington Capitals Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ "Postseason All-Star Teams". records.nhl.com. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
- ^ "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. 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.
- ^ "NHL Three Stars of the Week". 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.
- ^ Colagelo, Mick (July 2, 2006). "Pothier off to Washington". New Bedford Standard-Times. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
- ^ "Caps sign Brashear to provide protection". Washington Times. July 14, 2006. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
- ^ "Willsie turns career season into two-year deal with Kings". ESPN.com. July 4, 2006. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
- ^ "Stars sign veteran forwards Halpern, Barnaby". ESPN.com. July 5, 2006. Retrieved January 22, 2024.
- ^ "2006 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.