2006–07 Florida Panthers season

The 2006–07 Florida Panthers season began on October 6 with a game at the BankAtlantic Center against the Boston Bruins. It was the Panthers' 13th season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

2006–07 Florida Panthers
Division	4th Southeast
Conference	12th Eastern
2006–07 record	35–31–16
Goals for	247
Goals against	257
Team information
General manager	Jacques Martin
Coach	Jacques Martin
Captain	Olli Jokinen
Alternate captains	Martin Gelinas (Dec.–Apr.) Chris Gratton Joe Nieuwendyk (Oct.–Dec.) Gary Roberts (Oct.–Feb.) Ruslan Salei
Arena	BankAtlantic Center
Team leaders
Goals	Olli Jokinen (39)
Assists	Olli Jokinen (52)
Points	Olli Jokinen (91)
Wins	Ed Belfour (27)
Goals against average	Ed Belfour (2.77)
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Regular season

The Panthers finished the regular season with the fewest power-play opportunities for with 337.^[1]

Season standings

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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

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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.

Eastern Conference^[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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
8.5
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

2006–07 Florida Panthers Game Log
October 2006 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 6 Boston 3–8 Florida Auld 19,250 1–0 – 0 2 2 October 7 Florida 0–6 Atlanta Belfour 14,239 1–1–0 2 3 October 9 Florida 1–2 Toronto SO Auld 19,102 1–1–1 3 4 October 11 Carolina 3–6 Florida Auld 14,312 2–1–1 5 5 October 13 Tampa Bay 2–3 Florida Auld 15,208 3–1–1 7 6 October 14 Florida 1–4 Tampa Bay Belfour 19,926 3–2–1 7 7 October 18 Florida 2–5 Washington Auld 10,125 3–3–1 7 8 October 20 Philadelphia 2–3 Florida Belfour 17,194 4–3–1 9 9 October 21 Florida 2–4 Atlanta Auld 16,178 4–4–1 9 10 October 23 Atlanta 6–3 Florida Auld 13,102 4–5–1 9 11 October 25 Florida 4–2 NY Rangers Belfour 18,200 5–5–1 11 12 October 26 Florida 0–2 New Jersey Auld 11,594 5–6–1 11 13 October 28 Florida 3–4 NY Islanders SO Belfour 10,455 5–6–2 12 14 October 31 San Jose 2–1 Florida Auld 10,081 5–7–2 12
November 2006 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 15 November 2 Toronto 2–4 Florida Belfour 13,233 6–7–2 14 16 November 8 NY Rangers 4–3 Florida SO Belfour 16,893 6–7–3 15 17 November 10 Florida 4–5 Buffalo OT Auld 18,690 6–7–4 16 18 November 11 Florida 2–4 New Jersey Belfour 14,112 6–8–4 16 19 November 13 Washington 4–1 Florida Auld 12,108 6–9–4 16 20 November 16 Montreal 1–5 Florida Belfour 13,506 7–9–4 18 21 November 18 NY Islanders 4–1 Florida Belfour 16,833 7–10–4 18 22 November 20 Florida 3–2 Boston Auld 11,742 8–10–4 20 23 November 22 Tampa Bay 6–4 Florida Auld 14,516 8–11–4 20 24 November 24 Ottawa 6–4 Florida Belfour 16,544 8–12–4 20 25 November 25 Florida 0–1 Atlanta Auld 17,053 8–13–4 20 26 November 28 Florida 0–1 Montreal SO Auld 21,273 8–13–5 21 27 November 30 Florida 0–6 Ottawa Auld 17,814 8–14–5 21
December 2006 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 28 December 2 Atlanta 3–1 Florida Belfour 13,333 8–15–5 21 29 December 5 Florida 3–2 Pittsburgh Auld 12,511 9–15–5 23 30 December 7 Buffalo 1–3 Florida Auld 15,385 10–15–5 25 31 December 9 Florida 4–5 NY Islanders SO Auld 12,825 10–15–6 26 32 December 10 Florida 1–2 NY Rangers Belfour 18,200 10–16–6 26 33 December 12 Anaheim 5–4 Florida Auld 13,140 10–17–6 26 34 December 14 Florida 1–2 Buffalo Belfour 18,690 10–18–6 26 35 December 16 Florida 6–3 Boston Belfour 10,965 11–18–6 28 36 December 19 Florida 7–3 Toronto Belfour 19,444 12–18–6 30 37 December 21 NY Rangers 2–3 Florida Belfour 17,556 13–18–6 32 38 December 23 Carolina 3–2 Florida OT Belfour 16,147 13–18–7 33 39 December 26 Florida 2–4 Carolina Auld 18,639 13–19–7 33 40 December 27 Philadelphia 1–3 Florida Belfour 17,771 14–19–7 35 41 December 29 Montreal 1–3 Florida Belfour 19,772 15–19–7 37
January 2007 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 42 January 2 Florida 1–4 Edmonton Belfour 16,839 15–20–7 37 43 January 4 Florida 4–5 Calgary OT Auld 19,289 15–20–8 38 44 January 7 Florida 3–4 Vancouver SO Belfour 18,630 15–20–9 39 45 January 10 Pittsburgh 2–5 Florida Auld 16,098 16–20–9 41 46 January 11 Florida 4–6 Carolina Auld 13,552 16–21–9 41 47 January 13 Washington 3–7 Florida Belfour 15,061 17–21–9 43 48 January 16 Carolina 3–2 Florida OT Belfour 10,317 17–21–10 44 49 January 18 Toronto 3–2 Florida Auld 12,242 17–22–10 44 50 January 20 Florida 4–1 Washington Belfour 13,877 18–22–10 46 51 January 27 New Jersey 2–4 Florida Belfour 18,136 19–22–10 48 52 January 30 Florida 0–3 Pittsburgh Belfour 15,405 19–23–10 48
February 2007 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 53 February 1 Washington 3–6 Florida Belfour 11,300 20–23–10 50 54 February 3 Los Angeles 7–0 Florida Belfour 15,108 20–24–10 50 55 February 6 Florida 4–5 Colorado OT Belfour 17,065 20–24–11 51 56 February 8 Florida 2–4 Minnesota Belfour 18,568 20–25–11 51 57 February 10 Phoenix 2–5 Florida Belfour 15,312 21–25–11 53 58 February 13 Florida 1–0 Montreal Belfour 21,273 22–25–11 55 59 February 14 Florida 0–4 Ottawa Belfour 18,561 22–26–11 55 60 February 17 Tampa Bay 4–5 Florida OT Belfour 17,813 23–26–11 57 61 February 20 Florida 2–3 Tampa Bay SO Belfour 19,319 23–26–12 58 62 February 22 Pittsburgh 2–1 Florida OT Belfour 17,102 23–26–13 59 63 February 24 Boston 2–7 Florida Belfour 16,816 24–26–13 61 64 February 27 Florida 6–5 Washington SO Belfour 10,979 25–26–13 63
March 2007 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 65 March 1 Dallas 1–2 Florida OT Belfour 11,822 26–26–13 65 66 March 3 Tampa Bay 2–6 Florida Belfour 17,299 27–26–13 67 67 March 6 Florida 2–4 Atlanta Belfour 12,566 27–27–13 67 68 March 8 Florida 2–1 Philadelphia Belfour 19,489 28–27–13 69 69 March 10 Atlanta 2–3 Florida Belfour 17,927 29–27–13 71 70 March 13 Florida 1–3 Carolina Belfour 18,639 29–28–13 71 71 March 15 Buffalo 5–3 Florida Belfour 18,111 29–29–13 71 72 March 17 NY Islanders 5–8 Florida Belfour 17,078 30–29–13 73 73 March 20 Florida 4–1 Philadelphia Belfour 18,721 31–29–13 75 74 March 22 Ottawa 4–2 Florida Belfour 14,202 31–30–13 75 75 March 24 New Jersey 4–3 Florida SO Belfour 16,101 31–30–14 76 76 March 27 Florida 5–2 Tampa Bay Belfour 18,856 32–30–14 78 77 March 28 Atlanta 2–3 Florida SO Anderson 12,864 33–30–14 80 78 March 30 Washington 2–3 Florida OT Belfour 15,712 34–30–14 82
April 2007 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 79 April 1 Carolina 4–3 Florida SO Belfour 17,878 34–30–15 83 80 April 3 Florida 0–1 Washington Anderson 16,311 34–31–15 83 81 April 6 Florida 7–2 Tampa Bay Belfour 21,002 35–31–15 85 82 April 7 Florida 2–4 Carolina OT Anderson 18,639 35–31–16 86 Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. They last made the playoffs in 2000.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Olli Jokinen C 82 39 52 91 78 18 9 1 8 Nathan Horton C 82 31 31 62 61 15 7 1 3 Jozef Stumpel C 73 23 34 57 22 2 9 2 4 Stephen Weiss C 74 20 28 48 28 -1 10 0 1 Martin Gelinas LW 82 14 30 44 36 7 7 0 1 Jay Bouwmeester D 82 12 30 42 66 23 3 0 3 Ville Peltonen LW 72 17 20 37 28 7 4 0 0 Chris Gratton C 81 13 22 35 94 1 1 0 1 Ruslan Salei D 82 6 26 32 102 -13 2 0 0 Rostislav Olesz C 75 11 19 30 28 2 2 0 2 Gary Roberts LW 50 13 16 29 71 5 2 0 3 Mike Van Ryn D 78 4 25 29 64 -5 1 0 0 Juraj Kolnik RW 64 11 14 25 18 2 0 0 1 Bryan Allen D 82 4 21 25 112 7 0 0 0 Joel Kwiatkowski D 41 5 5 10 20 -5 1 0 2 David Booth LW 48 3 7 10 12 0 0 0 1 Gregory Campbell LW 79 6 3 9 66 -10 0 1 0 Steve Montador D 72 1 8 9 119 1 0 0 0 Joe Nieuwendyk C 15 5 3 8 4 -4 2 0 2 Todd Bertuzzi RW 7 1 6 7 13 -4 1 0 0 Alexei Semenov D 23 0 5 5 28 9 0 0 0 Janis Sprukts C 13 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 Branislav Mezei D 45 0 3 3 55 5 0 0 0 Drew Larman C 16 2 0 2 2 -3 0 0 0 Kamil Kreps C 14 1 1 2 6 -1 0 0 0 Ed Belfour G 58 0 2 2 10 0 0 0 0 Ric Jackman D 7 1 0 1 10 -3 0 0 1 Noah Welch D 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 Alex Auld G 27 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Rob Globke C 19 0 1 1 0 -3 0 0 0 Martin Lojek D 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 Anthony Stewart C 10 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 Craig Anderson G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Greg Jacina LW 3 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Ed Belfour 3289 58 27 17 10 152 2.77 1 1550 1398 .902 Alex Auld 1471 27 7 13 5 82 3.34 1 729 647 .888 Craig Anderson 217 5 1 1 1 8 2.21 0 116 108 .931 Team: 4977 82 35 31 16 242 2.92 2 2395 2153 .899

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

Trades

June 24, 2006	To Florida Panthers Todd Bertuzzi Alex Auld Bryan Allen	To Vancouver Canucks Roberto Luongo Lukas Krajicek 6th-round pick in 2006 (Sergei Shirokov)
June 24, 2006	To Florida Panthers Craig Anderson	To Chicago Blackhawks 6th-round pick in 2008 (Luke Witkowski)
January 3, 2007	To Florida Panthers Conditional draft pick in 2007 (condition not satisfied)	To Anaheim Ducks Ric Jackman
February 26, 2007	To Florida Panthers Noah Welch	To Pittsburgh Penguins Gary Roberts
February 27, 2007	To Florida Panthers Conditional draft pick Shawn Matthias	To Detroit Red Wings Todd Bertuzzi
February 27, 2007	To Florida Panthers 4th-round pick in 2007 (Matt Rust)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Joel Kwiatkowski

Free agents acquired

Player	Former Team
G Ed Belfour	Toronto Maple Leafs
D Ruslan Salei	Anaheim Ducks

Free agents lost

Player	New Team
F Jon Sim	Atlanta Thrashers
G Jamie McLennan	Calgary Flames
D Sean Hill	New York Islanders
F Serge Payer	Ottawa Senators

Draft picks

Florida's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[5]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	10	Michael Frolik (RW)	Czech Republic	Florida Panthers	Rabat Kladno (Czech Extraliga)
3	73	Brady Calla (RW)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
4	103	Michael Caruso (D)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Guelph Storm (OHL)
4	116	Derrick LaPoint (D)	United States	Florida Panthers (from Nashville)	Eau Claire North (USHS-WI)
6	155	Peter Aston (D)	Canada	Florida Panthers (from Pittsburgh)	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
7	193	Marc Cheverie (G)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL)

References

• Game log: Florida Panthers game log on espn.com
• Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
• Player Stats: Florida Panthers 2006–07 Reg. Season Stats on espn.com
• Draft picks: 2006 NHL Entry Draft

1. "2006-07 NHL Summary".
2. 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.
3. "2006–2007 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
4. "2006-07 Florida Panthers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
5. 2006 NHL Entry Draft Results^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

• Official site of the Florida Panthers