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2006–07 Florida Panthers season

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2006–07 Florida Panthers
Division4th Southeast
Conference12th Eastern
2006–07 record35–31–16
Home record23–12–6
Road record12–19–10
Goals for247
Goals against257
Team information
General managerJacques Martin
CoachJacques Martin
CaptainOlli Jokinen
Alternate captainsMartin Gelinas (Dec.–Apr.)
Chris Gratton
Joe Nieuwendyk (Oct.–Dec.)
Gary Roberts (Oct.–Feb.)
Ruslan Salei
ArenaBankAtlantic Center
Team leaders
GoalsOlli Jokinen (39)
AssistsOlli Jokinen (52)
PointsOlli Jokinen (91)
Penalty minutesSteve Montador (119)
Plus/minusJay Bouwmeester (+23)
WinsEd Belfour (27)
Goals against averageEd Belfour (2.77)

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). The Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.

Regular season

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

Season standings

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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

[2]

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

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

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

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Scoring

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  • 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 Panthers only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Panthers only.
No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
12 Olli Jokinen C 82 39 52 91 18 78
16 Nathan Horton C 82 31 31 62 15 61
15 Jozef Stumpel C 73 23 34 57 2 22
9 Stephen Weiss C 74 20 28 48 −1 28
23 Martin Gelinas LW 82 14 30 44 7 36
4 Jay Bouwmeester D 82 12 30 42 23 66
18 Ville Peltonen LW 72 17 20 37 7 28
77 Chris Gratton C 81 13 22 35 1 94
24 Ruslan Salei D 82 6 26 32 −13 102
85 Rostislav Olesz C 75 11 19 30 2 28
10 Gary Roberts LW 50 13 16 29 5 71
26 Mike Van Ryn D 78 4 25 29 −5 64
13 Juraj Kolnik RW 64 11 14 25 2 18
5 Bryan Allen D 82 4 21 25 7 112
8 Joel Kwiatkowski D 41 5 5 10 −5 20
46 David Booth LW 48 3 7 10 0 12
11 Gregory Campbell LW 79 6 3 9 −10 66
7 Steve Montador D 72 1 8 9 1 119
25 Joe Nieuwendyk C 15 5 3 8 −4 4
44 Todd Bertuzzi RW 7 1 6 7 −4 13
21 Alexei Semenov D 23 0 5 5 9 28
38 Janis Sprukts C 13 1 2 3 1 2
2 Branislav Mezei D 45 0 3 3 5 55
50 Drew Larman C 16 2 0 2 −3 2
54 Kamil Kreps C 14 1 1 2 −1 6
20 Ed Belfour G 58 0 2 2 10
55 Ric Jackman D 7 1 0 1 −3 10
6 Noah Welch D 2 1 0 1 3 2
35 Alex Auld G 27 0 1 1 2
51 Rob Globke C 19 0 1 1 −3 0
47 Martin Lojek D 3 0 1 1 2 0
57 Anthony Stewart C 10 0 1 1 1 2
31 Craig Anderson G 5 0 0 0 0
40 Greg Jacina LW 3 0 0 0 −1 2

Goaltending

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No. Player Regular season
GP W L OT SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
20 Ed Belfour 58 27 17 10 1550 152 2.77 .902 1 3289
35 Alex Auld 27 7 13 5 729 82 3.35 .888 1 1471
31 Craig Anderson 5 1 1 1 116 8 2.21 .931 0 217

Awards and records

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Awards

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Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(in-season)
NHL All-Star Game selection Jay Bouwmeester [5]
NHL Second Star of the Week Olli Jokinen (March 4) [6]
Olli Jokinen (April 1) [6]
NHL Third Star of the Week Olli Jokinen (January 14) [6]

Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
1,000th game played Chris Gratton March 22, 2007 [7]

Transactions

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The Panthers 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.[8]

Trades

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Date Details Ref
June 23, 2006 To Florida Panthers
Bryan Allen
Alex Auld
Todd Bertuzzi
To Vancouver Canucks
Lukas Krajicek
Roberto Luongo
6th-round pick in 2006
[9]
June 24, 2006 To Florida Panthers
Craig Anderson
To Chicago Blackhawks
6th-round pick in 2008
[10]
June 24, 2006 To Florida Panthers
Nashville's 4th-round pick in 2006
To Pittsburgh Penguins
4th-round pick in 2007
[11]
January 3, 2007 To Florida Panthers
Conditional draft pick in 2007
To Anaheim Ducks
Ric Jackman
[12]
February 26, 2007 To Florida Panthers
Noah Welch
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Gary Roberts
[13]
February 27, 2007 To Florida Panthers
Rights to Shawn Matthias
Conditional draft picks[a]
To Detroit Red Wings
Todd Bertuzzi
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February 27, 2007 To Florida Panthers
4th-round pick in 2007
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Joel Kwiatkowski
[16]

Players acquired

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Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 2, 2006 (2006-07-02) Ruslan Salei Anaheim Ducks 4-year Free agency [17]
July 6, 2006 (2006-07-06) Ari Vallin Oulun Karpat (Liiga) Free agency [18]
July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25) Ed Belfour Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Free agency [19]
September 14, 2006 (2006-09-14) David Brine Manitoba Moose (AHL) Free agency [20]
Franklin MacDonald Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) Free agency [20]
Adam Taylor Victoria Salmon Kings (ECHL) Free agency [20]
March 26, 2007 (2007-03-26) Cory Murphy HIFK (Liiga) 2-year Free agency[b] [21]

Players lost

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Date Player New team Via[c] Ref
N/A Alexander Karpovtsev HC Sibir Novosibirsk (RSL) Free agency (III) [23]
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) Dan Focht[d] Contract expiration (UFA) [22]
Sean Hill New York Islanders[e] Buyout [26]
July 5, 2006 (2006-07-05) Jamie McLennan Calgary Flames Free agency (III) [27]
July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10) Phil Osaer Cardiff Devils (EIHL) Free agency (UFA) [28]
July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13) Jon Sim Atlanta Thrashers Free agency (UFA) [29]
July 26, 2006 (2006-07-26) Jamie Allison Ottawa Senators Free agency (III) [30]
August 2, 2006 (2006-08-02) Serge Payer Ottawa Senators Free agency (UFA) [31]
October 2006 (2006-10) Victor Uchevatov Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) Free agency (UFA) [32]
October 5, 2006 (2006-10-05) Grant McNeill Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) Free agency (UFA) [33]
December 6, 2006 (2006-12-06) Joe Nieuwendyk Retirement [34]

Signings

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Date Player Term Contract type Ref
July 5, 2006 (2006-07-05) Bryan Allen 1-year Re-signing [35]
Branislav Mezei 2-year Re-signing [35]
July 11, 2006 (2006-07-11) Nathan Horton 1-year Re-signing [36]
July 12, 2006 (2006-07-12) Steve Montador 1-year Re-signing [37]
July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13) Gregory Campbell 2-year Re-signing [38]
July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14) Alex Auld 1-year Re-signing [39]
Alexei Semenov 1-year Re-signing [39]
Stephen Weiss 1-year Re-signing [39]
July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17) Craig Anderson 1-year Re-signing [40]
July 18, 2006 (2006-07-18) Juraj Kolnik 1-year Re-signing [41]
July 20, 2006 (2006-07-20) David Booth Entry-level [42]
July 26, 2006 (2006-07-26) Jay Bouwmeester 2-year Arbitration award [30]
July 28, 2006 (2006-07-28) Ric Jackman 1-year Re-signing [43]
Mike Van Ryn 4-year Re-signing [43]
April 25, 2007 (2007-04-25) Ville Peltonen 2-year Extension [44]
June 1, 2007 (2007-06-01) Dan Collins Entry-level [45]
Kenndal McArdle Entry-level [45]
Tyler Plante Entry-level [45]

Draft picks

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Florida's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[46]

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)

Notes

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  1. ^ Condition not met. If Detroit re-signed Bertuzzi, Florida would have received a draft pick in 2007 and 2008. Bertuzzi signed as a free agent with the Anaheim Ducks on July 2, 2007.[14]
  2. ^ Contract begins with the 2007–08 season.
  3. ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[22]
  4. ^ Focht retired.[24]
  5. ^ Hill signed with the Islanders on August 15.[25]

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