2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 81st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on September 25, 1926.

2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks
Division5th Central
Conference13th Western
2006–07 record31–42–9
Home record17–20–4
Road record14–22–5
Goals for201
Goals against258
Team information
General managerDale Tallon
CoachTrent Yawney (Oct/Nov)
Denis Savard (Nov-Apr)
CaptainAdrian Aucoin
Alternate captainsMartin Havlat
Martin Lapointe
Bryan Smolinski (Oct-Feb)
ArenaUnited Center
Average attendance12,727 (62.1%)
Team leaders
GoalsMartin Havlat (25)
AssistsMartin Havlat (32)
PointsMartin Havlat (57)
WinsNikolai Khabibulin (25)
Goals against averageNikolai Khabibulin (2.85)

Regular season

The Blackhawks struggled on the power play, finishing 30th overall in power-play goals scored (43) and power-play percentage (11.81%).[1]

Season standings
Central Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
11Detroit Red Wings82501913254199113
24Nashville Predators8251238272212110
310St. Louis Blues8234351321425481
411Columbus Blue Jackets823342720124973
513Chicago Blackhawks823142920125871

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Final regular season standings for the 2006–07 NHL season.

Schedule and results

October
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecord

Pts

1October 5Chicago8 – 6NashvilleKhabibulin17,1131–0–02
2October 7Columbus5 – 4ChicagoKhabibulin17,1331–1–02
3October 12Nashville1 – 3ChicagoKhabibulin8,0082–1–04
4October 14Chicago3 – 4St. LouisBoucher11,6062–2–04
5October 16Chicago5 – 3ColoradoKhabibulin17,6813–2–06
6October 18Montreal1 – 2ChicagoKhabibulin11,0954–2–08
7October 20Chicago4 – 5DallasBoucher18,1984–3–08
8October 21St. Louis4 – 3ChicagoKhabibulin13,2544–4–08
9October 25Vancouver5 – 0ChicagoBoucher11,6414–5–08
10October 28Anaheim3 – 0ChicagoBoucher13,5804–6–08
11October 30Chicago0 – 3PhiladelphiaBoucher18,8764–7–08
12October 31Chicago2 – 5NY IslandersBoucher8,7394–8–08

November
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecord

Pts

13November 2Detroit2 – 1ChicagoBoucher15,1744–9–08
14November 9Chicago1 – 2New JerseySOBoucher10,9784–9–19
15November 10St. Louis1 – 3ChicagoCaron14,5685–9–111
16November 12Columbus0 – 1ChicagoBoucher14,0786–9–113
17November 16Chicago2 – 3PhoenixSOBoucher15,9636–9–214
18November 17Chicago4 – 3AnaheimSOKhabibulin16,5267–9–216
19November 19Chicago1 – 2VancouverKhabibulin18,6307–10–216
20November 22Chicago1 – 4CalgaryKhabibulin19,2897–11–216
21November 24Chicago1 – 5EdmontonBoucher16,8397–12–216
22November 29Dallas1 – 2ChicagoKhabibulin13,1648–12–218

December
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecord

Pts

23December 1St. Louis2 – 5ChicagoKhabibulin12,1109–12–220
24December 2Chicago4 – 3NashvilleOTKhabibulin15,53010–12–222
25December 5Chicago2 – 3MinnesotaSOKhabibulin18,56810–12–323
26December 7Phoenix2 – 1ChicagoSOKhabibulin9,07810–12–424
27December 9Chicago4 – 5MinnesotaOTBoucher18,56810–12–525
28December 10Edmonton1 – 4ChicagoKhabibulin11,52311–12–527
29December 12Chicago3 – 2St. LouisKhabibulin10,81212–12–529
30December 14Detroit3 – 2ChicagoKhabibulin15,13012–13–529
31December 16Chicago6 – 4ColumbusKhabibulin17,28813–13–531
32December 17Colorado1 – 2ChicagoKhabibulin11,11114–13–533
33December 20Nashville2 – 1ChicagoKhabibulin10,20114–14–533
34December 22Toronto1 – 3ChicagoKhabibulin17,95015–14–535
35December 23Chicago2 – 3ColoradoKhabibulin17,34715–15–535
36December 26Dallas1 – 2ChicagoKhabibulin14,27816–15–537
37December 29Boston5 – 3ChicagoBoucher19,31516–16–537
38December 31Chicago1 – 3ColumbusKhabibulin18,13616–17–537

January
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecord

Pts

39January 2Chicago4 – 1St. LouisKhabibulin11,06917–17–539
40January 4Chicago0 – 2St. LouisKhabibulin11,84917–18–539
41January 5Nashville8 – 3ChicagoKhabibulin13,18617–19–539
42January 7Phoenix4 – 2ChicagoKhabibulin11,07917–20–539
43January 10Buffalo2 – 1ChicagoKhabibulin14,04117–21–539
44January 13Chicago3 – 6DetroitKhabibulin20,06617–22–539
45January 14Minnesota4 – 3ChicagoSOKhabibulin11,09117–22–640
46January 16Columbus5 – 4ChicagoOTKhabibulin10,26317–22–741
47January 19Minnesota3 – 0ChicagoBoucher12,33317–23–741
48January 20Chicago3 – 6NashvilleKhabibulin17,11317–24–741
49January 26Nashville3 – 1ChicagoKhabibulin11,16217–25–741
50January 28Calgary3 – 4ChicagoOTKhabibulin11,18218–25–743

February
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecord

Pts

51February 1Chicago3 – 2Los AngelesOTKhabibulin16,95819–25–745
52February 3Chicago2 – 4San JoseKhabibulin17,49619–26–745
53February 6Chicago3 – 2CalgarySOKhabibulin19,28920–26–747
54February 7Chicago3 – 0VancouverLalime18,63021–26–749
55February 9Chicago1 – 2EdmontonKhabibulin16,83921–27–749
56February 11Chicago5 – 4ColumbusKhabibulin17,05422–27–751
57February 14Chicago4 – 5PittsburghSOKhabibulin17,05122–27–852
58February 16Vancouver2 – 1ChicagoSOLalime14,55222–27–953
59February 18Chicago1 – 2NY RangersLalime18,20022–28–953
60February 21Chicago2 – 4DetroitKhabibulin20,06622–29–953
61February 22San Jose2 – 0ChicagoLalime10,12522–30–953
62February 25St. Louis1 – 5ChicagoKhabibulin14,14423–30–955
63February 27Detroit4 – 1ChicagoKhabibulin15,13123–31–955

March
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecord

Pts

64March 1Colorado6 – 1ChicagoKhabibulin10,52223–32–955
65March 2Chicago2 – 6DetroitLalime20,06623–33–955
66March 4Ottawa3 – 4ChicagoSOLalime13,91724–33–957
67March 6Los Angeles0 – 3ChicagoKhabibulin9,11825–33–959
68March 10Chicago7 – 5PhoenixKhabibulin17,08626–33–961
69March 13Chicago1 – 7San JoseLalime17,49626–34–961
70March 15Chicago4 – 3Los AngelesSOKhabibulin16,11027–34–963
71March 16Chicago2 – 5AnaheimKhabibulin17,17427–35–963
72March 20Chicago2 – 5ColumbusKhabibulin15,19527–36–963
73March 21San Jose4 – 1ChicagoLalime10,37427–37–963
74March 23Los Angeles2 – 1ChicagoKhabibulin13,13327–38–963
75March 25Calgary3 – 2ChicagoKhabibulin10,17827–39–963
76March 28Anaheim3 – 1ChicagoKhabibulin11,29527–40–963
77March 30Columbus1 – 3ChicagoLalime14,11128–40–965

April
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecord

Pts

78April 1Edmonton1 – 2ChicagoKhabibulin12,19329–40–967
79April 3Chicago3 – 2NashvilleSOLalime14,66330–40–969
80April 5Detroit2 – 3ChicagoSOKhabibulin16,28831–40–971
81April 7Chicago2 – 7DetroitLalime20,06631–41–971
82April 8Chicago2 – 3DallasKhabibulin17,93231–42–971
  • Green background indicates win.
  • Red background indicates regulation loss.
  • White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

Player stats
Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Martin HavlatRW562532572815501
Radim VrbataRW7714274126-4502
Jeff HamiltonC7018213922-4304
Tuomo RuutuC/LW71172138954101
Bryan SmolinskiC621423372910433
Patrick SharpC8020153574-15531
Duncan KeithD8222931760000
Denis ArkhipovC7910172754-13211
Martin LapointeRW8213112498-14512
Brent SeabrookD8142024104-6000
Rene BourqueLW447101738-4211
Tony SalmelainenLW576111726-3001
Adrian AucoinD594121650-22203
Peter BondraRW375914262203
Lasse KukkonenD545914305102
Michael HolmqvistC63671331-5100
James WisniewskiD502810393000
Michal HandzusC835864100
Cam BarkerD3517844-12100
Jassen CullimoreD6516764-6000
Jim VandermeerD4616753-3000
Jason WilliamsC2042620-6210
Craig MacDonaldLW2532514-2010
Karl StewartLW3723543-2010
Martin St. PierreC141348-3100
Dustin ByfuglienRW912310-2000
Nikita AlexeevRW152020-3000
Bryan BickellLW320201000
Brandon BochenskiRW102022-2000
Jonas NordqvistC302221000
Danny RichmondD2202248-1000
Carl CorazziniC701120000
P. A. ParenteauLW50112-1000
Michael BlundenRW900010-5000
Dave BollandC10000-1000
Brian BoucherG1500000000
Troy BrouwerRW100007-7000
Adam BurishRW90002-4000
Sebastien CaronG100000000
Colin FraserC10002-1000
Matt KeithRW20004-2000
Nikolai KhabibulinG6000080000
David KociLW900088-3000
Patrick LalimeG1200000000
Reed LowRW600031-1000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Nikolai Khabibulin342560252651632.86116681505.902
Patrick Lalime64512461333.071317284.896
Brian Boucher827151103453.261389344.884
Sebastien Caron60110011.0002524.960
Team:495782314292422.93323992157.899

[2]

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 Chicago Blackhawks
Sixth-round pick in 2008		 To Florida Panthers
Craig Anderson
July 9, 2006 To Chicago Blackhawks
Martin Havlat
Bryan Smolinski		 To Ottawa Senators
Tom Preissing
Josh Hennessy
Michal Barinka
Third-round pick in 2008
August 2, 2006 To Chicago Blackhawks
Vaclav Pletka		 To Philadelphia Flyers
Eric Meloche
August 4, 2006 To Chicago Blackhawks
Michal Handzus		 To Philadelphia Flyers
Kyle Calder
December 28, 2006 To Chicago Blackhawks
Bruno St. Jacques
P. A. Parenteau		 To Anaheim Ducks
Sebastien Caron
Matt Keith
Chris Durno
February 26, 2007 To Chicago Blackhawks
Conditional second-round pick		 To Vancouver Canucks
Bryan Smolinski
February 26, 2007 To Chicago Blackhawks
Kyle Calder		 To Philadelphia Flyers
Lasse Kukkonen
Third-round pick in 2007
February 26, 2007 To Chicago Blackhawks
Jason Williams		 To Detroit Red Wings
Kyle Calder
February 26, 2007 To Chicago Blackhawks
Nikita Alexeev		 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Karl Stewart
Sixth-round pick in 2007

Free agents acquired
PlayerFormer team
G Patrick LalimeSt. Louis Blues
F Denis ArkhipovNashville Predators
D David KociPittsburgh Penguins
F Craig MacDonaldCalgary Flames
G Sebastien CaronPittsburgh Penguins
F Jeff HamiltonNew York Islanders
F Peter BondraAtlanta Thrashers

Free agents lost
PlayerNew team
F Curtis BrownSan Jose Sharks
F Matthew BarnabyDallas Stars
F Mark CullenPhiladelphia Flyers
F Shawn ThorntonAnaheim Ducks

Claimed off waivers
PlayerTeam
F Karl StewartPittsburgh Penguins

Lost on waivers
PlayerNew team
G Brian BoucherColumbus Blue Jackets

Draft picks

Chicago's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[3]

Round # Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team (league)
1 3 Jonathan Toews (C/W)  Canada Chicago Blackhawks University of North Dakota (NCHC)
2 33 Igor Makarov (RW)  Russia Chicago Blackhawks Krylya Sovetov (Russia Pro Hockey League)
2 61 Simon Danis-Pepin (D)  Canada Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa) University of Maine (Hockey East)
3 76 Tony Lagerstrom (C)  Sweden Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto) Södertälje SK (Elitserien)
4 95 Ben Shutron (D)  Canada Chicago Blackhawks (from Pittsburgh) Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
4 96 Joe Palmer (G)  United States Chicago Blackhawks U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
6 156 Jan-Mikael Juutilainen (C)  Finland Chicago Blackhawks Jokerit (SM-liiga)
6 169 Chris Auger (C)  Canada Chicago Blackhawks (from Montreal) Wellington Dukes (OPJHL)
7 186 Peter LeBlanc (C/LW)  Canada Chicago Blackhawks Hamilton Red Wings (OPJHL)

See also

References
  1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2007.html
  2. "2006-07 Chicago Blackhawks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
  3. 2006 NHL Entry Draft results
2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks roster

Goaltenders:

39 – Khabibulin • 40 – Lalime 

Defensemen

2 – Keith • 5 – Cullimore • 7 – Seabrook • 23 – Vandermeer • 25 – Barker • 33 – Aucoin • 43 – Wisniewski • 44 – Richmond • 48 – Koci • 52 – Byfuglien 

Forwards

8 – Salmelainen • 10 – Sharp • 12 – Bondra • 14 – Bourque • 15 – Ruutu • 16 – Vrbata • 17 – Holmqvist • 19 – Arkhipov • 22 – Lapointe • 24 – Havlat • 26 – Handzus • 27 – MacDonald • 29 – Williams • 29 – Brouwer • 32 – Nordqvist • 34 – Alexeev • 36 – Bolland • 37 – Bickell • 47 – St. Pierre • 51 – Hamilton • 58 – Parenteau 

General Manager: Dale Tallon •  Coach: Denis Savard

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