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
Division	5th Central
Conference	13th Western
2006–07 record	31–42–9
Home record	17–20–4
Road record	14–22–5
Goals for	201
Goals against	258
Team information
General manager	Dale Tallon
Coach	Trent Yawney (Oct/Nov) Denis Savard (Nov-Apr)
Captain	Adrian Aucoin
Alternate captains	Martin Havlat Martin Lapointe Bryan Smolinski (Oct-Feb)
Arena	United Center
Average attendance	12,727 (62.1%)
Team leaders
Goals	Martin Havlat (25)
Assists	Martin Havlat (32)
Points	Martin Havlat (57)
Wins	Nikolai Khabibulin (25)
Goals against average	Nikolai 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
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	82	50	19	13	254	199	113
2	4	Nashville Predators	82	51	23	8	272	212	110
3	10	St. Louis Blues	82	34	35	13	214	254	81
4	11	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	33	42	7	201	249	73
5	13	Chicago Blackhawks	82	31	42	9	201	258	71

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

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 5	Chicago	8 – 6	Nashville		Khabibulin	17,113	1–0–0	2
2	October 7	Columbus	5 – 4	Chicago		Khabibulin	17,133	1–1–0	2
3	October 12	Nashville	1 – 3	Chicago		Khabibulin	8,008	2–1–0	4
4	October 14	Chicago	3 – 4	St. Louis		Boucher	11,606	2–2–0	4
5	October 16	Chicago	5 – 3	Colorado		Khabibulin	17,681	3–2–0	6
6	October 18	Montreal	1 – 2	Chicago		Khabibulin	11,095	4–2–0	8
7	October 20	Chicago	4 – 5	Dallas		Boucher	18,198	4–3–0	8
8	October 21	St. Louis	4 – 3	Chicago		Khabibulin	13,254	4–4–0	8
9	October 25	Vancouver	5 – 0	Chicago		Boucher	11,641	4–5–0	8
10	October 28	Anaheim	3 – 0	Chicago		Boucher	13,580	4–6–0	8
11	October 30	Chicago	0 – 3	Philadelphia		Boucher	18,876	4–7–0	8
12	October 31	Chicago	2 – 5	NY Islanders		Boucher	8,739	4–8–0	8

November

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
13	November 2	Detroit	2 – 1	Chicago		Boucher	15,174	4–9–0	8
14	November 9	Chicago	1 – 2	New Jersey	SO	Boucher	10,978	4–9–1	9
15	November 10	St. Louis	1 – 3	Chicago		Caron	14,568	5–9–1	11
16	November 12	Columbus	0 – 1	Chicago		Boucher	14,078	6–9–1	13
17	November 16	Chicago	2 – 3	Phoenix	SO	Boucher	15,963	6–9–2	14
18	November 17	Chicago	4 – 3	Anaheim	SO	Khabibulin	16,526	7–9–2	16
19	November 19	Chicago	1 – 2	Vancouver		Khabibulin	18,630	7–10–2	16
20	November 22	Chicago	1 – 4	Calgary		Khabibulin	19,289	7–11–2	16
21	November 24	Chicago	1 – 5	Edmonton		Boucher	16,839	7–12–2	16
22	November 29	Dallas	1 – 2	Chicago		Khabibulin	13,164	8–12–2	18

December

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
23	December 1	St. Louis	2 – 5	Chicago		Khabibulin	12,110	9–12–2	20
24	December 2	Chicago	4 – 3	Nashville	OT	Khabibulin	15,530	10–12–2	22
25	December 5	Chicago	2 – 3	Minnesota	SO	Khabibulin	18,568	10–12–3	23
26	December 7	Phoenix	2 – 1	Chicago	SO	Khabibulin	9,078	10–12–4	24
27	December 9	Chicago	4 – 5	Minnesota	OT	Boucher	18,568	10–12–5	25
28	December 10	Edmonton	1 – 4	Chicago		Khabibulin	11,523	11–12–5	27
29	December 12	Chicago	3 – 2	St. Louis		Khabibulin	10,812	12–12–5	29
30	December 14	Detroit	3 – 2	Chicago		Khabibulin	15,130	12–13–5	29
31	December 16	Chicago	6 – 4	Columbus		Khabibulin	17,288	13–13–5	31
32	December 17	Colorado	1 – 2	Chicago		Khabibulin	11,111	14–13–5	33
33	December 20	Nashville	2 – 1	Chicago		Khabibulin	10,201	14–14–5	33
34	December 22	Toronto	1 – 3	Chicago		Khabibulin	17,950	15–14–5	35
35	December 23	Chicago	2 – 3	Colorado		Khabibulin	17,347	15–15–5	35
36	December 26	Dallas	1 – 2	Chicago		Khabibulin	14,278	16–15–5	37
37	December 29	Boston	5 – 3	Chicago		Boucher	19,315	16–16–5	37
38	December 31	Chicago	1 – 3	Columbus		Khabibulin	18,136	16–17–5	37

January

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
39	January 2	Chicago	4 – 1	St. Louis		Khabibulin	11,069	17–17–5	39
40	January 4	Chicago	0 – 2	St. Louis		Khabibulin	11,849	17–18–5	39
41	January 5	Nashville	8 – 3	Chicago		Khabibulin	13,186	17–19–5	39
42	January 7	Phoenix	4 – 2	Chicago		Khabibulin	11,079	17–20–5	39
43	January 10	Buffalo	2 – 1	Chicago		Khabibulin	14,041	17–21–5	39
44	January 13	Chicago	3 – 6	Detroit		Khabibulin	20,066	17–22–5	39
45	January 14	Minnesota	4 – 3	Chicago	SO	Khabibulin	11,091	17–22–6	40
46	January 16	Columbus	5 – 4	Chicago	OT	Khabibulin	10,263	17–22–7	41
47	January 19	Minnesota	3 – 0	Chicago		Boucher	12,333	17–23–7	41
48	January 20	Chicago	3 – 6	Nashville		Khabibulin	17,113	17–24–7	41
49	January 26	Nashville	3 – 1	Chicago		Khabibulin	11,162	17–25–7	41
50	January 28	Calgary	3 – 4	Chicago	OT	Khabibulin	11,182	18–25–7	43

February

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
51	February 1	Chicago	3 – 2	Los Angeles	OT	Khabibulin	16,958	19–25–7	45
52	February 3	Chicago	2 – 4	San Jose		Khabibulin	17,496	19–26–7	45
53	February 6	Chicago	3 – 2	Calgary	SO	Khabibulin	19,289	20–26–7	47
54	February 7	Chicago	3 – 0	Vancouver		Lalime	18,630	21–26–7	49
55	February 9	Chicago	1 – 2	Edmonton		Khabibulin	16,839	21–27–7	49
56	February 11	Chicago	5 – 4	Columbus		Khabibulin	17,054	22–27–7	51
57	February 14	Chicago	4 – 5	Pittsburgh	SO	Khabibulin	17,051	22–27–8	52
58	February 16	Vancouver	2 – 1	Chicago	SO	Lalime	14,552	22–27–9	53
59	February 18	Chicago	1 – 2	NY Rangers		Lalime	18,200	22–28–9	53
60	February 21	Chicago	2 – 4	Detroit		Khabibulin	20,066	22–29–9	53
61	February 22	San Jose	2 – 0	Chicago		Lalime	10,125	22–30–9	53
62	February 25	St. Louis	1 – 5	Chicago		Khabibulin	14,144	23–30–9	55
63	February 27	Detroit	4 – 1	Chicago		Khabibulin	15,131	23–31–9	55

March

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
64	March 1	Colorado	6 – 1	Chicago		Khabibulin	10,522	23–32–9	55
65	March 2	Chicago	2 – 6	Detroit		Lalime	20,066	23–33–9	55
66	March 4	Ottawa	3 – 4	Chicago	SO	Lalime	13,917	24–33–9	57
67	March 6	Los Angeles	0 – 3	Chicago		Khabibulin	9,118	25–33–9	59
68	March 10	Chicago	7 – 5	Phoenix		Khabibulin	17,086	26–33–9	61
69	March 13	Chicago	1 – 7	San Jose		Lalime	17,496	26–34–9	61
70	March 15	Chicago	4 – 3	Los Angeles	SO	Khabibulin	16,110	27–34–9	63
71	March 16	Chicago	2 – 5	Anaheim		Khabibulin	17,174	27–35–9	63
72	March 20	Chicago	2 – 5	Columbus		Khabibulin	15,195	27–36–9	63
73	March 21	San Jose	4 – 1	Chicago		Lalime	10,374	27–37–9	63
74	March 23	Los Angeles	2 – 1	Chicago		Khabibulin	13,133	27–38–9	63
75	March 25	Calgary	3 – 2	Chicago		Khabibulin	10,178	27–39–9	63
76	March 28	Anaheim	3 – 1	Chicago		Khabibulin	11,295	27–40–9	63
77	March 30	Columbus	1 – 3	Chicago		Lalime	14,111	28–40–9	65

April

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
78	April 1	Edmonton	1 – 2	Chicago		Khabibulin	12,193	29–40–9	67
79	April 3	Chicago	3 – 2	Nashville	SO	Lalime	14,663	30–40–9	69
80	April 5	Detroit	2 – 3	Chicago	SO	Khabibulin	16,288	31–40–9	71
81	April 7	Chicago	2 – 7	Detroit		Lalime	20,066	31–41–9	71
82	April 8	Chicago	2 – 3	Dallas		Khabibulin	17,932	31–42–9	71

• 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 Havlat RW 56 25 32 57 28 15 5 0 1 Radim Vrbata RW 77 14 27 41 26 -4 5 0 2 Jeff Hamilton C 70 18 21 39 22 -4 3 0 4 Tuomo Ruutu C/LW 71 17 21 38 95 4 1 0 1 Bryan Smolinski C 62 14 23 37 29 10 4 3 3 Patrick Sharp C 80 20 15 35 74 -15 5 3 1 Duncan Keith D 82 2 29 31 76 0 0 0 0 Denis Arkhipov C 79 10 17 27 54 -13 2 1 1 Martin Lapointe RW 82 13 11 24 98 -14 5 1 2 Brent Seabrook D 81 4 20 24 104 -6 0 0 0 Rene Bourque LW 44 7 10 17 38 -4 2 1 1 Tony Salmelainen LW 57 6 11 17 26 -3 0 0 1 Adrian Aucoin D 59 4 12 16 50 -22 2 0 3 Peter Bondra RW 37 5 9 14 26 2 2 0 3 Lasse Kukkonen D 54 5 9 14 30 5 1 0 2 Michael Holmqvist C 63 6 7 13 31 -5 1 0 0 James Wisniewski D 50 2 8 10 39 3 0 0 0 Michal Handzus C 8 3 5 8 6 4 1 0 0 Cam Barker D 35 1 7 8 44 -12 1 0 0 Jassen Cullimore D 65 1 6 7 64 -6 0 0 0 Jim Vandermeer D 46 1 6 7 53 -3 0 0 0 Jason Williams C 20 4 2 6 20 -6 2 1 0 Craig MacDonald LW 25 3 2 5 14 -2 0 1 0 Karl Stewart LW 37 2 3 5 43 -2 0 1 0 Martin St. Pierre C 14 1 3 4 8 -3 1 0 0 Dustin Byfuglien RW 9 1 2 3 10 -2 0 0 0 Nikita Alexeev RW 15 2 0 2 0 -3 0 0 0 Bryan Bickell LW 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 Brandon Bochenski RW 10 2 0 2 2 -2 0 0 0 Jonas Nordqvist C 3 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 Danny Richmond D 22 0 2 2 48 -1 0 0 0 Carl Corazzini C 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 P. A. Parenteau LW 5 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0 Michael Blunden RW 9 0 0 0 10 -5 0 0 0 Dave Bolland C 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Brian Boucher G 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Troy Brouwer RW 10 0 0 0 7 -7 0 0 0 Adam Burish RW 9 0 0 0 2 -4 0 0 0 Sebastien Caron G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Colin Fraser C 1 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Matt Keith RW 2 0 0 0 4 -2 0 0 0 Nikolai Khabibulin G 60 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 David Koci LW 9 0 0 0 88 -3 0 0 0 Patrick Lalime G 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reed Low RW 6 0 0 0 31 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Nikolai Khabibulin 3425 60 25 26 5 163 2.86 1 1668 1505 .902 Patrick Lalime 645 12 4 6 1 33 3.07 1 317 284 .896 Brian Boucher 827 15 1 10 3 45 3.26 1 389 344 .884 Sebastien Caron 60 1 1 0 0 1 1.00 0 25 24 .960 Team: 4957 82 31 42 9 242 2.93 3 2399 2157 .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

Player	Former team
G Patrick Lalime	St. Louis Blues
F Denis Arkhipov	Nashville Predators
D David Koci	Pittsburgh Penguins
F Craig MacDonald	Calgary Flames
G Sebastien Caron	Pittsburgh Penguins
F Jeff Hamilton	New York Islanders
F Peter Bondra	Atlanta Thrashers

Free agents lost

Player	New team
F Curtis Brown	San Jose Sharks
F Matthew Barnaby	Dallas Stars
F Mark Cullen	Philadelphia Flyers
F Shawn Thornton	Anaheim Ducks

Claimed off waivers

Player	Team
F Karl Stewart	Pittsburgh Penguins

Lost on waivers

Player	New team
G Brian Boucher	Columbus 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)

External links

• Official site of the Chicago Blackhawks

See also

• 2006–07 NHL season

References

• Game log: Chicago Blackhawks game log on espn.com
• Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
• Player stats: Chicago Blackhawks 2006–07 reg. season stats on espn.com
• Draft picks: 2006 NHL Entry Draft

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