2006–07 Florida Panthers season

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)
<2005–06 2007–08>

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' 14th season in the National Hockey League.

Regular season

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.

Game log

October

# 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

# 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

# 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

# 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

# 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

# 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

# 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

Playoffs

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

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Jokinen, OlliOlli Jokinen C 82 39 52 91 78 18 9 1 8
Horton, NathanNathan Horton C 82 31 31 62 61 15 7 1 3
Stumpel, JozefJozef Stumpel C 73 23 34 57 22 2 9 2 4
Weiss, StephenStephen Weiss C 74 20 28 48 28 -1 10 0 1
Gelinas, MartinMartin Gelinas LW 82 14 30 44 36 7 7 0 1
Bouwmeester, JayJay Bouwmeester D 82 12 30 42 66 23 3 0 3
Peltonen, VilleVille Peltonen LW 72 17 20 37 28 7 4 0 0
Gratton, ChrisChris Gratton C 81 13 22 35 94 1 1 0 1
Salei, RuslanRuslan Salei D 82 6 26 32 102 -13 2 0 0
Olesz, RostislavRostislav Olesz C 75 11 19 30 28 2 2 0 2
Roberts, GaryGary Roberts LW 50 13 16 29 71 5 2 0 3
Van Ryn, MikeMike Van Ryn D 78 4 25 29 64 -5 1 0 0
Kolnik, JurajJuraj Kolnik RW 64 11 14 25 18 2 0 0 1
Allen, BryanBryan Allen D 82 4 21 25 112 7 0 0 0
Kwiatkowski, JoelJoel Kwiatkowski D 41 5 5 10 20 -5 1 0 2
Booth, DavidDavid Booth LW 48 3 7 10 12 0 0 0 1
Campbell, GregoryGregory Campbell LW 79 6 3 9 66 -10 0 1 0
Montador, SteveSteve Montador D 72 1 8 9 119 1 0 0 0
Nieuwendyk, JoeJoe Nieuwendyk C 15 5 3 8 4 -4 2 0 2
Bertuzzi, ToddTodd Bertuzzi RW 7 1 6 7 13 -4 1 0 0
Semenov, AlexeiAlexei Semenov D 23 0 5 5 28 9 0 0 0
Sprukts, JanisJanis Sprukts C 13 1 2 3 2 1 0 0 0
Mezei, BranislavBranislav Mezei D 45 0 3 3 55 5 0 0 0
Larman, DrewDrew Larman C 16 2 0 2 2 -3 0 0 0
Kreps, KamilKamil Kreps C 14 1 1 2 6 -1 0 0 0
Belfour, EdEd Belfour G 58 0 2 2 10 0 0 0 0
Jackman, RicRic Jackman D 7 1 0 1 10 -3 0 0 1
Welch, NoahNoah Welch D 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0
Auld, AlexAlex Auld G 27 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Globke, RobRob Globke C 19 0 1 1 0 -3 0 0 0
Lojek, MartinMartin Lojek D 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
Stewart, AnthonyAnthony Stewart C 10 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
Anderson, CraigCraig Anderson G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jacina, GregGreg 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%
Belfour, EdEd Belfour 3289 58 27 17 10 152 2.77 1 1550 1398 .902
Auld, AlexAlex Auld 1471 27 7 13 5 82 3.34 1 729 647 .888
Anderson, CraigCraig 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
January 3, 2007 To Florida Panthers
Conditional draft pick in 2007
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
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

Roster

2006–07 Florida Panthers Roster

Goaltenders:

20 Belfour 31 Anderson 35 Auld 

Defensemen

2 Mezei 4 Bouwmeester 5 Allen 6 Welch 7 Montador 21 Semenov 24 Salei 26 Van Ryn 47 Lojek 

Forwards

9 Weiss 11 Campbell 12 Jokinen 13 Kolnik 15 Stumpel 16 Horton 18 Peltonen 23 Gelinas 38 Sprukts 46 Booth 50 Larman 51 Globke 54 Kreps 77 Gratton 85 Olesz 

General ManagerJacques Martin •  CoachJacques Martin

Draft picks

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

Round # Player Nationality NHL Team College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 10 Michael Frolik (RW)  Czech Republic Florida Panthers HC 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)

See also

References

  1. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy et al. ed. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0. 
  2. ^ "2006-07 Florida Panthers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/FLA/2007.html. Retrieved 2009-07-10. 
  3. ^ 2006 NHL Entry Draft Results

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