2006–07 Ottawa Senators season

2006–07 Ottawa Senators
Eastern Conference Champions
Division	2nd Northeast
Conference	4th Eastern
2006–07 record	48–25–9
Home record	25–13–3
Road record	23–12–6
Goals for	288
Goals against	222
Team information
General Manager	John Muckler
Coach	Bryan Murray
Captain	Daniel Alfredsson
Alternate captains	Chris Phillips Wade Redden
Arena	Scotiabank Place
Average attendance	19,372 (104.7%)[1]
Team leaders
Goals	Dany Heatley (50)
Assists	Daniel Alfredsson (58)
Points	Dany Heatley (105)
Penalties in minutes	Chris Neil (177)
Plus/minus	Daniel Alfredsson (+42)
Wins	Ray Emery (33)
Goals against average	Ray Emery (2.47)
<2005–06 2007–08>

The 2006–07 Ottawa Senators season (the team's 15th season) saw the team rebound from a disappointing early exit from the 2006 playoffs. The team made its first appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals, losing to the Anaheim Ducks. After numerous personnel changes at the start of the season, the team had a poor record until December. The poor record sparked numerous trade rumours in the media. The team turned their play around to place second in the division and won three playoff series to make it to the Stanley Cup Finals, the first in Ottawa in 80 years.

This was also the year that the relatively new salary cap system changed the course of two franchises. Having to decide between one of their two star defensemen. Wade Redden was ultimately the choice over Zdeno Chara based on his impressive past couple of seasons. In the 2005–06 season, Redden was selected for the Canadian Olympic team, along with teammate Dany Heatley, and finished the season with a career-high 50 points and an NHL-leading +35 plus-minus rating in 65 games. The Senators chose Redden and the Senators and Redden agreed on a two-year contract worth $13 million with a no-trade clause; Chara signed with the Boston Bruins. Redden's salary made him the highest paid player on the team and the media and fans expected another top-notch season. Chara would eventually become a Norris Trophy- and Stanley Cup-winner in Boston, whereas Redden would nix a couple of trade attempts from Ottawa and eventually leave via free agency to a massive contract and further decline. Many speculate that if Ottawa signed Chara, the team might have remained a top-tier team.

Off-season

Player Changes

In July 2006, the Senators lost four players to free agency; the afformentioned defencemen Zdeno Chara (who signed a five–year deal with the Boston Bruins), Brian Pothier (who signed with the Washington Capitals), goalie Dominik Hasek (who signed a one-year deal with the Detroit Red Wings) and forward Vaclav Varada (who signed with HC Davos of the Swiss Elite League).

Former Carolina Hurricanes starter Martin Gerber was signed to fill the void left by Hasek, and Ottawa also signed defenceman Joe Corvo, formerly of the Los Angeles Kings. A short time later, they traded star forward Martin Havlat and centre Bryan Smolinski to the Chicago Blackhawks for Tom Preissing, Josh Hennessy, Michal Barinka and a second-round draft pick in 2008.

The club signed Russian centre Alexei Kaigorodov to a two-year, entry-level contract. They also signed blueliner Jamie Allison and re-signed Antoine Vermette, Chris Neil and Peter Schaefer to avoid arbitration proceedings. In addition, Ottawa re-signed Chris Kelly and Jason Spezza to two-year contracts each, as well as Christoph Schubert. Midway through the season, the Senators acquired centre Mike Comrie and left wing Oleg Saprykin from the Phoenix Coyotes. They would also acquire defenceman Lawrence Nycholat from the Washington Capitals.

Regular season

The goaltending duty was platooned between Ray Emery and Martin Gerber at first. Gerber struggled and Emery eventually won the starting job.

Highlights

After starting with a 17–18–1 record by December 21, Ottawa played better from that point on (31–7–8).

On January 3, 2007, Ottawa acquired centre Mike Comrie from the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for prospect Alexei Kaigorodov. Ottawa was in need of another centre due to injuries and was eager to shed Kaigorodov, who was suspended for refusing an assignment to the Senators' American Hockey League affiliate, the Binghamton Senators, instead opting to play in Russia.

Dany Heatley was the representative for Ottawa at the 2007 All-Star Game for the East, managing a 94.0 MPH slapshot in the skills competition and a goal and two assists in the East's 12–9 loss to the West. For the YoungStars Game, sophomore defenceman Andrej Meszaros and forward Patrick Eaves participated.

On February 22, 2007, the Senators were involved in a huge brawl with the Buffalo Sabres over an alleged late hit by the Senators' Chris Neil on Sabres' co-captain Chris Drury. Although the referees ruled it was a legal hit (and replays and analysts concurred after the game), a fight ensued after play restarted. Eight players were assessed a total of 100 penalty minutes, and five players, including Senators Ray Emery and Chris Phillips, were ejected. The Senators lost the match, 6–5, in a shootout, one of a record eight overtime games and four shootouts that night.

The team finished second in the Northeast Division, behind the Presidents' Trophy-winning Buffalo Sabres, and third in the Conference in points (the team was seeded fourth due to the precedence of divisional winners). Because the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs both narrowly missed the playoffs, the Senators were the only Canadian-based team in the Eastern Conference to qualify for the playoffs. They also tied the Canadiens for most shorthanded goals scored during the regular season, with 17.^[2]

Season standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Buffalo Sabres	82	53	22	7	308	242	113
2	4	Ottawa Senators	82	48	25	9	288	222	105
3	9	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	40	31	11	258	269	91
4	10	Montreal Canadiens	82	42	34	6	245	256	90
5	13	Boston Bruins	82	35	41	6	219	289	76

^[3]

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[4] 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 11 246 201 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

October

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 4	Ottawa	4 – 1	Toronto		Gerber	19,520	1–0–0	2
2	October 5	Toronto	6 – 0	Ottawa		Gerber	19,237	1–1–0	2
3	October 7	Buffalo	4 – 3	Ottawa		Gerber	19,202	1–2–0	2
4	October 12	Calgary	1 – 0	Ottawa		Emery	18,404	1–3–0	2
5	October 14	Ottawa	3 – 2	Montreal	SO	Emery	21,273	2–3–0	4
6	October 19	Colorado	2 – 1	Ottawa		Gerber	17,728	2–4–0	4
7	October 21	New Jersey	1 – 8	Ottawa		Emery	19,166	3–4–0	6
8	October 24	Ottawa	6 – 2	Toronto		Gerber	19,485	4–4–0	8
9	October 26	Toronto	2 – 7	Ottawa		Emery	19,178	5–4–0	10
10	October 28	Ottawa	1 – 2	Boston		Gerber	13,281	5–5–0	10
11	October 31	Ottawa	2 – 4	Montreal		Emery	21,273	5–6–0	10

November

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
12	November 4	Carolina	4 – 2	Ottawa		Gerber	19,548	5–7–0	10
13	November 6	Ottawa	3 – 4	Washington	OT	Gerber	10,485	5–7–1	11
14	November 8	Ottawa	4 – 5	Atlanta		Gerber	16,253	5–8–1	11
15	November 10	Ottawa	6 – 3	Pittsburgh		Gerber	17,052	6–8–1	13
16	November 11	Ottawa	3 – 4	Boston		Gerber	15,772	6–9–1	13
17	November 13	Montreal	6 – 3	Ottawa		Gerber	20,051	6–10–1	13
18	November 15	Ottawa	4 – 2	Buffalo		Emery	18,690	7–10–1	15
19	November 17	Ottawa	2 – 3	New Jersey		Emery	15,133	7–11–1	15
20	November 18	Buffalo	1 – 4	Ottawa		Emery	19,770	8–11–1	17
21	November 20	Minnesota	3 – 5	Ottawa		Emery	18,094	9–11–1	19
22	November 22	Ottawa	3 – 2	Philadelphia	OT	Emery	18,990	10–11–1	21
23	November 24	Ottawa	6 – 4	Florida		Emery	16,544	11–11–1	23
24	November 26	Ottawa	1 – 3	Tampa Bay		Emery	19,819	11–12–1	23
25	November 28	Ottawa	4 – 1	Carolina		Gerber	14,393	12–12–1	25
26	November 30	Florida	0 – 6	Ottawa		Emery	17,814	13–12–1	27

December

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
27	December 2	Tampa Bay	2 – 5	Ottawa		Emery	18,618	14–12–1	29
28	December 5	Ottawa	4 – 2	NY Islanders		Gerber	8,741	15–12–1	31
29	December 6	Ottawa	2 – 6	Washington		Emery	10,926	15–13–1	31
30	December 9	NY Rangers	3 – 1	Ottawa		Emery	19,192	15–14–1	31
31	December 10	Ottawa	2 – 6	Columbus		Gerber	15,797	15–15–1	31
32	December 12	Ottawa	3 – 2	Detroit		Emery	20,066	16–15–1	33
33	December 14	Ottawa	0 – 6	Nashville		Emery	12,718	16–16–1	33
34	December 16	Ottawa	3 – 1	Buffalo		Emery	18,690	17–16–1	35
35	December 19	Boston	7 – 2	Ottawa		Emery	19,153	17–17–1	35
36	December 21	Tampa Bay	4 – 2	Ottawa		Emery	18,603	17–18–1	35
37	December 23	Ottawa	6 – 3	Philadelphia		Gerber	19,268	18–18–1	37
38	December 27	NY Islanders	0 – 2	Ottawa		Emery	20,192	19–18–1	39
39	December 29	NY Rangers	0 – 1	Ottawa		Emery	20,214	20–18–1	41
40	December 30	Ottawa	3 – 2	Toronto	OT	Emery	19,483	21–18–1	43

January

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
41	January 1	Atlanta	3 – 2	Ottawa	OT	Emery	19,707	21–18–2	44
42	January 3	Buffalo	3 – 6	Ottawa		Emery	19,777	22–18–2	46
43	January 6	New Jersey	3 – 2	Ottawa		Emery	19,548	22–19–2	46
44	January 7	Philadelphia	1 – 6	Ottawa		Gerber	18,509	23–19–2	48
45	January 9	Boston	2 – 5	Ottawa		Emery	18,292	24–19–2	50
46	January 11	Ottawa	6 – 4	NY Rangers		Emery	18,200	25–19–2	52
47	January 13	Montreal	3 – 8	Ottawa		Emery	20,038	26–19–2	54
48	January 16	Washington	2 – 5	Ottawa		Emery	18,810	27–19–2	56
49	January 18	Vancouver	2 – 1	Ottawa		Emery	19,161	27–20–2	56
50	January 20	Ottawa	3 – 0	Boston		Emery	17,565	28–20–2	58
51	January 27	Boston	1 – 3	Ottawa		Emery	19,846	29–20–2	60
52	January 29	Ottawa	1 – 3	Montreal		Emery	21,273	29–21–2	60
53	January 30	Washington	2 – 3	Ottawa		Gerber	19,178	30–21–2	62

February

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
54	February 3	Toronto	3 – 2	Ottawa	SO	Emery	20,112	30–21–3	63
55	February 7	Ottawa	2 – 3	Buffalo		Emery	18,690	30–22–3	63
56	February 8	Montreal	1 – 4	Ottawa		Emery	19,915	31–22–3	65
57	February 10	Ottawa	5 – 3	Montreal		Emery	21,273	32–22–3	67
58	February 14	Florida	0 – 4	Ottawa		Gerber	18,561	33–22–3	69
59	February 17	Atlanta	3 – 5	Ottawa		Gerber	19,881	34–22–3	71
60	February 20	Edmonton	3 – 4	Ottawa	SO	Gerber	19,716	35–22–3	73
61	February 22	Ottawa	5 – 6	Buffalo	SO	Gerber	18,690	35–22–4	74
62	February 24	Buffalo	5 – 6	Ottawa		Emery	20,040	36–22–4	76
63	February 27	Ottawa	4 – 2	Carolina		Gerber	17,812	37–22–4	78
64	February 28	Carolina	0 – 2	Ottawa		Emery	19,261	38–22–4	80

March

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
65	March 2	Ottawa	2 – 4	Atlanta		Emery	16,190	38–23–4	80
66	March 4	Ottawa	3 – 4	Chicago	SO	Gerber	13,917	38–23–5	81
67	March 6	Pittsburgh	5 – 4	Ottawa	SO	Emery	20,074	38–23–6	82
68	March 8	Toronto	1 – 5	Ottawa		Emery	20,018	39–23–6	84
69	March 10	Ottawa	3 – 4	Toronto	OT	Emery	19,527	39–23–7	85
70	March 13	Ottawa	3 – 2	NY Rangers		Emery	18,200	40–23–7	87
71	March 15	NY Islanders	2 – 5	Ottawa		Emery	19,989	41–23–7	89
72	March 17	Philadelphia	2 – 3	Ottawa		Emery	19,639	42–23–7	91
73	March 18	Ottawa	3 – 4	Pittsburgh	SO	Emery	17,132	42–23–8	92
74	March 20	Ottawa	4 – 2	St. Louis		Gerber	13,188	43–23–8	94
75	March 22	Ottawa	4 – 2	Florida		Emery	14,202	44–23–8	96
76	March 24	Ottawa	7 – 2	Tampa Bay		Emery	20,342	45–23–8	98
77	March 27	Boston	3 – 2	Ottawa		Emery	19,786	45–24–8	98
78	March 30	Montreal	2 – 5	Ottawa		Emery	20,185	46–24–8	100
79	March 31	Ottawa	5 – 2	NY Islanders		Gerber	15,598	47–24–8	102

April

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
80	April 3	Ottawa	1 – 2	New Jersey	SO	Emery	11,642	47–24–9	103
81	April 5	Pittsburgh	3 – 2	Ottawa		Emery	20,064	47–25–9	103
82	April 7	Ottawa	6 – 3	Boston		Emery	17,565	48–25–9	105

• Green background indicates win.
• Red background indicates regulation loss.
• White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

Playoffs

The Ottawa Senators ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Eastern Conference's fourth seed.

The Senators started the playoffs against the fifth-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins, whom they defeated four games to one. The second-seeded New Jersey Devils were their next opponent, with the same four-games-to-one result, again in favor of the Senators. In the Eastern Conference Final, the Senators faced the top-seeded Buffalo Sabres. Once again, Ottawa won in five games, which gave the Senators their first-ever trip to the Stanley Cup Finals. This was also the Sens' first series win against the Sabres.

Finals

The Anaheim Ducks were the Senators' opponents in the Finals and the four-games-to-one result stayed the same for the Senators, the only difference being this time it was in the opposing team's favor. The Ducks were successful in shutting down the Senators's top line to the point where it was broken up in game five. All games were close except for game five which the Senators lost 6–2, when two goals went in off Senators defencemen and Chris Phillips caused an own-goal, which turned out to be the game-winning and Cup-winning goal attributed to Travis Moen, and possibly the only such goal in Finals history. Daniel Alfredsson was the Senators' top forward in the series as he had been all playoffs, scoring four goals. Dany Heatley and Jason Spezza were held to one goal and two assists in total.

Key contributors

After a poor start to the season, several players picked up their play and the Senators played well from December to the Stanley Cup Finals. The defence pairing of Chris Phillips and Anton Volchenkov won praise from the media for their "shutdown effectiveness" against opposing top lines.^[5] The 'CASH line' of Spezza, Heatley, and Alfredsson was outstanding offensively, scoring nearly half of the Senators' goals in the post-season, appearing on The Hockey News cover for their play.^[6] The line tied for the NHL and team scoring lead with 22 points in 20 playoff games. Goaltender Ray Emery played all 20 games and posted 13 wins.

Eastern Conference Quarter-final: vs. (5) Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 11	Pittsburgh	3 – 6	Ottawa		Emery	19,611	1 – 0
2	April 14	Pittsburgh	4 – 3	Ottawa		Emery	20,133	1 – 1
3	April 15	Ottawa	4 – 2	Pittsburgh		Emery	17,132	2 – 1
4	April 17	Ottawa	2 – 1	Pittsburgh		Emery	17,132	3 – 1
5	April 19	Pittsburgh	0 – 3	Ottawa		Emery	20,179	4 – 1

Ottawa wins series 4–1

Eastern Conference Semi-final: vs. (2) New Jersey Devils

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 26	Ottawa	5 – 4	New Jersey		Emery	15,512	1 – 0
2	April 28	Ottawa	2 – 3	New Jersey	2OT	Emery	19,040	1 – 1
3	April 30	New Jersey	0 – 2	Ottawa		Emery	19,636	2 – 1
4	May 2	New Jersey	2 – 3	Ottawa		Emery	20,248	3 – 1
5	May 5	Ottawa	3 – 2	New Jersey		Emery	19,040	4 – 1

Ottawa wins series 4–1

Eastern Conference Final: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	May 10	Ottawa	5 – 2	Buffalo		Emery	18,690	1 – 0
2	May 12	Ottawa	4 – 3	Buffalo	2OT	Emery	18,690	2 – 0
3	May 14	Buffalo	0 – 1	Ottawa		Emery	20,171	3 – 0
4	May 16	Buffalo	3 – 2	Ottawa		Emery	20,294	3 – 1
5	May 19	Ottawa	3 – 2	Buffalo	OT	Emery	18,690	4 – 1

Ottawa wins series 4–1

Stanley Cup Final: vs. (W2) Anaheim Ducks

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#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	May 28	Ottawa	2 – 3	Anaheim		Emery	17,274	0 – 1
2	May 30	Ottawa	0 – 1	Anaheim		Emery	17,258	0 – 2
3	June 2	Anaheim	3 – 5	Ottawa		Emery	20,500	1 – 2
4	June 4	Anaheim	3 – 2	Ottawa		Emery	20,500	1 – 3
5	June 6	Ottawa	2 – 6	Anaheim		Emery	17,372	1 – 4

Anaheim wins series 4–1

• Green background indicates win.
• Red background indicates loss.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Heatley, DanyDany Heatley	LW	82	50	55	105	74	31	17	3	10
Spezza, JasonJason Spezza	C	67	34	53	87	45	19	13	1	5
Alfredsson, DanielDaniel Alfredsson	RW	77	29	58	87	42	42	7	2	7
Fisher, MikeMike Fisher	C	68	22	26	48	41	15	7	2	3
Schaefer, PeterPeter Schaefer	LW	77	12	34	46	32	7	5	0	2
Vermette, AntoineAntoine Vermette	C	77	19	20	39	52	-2	2	3	2
Kelly, ChrisChris Kelly	C/LW	82	15	23	38	40	28	1	2	0
Preissing, TomTom Preissing	D	80	7	31	38	18	40	3	0	0
Corvo, JoeJoe Corvo	D	76	8	29	37	42	8	3	0	2
Redden, WadeWade Redden	D	64	7	29	36	50	1	4	0	3
Meszaros, AndrejAndrej Meszaros	D	82	7	28	35	102	-15	0	0	1
Eaves, PatrickPatrick Eaves	RW	73	14	18	32	36	1	3	1	1
McAmmond, DeanDean McAmmond	C	81	14	15	29	28	11	0	2	1
Neil, ChrisChris Neil	RW	82	12	16	28	177	6	3	0	3
Phillips, ChrisChris Phillips	D	82	8	18	26	80	36	0	1	3
Comrie, MikeMike Comrie	C	41	13	12	25	24	-1	3	0	2
Schubert, ChristophChristoph Schubert	D	80	8	17	25	56	30	1	0	1
Volchenkov, AntonAnton Volchenkov	D	78	1	18	19	67	37	0	0	0
Hamel, DenisDenis Hamel	LW	43	4	3	7	10	4	0	0	0
Saprykin, OlegOleg Saprykin	LW	12	1	1	2	4	-3	0	0	0
McGrattan, BrianBrian McGrattan	RW	45	0	2	2	100	-1	0	0	0
Hennessy, JoshJosh Hennessy	C	10	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0
Emery, RayRay Emery	G	58	0	1	1	30	0	0	0	0
Kaigorodov, AlexeiAlexei Kaigorodov	C	6	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bois, DannyDanny Bois	RW	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Gerber, MartinMartin Gerber	G	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Malec, TomasTomas Malec	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nycholat, LawrenceLawrence Nycholat	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Payer, SergeSerge Payer	C	5	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Emery, RayRay Emery	3351	58	33	16	6	138	2.47	5	1691	1553	.918
Gerber, MartinMartin Gerber	1599	29	15	9	3	74	2.78	1	784	710	.906
Team:	4950	82	48	25	9	212	2.57	6	2475	2263	.914

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Alfredsson, DanielDaniel Alfredsson	RW	20	14	8	22	10	4	6	1	4
Heatley, DanyDany Heatley	LW	20	7	15	22	14	4	2	0	2
Spezza, JasonJason Spezza	C	20	7	15	22	10	5	3	0	0
Fisher, MikeMike Fisher	C	20	5	5	10	24	-2	2	1	1
Redden, WadeWade Redden	D	20	3	7	10	10	6	3	0	1
Corvo, JoeJoe Corvo	D	20	2	7	9	6	4	1	0	1
McAmmond, DeanDean McAmmond	C	18	5	3	8	11	5	0	1	1
Kelly, ChrisChris Kelly	C/LW	20	3	4	7	4	0	0	0	0
Preissing, TomTom Preissing	D	20	2	5	7	10	3	1	0	1
Meszaros, AndrejAndrej Meszaros	D	20	1	6	7	12	5	0	0	0
Comrie, MikeMike Comrie	C	20	2	4	6	17	-1	0	0	0
Volchenkov, AntonAnton Volchenkov	D	20	2	4	6	24	-2	0	0	1
Schaefer, PeterPeter Schaefer	LW	20	1	5	6	10	1	0	0	0
Vermette, AntoineAntoine Vermette	C	20	2	3	5	6	2	0	0	0
Neil, ChrisChris Neil	RW	20	2	2	4	20	0	0	0	0
Saprykin, OlegOleg Saprykin	LW	15	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	1
Eaves, PatrickPatrick Eaves	RW	7	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Emery, RayRay Emery	G	20	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Schubert, ChristophChristoph Schubert	D	20	0	1	1	22	-5	0	0	0
Phillips, ChrisChris Phillips	D	20	0	0	0	24	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Emery, RayRay Emery	1249	20	13	7	47	2.26	3	505	458	.907
Team:	1249	20	13	7	47	2.26	3	505	458	.907

^[7]

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;

Awards and records

• Molson Cup - Ray Emery
• Prince of Wales Trophy
• First NHL All-Star Team - Dany Heatley

Transactions

Trades

July 10, 2006	To Chicago Blackhawks Martin Havlat Bryan Smolinski	To Ottawa Senators Tom Preissing Josh Hennessy Michal Barinka Chicago's second-round pick in 2008 Draft (Patrick Wiercioch)
January 3, 2007	To Phoenix Coyotes Alexei Kaigorodov	To Ottawa Senators Mike Comrie
January 5, 2007	To New York Islanders Tomas Malec	To Ottawa Senators Matt Koalska
February 26, 2007	To Washington Capitals Andy Hedlund Ottawa's sixth-round pick in 2007 Draft (Justin Taylor)	To Ottawa Senators Lawrence Nycholat
February 27, 2007	To Phoenix Coyotes Ottawa's second-round pick in 2008 Draft (Jared Staal)	To Ottawa Senators Oleg Saprykin Phoenix's seventh-round pick in 2007 Draft (pick traded to Tampa)

Free agents acquired

Player	Former Team
D Joe Corvo	Los Angeles Kings
G Martin Gerber	Carolina Hurricanes
F Serge Payer	Florida Panthers
F Dean McAmmond	St. Louis Blues

Free agents lost

Player	New Team
D Zdeno Chara	Boston Bruins
D Brian Pothier	Washington Capitals
F Tyler Arnason	Colorado Avalanche
G Mike Morrison	Phoenix Coyotes
G Dominik Hasek	Detroit Red Wings
D Filip Novak	Columbus Blue Jackets

Lost on waivers

Player	New Team
F Denis Hamel	Atlanta Thrashers

Roster

2006-07 Ottawa Senators
Goaltenders 1 – Ray Emery  29 – Martin Gerber		Defencemen 3 – Lawrence Nycholat  4 – Chris Phillips  - A 5 – Christoph Schubert  6 – Wade Redden  - A 7 – Joe Corvo  14 – Andrej Meszaros  24 – Anton Volchenkov  41 – Tomas Malec  42 – Tom Preissing	Wingers 11 – Daniel Alfredsson  - C 15 – Dany Heatley  17 – Denis Hamel  16 – Brian McGrattan  25 – Chris Neil  27 – Peter Schaefer  44 – Patrick Eaves  49 – Danny Bois  61 – Oleg Saprykin		Centres 12 – Mike Fisher  19 – Jason Spezza  20 – Antoine Vermette  22 – Chris Kelly  36 – Josh Hennessy  37 – Dean McAmmond  43 – Serge Payer  55 – Alexei Kaigorodov  89 – Mike Comrie  GM: John Muckler Coach: Bryan Murray

Sources:

• "NHL.com - Player Search". NHL. Archived from the original on February 7, 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2010. 

Draft picks

2006

Ottawa's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[8]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	28	Nick Foligno (LW)	United States	Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
3	68	Eric Gryba (D)	Canada	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)
3	91	Kaspars Daugavins (LW)	Latvia	HK Riga 2000 (LHL)
4	121	Pierre-Luc Lessard (D)	Canada	Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)
5	151	Ryan Daniels (G)	Canada	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
6	181	Kevin Koopman (D)	Canada	Beaver Valley Nitehawks (KIJHL)
7	211	Erik Condra (RW)	United States	University of Notre Dame (NCAA)

Notes:

• The 3rd-round pick used to select Eric Gryba was acquired in a trade from the Boston Bruins.

Farm teams

• Binghamton Senators (American Hockey League)
• Charlotte Checkers (East Coast Hockey League)

See also

• 2006–07 NHL season

References