2006–07 Toronto Maple Leafs season

2006–07 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	3rd Northeast
Conference	9th Eastern
2006–07 record	40–31–11
Goals for	258
Goals against	269
Team information
General Manager	John Ferguson, Jr.
Coach	Paul Maurice
Captain	Mats Sundin
Alternate captains	Tomas Kaberle Bryan McCabe
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Team leaders
Goals	Mats Sundin (27)
Assists	Mats Sundin (49)
Points	Mats Sundin (76)
Wins	Andrew Raycroft (37)
Goals against average	Mikael Tellqvist (2.03)
<2005–06 2007–08>

The 2006–07 NHL season saw the Toronto Maple Leafs attempting to recover from a 2005–06 season in which it finished two points out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

Offseason

Michael Peca was a major addition to the team for 2006–07, signed from the defending Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers. Peca went down with a broken leg in December, however, after recording just four goals in 35 games.

Goaltender Andrew Raycroft was acquired in a trade from the Boston Bruins, to take over the starting job vacated by Ed Belfour's departure to the Florida Panthers.

Regular season

On January 4, 2007, the Maple Leafs defeated the Boston Bruins on the road by a score of 10–2. Alexander Steen had a hat trick in the victory.^[1] It was the first time that an NHL team had scored 10 goals in a regular-season game since January 14, 2006, when the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Los Angeles Kings at home by a score of 10–1.^[2] It was also the first time that the Maple Leafs had scored 10 goals in a regular-season game since November 12, 1998, when they defeated the Chicago Blackhawks on the road by a score of 10–3.^[3]

Although they finished in third place in the Northeast Division, the Maple Leafs ultimately failed to qualify for the playoffs after the New York Islanders clinch the 8th playoff spot after a 3–2 victory in a shootout to the New Jersey Devils, finishing just one point out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

The Maple Leafs tied the Dallas Stars for fewest shorthanded goals scored during the regular season, with three.^[4]

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

^[5]

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[6] 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

Record for month 6–4–3 (Home 3–3–2 Away 3–1–1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 4	Ottawa	4–1	Toronto		Raycroft	19,520	0–1–0	0
2	October 5	Toronto	6–0	Ottawa		Raycroft	19,237	1–1–0	2
3	October 7	Montreal	3–2	Toronto	SO	Raycroft	19,353	1–1–1	3
4	October 9	Florida	1–2	Toronto	SO	Raycroft	19,102	2–1–1	5
5	October 12	Toronto	6–7	New Jersey	SO	Aubin	15,623	2–1–2	6
6	October 14	Calgary	4–5	Toronto	OT	Raycroft	19,338	3–1–2	8
7	October 18	Colorado	4–1	Toronto		Raycroft	19,463	3–2–2	8
8	October 20	Toronto	4–2	Columbus		Raycroft	17,303	4–2–2	10
9	October 21	NY Rangers	5–4	Toronto	SO	Raycroft	19,419	4–2–3	11
10	October 24	Ottawa	6–2	Toronto		Raycroft	19,485	4–3–3	11
11	October 26	Toronto	2–7	Ottawa		Raycroft	19,178	4–4–3	11
12	October 28	Toronto	5–4	Montreal	SO	Aubin	21,273	5–4–3	13
13	October 30	Atlanta	2–4	Toronto		Raycroft	19,285	6–4–3	15

November

Record for Month 7–6–1 (Home 3–3–0 Away 4–3–1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
14	November 1	Toronto	4–2	Tampa Bay		Raycroft	19,977	7–4–3	17
15	November 2	Toronto	2–4	Florida		Aubin	13,233	7–5–3	17
16	November 4	Toronto	4–1	Buffalo		Raycroft	18,690	8–5–3	19
17	November 6	Philadelphia	1–4	Toronto		Raycroft	19,501	9–5–3	21
18	November 9	Toronto	6–4	Boston		Raycroft	14,835	10–5–3	23
19	November 11 †	Montreal	1–5	Toronto		Aubin	19,501	11–5–3	25
20	November 16	Toronto	1–2	Boston	SO	Aubin	12,665	11–5–4	26
21	November 18	New Jersey	2–1	Toronto		Tellqvist	19,409	11–6–4	26
22	November 20	NY Islanders	2–4	Toronto		Raycroft	19,392	12–6–4	28
23	November 22	Toronto	4–7	Buffalo		Raycroft	18,690	12–7–4	28
24	November 24	Toronto	7–1	Washington		Raycroft	14,892	13–7–4	30
25	November 25	Boston	3–1	Toronto		Raycroft	19,473	13–8–4	30
26	November 28	Boston	4–1	Toronto		Raycroft	19,469	13–9–4	30
27	November 30	Toronto	0–5	Atlanta		Raycroft	15,092	13–10–4	30

December

Record for Month 4–7–2 (Home 3–3–1 Away 1–4–1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
28	December 2	Toronto	3–4	Montreal	SO	Raycroft	21,273	13–10–5	31
29	December 5	Atlanta	5–2	Toronto		Raycroft	19,507	13–11–5	31
30	December 7	Toronto	1–3	Boston		Aubin	13,407	13–12–5	31
31	December 9	Toronto	1–5	Detroit		Raycroft	20,066	13–13–5	31
32	December 12	Tampa Bay	4–5	Toronto		Raycroft	19,462	14–13–5	33
33	December 15	Toronto	4–3	Carolina		Raycroft	18,639	15–13–5	35
34	December 16	NY Rangers	2–9	Toronto		Raycroft	19,468	16–13–5	37
35	December 19	Florida	7–3	Toronto		Raycroft	19,444	16–14–5	37
36	December 22	Toronto	1–3	Chicago		Aubin	17,950	16–15–5	37
37	December 23	Washington	3–2	Toronto		Raycroft	19,488	16–16–5	37
38	December 26	Minnesota	3–4	Toronto		Raycroft	19,355	17–16–5	39
39	December 29	Toronto	1–4	Pittsburgh		Aubin	17,132	17–17–5	39
40	December 30	Ottawa	3–2	Toronto	OT	Raycroft	19,483	17–17–6	40

January

Record for month 8–4–0 (Home 2–3–0 Away 6–1–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
41	January 1	Boston	1–5	Toronto		Raycroft	19,359	18–17–6	42
42	January 4	Toronto	10–2	Boston		Raycroft	14,560	19–17–6	44
43	January 6	Buffalo	4–3	Toronto		Raycroft	19,487	19–18–6	44
44	January 9	Carolina	4–1	Toronto		Raycroft	19,447	19–19–6	44
45	January 11	Toronto	4–2	Buffalo		Raycroft	18,690	20–19–6	46
46	January 13	Vancouver	6–1	Toronto		Raycroft	19,608	20–20–6	46
47	January 16	Toronto	4–2	Tampa Bay		Raycroft	19,830	21–20–6	48
48	January 18	Toronto	3–2	Florida		Raycroft	12,242	22–20–6	50
49	January 20	Toronto	2–8	Pittsburgh		Raycroft	17,132	22–21–6	50
50	January 27	Montreal	1–4	Toronto		Raycroft	17,132	23–21–6	52
51	January 30	Toronto	4–1	Carolina		Raycroft	16,533	24–21–6	54
52	January 31	Toronto	2–1	NY Rangers		Raycroft	18,200	25–21–6	56

February

Record for month 5–4–3 (Home 1–2–2 Away 4–2–1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
53	February 3	Toronto	3–2	Ottawa	SO	Raycroft	20,112	26–21–6	58
54	February 6	Toronto	2–1	St. Louis		Raycroft	9,533	27–21–6	60
55	February 8	Toronto	2–4	Nashville		Raycroft	15,018	27–22–6	60
56	February 10	Pittsburgh	6–5	Toronto	OT	Raycroft	19,620	27–22–7	61
57	February 13	NY Islanders	3–2	Toronto	SO	Raycroft	19,600	27–22–8	62
58	February 15	Toronto	4–2	Philadelphia		Raycroft	19,321	28–22–8	64
59	February 17	Edmonton	3–4	Toronto		Raycroft	19,599	29–22–8	66
60	February 20	Boston	3–0	Toronto		Raycroft	19,578	29–23–8	66
61	February 22	Toronto	2–3	NY Islanders	SO	Raycroft	11,759	29–23–9	67
62	February 24	Toronto	5–2	Philadelphia		Raycroft	19,277	30–23–9	69
63	February 26	Toronto	4–5	Montreal		Raycroft	21,273	30–24–9	69
64	February 27	Buffalo	6–1	Toronto		Raycroft	19,588	30–25–9	69

March

Record for month 8–4–2 (Home 7–1–0 Away 1–3–2)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
65	March 2	Toronto	4–3	New Jersey	SO	Raycroft	15,095	31–25–9	71
66	March 3	Buffalo	3–1	Toronto		Aubin	19,588	31–26–9	71
67	March 6	Washington	0–3	Toronto		Raycroft	19,531	32–26–9	73
68	March 8	Toronto	1–5	Ottawa		Raycroft	20,018	32–27–9	73
69	March 10	Ottawa	3–4	Toronto	OT	Raycroft	19,527	33–27–9	75
70	March 13	Tampa Bay	2–3	Toronto		Raycroft	19,530	34–27–9	77
71	March 16	Toronto	1–5	Washington		Raycroft	16,281	34–28–9	77
72	March 17	Toronto	2–3	Montreal	SO	Raycroft	21,273	34–28–10	78
73	March 20	New Jersey	1–2	Toronto		Raycroft	19,518	35–28–10	80
74	March 23	Toronto	4–5	Buffalo		Raycroft	18,690	35–29–10	80
75	March 24	Buffalo	1–4	Toronto		Raycroft	19,571	36–29–10	82
76	March 27	Carolina	1–6	Toronto		Raycroft	19,559	37–29–10	84
77	March 29	Toronto	2–3	Atlanta	OT	Raycroft	17,062	37–29–11	85
78	March 31	Pittsburgh	4–5	Toronto	OT	Raycroft	19,649	38–29–11	87

April

Record for month 2–2–0 (Home 2–0–0 Away 0–2–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
79	April 1	Toronto	2–7	NY Rangers		Raycroft	18,200	38–30–11	87
80	April 3	Philadelphia	2–3	Toronto	OT	Raycroft	19,547	39–30–11	89
81	April 5	Toronto	2–5	NY Islanders		Raycroft	14,352	39–31–11	89
82	April 7	Montreal	5–6	Toronto		Aubin	19,723	40–31–11	91

• † Hockey Hall of Fame Game

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	C	75	27	49	76	62	−2	6	1	3
Kaberle, TomasTomas Kaberle	D	74	11	47	58	20	3	2	0	1
McCabe, BryanBryan McCabe	D	82	15	42	57	115	3	11	0	1
Ponikarovsky, AlexeiAlexei Ponikarovsky	LW	71	21	24	45	63	8	6	0	1
Tucker, DarcyDarcy Tucker	RW	56	24	19	43	81	−11	15	0	6
O'Neill, JeffJeff O'Neill	RW	74	20	22	42	54	1	6	0	3
Wellwood, KyleKyle Wellwood	C	48	12	30	42	0	3	7	0	2
Stajan, MattMatt Stajan	C	82	10	29	39	44	3	1	1	1
Steen, AlexanderAlexander Steen	C	82	15	20	35	26	5	4	0	5
Antropov, NikNik Antropov	C	54	18	15	33	44	8	4	0	4
Battaglia, BatesBates Battaglia	LW	82	12	19	31	45	9	0	0	0
Pohl, JohnJohn Pohl	C	74	13	16	29	10	−4	3	0	1
Kilger, ChadChad Kilger	LW	82	14	14	28	58	−5	0	1	2
White, IanIan White	D	76	3	23	26	40	8	1	0	1
Kubina, PavelPavel Kubina	D	61	7	14	21	48	7	4	0	1
Gill, HalHal Gill	D	82	6	14	20	91	11	0	0	1
Devereaux, BoydBoyd Devereaux	C	33	8	11	19	12	4	0	0	0
Colaiacovo, CarloCarlo Colaiacovo	D	48	8	9	17	22	5	0	0	1
Peca, MichaelMichael Peca	C	35	4	11	15	60	2	0	0	2
Perreault, YanicYanic Perreault	C	17	2	3	5	4	1	0	0	0
Bell, BrendanBrendan Bell	D	31	1	4	5	19	−3	1	0	0
Newbury, KrisKris Newbury	C	15	2	2	4	26	4	0	0	0
Belak, WadeWade Belak	D	65	0	3	3	110	−8	0	0	0
Ondrus, BenBen Ondrus	RW	16	0	2	2	20	−5	0	0	0
Wozniewski, AndyAndy Wozniewski	D	15	0	2	2	14	−1	0	0	0
Williams, JeremyJeremy Williams	C	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Raycroft, AndrewAndrew Raycroft	G	72	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Aubin, Jean-SebastienJean-Sebastien Aubin	G	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Green, TravisTravis Green	C	24	0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0
Harrison, JayJay Harrison	D	5	0	0	0	6	−5	0	0	0
Suglobov, AleksanderAleksander Suglobov	RW	14	0	0	0	4	−6	0	0	0
Tellqvist, MikaelMikael Tellqvist	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Westrum, ErikErik Westrum	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Raycroft, AndrewAndrew Raycroft	4108	72	37	25	9	205	2.99	2	1931	1726	.894
Aubin, Jean-SebastienJean-Sebastien Aubin	804	20	3	5	2	46	3.43	0	371	325	.876
Tellqvist, MikaelMikael Tellqvist	59	1	0	1	0	2	2.03	0	19	17	.895
Team:	4971	82	40	31	11	253	3.05	2	2321	2068	.891

^[7]

* Mikael Tellqvist was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes on November 29. Stats reflect games played with the Maple Leafs only.

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 Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask	To Toronto Maple Leafs Andrew Raycroft
November 29, 2006	To Phoenix Coyotes Mikael Tellqvist	To Toronto Maple Leafs Tyson Nash 4th round pick in the 2007
February 27, 2007[8]	To Phoenix Coyotes Brendan Bell 2nd round pick in the 2007	To Toronto Maple Leafs Yanic Perreault 5th round pick in the 2007

Free agents acquired

Player	Former Team
F Michael Peca	Edmonton Oilers
D Hal Gill	Boston Bruins
D Pavel Kubina	Tampa Bay Lightning
F Boyd Devereaux	Phoenix Coyotes
F Erik Westrum	Minnesota Wild
F Bates Battaglia	Toronto Marlies (AHL – Minor League contract)

Free agents lost

Player	New Team
F Tie Domi	Retired
F Eric Lindros	Dallas Stars
F Jason Allison	UFA
D Aki Berg	TPS (SM-liiga)
D Alexander Khavanov	HC Davos (Swiss-A)
D Luke Richardson	Tampa Bay Lightning
G Ed Belfour	Florida Panthers

Claimed off waivers

Player	Former Team	Date
F Travis Green	Anaheim Ducks	January 10

Draft picks

Toronto's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[9] The Leafs had the 13th overall draft pick in the 2005–06 NHL season.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	13	Jiri Tlusty (LW)	Czech Republic	Toronto Maple Leafs	HC Rabat Kladno (Czech)
2	44	Nikolai Kulemin (W)	Russia	Toronto Maple Leafs	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RSL)
4	99	James Reimer (G)	Canada	Toronto Maple Leafs (from Columbus)	Red Deer (WHL)
4	111	Korbinian Holzer (D)	Germany	Toronto Maple Leafs (from Colorado)	EC Bad Tolz (Eishockey-Bundesliga)
6	161	Viktor Stalberg (LW)	Sweden	Toronto Maple Leafs (from Phoenix)	Frolunda HC (Elitserien)
6	166	Tyler Ruegsegger (C)	United States	Toronto Maple Leafs	Shattuck-Saint Mary's / University of Denver
6	200	Leo Komarov (C)	Finland	Toronto Maple Leafs (from Dallas)	Assat (SM-liiga)

See also

• 2006–07 NHL season

References

2006–07 Toronto Maple Leafs Roster

Goaltenders: 1 – Raycroft • 30 – Aubin  Defensemen 3 – Belak • 7 – White • 8 – Colaiacovo • 15 – Kaberle • 24 – McCabe • 25 – Gill • 31 – Kubina • 56 – Wozniewski  Forwards 10 – Steen • 13 – Sundin • 14 – Stajan • 16 – Tucker • 18 – Kilger • 21 – Pohl • 22 – Devereaux • 23 – Ponikarovsky • 26 – Ondrus • 27 – Peca • 33 – Battaglia • 39 – Green • 42 – Wellwood • 54 – Newbury • 80 – Antropov • 92 – O'Neill • 94 – Perreault  General Manager: John Ferguson, Jr. •  Coach: Paul Maurice

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