2006–07 Washington Capitals season

The 2006–07 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals' 33rd season in the National Hockey League (NHL), and the last one in which they used their blue, black and bronze color scheme.

2006–07 Washington Capitals
Division	5th Southeast
Conference	14th Eastern
2006–07 record	28–40–14
Goals for	235
Goals against	286
Team information
General manager	George McPhee
Coach	Glen Hanlon
Captain	Chris Clark
Alternate captains	Brian Sutherby Dainius Zubrus (Oct-Feb) Alexander Ovechkin (Feb-Apr)
Arena	Verizon Center
Team leaders
Goals	Alexander Ovechkin (46)
Assists	Alexander Ovechkin (46)
Points	Alexander Ovechkin (92)
Wins	Olaf Kolzig (22)
Goals against average	Brent Johnson (3.61)

Regular season

• December 15, 2006 - Ovechkin gets the second hat trick of his career by scoring all three goals of a 3-2 overtime victory against the Atlanta Thrashers. The third goal is scored just six seconds into overtime, tying Mats Sundin and David Legwand for the fastest regular-season overtime goal ever scored.[1][2][3]

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.

Eastern Conference[5] 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 11 246 245 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 5	Washington	2 – 5	NY Rangers		Kolzig	18,200	0–1–0	0
2	October 7	Carolina	2 – 5	Washington		Kolzig	16,622	1–1–0	2
3	October 12	Washington	2 – 3	Minnesota	SO	Johnson	18,064	1–1–1	3
4	October 14	Atlanta	4 – 3	Washington	OT	Kolzig	11,995	1–1–2	4
5	October 18	Florida	2 – 5	Washington		Kolzig	10,125	2–1–2	6
6	October 19	Washington	3 – 4	Atlanta	SO	Johnson	12,719	2–1–3	7
7	October 21	Tampa Bay	6 – 4	Washington		Kolzig	13,327	2–2–3	7
8	October 25	Washington	5 – 3	Colorado		Kolzig	17,047	3–2–3	9
9	October 27	Washington	2 – 3	Vancouver	SO	Kolzig	18,630	3–2–4	10
10	October 28	Washington	0 – 4	Edmonton		Johnson	16,839	3–3–4	10
11	October 30	Washington	4 – 2	Calgary		Kolzig	19,289	4–3–4	12

November

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
12	November 3	Atlanta	4 – 3	Washington		Kolzig	12,834	4–4–4	12
13	November 4	Washington	5 – 3	Philadelphia		Johnson	19,564	5–4–4	14
14	November 6	Ottawa	3 – 4	Washington	OT	Johnson	10,845	6–4–4	16
15	November 9	Washington	0 – 5	Carolina		Johnson	18,639	6–5–4	16
16	November 11	NY Rangers	1 – 3	Washington		Kolzig	16,263	7–5–4	18
17	November 13	Washington	4 – 1	Florida		Kolzig	12,108	8–5–4	20
18	November 15	Boston	3 – 2	Washington	SO	Kolzig	10,878	8–5–5	21
19	November 17	Carolina	4 – 1	Washington		Kolzig	12,683	8–6–5	21
20	November 18	Washington	2 – 3	Boston	OT	Johnson	16,837	8–6–6	22
21	November 22	Atlanta	4 – 2	Washington		Kolzig	11,284	8–7–6	22
22	November 24	Toronto	7 – 1	Washington		Johnson	14,892	8–8–6	22
23	November 25	Washington	1 – 4	NY Islanders		Kolzig	13,214	8–9–6	22
24	November 28	Washington	5 – 2	Tampa Bay		Kolzig	18,874	9–9–6	24
25	November 30	Dallas	3 – 4	Washington		Kolzig	10,912	10–9–6	26

December

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
26	December 2	Buffalo	4 – 7	Washington		Kolzig	17,162	11–9–6	28
27	December 6	Ottawa	2 – 6	Washington		Kolzig	10,926	12–9–6	30
28	December 8	Anaheim	6 – 1	Washington		Kolzig	12,269	12–10–6	30
29	December 9	Washington	5 – 3	Philadelphia		Johnson	19,211	13–10–6	32
30	December 11	Pittsburgh	5 – 4	Washington	SO	Kolzig	14,793	13–10–7	33
31	December 15	Washington	3 – 2	Atlanta	OT	Johnson	16,920	14–10–7	35
32	December 16	Philadelphia	1 – 4	Washington		Kolzig	15,021	15–10–7	37
33	December 19	Tampa Bay	5 – 4	Washington		Kolzig	10,417	15–11–7	37
34	December 22	New Jersey	4 – 1	Washington		Johnson	13,744	15–12–7	37
35	December 23	Washington	3 – 2	Toronto		Kolzig	19,488	16–12–7	39
36	December 26	Washington	3 – 6	Buffalo		Johnson	18,690	16–13–7	39
37	December 27	Montreal	4 – 1	Washington		Kolzig	15,609	16–14–7	39
38	December 29	Washington	3 – 4	New Jersey		Kolzig	16,297	16–15–7	39
39	December 30	Washington	1 – 4	NY Rangers		Kolzig	18,200	16–16–7	39

January

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
40	January 1	Phoenix	3 – 2	Washington		Kolzig	12,579	16–17–7	39
41	January 4	Montreal	1 – 5	Washington		Kolzig	11,287	17–17–7	41
42	January 6	Atlanta	2 – 3	Washington	OT	Kolzig	15,642	18–17–7	43
43	January 9	Philadelphia	2 – 6	Washington		Kolzig	13,143	19–17–7	45
44	January 11	Washington	4 – 5	Tampa Bay		Kolzig	18,804	19–18–7	45
45	January 13	Washington	3 – 7	Florida		Kolzig	15,061	19–19–7	45
46	January 16	Washington	2 – 5	Ottawa		Johnson	18,810	19–20–7	45
47	January 18	Washington	5 – 2	Carolina		Kolzig	16,285	20–20–7	47
48	January 20	Florida	4 – 1	Washington		Kolzig	13,877	20–21–7	47
49	January 26	Washington	2 – 6	Carolina		Johnson	18,044	20–22–7	47
50	January 27	Carolina	3 – 7	Washington		Kolzig	16,924	21–22–7	49
51	January 30	Washington	2 – 3	Ottawa		Kolzig	19,178	21–23–7	49

February

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
52	February 1	Washington	3 – 6	Florida		Kolzig	11,300	21–24–7	49
53	February 3	Washington	0 – 2	Pittsburgh		Kolzig	17,132	21–25–7	49
54	February 4	NY Islanders	1 – 2	Washington	SO	Kolzig	12,508	22–25–7	51
55	February 6	Boston	3 – 2	Washington	SO	Kolzig	15,273	22–25–8	52
56	February 8	Los Angeles	3 – 4	Washington	OT	Kolzig	15,527	23–25–8	54
57	February 10	NY Rangers	5 – 2	Washington		Kolzig	18,277	23–26–8	54
58	February 15	Washington	2 – 3	Tampa Bay	SO	Johnson	18,744	23–26–9	55
59	February 18	Washington	2 – 3	Pittsburgh		Johnson	17,132	23–27–9	55
60	February 20	Washington	3 – 5	Montreal		Johnson	21,273	23–28–9	55
61	February 21	San Jose	3 – 2	Washington	SO	Johnson	13,622	23–28–10	56
62	February 24	Washington	4 – 2	New Jersey		Johnson	14,301	24–28–10	58
63	February 25	New Jersey	3 – 2	Washington		Johnson	14,585	24–29–10	58
64	February 27	Florida	6 – 5	Washington	OT	Johnson	10,979	24–29–11	59

March

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
65	March 1	Tampa Bay	5 – 4	Washington	SO	Johnson	10,462	24–29–12	60
66	March 3	NY Islanders	6 – 2	Washington		Johnson	16,453	24–30–12	60
67	March 6	Washington	1 – 2	Toronto		Cassivi	19,531	24–31–12	60
68	March 9	Carolina	3 – 0	Washington		Johnson	13,970	24–32–12	60
69	March 10	Washington	2 – 5	NY Islanders		Johnson	15,764	24–33–12	60
70	March 12	Washington	2 – 4	Atlanta		Johnson	14,041	24–34–12	60
71	March 15	Washington	3 – 4	Boston	SO	Kolzig	15,091	24–34–13	61
72	March 16	Toronto	1 – 5	Washington		Kolzig	16,281	25–34–13	63
73	March 18	Tampa Bay	1 – 7	Washington		Kolzig	14,274	26–34–13	65
74	March 21	Washington	2 – 5	Buffalo		Kolzig	18,690	26–35–13	65
75	March 22	Washington	3 – 4	Carolina		Johnson	18,740	26–36–13	65
76	March 24	Washington	1 – 4	Montreal		Kolzig	21,273	26–37–13	65
77	March 27	Pittsburgh	4 – 3	Washington		Kolzig	18,277	26–38–13	65
78	March 30	Washington	2 – 3	Florida	OT	Johnson	15,712	26–38–14	66
79	March 31	Washington	2 – 5	Tampa Bay		Kolzig	20,064	26–39–14	66

April

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
80	April 3	Florida	0 – 1	Washington		Kolzig	16,311	27–39–14	68
81	April 4	Washington	3 – 2	Atlanta		Johnson	18,783	28–39–14	70
82	April 7	Buffalo	2 – 0	Washington		Kolzig	18,277	28–40–14	70

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

Playoffs

For the third consecutive season, the Capitals failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Alexander Ovechkin LW 82 46 46 92 52 -19 16 0 8 Alexander Semin LW 77 38 35 73 90 -7 17 0 6 Chris Clark RW 74 30 24 54 66 -10 9 4 2 Dainius Zubrus C 60 20 32 52 50 -16 9 0 4 Matt Pettinger LW 64 16 16 32 22 -13 4 3 2 Boyd Gordon C 71 7 22 29 14 10 0 2 0 Brian Pothier D 72 3 25 28 44 -11 2 0 0 Kris Beech C 64 8 18 26 46 -11 3 0 0 Ben Clymer RW 66 7 13 20 44 -17 0 0 0 Brooks Laich C 73 8 10 18 29 -2 2 3 0 Richard Zednik RW 32 6 12 18 16 -4 1 0 1 Brian Sutherby C 69 7 10 17 78 -9 1 0 0 Steve Eminger D 68 1 16 17 63 -14 0 0 0 Jamie Heward D 52 4 12 16 27 4 2 0 1 Matt Bradley RW 57 4 9 13 47 -5 0 0 0 Donald Brashear LW 77 4 9 13 156 1 0 0 0 Shaone Morrisonn D 78 3 10 13 106 3 0 0 0 Mike Green D 70 2 10 12 36 -10 0 0 0 Jakub Klepis C 41 3 7 10 28 -2 0 0 0 Milan Jurcina D 30 2 7 9 24 5 0 0 0 Tomas Fleischmann LW 29 4 4 8 8 -6 1 0 1 Lawrence Nycholat D 18 2 6 8 12 -3 0 0 0 Bryan Muir D 26 3 4 7 42 3 0 0 1 John Erskine D 29 1 6 7 69 -13 0 0 0 Jiri Novotny C 18 0 6 6 2 -2 0 0 0 Alexandre Giroux C/LW 9 2 2 4 2 -4 0 0 0 Eric Fehr RW 14 2 1 3 8 3 0 0 1 Olaf Kolzig G 54 0 3 3 10 0 0 0 0 Jeff Schultz D 38 0 3 3 16 5 0 0 0 Rico Fata RW 10 1 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 Brent Johnson G 30 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 Frederic Cassivi G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Timo Helbling D 2 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0 Jamie Hunt D 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 David Steckel C 5 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Olaf Kolzig 3184 54 22 24 6 159 3.00 1 1771 1612 .910 Brent Johnson 1644 30 6 15 7 99 3.61 0 894 795 .889 Frederic Cassivi 139 4 0 1 1 6 2.59 0 58 52 .897 Team: 4967 82 28 40 14 264 3.19 1 2723 2459 .903

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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

July 12, 2006	To Washington Capitals Richard Zednik	To Montreal Canadiens 3rd round pick in 2007
February 1, 2007	To Washington Capitals Milan Jurcina	To Boston Bruins 4th round pick in 2008
February 25, 2007	To Washington Capitals 2nd round pick in 2007	To New York Islanders Richard Zednik
February 26, 2007	To Washington Capitals Andy Hedlund 6th round pick in 2008	To Ottawa Senators Lawrence Nycholat
February 27, 2007	To Washington Capitals Jiri Novotny 1st round pick in 2007	To Buffalo Sabres Dainius Zubrus Timo Helbling
February 27, 2007	To Washington Capitals Conditional draft pick	To Los Angeles Kings Jamie Heward

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team
F Donald Brashear	Philadelphia Flyers
D John Erskine	New York Islanders

Free agents lost

Player	New team
F Brian Willsie	Los Angeles Kings
F Jeff Halpern	Dallas Stars
D Boyd Kane	Philadelphia Flyers
F Graham Mink	San Jose Sharks
D Mathieu Biron	San Jose Sharks

Roster

2006–07 Washington Capitals Roster

Goaltenders: 1 – Johnson • 35 – Cassivi • 37 – Kolzig  Defensemen 2 – Pothier • 4 – Erskine • 23 – Jurcina • 26 – Morrisonn • 27 – Clymer • 44 – Eminger • 47 – Muir • 52 – Green  Forwards 8 – Ovechkin • 10 – Bradley • 13 – Novotny • 14 – Fehr • 15 – Gordon • 16 – Sutherby • 17 – Clark • 18 – Pettinger • 21 – Laich • 24 – Beech • 25 – Steckel • 28 – Semin • 38 – Klepis • 43 – Fleischmann • 87 – Brashear  General Manager: George McPhee •  Coach: Glen Hanlon

Draft picks

Washington's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[7]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team (league)
1	4	Nicklas Backstrom (C)	Sweden	Washington Capitals	Brynas IF (Elitserien)
1	23	Semyon Varlamov (G)	Russia	Washington Capitals (from Nashville)	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russian Superleague)
2	34	Michal Neuvirth (G)	Czech Republic	Washington Capitals	Sparta Praha (Czech Extraliga)
2	35	Francois Bouchard (RW)	Canada	Washington Capitals (from Boston)	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
2	52	Keith Seabrook (D)	Canada	Washington Capitals (from Anaheim)	Burnaby Express (BCHL)
4	97	Oskar Osala (LW)	Finland	Washington Capitals	Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
4	122	Luke Lynes (C/LW)	United States	Washington Capitals (from Detroit)	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
5	127	Maxime Lacroix (LW)	Canada	Washington Capitals	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6	157	Brent Gwidt (C)	United States	Washington Capitals	Lakeland (USHS-WI)
6	177	Mathieu Perreault (C)	Canada	Washington Capitals (from Buffalo)	Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)

See also

• 2006–07 NHL season

References

• Game log: Washington Capitals game log on espn.com
• Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
• Player Stats: Washington Capitals 2006-07 Reg. Season Stats on espn.com
• Draft picks: 2006 NHL Entry Draft

1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199512300STL.html
2. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200603090VAN.html
3. https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/200612150ATL.html
4. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
5. "2006–2007 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
6. "2006-07 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
7. 2006 NHL Entry Draft Results

External links

• Official site of the Washington Capitals