2006-07_Boston_Bruins_season

2006–07 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season

The 2006–07 Boston Bruins season, the franchise's 83rd, saw the team working toward improving on a 2005–06 season which saw them finish with the third-worst record in the Eastern Conference. The Bruins missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

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2006–07 Boston Bruins
Division	5th Northeast
Conference	13th Eastern
2006–07 record	35–41–6
Goals for	219
Goals against	289
Team information
General manager	Peter Chiarelli
Coach	Dave Lewis
Captain	Zdeno Chara
Alternate captains	Patrice Bergeron Glen Murray
Arena	TD Banknorth Garden
Average attendance	14,764 (84.1%)
Team leaders
Goals	Glen Murray (28)
Assists	Marc Savard (74)
Points	Marc Savard (96)
Penalty minutes	Andrew Alberts (124)
Plus/minus	Andrew Ference (+5)
Wins	Tim Thomas (30)
Goals against average	Joey MacDonald (3.12)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

Offseason

Forward Marc Savard and defenceman Zdeno Chara were major additions to the team via free agency, while goaltender Tim Thomas took over the starting job after Andrew Raycroft was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the off-season.

Regular season

Phil Kessel, the team's first-round pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, immediately entered the lineup. However, he was lost from the roster in mid-December when he was diagnosed with a form of testicular cancer.^[1] Kessel's cancer proved to be operable and was removed, and he returned to the Bruins' lineup on January 9, less than a month after his diagnosis.^[2]

The Bruins finished the regular season having allowed the most shorthanded goals in the NHL, with 18.^[3]

Season standings

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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

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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.

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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

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Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	October 6, 2006	3–8	@ Florida Panthers (2006–07)	0–1–0
2	W	October 7, 2006	3–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2006–07)	1–1–0
3	L	October 11, 2006	1–4	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2006–07)	1–2–0
4	L	October 12, 2006	2–3 SO	@ St. Louis Blues (2006–07)	1–2–1
5	L	October 14, 2006	1–4	@ New York Islanders (2006–07)	1–3–1
6	W	October 19, 2006	3–2	Calgary Flames (2006–07)	2–3–1
7	L	October 21, 2006	2–6	Buffalo Sabres (2006–07)	2–4–1
8	L	October 26, 2006	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (2006–07)	2–5–1
9	W	October 28, 2006	2–1	Ottawa Senators (2006–07)	3–5–1
10	L	November 2, 2006	4–5 SO	Buffalo Sabres (2006–07)	3–5–2
11	W	November 4, 2006	6–5 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (2006–07)	4–5–2
12	L	November 6, 2006	3–5	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2006–07)	4–6–2
13	L	November 9, 2006	4–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07)	4–7–2
14	W	November 11, 2006	4–3	Ottawa Senators (2006–07)	5–7–2
15	W	November 15, 2006	3–2 SO	@ Washington Capitals (2006–07)	6–7–2
16	W	November 16, 2006	2–1 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07)	7–7–2
17	W	November 18, 2006	3–2 OT	Washington Capitals (2006–07)	8–7–2
18	L	November 20, 2006	2–3	Florida Panthers (2006–07)	8–8–2
19	W	November 22, 2006	4–3 SO	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2006–07)	9–8–2
20	L	November 24, 2006	1–5	Carolina Hurricanes (2006–07)	9–9–2
21	W	November 25, 2006	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07)	10–9–2
22	W	November 28, 2006	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07)	11–9–2
23	W	November 30, 2006	4–3 SO	Tampa Bay Lightning (2006–07)	12–9–2
24	L	December 2, 2006	2–5	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2006–07)	12–10–2
25	W	December 4, 2006	6–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (2006–07)	13–10–2
26	W	December 7, 2006	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07)	14–10–2
27	L	December 9, 2006	1–5	New Jersey Devils (2006–07)	14–11–2
28	L	December 12, 2006	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (2006–07)	14–12–2
29	W	December 14, 2006	5–3	New Jersey Devils (2006–07)	15–12–2
30	L	December 16, 2006	3–6	Florida Panthers (2006–07)	15–13–2
31	W	December 19, 2006	7–2	@ Ottawa Senators (2006–07)	16–13–2
32	W	December 21, 2006	2–0	Vancouver Canucks (2006–07)	17–13–2
33	W	December 23, 2006	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (2006–07)	18–13–2
34	L	December 26, 2006	4–5 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07)	18–13–3
35	W	December 29, 2006	5–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07)	19–13–3
36	L	December 30, 2006	0–5	@ Nashville Predators (2006–07)	19–14–3
37	L	January 1, 2007	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07)	19–15–3
38	L	January 4, 2007	2–10	Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07)	19–16–3
39	W	January 6, 2007	4–3	Philadelphia Flyers (2006–07)	20–16–3
40	L	January 9, 2007	2–5	@ Ottawa Senators (2006–07)	20–17–3
41	L	January 11, 2007	4–5 SO	New York Islanders (2006–07)	20–17–4
42	L	January 13, 2007	1–3	@ New York Rangers (2006–07)	20–18–4
43	W	January 15, 2007	3–2 SO	Buffalo Sabres (2006–07)	21–18–4
44	L	January 17, 2007	3–6	@ Buffalo Sabres (2006–07)	21–19–4
45	W	January 18, 2007	5–4 SO	Pittsburgh Penguins (2006–07)	22–19–4
46	L	January 20, 2007	0–3	Ottawa Senators (2006–07)	22–20–4
47	L	January 27, 2007	1–3	@ Ottawa Senators (2006–07)	22–21–4
48	L	January 29, 2007	1–6	New York Rangers (2006–07)	22–22–4
49	L	January 30, 2007	1–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (2006–07)	22–23–4
50	L	February 1, 2007	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (2006–07)	22–24–4
51	W	February 3, 2007	4–3 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2006–07)	23–24–4
52	W	February 6, 2007	3–2 SO	@ Washington Capitals (2006–07)	24–24–4
53	L	February 8, 2007	2–5	Carolina Hurricanes (2006–07)	24–25–4
54	W	February 10, 2007	4–3 SO	New York Islanders (2006–07)	25–25–4
55	W	February 13, 2007	3–0	Edmonton Oilers (2006–07)	26–25–4
56	L	February 15, 2007	1–4	@ New York Islanders (2006–07)	26–26–4
57	W	February 17, 2007	4–3 SO	@ Buffalo Sabres (2006–07)	27–26–4
58	W	February 19, 2007	6–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2006–07)	28–26–4
59	W	February 20, 2007	3–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07)	29–26–4
60	W	February 23, 2007	6–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2006–07)	30–26–4
61	L	February 24, 2007	2–7	@ Florida Panthers (2006–07)	30–27–4
62	L	February 26, 2007	2–3	Atlanta Thrashers (2006–07)	30–28–4
63	L	March 1, 2007	3–4 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2006–07)	30–28–5
64	W	March 3, 2007	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (2006–07)	31–28–5
65	W	March 4, 2007	4–1	@ New Jersey Devils (2006–07)	32–28–5
66	L	March 6, 2007	0–2	Colorado Avalanche (2006–07)	32–29–5
67	L	March 8, 2007	1–2	Minnesota Wild (2006–07)	32–30–5
68	L	March 10, 2007	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2006–07)	32–31–5
69	W	March 11, 2007	6–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2006–07)	33–31–5
70	W	March 15, 2007	4–3 SO	Washington Capitals (2006–07)	34–31–5
71	L	March 17, 2007	0–7	@ New York Rangers (2006–07)	34–32–5
72	L	March 20, 2007	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (2006–07)	34–33–5
73	L	March 22, 2007	3–6	Montreal Canadiens (2006–07)	34–34–5
74	L	March 24, 2007	1–2 SO	New York Rangers (2006–07)	34–34–6
75	L	March 25, 2007	0–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2006–07)	34–35–6
76	W	March 27, 2007	3–2	@ Ottawa Senators (2006–07)	35–35–6
77	L	March 29, 2007	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (2006–07)	35–36–6
78	L	March 31, 2007	2–3	Atlanta Thrashers (2006–07)	35–37–6
79	L	April 1, 2007	1–3	@ New Jersey Devils (2006–07)	35–38–6
80	L	April 3, 2007	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (2006–07)	35–39–6
81	L	April 5, 2007	2–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (2006–07)	35–40–6
82	L	April 7, 2007	3–6	Ottawa Senators (2006–07)	35–41–6

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Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

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Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Marc Savard	C	82	22	74	96	96	-19	10	1	3
Patrice Bergeron	C	77	22	48	70	26	-28	14	0	6
Glen Murray	RW	59	28	17	45	44	-12	12	0	4
Marco Sturm	LW	76	27	17	44	46	-24	10	2	1
Zdeno Chara	D	80	11	32	43	100	-21	9	0	3
Brad Boyes	C	62	13	21	34	25	-17	1	1	1
Phil Kessel	C	70	11	18	29	12	-12	1	0	0
P. J. Axelsson	LW	55	11	16	27	52	-10	3	2	0
Brandon Bochenski	RW	31	11	11	22	14	3	3	0	2
Paul Mara	D	59	3	15	18	95	-22	0	0	0
Brad Stuart	D	48	7	10	17	26	-22	1	0	2
Shean Donovan	RW	76	6	11	17	56	-13	0	0	0
Mark Mowers	C	78	5	12	17	26	-10	0	1	0
Wayne Primeau	C	51	7	8	15	75	-15	2	1	1
Petr Tenkrat	RW	64	9	5	14	34	-16	2	0	1
Stanislav Chistov	LW	60	5	8	13	36	-8	1	0	1
Andrew Alberts	D	76	0	10	10	124	-15	0	0	0
Jason York	D	49	1	7	8	32	-14	0	0	0
Petr Kalus	LW	9	4	1	5	6	0	1	0	0
Milan Jurcina	D	40	2	1	3	20	-5	0	0	1
Andrew Ference	D	26	1	2	3	31	-2	0	0	0
Aaron Ward	D	20	1	2	3	18	-8	0	0	0
Dennis Wideman	D	20	1	2	3	27	-3	0	0	0
Bobby Allen	D	31	0	3	3	10	-1	0	0	0
Chuck Kobasew	C	10	1	1	2	25	-6	1	0	0
Jeff Hoggan	LW	46	0	2	2	33	-8	0	0	0
Matt Lashoff	D	12	0	2	2	12	-6	0	0	0
Yan Stastny	C	21	0	2	2	19	-3	0	0	0
Wade Brookbank	LW	7	1	0	1	15	-1	0	0	0
Nathan Dempsey	D	17	0	1	1	6	-2	0	0	0
Jeremy Reich	LW	32	0	1	1	63	-10	0	0	0
Mark Stuart	D	15	0	1	1	14	7	0	0	0
Brian Finley	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Krejci	C	6	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
Joey MacDonald	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Philippe Sauve	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Sigalet	D	1	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
Tim Thomas	G	66	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Nate Thompson	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hannu Toivonen	G	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Ben Walter	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Tim Thomas	3619	66	30	29	4	189	3.13	3	1985	1796	.905
Hannu Toivonen	894	18	3	9	1	63	4.23	0	502	439	.875
Joey MacDonald	358	7	2	2	1	16	2.68	0	195	179	.918
Brian Finley	59	2	0	1	0	3	3.05	0	33	30	.909
Philippe Sauve	41	2	0	0	0	4	5.85	0	23	19	.826
Team:	4971	82	35	41	6	275	3.32	3	2738	2463	.900

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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 Toronto Maple Leafs Andrew Raycroft	To Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask
June 26, 2006	To Phoenix Coyotes Nick Boynton conditional 3rd round draft pick in 2007 or 2008	To Boston Bruins Paul Mara 4th round draft pick in 2007
November 14, 2006	To Phoenix Coyotes Tyler Redenbach	To Boston Bruins Philippe Sauve
December 19, 2006	To Pittsburgh Penguins Wade Brookbank	To Boston Bruins future considerations
January 16, 2007	To St. Louis Blues Yan Stastny	To Boston Bruins 5th round pick in 2007
February 1, 2007	To Washington Capitals Milan Jurcina	To Boston Bruins 4th round pick in 2008
February 3, 2007	To Chicago Blackhawks Kris Versteeg	To Boston Bruins Brandon Bochenski
February 27, 2007	To Boston Bruins Aaron Ward	To New York Rangers Paul Mara

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team
F Marc Savard	Atlanta Thrashers
D Zdeno Chara	Ottawa Senators
G Brian Finley	Nashville Predators
D Wade Brookbank	Vancouver Canucks
D Nathan Dempsey	Los Angeles Kings
D Jason York	St. Louis Blues
F Jeff Hoggan	St. Louis Blues
F Nate DiCasmirro	Edmonton Oilers
F Dennis Packard	Tampa Bay Lightning

Free agents lost

Player	Current team
D Hal Gill	Toronto Maple Leafs
D David Tanabe	Carolina Hurricanes
F Tom Fitzgerald	Retired
D Brian Leetch	UFA
F Brad Isbister	Carolina Hurricanes
F Travis Green	Anaheim Ducks
F Shawn McEachern	UFA
F Alexei Zhamnov	Retired
F Marty Reasoner	Edmonton Oilers
F Dan LaCouture	New Jersey Devils
F Mariusz Czerkawski	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (Swiss-A)
D Jiri Slegr	HC Litvínov (Czech)

Claimed off waivers

Player	Former team
G Joey MacDonald	Detroit Red Wings

Draft picks

Boston's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[8] The Bruins had the 5th overall draft pick.

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Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team (league)
1	5	Phil Kessel (C/RW)	United States	Boston Bruins	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
2	37	Yuri Alexandrov (D)	Russia	Boston Bruins	Severstal Cherepovets (Russia)
2	50	Milan Lucic (LW)	Canada	Boston Bruins (from Edmonton)	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
3	71	Brad Marchand (C)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
5	128	Andrew Bodnarchuk (D)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
6	158	Levi Nelson (C)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)

External links

Official website of the Boston Bruins

References

Game log: Boston Bruins game log on espn.com
Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
Season Stats: on espn.com

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"wbztv.com – Source: Bruins' Kessel Diagnosed With Cancer". Archived from the original on January 6, 2007. Retrieved January 5, 2007.
[2]
TSN : NHL – Canada's Sports Leader
[3]
"2006-07 NHL Summary".
[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 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
[7]
"2006-07 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 9, 2009.
[8]
2006 NHL Entry Draft Results 2006 NHL Entry Draft – accessed January 5, 2007.

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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

Schedule and results

Player stats

Regular season

Transactions

Trades

Free agents acquired

Free agents lost

Claimed off waivers

Draft picks

External links

See also

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