# 2006–07 Ottawa Senators season

The 2006–07 Ottawa Senators season was the 15th season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). This 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.
The line of Daniel Alfredsson, Jason Spezza and Dany Heatley would lead the way with impressive offensive totals. In the playoffs, the line led the team to three series wins. In the Final, the line was shut down by the superior defence and goaltending of Anaheim and the team lost the series four games to one. Alfredsson would lead all scorers in the playoffs.

## Off-season

In July 2006, the Senators lost four players to free agency; defencemen Zdeno Chara (who signed 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.
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.

## 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.
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.
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.

### 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 |
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 :
| 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

## 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

* 2007 Stanley Cup
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. 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. 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.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2006–07 regular season :
October: 5–6–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 3–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 4Ottawa4 – 1TorontoGerber19,5201–0–02Recap
2October 5Toronto6 – 0OttawaGerber19,2371–1–02Recap
3October 7Buffalo4 – 3OttawaGerber19,2021–2–02Recap
4October 12Calgary1 – 0OttawaEmery18,4041–3–02Recap
5October 14Ottawa3 – 2MontrealSOEmery21,2732–3–04Recap
6October 19Colorado2 – 1OttawaGerber17,7282–4–04Recap
7October 21New Jersey1 – 8OttawaEmery19,1663–4–06Recap
8October 24Ottawa6 – 2TorontoGerber19,4854–4–08Recap
9October 26Toronto2 – 7OttawaEmery19,1785–4–010Recap
10October 28Ottawa1 – 2BostonGerber13,2815–5–010Recap
11October 31Ottawa2 – 4MontrealEmery21,2735–6–010Recap :
November: 8–6–1 (home: 3–2–0; road: 5–4–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
12November 4Carolina4 – 2OttawaGerber19,5485–7–010Recap
13November 6Ottawa3 – 4WashingtonOTGerber10,4855–7–111Recap
14November 8Ottawa4 – 5AtlantaGerber16,2535–8–111Recap
15November 10Ottawa6 – 3PittsburghGerber17,0526–8–113Recap
16November 11Ottawa3 – 4BostonGerber15,7726–9–113Recap
17November 13Montreal6 – 3OttawaGerber20,0516–10–113Recap
18November 15Ottawa4 – 2BuffaloEmery18,6907–10–115Recap
19November 17Ottawa2 – 3New JerseyEmery15,1337–11–115Recap
20November 18Buffalo1 – 4OttawaEmery19,7708–11–117Recap
21November 20Minnesota3 – 5OttawaEmery18,0949–11–119Recap
22November 22Ottawa3 – 2PhiladelphiaOTEmery18,99010–11–121Recap
23November 24Ottawa6 – 4FloridaEmery16,54411–11–123Recap
24November 26Ottawa1 – 3Tampa BayEmery19,81911–12–123Recap
25November 28Ottawa4 – 1CarolinaGerber14,39312–12–125Recap
26November 30Florida0 – 6OttawaEmery17,81413–12–127Recap :
December: 8–6–0 (home: 3–3–0; road: 5–3–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
27December 2Tampa Bay2 – 5OttawaEmery18,61814–12–129Recap
28December 5Ottawa4 – 2NY IslandersGerber8,74115–12–131Recap
29December 6Ottawa2 – 6WashingtonEmery10,92615–13–131Recap
30December 9NY Rangers3 – 1OttawaEmery19,19215–14–131Recap
31December 10Ottawa2 – 6ColumbusGerber15,79715–15–131Recap
32December 12Ottawa3 – 2DetroitEmery20,06616–15–133Recap
33December 14Ottawa0 – 6NashvilleEmery12,71816–16–133Recap
34December 16Ottawa3 – 1BuffaloEmery18,69017–16–135Recap
35December 19Boston7 – 2OttawaEmery19,15317–17–135Recap
36December 21Tampa Bay4 – 2OttawaEmery18,60317–18–135Recap
37December 23Ottawa6 – 3PhiladelphiaGerber19,26818–18–137Recap
38December 27NY Islanders0 – 2OttawaEmery20,19219–18–139Recap
39December 29NY Rangers0 – 1OttawaEmery20,21420–18–141Recap
40December 30Ottawa3 – 2TorontoOTEmery19,48321–18–143Recap :
January: 9–3–1 (home: 7–2–1; road: 2–1–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
41January 1Atlanta3 – 2OttawaOTEmery19,70721–18–244Recap
42January 3Buffalo3 – 6OttawaEmery19,77722–18–246Recap
43January 6New Jersey3 – 2OttawaEmery19,54822–19–246Recap
44January 7Philadelphia1 – 6OttawaGerber18,50923–19–248Recap
45January 9Boston2 – 5OttawaEmery18,29224–19–250Recap
46January 11Ottawa6 – 4NY RangersEmery18,20025–19–252Recap
47January 13Montreal3 – 8OttawaEmery20,03826–19–254Recap
48January 16Washington2 – 5OttawaEmery18,81027–19–256Recap
49January 18Vancouver2 – 1OttawaEmery19,16127–20–256Recap
50January 20Ottawa3 – 0BostonEmery17,56528–20–258Recap
51January 27Boston1 – 3OttawaEmery19,84629–20–260Recap
52January 29Ottawa1 – 3MontrealEmery21,27329–21–260Recap
53January 30Washington2 – 3OttawaGerber19,17830–21–262Recap :
February: 8–1–2 (home: 6–0–1; road: 2–1–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
54February 3Toronto3 – 2OttawaSOEmery20,11230–21–363Recap
55February 7Ottawa2 – 3BuffaloEmery18,69030–22–363Recap
56February 8Montreal1 – 4OttawaEmery19,91531–22–365Recap
57February 10Ottawa5 – 3MontrealEmery21,27332–22–367Recap
58February 14Florida0 – 4OttawaGerber18,56133–22–369Recap
59February 17Atlanta3 – 5OttawaGerber19,88134–22–371Recap
60February 20Edmonton3 – 4OttawaSOGerber19,71635–22–373Recap
61February 22Ottawa5 – 6BuffaloSOGerber18,69035–22–474Recap
62February 24Buffalo5 – 6OttawaEmery20,04036–22–476Recap
63February 27Ottawa4 – 2CarolinaGerber17,81237–22–478Recap
64February 28Carolina0 – 2OttawaEmery19,26138–22–480Recap :
March: 9–2–4 (home: 4–1–1; road: 5–1–3)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
65March 2Ottawa2 – 4AtlantaEmery16,19038–23–480Recap
66March 4Ottawa3 – 4ChicagoSOGerber13,91738–23–581Recap
67March 6Pittsburgh5 – 4OttawaSOEmery20,07438–23–682Recap
68March 8Toronto1 – 5OttawaEmery20,01839–23–684Recap
69March 10Ottawa3 – 4TorontoOTEmery19,52739–23–785Recap
70March 13Ottawa3 – 2NY RangersEmery18,20040–23–787Recap
71March 15NY Islanders2 – 5OttawaEmery19,98941–23–789Recap
72March 17Philadelphia2 – 3OttawaEmery19,63942–23–791Recap
73March 18Ottawa3 – 4PittsburghSOEmery17,13242–23–892Recap
74March 20Ottawa4 – 2St. LouisGerber13,18843–23–894Recap
75March 22Ottawa4 – 2FloridaEmery14,20244–23–896Recap
76March 24Ottawa7 – 2Tampa BayEmery20,34245–23–898Recap
77March 27Boston3 – 2OttawaEmery19,78645–24–898Recap
78March 30Montreal2 – 5OttawaEmery20,18546–24–8100Recap
79March 31Ottawa5 – 2NY IslandersGerber15,59847–24–8102Recap :
April: 1–1–1 (home: 0–1–0; road: 1–0–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
80April 3Ottawa1 – 2New JerseySOEmery11,64247–24–9103Recap
81April 5Pittsburgh3 – 2OttawaEmery20,06447–25–9103Recap
82April 7Ottawa6 – 3BostonEmery17,56548–25–9105Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2007 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (5) Pittsburgh Penguins – Senators win 4–1
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 11Pittsburgh3 – 6OttawaEmery19,6111 – 0Recap
2April 14Pittsburgh4 – 3OttawaEmery20,1331 – 1Recap
3April 15Ottawa4 – 2PittsburghEmery17,1322 – 1Recap
4April 17Ottawa2 – 1PittsburghEmery17,1323 – 1Recap
5April 19Pittsburgh0 – 3OttawaEmery20,1794 – 1Recap :
Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (2) New Jersey Devils – Senators win 4–1
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 26Ottawa5 – 4New JerseyEmery15,5121 – 0Recap
2April 28Ottawa2 – 3New Jersey2OTEmery19,0401 – 1Recap
3April 30New Jersey0 – 2OttawaEmery19,6362 – 1Recap
4May 2New Jersey2 – 3OttawaEmery20,2483 – 1Recap
5May 5Ottawa3 – 2New JerseyEmery19,0404 – 1Recap :
Eastern Conference Finals vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres – Senators win 4–1
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1May 10Ottawa5 – 2BuffaloEmery18,6901 – 0Recap
2May 12Ottawa4 – 3Buffalo2OTEmery18,6902 – 0Recap
3May 14Buffalo0 – 1OttawaEmery20,1713 – 0Recap
4May 16Buffalo3 – 2OttawaEmery20,2943 – 1Recap
5May 19Ottawa3 – 2BuffaloOTEmery18,6904 – 1Recap :
Stanley Cup Finals vs. (W2) Anaheim Ducks – Ducks win 4–1
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1May 28Ottawa2 – 3AnaheimEmery17,2740 – 1Recap
2May 30Ottawa0 – 1AnaheimEmery17,2580 – 2Recap
3June 2Anaheim3 – 5OttawaEmery20,5001 – 2Recap
4June 4Anaheim3 – 2OttawaEmery20,5001 – 3Recap
5June 6Ottawa2 – 6AnaheimEmery17,3721 – 4Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 15 | Dany Heatley | LW | 82 | 50 | 55 | 105 | 31 | 74 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 14 |
| 19 | Jason Spezza | C | 67 | 34 | 53 | 87 | 19 | 45 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 10 |
| 11 | Daniel Alfredsson | RW | 77 | 29 | 58 | 87 | 42 | 42 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 10 |
| 12 | Mike Fisher | C | 68 | 22 | 26 | 48 | 15 | 41 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −2 | 24 |
| 27 | Peter Schaefer | LW | 77 | 12 | 34 | 46 | 7 | 32 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 20 | Antoine Vermette | C | 77 | 19 | 20 | 39 | −2 | 52 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| 22 | Chris Kelly | C | 82 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 28 | 40 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| 42 | Tom Preissing | D | 80 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 40 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Joe Corvo | D | 76 | 8 | 29 | 37 | 8 | 42 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Wade Redden | D | 64 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 1 | 50 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 10 |
| 14 | Andrej Meszaros | D | 82 | 7 | 28 | 35 | −15 | 102 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 44 | Patrick Eaves | RW | 73 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 1 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Dean McAmmond | C | 81 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 11 |
| 25 | Chris Neil | RW | 82 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 6 | 177 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| 4 | Chris Phillips | D | 82 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 36 | 80 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 24 |
| 89 | Mike Comrie† | C | 41 | 13 | 12 | 25 | −1 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −1 | 17 |
| 5 | Christoph Schubert | D | 80 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 30 | 56 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 22 |
| 24 | Anton Volchenkov | D | 78 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 67 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 24 |
| 17 | Denis Hamel‡ | LW | 43 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 61 | Oleg Saprykin† | LW | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Brian McGrattan | RW | 45 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | Josh Hennessy | C | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | Ray Emery | G | 58 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 30 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 0 |
| 55 | Alexei Kaigorodov‡ | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 49 | Danny Bois | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Martin Gerber | G | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 41 | Tomas Malec‡ | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2 | Lawrence Nycholat† | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 43 | Serge Payer | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 1 | Ray Emery | 58 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 1691 | 138 | 2.47 | .918 | 5 | 3351 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 505 | 47 | 2.26 | .907 | 3 | 1249 |
| 29 | Martin Gerber | 29 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 784 | 74 | 2.78 | .906 | 1 | 1599 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honour | Recipient |
| League (annual) | NHL First All-Star Team | Dany Heatley (Right Wing) |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Dany Heatley |
| League (in-season) | NHL First Star of the Month | Dany Heatley (January) |
| League (in-season) | NHL First Star of the Week | Ray Emery (December 31) |
| League (in-season) | NHL First Star of the Week | Daniel Alfredsson (January 14) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Second Star of the Week | Dany Heatley (January 7) |
| League (in-season) | NHL YoungStars Game selection | Patrick Eaves |
| League (in-season) | NHL YoungStars Game selection | Andrej Meszaros |
| Team | Molson Cup | Ray Emery |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Alexei Kaigorodov | October 14, 2006 |
| First game | Danny Bois | December 6, 2006 |
| First game | Josh Hennessy | December 12, 2006 |

## Transactions

The Senators were involved in the following transactions from June 20, 2006, the day after the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 6, 2007, the day of the deciding game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10) | To Chicago Blackhawks Martin HavlatBryan Smolinski | To Ottawa Senators Michal BarinkaJosh HennessyTom Preissing2nd-round pick in 2008 |
| January 3, 2007 (2007-01-03) | To Phoenix Coyotes Alexei Kaigorodov | To Ottawa Senators Mike Comrie |
| January 5, 2007 (2007-01-05) | To New York Islanders Tomas Malec | To Ottawa Senators Matt Koalska |
| February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26) | To Washington Capitals Andy Hedlund6th-round pick in 2007 | To Ottawa Senators Lawrence Nycholat |
| February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27) | To Phoenix Coyotes 2nd-round pick in 2008 | To Ottawa SenatorsOleg Saprykin7th-round pick in 2007 |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Joe Corvo | Los Angeles Kings | 4-year | Free agency |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Martin Gerber | Carolina Hurricanes | 3-year | Free agency |
| July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13) | Bobby Robins | Binghamton Senators (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17) | Ryan Vesce | Springfield Falcons (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 26, 2006 (2006-07-26) | Jamie Allison | Florida Panthers | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 26, 2006 (2006-07-26) | Cory Pecker | Binghamton Senators (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 28, 2006 (2006-07-28) | Brian Maloney | Atlanta Thrashers | 1-year | Free agency |
| August 2, 2006 (2006-08-02) | Dean McAmmond | St. Louis Blues | 1-year | Free agency |
| August 2, 2006 (2006-08-02) | Serge Payer | Florida Panthers | 1-year | Free agency |
| April 12, 2007 (2007-04-12) | Derek Smith | Lake Superior State University (CCHA) | 2-year | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Tyler Arnason | Colorado Avalanche | Free agency (UFA) |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Zdeno Chara | Boston Bruins | Free agency (III) |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Brian Pothier | Washington Capitals | Free agency (III) |
| July 2, 2006 (2006-07-02) | Mike Morrison | Phoenix Coyotes | Free agency (VI) |
| July 3, 2006 (2006-07-03) | Glen Metropolit | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency (III) |
| July 12, 2006 (2006-07-12) | Charlie Stephens | DEG Metro Stars (DEL) | Free agency (VI) |
| July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25) | Billy Thompson | New York Islanders | Free agency (UFA) |
| July 31, 2006 (2006-07-31) | Dominik Hasek | Detroit Red Wings | Free agency (III) |
| August 8, 2006 (2006-08-08) | Brad Norton | Detroit Red Wings | Free agency (III) |
| August 9, 2006 (2006-08-09) | Filip Novak | Columbus Blue Jackets | Free agency (UFA) |
| August 10, 2006 (2006-08-10) | Vaclav Varada | HC Davos (NLA) | Free agency (III) |
| August 14, 2006 (2006-08-14) | Steve Martins | Chicago Wolves (AHL) | Free agency (III) |
| August 16, 2006 (2006-08-16) | Brett Clouthier | Sheffield Steelers (EIHL) | Free agency (VI) |
| August 16, 2006 (2006-08-16) | Greg Watson | Pensacola Ice Pilots (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| October 4, 2006 (2006-10-04) | Brennan Evans | Worcester Sharks (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| November 3, 2006 (2006-11-03) | Joe Cullen | Dayton Bombers (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| February 10, 2007 (2007-02-10) | Denis Hamel | Atlanta Thrashers | Waivers |
| May 30, 2007 (2007-05-30) | Cory Pecker | Lausanne HC (NLA) | Free agency |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| June 30, 2006 (2006-06-30) | Wade Redden | 2-year | Re-signing |
| July 3, 2006 (2006-07-03) | Jason Spezza | 2-year | Re-signing |
| July 6, 2006 (2006-07-06) | Ray Emery | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13) | Jeff Heerema | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13) | Neil Komadoski | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17) | Christoph Schubert | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 18, 2006 (2006-07-18) | Antoine Vermette | multi-year | Re-signing |
| July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25) | Chris Kelly | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 26, 2006 (2006-07-26) | Chris Neil | 3-year | Re-signing |
| July 28, 2006 (2006-07-28) | Peter Schaefer | 4-year | Re-signing |
| September 5, 2006 (2006-09-05) | Tomas Malec | | Re-signing |
| September 12, 2006 (2006-09-12) | Alexei Kaigorodov | 2-year | Entry-level |
| October 10, 2006 (2006-10-10) | Tomas Kudelka | 3-year | Entry-level |
| March 21, 2007 (2007-03-21) | Brian Elliott | | Entry-level |
| March 21, 2007 (2007-03-21) | Nick Foligno | | Entry-level |
| March 30, 2007 (2007-03-30) | Shawn Weller | | Entry-level |
| April 9, 2007 (2007-04-09) | Anton Volchenkov | 3-year | Extension |
| April 11, 2007 (2007-04-11) | Chris Phillips | 4-year | Extension |
| June 1, 2007 (2007-06-01) | Kaspars Daugavins | | Entry-level |
| June 1, 2007 (2007-06-01) | Mattias Karlsson | | Entry-level |
| June 1, 2007 (2007-06-01) | Alexander Nikulin | | Entry-level |

## Draft picks

Ottawa's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.
| 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 (ECHL)