2006–07 New York Rangers season

The **2006–07 New York Rangers season** was the National Hockey League franchise's 80th season of play and their 81st season overall.

## Schedule and results

|width="5%"|Game|width="5%"|October|width="10%"|Opponent|width="5%"|Score|width="5%"|Decision|width="5%"|Record|
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|1|5|Washington Capitals|5 – 2|Lundqvist|1-0-0|||||||
|2|7|@ Philadelphia Flyers|5 – 4 SO|Lundqvist|2-0-0|||||||
|3|10|Philadelphia Flyers|4 – 2|Lundqvist|2-1-0|||||||
|4|12|Pittsburgh Penguins|6 – 5|Lundqvist|2-2-0|||||||
|5|14|@ Buffalo Sabres|7 – 4|Weekes|2-3-0|||||||
|6|16|New Jersey Devils|4 – 2|Lundqvist|3-3-0|||||||
|7|18|Nashville Predators|3 – 0|Lundqvist|3-4-0|||||||
|8|21|@ Toronto Maple Leafs|5 – 4 SO|Lundqvist|4-4-0|||||||
|9|25|Florida Panthers|4 – 2|Lundqvist|4-5-0|||||||
|10|28|@ Phoenix Coyotes|7 – 3|Lundqvist|5-5-0|||||||
|11|30|@ Los Angeles Kings|4 – 1|Lundqvist|5-6-0|||||||

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|12|1|@ Anaheim Ducks|4 – 3 OT|Weekes|6-6-0|||||||
|13|2|@ San Jose Sharks|3 – 1|Weekes|7-6-0|||||||
|14|5|Buffalo Sabres|4 – 3 OT|Weekes|7-6-1|||||||
|15|8|@ Florida Panthers|4 – 3 SO|Lundqvist|8-6-1|||||||
|16|10|@ Atlanta Thrashers|5 – 2|Lundqvist|9-6-1|||||||
|17|11|@ Washington Capitals|3 – 1|Lundqvist|9-7-1|||||||
|18|14|New Jersey Devils|3 – 2|Lundqvist|10-7-1|||||||
|19|15|@ Carolina Hurricanes|2 – 1|Weekes|10-8-1|||||||
|20|18|@ Pittsburgh Penguins|3 – 1|Lundqvist|10-9-1|||||||
|21|19|Tampa Bay Lightning|4 – 1|Lundqvist|11-9-1|||||||
|22|21|Carolina Hurricanes|4 – 0|Lundqvist|12-9-1|||||||
|23|25|@ Pittsburgh Penguins|2 – 1 OT|Lundqvist|13-9-1|||||||
|24|26|Buffalo Sabres|3 – 2 OT|Lundqvist|13-9-2|||||||
|25|28|Atlanta Thrashers|5 – 4 OT|Lundqvist|13-9-3|||||||

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|26|1|@ Buffalo Sabres|4 – 3 SO|Weekes|13-9-4|||||||
|27|3|New York Islanders|7 – 4|Weekes|13-10-4|||||||
|28|7|Pittsburgh Penguins|3 – 2 SO|Lundqvist|14-10-4|||||||
|29|9|@ Ottawa Senators|3 – 1|Lundqvist|15-10-4|||||||
|30|10|Florida Panthers|2 – 1|Weekes|16-10-4|||||||
|31|12|@ Philadelphia Flyers|3 – 1|Weekes|17-10-4|||||||
|32|14|@ Dallas Stars|5 – 2|Lundqvist|18-10-4|||||||
|33|16|@ Toronto Maple Leafs|9 – 2|Lundqvist|18-11-4|||||||
|34|17|New Jersey Devils|6 – 1|Weekes|18-12-4|||||||
|35|19|New York Islanders|4 – 3|Weekes|18-13-4|||||||
|36|21|@ Florida Panthers|3 – 2|Weekes|18-14-4|||||||
|37|23|@ Tampa Bay Lightning|4 – 3|Lundqvist|18-15-4|||||||
|38|26|@ New York Islanders|2 – 0|Lundqvist|18-16-4|||||||
|39|29|@ Ottawa Senators|1 – 0|Lundqvist|18-17-4|||||||
|40|30|Washington Capitals|4 – 1|Lundqvist|19-17-4|||||||

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|41|2|@ New Jersey Devils|3 – 2 SO|Lundqvist|20-17-4|||||||
|42|4|Philadelphia Flyers|3 – 2|Lundqvist|21-17-4|||||||
|43|6|@ Montreal Canadiens|4 – 3|Lundqvist|22-17-4|||||||
|44|9|New York Islanders|5 – 3|Lundqvist|22-18-4|||||||
|45|11|Ottawa Senators|6 – 4|Lundqvist|22-19-4|||||||
|46|13|Boston Bruins|3 – 1|Lundqvist|23-19-4|||||||
|47|16|@ New Jersey Devils|1 – 0|Lundqvist|23-20-4|||||||
|48|20|Atlanta Thrashers|3 – 1|Lundqvist|23-21-4|||||||
|49|27|@ Philadelphia Flyers|2 – 1|Lundqvist|24-21-4|||||||
|50|29|@ Boston Bruins|6 – 1|Lundqvist|25-21-4|||||||
|51|31|Toronto Maple Leafs|2 – 1|Lundqvist|25-22-4|||||||

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|52|3|@ Tampa Bay Lightning|3 – 2|Lundqvist|25-23-4|||||||
|53|5|Detroit Red Wings|4 – 3|Lundqvist|25-24-4|||||||
|54|6|@ New Jersey Devils|3 – 2 SO|Lundqvist|25-24-5|||||||
|55|9|Tampa Bay Lightning|5 – 0|Lundqvist|26-24-5|||||||
|56|10|@ Washington Capitals|5 – 2|Lundqvist|27-24-5|||||||
|57|15|@ Carolina Hurricanes|4 – 1|Lundqvist|28-24-5|||||||
|58|17|Philadelphia Flyers|5 – 3|Valiquette|28-25-5|||||||
|59|18|Chicago Blackhawks|2 – 1|Lundqvist|29-25-5|||||||
|60|20|@ New Jersey Devils|2 – 1|Lundqvist|29-26-5|||||||
|61|22|New Jersey Devils|3 – 2 SO|Lundqvist|29-26-6|||||||
|62|24|Columbus Blue Jackets|3 – 2|Lundqvist|29-27-6|||||||
|63|27|Montreal Canadiens|4 – 0|Lundqvist|30-27-6|||||||

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|64|1|Pittsburgh Penguins|4 – 3 SO|Lundqvist|30-27-7|||||||
|65|3|St. Louis Blues|3 – 2 SO|Valiquette|31-27-7|||||||
|66|5|New York Islanders|2 – 1 SO|Lundqvist|32-27-7|||||||
|67|8|@ New York Islanders|2 – 1|Lundqvist|33-27-7|||||||
|68|10|@ Pittsburgh Penguins|3 – 2 OT|Lundqvist|33-27-8|||||||
|69|11|Carolina Hurricanes|2 – 1 SO|Lundqvist|34-27-8|||||||
|70|13|Ottawa Senators|3 – 2|Lundqvist|34-28-8|||||||
|71|16|@ Atlanta Thrashers|2 – 1 OT|Lundqvist|34-28-9|||||||
|72|17|Boston Bruins|7 – 0|Lundqvist|35-28-9|||||||
|73|19|Pittsburgh Penguins|2 – 1|Lundqvist|36-28-9|||||||
|74|21|Philadelphia Flyers|5 – 0|Lundqvist|37-28-9|||||||
|75|24|@ Boston Bruins|2 – 1 SO|Lundqvist|38-28-9|||||||
|76|25|@ New York Islanders|2 – 1 OT|Lundqvist|39-28-9|||||||
|77|27|@ Montreal Canadiens|6 – 4|Valiquette|39-29-9|||||||
|78|31|@ Philadelphia Flyers|6 – 4|Lundqvist|40-29-9|||||||

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|79|1|Toronto Maple Leafs|7 – 2|Lundqvist|41-29-9|||||||
|80|3|@ New York Islanders|3 – 2 SO|Lundqvist|41-29-10|||||||
|81|5|Montreal Canadiens|3 – 1|Lundqvist|42-29-10|||||||
|82|7|@ Pittsburgh Penguins|2 – 1|Lundqvist|42-30-10|||||||

## Playoffs

The New York Rangers ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Eastern Conference's sixth seed.

Key:  Win  Loss

|colspan=10; style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid;"|Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) Atlanta Thrashers – New York Rangers win series 4-0|||||||
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|**#**|**Date**|**Visitor**|**Score**|**Home**|**OT**|**Attendance**|**Series**|
|1|April 12|New York Rangers|4 – 3|Atlanta Thrashers||18,857|New York Rangers lead series 1-0|
|2|April 14|New York Rangers|2 – 1|Atlanta Thrashers||18,803|New York Rangers lead series 2-0|
|3|April 17|Atlanta Thrashers|0 – 7|New York Rangers||18,200|New York Rangers lead series 3-0|
|4|April 18|Atlanta Thrashers|2 – 4|New York Rangers||18,200|New York Rangers win series 4-0|

|colspan=10; style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 2px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 2px solid;"|Conference Semi-finals: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres – Buffalo wins series 4-2|||||||
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|**#**|**Date**|**Visitor**|**Score**|**Home**|**OT**|**Attendance**|**Series**|
|1|April 25|New York Rangers|2 – 5|Buffalo Sabres||18,690|Buffalo leads series 1-0|
|2|April 27|New York Rangers|2 – 3|Buffalo Sabres||18,690|Buffalo leads series 2-0|
|3|April 29|Buffalo Sabres|1 – 2|New York Rangers|2OT|18,200|Buffalo leads series 2-1|
|4|May 1|Buffalo Sabres|1 – 2|New York Rangers||18,200|Series tied 2-2|
|5|May 4|New York Rangers|1 – 2|Buffalo Sabres|OT|18,690|Buffalo leads series 3-2|
|6|May 6|Buffalo Sabres|5 – 4|New York Rangers||18,200|Buffalo wins series 4-2|

## Player statistics

- Skaters

|Player|||||data-sort-type="number"|||
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||82|30|66|96|26|78||
||79|26|57|83|12|42||
||77|29|41|70|16|24||
||67|29|33|62|2|47||
||80|16|25|41|0|52||
||80|10|30|40|10|52||
||79|22|18|40|-7|30||
||66|6|20|26|-9|38||
||69|2|19|21|32|70||
|<sup>†</sup>|29|8|12|20|11|58||
||64|10|8|18|-4|26||
||66|2|12|14|-8|44||
|<sup>‡</sup>|60|3|10|13|-3|57||
||82|9|4|13|-4|24||
|<sup>‡</sup>|49|4|8|12|-13|18||
||41|2|9|11|7|22||
|<sup>†‡</sup>|46|4|6|10|-3|26||
||44|4|4|8|-4|16||
||14|1|5|6|-2|4||
||14|4|2|6|5|9||
||34|0|6|6|7|8||
||19|1|4|5|5|14||
|<sup>†</sup>|19|2|3|5|6|18||
||24|2|2|4|-1|30||
||21|0|3|3|-8|8||
||53|2|1|3|-2|126||
||78|1|2|3|-11|131||
|<sup>†‡</sup>|9|2|0|2|2|4||
|<sup>†‡</sup>|6|1|0|1|-4|0||
||8|1|0|1|-4|0||
||8|0|0|0|0|2||
||1|0|0|0|0|0||
||2|0|0|0|1|7||
||6|0|0|0|0|2||

|Player|||||data-sort-type="number"|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||10|6|7|13|9|0||
||10|5|6|11|6|12||
||10|2|8|10|0|2||
||10|5|2|7|-5|12||
||10|3|4|7|6|10||
||10|1|4|5|-3|27||
||10|0|5|5|-3|8||
||10|1|3|4|6|10||
||10|1|3|4|-2|6||
||10|2|2|4|-4|18||
||6|0|4|4|-1|2||
||10|2|2|4|5|4||
||4|0|3|3|0|4||
||10|2|1|3|1|6||
||10|0|1|1|0|4||
||4|0|0|0|-3|2||
||10|0|0|0|-5|4||
||4|0|0|0|-1|12||
||2|0|0|0|-1|2||
||9|0|0|0|-1|2||
||1|0|0|0|-2|0||
||10|0|0|0|-4|4||

- Goaltenders
|Player||||||||||||||
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||70|4109|37|22|8|160|2.34|1927|.917|5|0|0|0|
||14|761|4|6|2|43|3.39|355|.879|0|0|0|0|
||3|115|1|2|0|6|3.13|45|.867|0|0|0|0|

- Goaltenders
|Player|||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||10|637|6|4|22|2.07|291|.924|1|0|0|0|

<sup>†</sup>Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

<sup>‡</sup>Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

## Awards and records

- Lester Patrick Trophy: Brian Leetch & John Halligan

### Team specific awards

- **Frank Boucher Trophy** (to the "most popular player on and off the ice"): Henrik Lundqvist
- **Rookie of the Year**: Daniel Girardi
- **Ceil Saidel Memorial Award** ("for dedication to the organization on and off the ice"): Brendan Shanahan
- **Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award** ("for the player that goes above and beyond the call of duty"): Jed Ortmeyer
- **Rangers Good Guy Award** (for "cooperation with the media"): Brendan Shanahan
- **Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award** (to the best rookie of training camp): Nigel Dawes and Brandon Dubinsky
- **Rangers Most Valuable Player**: Henrik Lundqvist
- **Players' Player Award**: Brendan Shanahan

### Milestones

|colspan="10" align="center" style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0161AB 5px solid; border-bottom:#E6393F 5px solid;"|**Regular Season**||
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|**Name**|**Milestone**|**Reached**|
|Brendan Shanahan|600 Career Goals|October 5, 2006|
|Jaromir Jagr|600 Career Goals|November 19, 2006|
|Jaromir Jagr|602 Career Goals|November 21, 2006, passed Jari Kurri for most goals by a European born player|
|Jaromir Jagr|1,500 Career Points|February 10, 2007|

### Trades

|July 19, 2006|valign="top"|To  New York Rangers <hr> Adam Hall|valign="top"|To  Nashville Predators <hr>Dominic Moore|
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|November 21, 2006|valign="top"|To New York Rangers<hr> Brad Isbister|valign="top"|To Carolina Hurricanes<hr> Jakub Petruzalek Conditional pick in 2008|
|February 5, 2007|valign="top"|To  New York Rangers <hr> Sean Avery John Seymour|valign="top"|To  Los Angeles Kings <hr> Jason Ward Marc-Andre Cliche Jan Marek|
|February 9, 2007|valign="top"|To  New York Rangers <hr> Pascal Dupuis|valign="top"|To  Minnesota Wild <hr> Adam Hall|
|February 27, 2007|valign="top"|To New York Rangers<hr> Alex Bourret|valign="top"|To Atlanta Thrashers<hr>Pascal Dupuis 3rd round pick in 2007|
|February 27, 2007|valign="top"|To New York Rangers<hr> Paul Mara|valign="top"|To Boston Bruins<hr>Aaron Ward|

### Free agents acquired

|**Player**|**Former Team**|
| --- | --- |
|F Matt Cullen|Carolina Hurricanes|
|D Aaron Ward|Carolina Hurricanes|
|F Brendan Shanahan|Detroit Red Wings|

### Free agents lost

|**Player**|**New Team**|
| --- | --- |
|F Steve Rucchin|Atlanta Thrashers|
|D Tom Poti|New York Islanders|
|D Martin Grenier|Philadelphia Flyers|
|F Martin Rucinsky|St. Louis Blues|
|F Petr Sykora|Edmonton Oilers|

### Received from waivers

|**Player**|**Former Team**|
| --- | --- |
|F Jason Krog|Atlanta Thrashers|

### Waiver losses

|**Player**|**New Team**|
| --- | --- |
|F Jason Krog|Atlanta Thrashers|

## Draft picks

New York's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the General Motors Place.
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|1|21|Bob Sanguinetti|D||Owen Sound Attack (OHL)|||||||
|2|54|Artem Anisimov|C||Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)|||||||
|3|84|Ryan Hillier|LW||Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)|||||||
|4|104|David Kveton|RW||HC Vsetín (Czech Republic)|||||||
|5|137|Tomas Zaborsky|LW||Dukla Trenčín (Slovak Extraliga)|||||||
|6|174|Eric Hunter|C||Prince George Cougars (WHL)|||||||
|7|204|Lukas Zeliska|C||Oceláři Třinec Jr. (Czech Jr.)|||||||

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## Related pages

- 2006–07 NHL season

## References

- **Game log:** New York Rangers game log on espn.com
- **Team standings:** NHL standings on espn.com
- **Player Stats:** New York Rangers 2006–07 Reg. Season Stats on espn.com
- **Draft picks:** 2006 NHL Entry Draft
- Official site of the New York Rangers