2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks season

The **2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks season** was the Hawks' 81st season.

### Season standings

_Final regular season standings for the 2006–07 NHL season._

#### October

|**#**|**Date**|**Visitor**|**Score**|**Home**|**OT**|**Decision**|**Attendance**|**Record**|**Pts**|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|October 5|Chicago|8 – 6|Nashville||Khabibulin|17,113|1–0–0|2|
|2|October 7|Columbus|5 – 4|Chicago||Khabibulin|17,133|1–1–0|2|
|3|October 12|Nashville|1 – 3|Chicago||Khabibulin|8,008|2–1–0|4|
|4|October 14|Chicago|3 – 4|St. Louis||Boucher|11,606|2–2–0|4|
|5|October 16|Chicago|5 – 3|Colorado||Khabibulin|17,681|3–2–0|6|
|6|October 18|Montreal|1 – 2|Chicago||Khabibulin|11,095|4–2–0|8|
|7|October 20|Chicago|4 – 5|Dallas||Boucher|18,198|4–3–0|8|
|8|October 21|St. Louis|4 – 3|Chicago||Khabibulin|13,254|4–4–0|8|
|9|October 25|Vancouver|5 – 0|Chicago||Boucher|11,641|4–5–0|8|
|10|October 28|Anaheim|3 – 0|Chicago||Boucher|13,580|4–6–0|8|
|11|October 30|Chicago|0 – 3|Philadelphia||Boucher|18,876|4–7–0|8|
|12|October 31|Chicago|2 – 5|NY Islanders||Boucher|8,739|4–8–0|8|

#### November

|**#**|**Date**|**Visitor**|**Score**|**Home**|**OT**|**Decision**|**Attendance**|**Record**|**Pts**|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|13|November 2|Detroit|2 – 1|Chicago||Boucher|15,174|4–9–0|8|
|14|November 9|Chicago|1 – 2|New Jersey|SO|Boucher|10,978|4–9–1|9|
|15|November 10|St. Louis|1 – 3|Chicago||Caron|14,568|5–9–1|11|
|16|November 12|Columbus|0 – 1|Chicago||Boucher|14,078|6–9–1|13|
|17|November 16|Chicago|2 – 3|Phoenix|SO|Boucher|15,963|6–9–2|14|
|18|November 17|Chicago|4 – 3|Anaheim|SO|Khabibulin|16,526|7–9–2|16|
|19|November 19|Chicago|1 – 2|Vancouver||Khabibulin|18,630|7–10–2|16|
|20|November 22|Chicago|1 – 4|Calgary||Khabibulin|19,289|7–11–2|16|
|21|November 24|Chicago|1 – 5|Edmonton||Boucher|16,839|7–12–2|16|
|22|November 29|Dallas|1 – 2|Chicago||Khabibulin|13,164|8–12–2|18|

#### December

|**#**|**Date**|**Visitor**|**Score**|**Home**|**OT**|**Decision**|**Attendance**|**Record**|**Pts**|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|23|December 1|St. Louis|2 – 5|Chicago||Khabibulin|12,110|9–12–2|20|
|24|December 2|Chicago|4 – 3|Nashville|OT|Khabibulin|15,530|10–12–2|22|
|25|December 5|Chicago|2 – 3|Minnesota|SO|Khabibulin|18,568|10–12–3|23|
|26|December 7|Phoenix|2 – 1|Chicago|SO|Khabibulin|9,078|10–12–4|24|
|27|December 9|Chicago|4 – 5|Minnesota|OT|Boucher|18,568|10–12–5|25|
|28|December 10|Edmonton|1 – 4|Chicago||Khabibulin|11,523|11–12–5|27|
|29|December 12|Chicago|3 – 2|St. Louis||Khabibulin|10,812|12–12–5|29|
|30|December 14|Detroit|3 – 2|Chicago||Khabibulin|15,130|12–13–5|29|
|31|December 16|Chicago|6 – 4|Columbus||Khabibulin|17,288|13–13–5|31|
|32|December 17|Colorado|1 – 2|Chicago||Khabibulin|11,111|14–13–5|33|
|33|December 20|Nashville|2 – 1|Chicago||Khabibulin|10,201|14–14–5|33|
|34|December 22|Toronto|1 – 3|Chicago||Khabibulin|17,950|15–14–5|35|
|35|December 23|Chicago|2 – 3|Colorado||Khabibulin|17,347|15–15–5|35|
|36|December 26|Dallas|1 – 2|Chicago||Khabibulin|14,278|16–15–5|37|
|37|December 29|Boston|5 – 3|Chicago||Boucher|19,315|16–16–5|37|
|38|December 31|Chicago|1 – 3|Columbus||Khabibulin|18,136|16–17–5|37|

#### January

|**#**|**Date**|**Visitor**|**Score**|**Home**|**OT**|**Decision**|**Attendance**|**Record**|**Pts**|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|39|January 2|Chicago|4 – 1|St. Louis||Khabibulin|11,069|17–17–5|39|
|40|January 4|Chicago|0 – 2|St. Louis||Khabibulin|11,849|17–18–5|39|
|41|January 5|Nashville|8 – 3|Chicago||Khabibulin|13,186|17–19–5|39|
|42|January 7|Phoenix|4 – 2|Chicago||Khabibulin|11,079|17–20–5|39|
|43|January 10|Buffalo|2 – 1|Chicago||Khabibulin|14,041|17–21–5|39|
|44|January 13|Chicago|3 – 6|Detroit||Khabibulin|20,066|17–22–5|39|
|45|January 14|Minnesota|4 – 3|Chicago|SO|Khabibulin|11,091|17–22–6|40|
|46|January 16|Columbus|5 – 4|Chicago|OT|Khabibulin|10,263|17–22–7|41|
|47|January 19|Minnesota|3 – 0|Chicago||Boucher|12,333|17–23–7|41|
|48|January 20|Chicago|3 – 6|Nashville||Khabibulin|17,113|17–24–7|41|
|49|January 26|Nashville|3 – 1|Chicago||Khabibulin|11,162|17–25–7|41|
|50|January 28|Calgary|3 – 4|Chicago|OT|Khabibulin|11,182|18–25–7|43|

#### February

|**#**|**Date**|**Visitor**|**Score**|**Home**|**OT**|**Decision**|**Attendance**|**Record**|**Pts**|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|51|February 1|Chicago|3 – 2|Los Angeles|OT|Khabibulin|16,958|19–25–7|45|
|52|February 3|Chicago|2 – 4|San Jose||Khabibulin|17,496|19–26–7|45|
|53|February 6|Chicago|3 – 2|Calgary|SO|Khabibulin|19,289|20–26–7|47|
|54|February 7|Chicago|3 – 0|Vancouver||Lalime|18,630|21–26–7|49|
|55|February 9|Chicago|1 – 2|Edmonton||Khabibulin|16,839|21–27–7|49|
|56|February 11|Chicago|5 – 4|Columbus||Khabibulin|17,054|22–27–7|51|
|57|February 14|Chicago|4 – 5|Pittsburgh|SO|Khabibulin|17,051|22–27–8|52|
|58|February 16|Vancouver|2 – 1|Chicago|SO|Lalime|14,552|22–27–9|53|
|59|February 18|Chicago|1 – 2|NY Rangers||Lalime|18,200|22–28–9|53|
|60|February 21|Chicago|2 – 4|Detroit||Khabibulin|20,066|22–29–9|53|
|61|February 22|San Jose|2 – 0|Chicago||Lalime|10,125|22–30–9|53|
|62|February 25|St. Louis|1 – 5|Chicago||Khabibulin|14,144|23–30–9|55|
|63|February 27|Detroit|4 – 1|Chicago||Khabibulin|15,131|23–31–9|55|

#### March

|**#**|**Date**|**Visitor**|**Score**|**Home**|**OT**|**Decision**|**Attendance**|**Record**|**Pts**|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|64|March 1|Colorado|6 – 1|Chicago||Khabibulin|10,522|23–32–9|55|
|65|March 2|Chicago|2 – 6|Detroit||Lalime|20,066|23–33–9|55|
|66|March 4|Ottawa|3 – 4|Chicago|SO|Lalime|13,917|24–33–9|57|
|67|March 6|Los Angeles|0 – 3|Chicago||Khabibulin|9,118|25–33–9|59|
|68|March 10|Chicago|7 – 5|Phoenix||Khabibulin|17,086|26–33–9|61|
|69|March 13|Chicago|1 – 7|San Jose||Lalime|17,496|26–34–9|61|
|70|March 15|Chicago|4 – 3|Los Angeles|SO|Khabibulin|16,110|27–34–9|63|
|71|March 16|Chicago|2 – 5|Anaheim||Khabibulin|17,174|27–35–9|63|
|72|March 20|Chicago|2 – 5|Columbus||Khabibulin|15,195|27–36–9|63|
|73|March 21|San Jose|4 – 1|Chicago||Lalime|10,374|27–37–9|63|
|74|March 23|Los Angeles|2 – 1|Chicago||Khabibulin|13,133|27–38–9|63|
|75|March 25|Calgary|3 – 2|Chicago||Khabibulin|10,178|27–39–9|63|
|76|March 28|Anaheim|3 – 1|Chicago||Khabibulin|11,295|27–40–9|63|
|77|March 30|Columbus|1 – 3|Chicago||Lalime|14,111|28–40–9|65|

#### April

|**#**|**Date**|**Visitor**|**Score**|**Home**|**OT**|**Decision**|**Attendance**|**Record**|**Pts**|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|78|April 1|Edmonton|1 – 2|Chicago||Khabibulin|12,193|29–40–9|67|
|79|April 3|Chicago|3 – 2|Nashville|SO|Lalime|14,663|30–40–9|69|
|80|April 5|Detroit|2 – 3|Chicago|SO|Khabibulin|16,288|31–40–9|71|
|81|April 7|Chicago|2 – 7|Detroit||Lalime|20,066|31–41–9|71|
|82|April 8|Chicago|2 – 3|Dallas||Khabibulin|17,932|31–42–9|71|

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

## Player stats

|Regular season|||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|class="tocccolors"|**Scoring**||||||||||||
|{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"|||||||||||||
||RW|56|25|32|57|28|15|5|0|1|||
||RW|77|14|27|41|26|-4|5|0|2|||
||C|70|18|21|39|22|-4|3|0|4|||
||C/LW|71|17|21|38|95|4|1|0|1|||
||C|62|14|23|37|29|10|4|3|3|||
||C|80|20|15|35|74|-15|5|3|1|||
||D|82|2|29|31|76|0|0|0|0|||
||C|79|10|17|27|54|-13|2|1|1|||
||RW|82|13|11|24|98|-14|5|1|2|||
||D|81|4|20|24|104|-6|0|0|0|||
||LW|44|7|10|17|38|-4|2|1|1|||
||LW|57|6|11|17|26|-3|0|0|1|||
||D|59|4|12|16|50|-22|2|0|3|||
||RW|37|5|9|14|26|2|2|0|3|||
||D|54|5|9|14|30|5|1|0|2|||
||C|63|6|7|13|31|-5|1|0|0|||
||D|50|2|8|10|39|3|0|0|0|||
||C|8|3|5|8|6|4|1|0|0|||
||D|35|1|7|8|44|-12|1|0|0|||
||D|65|1|6|7|64|-6|0|0|0|||
||D|46|1|6|7|53|-3|0|0|0|||
||C|20|4|2|6|20|-6|2|1|0|||
||LW|25|3|2|5|14|-2|0|1|0|||
||LW|37|2|3|5|43|-2|0|1|0|||
||C|14|1|3|4|8|-3|1|0|0|||
||RW|9|1|2|3|10|-2|0|0|0|||
||RW|15|2|0|2|0|-3|0|0|0|||
||LW|3|2|0|2|0|1|0|0|0|||
||RW|10|2|0|2|2|-2|0|0|0|||
||C|3|0|2|2|2|1|0|0|0|||
||D|22|0|2|2|48|-1|0|0|0|||
||C|7|0|1|1|2|0|0|0|0|||
||LW|5|0|1|1|2|-1|0|0|0|||
||RW|9|0|0|0|10|-5|0|0|0|||
||C|1|0|0|0|0|-1|0|0|0|||
||G|15|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|||
||RW|10|0|0|0|7|-7|0|0|0|||
||RW|9|0|0|0|2|-4|0|0|0|||
||G|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|||
||C|1|0|0|0|2|-1|0|0|0|||
||RW|2|0|0|0|4|-2|0|0|0|||
||G|60|0|0|0|8|0|0|0|0|||
||LW|9|0|0|0|88|-3|0|0|0|||
||G|12|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|||
||RW|6|0|0|0|31|-1|0|0|0|}||
|class="toccolors"|**Goaltending**||||||||||||
|{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"|||||||||||||
||3425|60|25|26|5|163|2.86|1|1668|1505|.902||
||645|12|4|6|1|33|3.07|1|317|284|.896||
||827|15|1|10|3|45|3.26|1|389|344|.884||
||60|1|1|0|0|1|1.00|0|25|24|.960||
|**Team:**|4957|82|31|42|9|242|2.93|3|2399|2157|.899|}|

### Trades

|June 24, 2006|valign="top"|To  Chicago Blackhawks <hr> Sixth-round pick in 2008|valign="top"|To  Florida Panthers <hr>Craig Anderson|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|July 9, 2006|valign="top"|To Chicago Blackhawks<hr> Martin Havlat Bryan Smolinski|valign="top"|To Ottawa Senators<hr> Tom Preissing Josh Hennessy Michal Barinka Third-round pick in 2008|
|August 2, 2006|valign="top"|To Chicago Blackhawks <hr>Vaclav Pletka|valign="top"|To Philadelphia Flyers <hr>Eric Meloche|
|August 4, 2006|valign="top"|To Chicago Blackhawks <hr>Michal Handzus|valign="top"|To Philadelphia Flyers <hr>Kyle Calder|
|December 28, 2006|valign="top"|To Chicago Blackhawks <hr>Bruno St. Jacques Pierre Parenteau|valign="top"|To Anaheim Ducks <hr>Sebastien Caron Matt Keith Chris Burno|
|February 26, 2007|valign="top"|To Chicago Blackhawks <hr>Conditional second-round pick|valign="top"|To Vancouver Canucks <hr>Bryan Smolinski|
|February 26, 2007|valign="top"|To Chicago Blackhawks <hr>Kyle Calder|valign="top"|To Philadelphia Flyers <hr>Lasse Kukkonen Third-round pick in 2007|
|February 26, 2007|valign="top"|To Chicago Blackhawks <hr>Jason Williams|valign="top"|To Detroit Red Wings <hr>Kyle Calder|
|February 26, 2007|valign="top"|To Chicago Blackhawks <hr> Nikita Alexeev|valign="top"|To Tampa Bay Lightning <hr> Karl Stewart Sixth-round pick in 2007|

### Free agents acquired

|**Player**|**Former team**|
| --- | --- |
|G Patrick Lalime|St. Louis Blues|
|F Denis Arkhipov|Nashville Predators|
|D David Koci|Pittsburgh Penguins|
|F Craig MacDonald|Calgary Flames|
|G Sebastien Caron|Pittsburgh Penguins|
|F Jeff Hamilton|New York Islanders|
|F Peter Bondra|Atlanta Thrashers|

### Free agents lost

|**Player**|**New team**|
| --- | --- |
|F Curtis Brown|San Jose Sharks|
|F Matthew Barnaby|Dallas Stars|
|F Mark Cullen|Philadelphia Flyers|
|F Shawn Thornton|Anaheim Ducks|

### Claimed off waivers

|**Player**|**Team**|
| --- | --- |
|F Karl Stewart|Pittsburgh Penguins|

### Lost on waivers

|**Player**|**New team**|
| --- | --- |
|G Brian Boucher|Columbus Blue Jackets|

### Draft picks

Chicago's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|Round|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|#|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="20%"|Player|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="15%"|Nationality|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="25%"|NHL Team|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="100%"|College/Junior/Club Team (League)|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|3|Jonathan Toews  (C/W)||Chicago Blackhawks|University of North Dakota  (NCAA)|||||||
|2|33|Igor Makarov (RW)||Chicago Blackhawks|Krylya Sovetov (Russia Pro Hockey League)|||||||
|2|61|Simon Danis-Pepin (D)||Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa)|University of Maine (NCAA)|||||||
|3|76|Tony Lagerstrom (C)||Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto)|Södertälje SK (SEL)|||||||
|4|95|Ben Shutron (D)||Chicago Blackhawks (from Pittsburgh)|Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)|||||||
|4|96|Joseph Palmer (G)||Chicago Blackhawks|US National Team Development Program (USHL)|||||||
|6|156|Jan-Mikael Juutilainen (C)||Chicago Blackhawks|Jokerit (SM-liiga)|||||||
|6|169|Chris Auger (C)||Chicago Blackhawks (from Montreal)|Wellington Dukes (OPJHL)|||||||
|7|186|Peter LeBlanc (C/LW)||Chicago Blackhawks|Hamilton Red Wings (OPJHL)|||||||

## Related pages

- 2006–07 NHL season

## References

<div class="references-small">
- **Game log:** Chicago Blackhawks game log on espn.com
- **Team standings:** NHL standings on espn.com
- **Player stats:** Chicago Blackhawks 2006–07 reg. season stats on espn.com
- **Draft picks:** 2006 NHL Entry Draft

</div>

## Other websites

- Official site of the Chicago Blackhawks

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