2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 14th National Hockey League season in Tampa Bay, Florida. The Lightning hoped to rebound from their disappointing first round exit in 2005–06. After head coach John Tortorella ripped his goaltenders during the 2006 playoffs,McKenzie, Bob, Grahame thrown under the bus, tsn.ca, April 28, 2006, Accessed February 6, 2007. the Lightning pinned their hopes on Marc Denis, acquired from the Columbus Blue Jackets during the off-season.
Two Lightning players represented the Eastern Conference at the 55th National Hockey League All-Star Game in Dallas, Texas: Martin St. Louis scored a goal in the game, while Vincent Lecavalier recorded an assist.2007 All Star Game box score, espn.com, accessed February 6, 2007. 
==Regular season== 
===Season standings===
===Game log===
====October====
Record: 5–6–0; home: 3–4–0; road: 2–2–0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record	Pts
1 	October 5 	Tampa Bay 	3 – 2	Atlanta 	SO	Denis 	17,269 	1–0–0 	2
2 	October 7 	Boston 	3 – 2	Tampa Bay 	 	Denis 	21,234 	1–1–0 	2
3 	October 9 	Atlanta 	1 – 0	Tampa Bay 	 	Denis 	19,817 	1–2–0 	2
4 	October 13	Tampa Bay 	2 – 3	Florida 	 	Holmqvist	15,208 	1–3–0 	2
5 	October 14	Florida 	1 – 4	Tampa Bay 	 	Denis 	19,926 	2–3–0 	4
6 	October 16	Carolina 	5 – 1	Tampa Bay 	 	Denis 	19,815 	2–4–0 	4
7 	October 19	Philadelphia	1 – 4	Tampa Bay 	 	Denis 	19,920 	3–4–0 	6
8 	October 21	Tampa Bay 	6 – 4	Washington	 	Denis 	13,327 	4–4–0 	8
9 	October 26	Carolina 	1 – 5	Tampa Bay 	 	Denis 	18,826 	5–4–0 	10
10	October 28	Tampa Bay 	4 – 6	Carolina 	 	Denis 	18,639 	5–5–0 	10
11	October 29	San Jose 	4 – 2	Tampa Bay 	 	Denis 	19,904 	5–6–0 	10
====November====
Record: 8–5–2; home: 4–3–0; road: 4–2–2
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	Pts
12	November 1 	Toronto 	4 – 2	Tampa Bay 	 	Denis 	19,977 	5–7–0 	10
13	November 2 	Tampa Bay 	5 – 2	Philadelphia	 	Holmqvist	18,633 	6–7–0 	12
14	November 4 	Tampa Bay 	5 – 6	Boston 	OT	Denis 	14,169 	6–7–1 	13
15	November 6 	Tampa Bay 	5 – 1	NY Islanders	 	Holmqvist	9,693 	7–7–1 	15
16	November 8 	Tampa Bay 	4 – 3	Pittsburgh 	OT	Holmqvist	14,483 	8–7–1 	17
17	November 11	Atlanta 	3 – 5	Tampa Bay 	 	Holmqvist	20,034 	9–7–1 	19
18	November 15	Montreal 	3 – 1	Tampa Bay 	 	Denis 	19,920 	9–8–1 	19
19	November 17	NY Islanders	2 – 3	Tampa Bay 	SO	Holmqvist	19,919 	10–8–1 	21
20	November 19	Tampa Bay 	1 – 4	NY Rangers 	 	Holmqvist	18,200 	10–9–1 	21
21	November 20	Tampa Bay 	2 – 7	Buffalo 	 	Denis 	18,690 	10–10–1	21
22	November 22	Tampa Bay 	6 – 4	Florida 	 	Holmqvist	14,516 	11–10–1	23
23	November 24	Atlanta 	2 – 3	Tampa Bay 	OT	Holmqvist	19,819 	12–10–1	25
24	November 26	Ottawa 	1 – 3	Tampa Bay 	 	Holmqvist	19,819 	13–10–1	27
25	November 28	Washington 	5 – 2	Tampa Bay 	 	Holmqvist	18,874 	13–11–1	27
26	November 30	Tampa Bay 	3 – 4	Boston 	SO	Denis 	11,150 	13–11–2	28
====December====
Record: 5–8–0; home: 3–4–0; road: 2–4–0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	Pts
27	December 2 	Tampa Bay 	2 – 5	Ottawa 	 	Holmqvist	18,618 	13–12–2	28
28	December 5 	Buffalo 	4 – 1	Tampa Bay 	 	Denis 	20,025 	13–13–2	28
29	December 7 	Atlanta 	0 – 8	Tampa Bay 	 	Denis 	17,704 	14–13–2	30
30	December 9 	Anaheim 	4 – 3	Tampa Bay 	 	Denis 	18,719 	14–14–2	30
31	December 12	Tampa Bay 	4 – 5	Toronto 	 	Holmqvist	19,462 	14–15–2	30
32	December 14	Tampa Bay 	2 – 4	Montreal 	 	Denis 	21,273 	14–16–2	30
33	December 16	Carolina 	3 – 2	Tampa Bay 	 	Denis 	18,634 	14–17–2	30
34	December 19	Tampa Bay 	5 – 4	Washington	 	Denis 	10,417 	15–17–2	32
35	December 21	Tampa Bay 	4 – 2	Ottawa 	 	Denis 	18,603 	16–17–2	34
36	December 23	NY Rangers 	3 – 4	Tampa Bay 	 	Holmqvist	20,122 	17–17–2	36
37	December 26	Tampa Bay 	1 – 2	Atlanta 	 	Holmqvist	16,356 	17–18–2	36
38	December 28	Philadelphia	4 – 3	Tampa Bay 	 	Holmqvist	21,171 	17–19–2	36
39	December 30	Montreal 	1 – 3	Tampa Bay 	 	Holmqvist	21,120 	18–19–2	38
====January====
Record: 9–4–0; home: 2–2–0; road: 7–2–0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	Pts
40	January 2 	Tampa Bay 	2 – 5	Montreal 	 	Holmqvist	21,273 	18–20–2	38
41	January 4 	Tampa Bay 	3 – 2	Minnesota 	 	Denis 	18,568 	19–20–2	40
42	January 5 	Tampa Bay 	2 – 4	Colorado 	 	Denis 	18,007 	19–21–2	40
43	January 7 	Tampa Bay 	3 – 2	Pittsburgh 	SO	Holmqvist	17,132 	20–21–2	42
44	January 9 	Pittsburgh	2 – 3	Tampa Bay 	 	Holmqvist	19,226 	21–21–2	44
45	January 11	Washington	4 – 5	Tampa Bay 	 	Holmqvist	18,804 	22–21–2	46
46	January 13	Tampa Bay 	3 – 2	Buffalo 	 	Denis 	18,690 	23–21–2	48
47	January 15	Tampa Bay 	4 – 3	NY Islanders	 	Holmqvist	15,426 	24–21–2	50
48	January 16	Toronto 	4 – 2	Tampa Bay 	 	Denis 	19,830 	24–22–2	50
49	January 18	Tampa Bay 	3 – 2	New Jersey 	SO	Holmqvist	12,698 	25–22–2	52
50	January 20	Tampa Bay 	6 – 5	Carolina 	SO	Denis 	18,196 	26–22–2	54
51	January 26	New Jersey	2 – 0	Tampa Bay 	 	Holmqvist	21,404 	26–23–2	54
52	January 30	Tampa Bay 	4 – 3	Philadelphia	SO	Holmqvist	19,313 	27–23–2	56
====February====
Record: 9–2–2; home: 6–1–1; road: 3–1–1
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	Pts
53	February 1 	Tampa Bay 	4 – 0	Carolina 	 	Holmqvist	16,635 	28–23–2	58
54	February 3 	NY Rangers 	2 – 3	Tampa Bay 	 	Holmqvist	21,354 	29–23–2	60
55	February 6 	Los Angeles	2 – 3	Tampa Bay 	SO	Holmqvist	18,273 	30–23–2	62
56	February 9 	Tampa Bay 	0 – 5	NY Rangers	 	Holmqvist	18,200 	30–24–2	62
57	February 11	Tampa Bay 	4 – 1	New Jersey	 	Holmqvist	18,022 	31–24–2	64
58	February 13	Phoenix 	3 – 5	Tampa Bay 	 	Holmqvist	18,019 	32–24–2	66
59	February 15	Washington 	2 – 3	Tampa Bay 	SO	Denis 	18,744 	33–24–2	68
60	February 17	Tampa Bay 	4 – 5	Florida 	OT	Holmqvist	17,813 	33–24–3	69
61	February 20	Florida 	2 – 3	Tampa Bay 	SO	Denis 	19,319 	34–24–3	71
62	February 22	Tampa Bay 	5 – 4	Atlanta 	OT	Denis 	16,032 	35–24–3	73
63	February 23	Boston 	6 – 2	Tampa Bay 	 	Holmqvist	21,201 	35–25–3	73
64	February 25	Pittsburgh 	1 – 5	Tampa Bay 	 	Holmqvist	21,119 	36–25–3	75
65	February 27	Dallas 	2 – 1	Tampa Bay 	OT	Holmqvist	19,255 	36–25–4	76
====March====
Record: 7–7–0; home: 3–3–0; road: 4–4–0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	Pts
66	March 1 	Tampa Bay 	5 – 4	Washington	SO	Holmqvist	10,462 	37–25–4	78
67	March 3 	Tampa Bay 	2 – 6	Florida 	 	Denis 	17,299 	37–26–4	78
68	March 6 	Tampa Bay 	1 – 5	Vancouver 	 	Holmqvist	18,630 	37–27–4	78
69	March 7 	Tampa Bay 	3 – 1	Edmonton 	 	Denis 	16,839 	38–27–4	80
70	March 10	Tampa Bay 	3 – 2	Calgary 	OT	Denis 	19,289 	39–27–4	82
71	March 13	Tampa Bay 	2 – 3	Toronto 	 	Denis 	19,530 	39–28–4	82
72	March 16	Buffalo 	3 – 2	Tampa Bay 	 	Denis 	21,264 	39–29–4	82
73	March 18	Tampa Bay 	1 – 7	Washington	 	Holmqvist	14,274 	39–30–4	82
74	March 20	NY Islanders	3 – 4	Tampa Bay 	OT	Holmqvist	19,916 	40–30–4	84
75	March 22	New Jersey 	1 – 3	Tampa Bay 	 	Denis 	20,326 	41–30–4	86
76	March 24	Ottawa 	7 – 2	Tampa Bay 	 	Denis 	20,342 	41–31–4	86
77	March 27	Florida 	5 – 2	Tampa Bay 	 	Denis 	18,856 	41–32–4	86
78	March 30	Tampa Bay 	4 – 2	Carolina 	 	Holmqvist	18,639 	42–32–4	88
79	March 31	Washington 	2 – 5	Tampa Bay 	 	Holmqvist	20,064 	43–32–4	90
====April====
Record: 1–1–1; home: 0–1–0; road: 1–0–1
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	Pts
80	April 3	Carolina 	2 – 5	Tampa Bay	 	Holmqvist	20,224 	44–32–4	92
81	April 6	Florida 	7 – 2	Tampa Bay	 	Holmqvist	21,002 	44–33–4	92
82	April 7	Tampa Bay	2 – 3	Atlanta 	SO	Holmqvist	18,756 	44–33–5	93
==Playoffs==
The Tampa Bay Lightning ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Eastern Conference's seventh seed.
====Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (2) New Jersey Devils====
New Jersey wins series 4–2
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Series
1	April 12	Tampa Bay 	3 – 5	New Jersey	 	Holmqvist	14,495 	0 – 1
2	April 14	Tampa Bay 	3 – 2	New Jersey	 	Holmqvist	18,231 	1 – 1
3	April 16	New Jersey	2 – 3	Tampa Bay 	 	Holmqvist	20,219 	2 – 1
4	April 18	New Jersey	4 – 3	Tampa Bay 	OT	Holmqvist	20,940 	2 – 2
5	April 20	Tampa Bay 	0 – 3	New Jersey	 	Holmqvist	18,096 	2 – 3
6	April 22	New Jersey	3 – 2	Tampa Bay 	 	Holmqvist	20,019 	2 – 4
==Player stats ==
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	82	52	56	108	44 	2 	16 	5 	7
 	RW 	82	43	59	102	28 	7 	14 	5 	7
 	C 	82	25	45	70 	23 	-19	12 	1 	3
 	D 	82	20	43	63 	62 	-5 	10 	1 	4
 	C 	82	14	41	55 	36 	-24	2 	0 	1
 	D 	81	15	22	37 	36 	-9 	5 	1 	2
 	C 	82	13	23	36 	30 	-7 	2 	1 	0
 	LW 	80	12	20	32 	52 	-3 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	72	4 	24	28 	42 	5 	0 	0 	2
 	C 	72	14	13	27 	55 	-11	4 	0 	2
 	RW 	63	10	11	21 	12 	10 	2 	0 	2
 	D 	82	0 	15	15 	70 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	75	2 	9 	11 	53 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	C 	77	5 	4 	9 	80 	-6 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	53	3 	6 	9 	12 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	17	4 	4 	8 	10 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	D 	81	1 	7 	8 	44 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	33	3 	3 	6 	8 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	71	1 	5 	6 	16 	-5 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	20	1 	2 	3 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	51	1 	2 	3 	116	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	48	0 	3 	3 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	27	0 	3 	3 	16 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	0 	2 	2 	36 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	44	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Playoffs	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	6 	3	5	8 	6 	-4 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	3	5	8 	8 	6 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	5	2	7 	10 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	6 	1	4	5 	4 	-1 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	6 	1	4	5 	4 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	6 	1	1	2 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	1	1 	4 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0	1	1 	6 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	0	0 	12 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	4 	0	0	0 	4 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	0	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	12 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	5 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0	0	0 	17 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	0	0 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage; 
==Awards and records==
===Records===
===Milestones===
Vincent Lecavalier reached 50 goals in a single season and becomes the highest, single-season goal scorer in Lightning history, surpassing Brian Bradley's previous record of 42 goals in a single season.
==Transactions==
The Lightning were involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season.NHL Insider - Offseason Trades, nhl.com, accessed December 2, 2006.NHL Insider - Free Agent Signings, nhl.com, accessed December 2, 2006.
===Trades===
June 30, 2006 	To Tampa Bay Lightning Marc Denis 	To Columbus Blue Jackets Fredrik Modin Fredrik Norrena
July 2, 2006 	To Tampa Bay Lightning 4th round pick in 2008 	To Dallas Stars Darryl Sydor
November 9, 2006 	To Tampa Bay Lightning Daniel Corso 	To Philadelphia Flyers Darren Reid
February 1, 2007 	To Tampa Bay Lightning Kyle Wanvig Stephen Baby 	To Atlanta Thrashers Andy Delmore Andre Deveaux
February 24, 2007	To Tampa Bay Lightning Shane O'Brien 3rd round pick in 2007	To Anaheim Ducks Gerald Coleman 1st round picks in 2007
February 27, 2007	To Tampa Bay Lightning Karl Stewart 6th round pick in 2007 	To Chicago Blackhawks Nikita Alexeev
===Free agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former team
Andy Delmore 	Columbus Blue Jackets
Filip Kuba 	Minnesota Wild
Doug Janik 	Buffalo Sabres
Luke Richardson	Toronto Maple Leafs
Eric Healey 	Boston Bruins
===Waivers===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former team
Andre Roy	Pittsburgh Penguins
==Draft picks==
Tampa's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.2006 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com - accessed November 20, 2006. The Lightning picked 15th overall. Through a series of trades, Tampa had only four picks at this draft.
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team (league)
1 	15 	Riku Helenius (G) 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ilves (SM-liiga)
3 	78 	Kevin Quick (D) 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning	Salisbury (USHS-CN)
6 	168	Dane Crowley (D) 	 	Tampa Bay Lightning	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
7 	198	Denis Kazionov (LW)	 	Tampa Bay Lightning	HC MVD Tver (Russian Superleague)
==Farm teams==
===Springfield Falcons===
The Falcons are the Lightning's top affiliate in the American Hockey League for the third year.
===Johnstown Chiefs===
The Chiefs are Tampa Bay's ECHL affiliate for the 2006–07 season.
==See also==
*2006–07 NHL season
==References==
*Player stats: Tampa Bay Lightning player stats on espn.com
*Game log: Tampa Bay Lightning game log on espn.com
*Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
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