2006–07 Los Angeles Kings season

The 2006–07 Los Angeles Kings season began with high expectations, as the team hired Marc Crawford as their new head coach, former San Jose Sharks General Manager Dean Lombardi as their new General Manager, former NHL goaltenders Ron Hextall as Assistant General Manager (and General Manager of their AHL affiliate Manchester Monarchs), and Bill Ranford as goaltending coach. Their first big move came when they acquired rookie prospect Patrick O'Sullivan, along with a 2006 first round draft pick (Trevor Lewis) from the Minnesota Wild for forward Pavol Demitra on June 24, 2006.Kings get Patrick O'Sullivan nhl.com - accessed December 3, 2006.
But the biggest move of the offseason for the Goldfish was acquiring goaltender Dan Cloutier from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a 2007 second round draft pick and a 2009 conditional draft pick on July 5, 2006.Kings get Dan Cloutier nhl.com - accessed December 23, 2006. He was then named the team's starting goaltender ahead of Mathieu Garon, whom many fans expected to be their number-one goaltender. Before the season got underway, he was signed to a 2—year contract, expecting a great performance from the former Canuck. However, at the end of December, Dan Cloutier was last in save percentage and GAA amongst NHL goaltenders who have played at least 12 games.
Injuries to both Garon and Cloutier in January prompted the Kings to recall Yutaka Fukufuji as an emergency goaltender, who made his NHL debut on January 13 against the St. Louis Blues, becoming the first Japanese-born player in NHL history.Blues edge Kings in offensive contest tsn.ca - accessed January 13, 2007. On January 18, prior to a home game against St. Louis, the Kings claimed goaltender Sean Burke off of waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Burke would be the fifth goaltender to play for the Kings during the season (after Cloutier, Garon, Barry Brust and Fukufuji). This marked the first time the Kings have had at least five goaltenders appear during one season since the 2000–01 season (Jamie Storr, Felix Potvin, Steve Passmore, Stephane Fiset and Travis Scott).
On January 20, 2007, prior to a night-game against the Phoenix Coyotes, the Los Angeles Kings officially retired Luc Robitaille's #20 sweater. This makes him the fifth player to have his number retired by the Los Angeles Kings, along with Rogie Vachon, Marcel Dionne, Dave Taylor and Wayne Gretzky.
==Regular season==
===Season standings===
===Game log===
====October====
# 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1 	October 6 	@ Ducks 	3 – 4	 	Cloutier	17,174 	0–1–0 	0
2 	October 7 	Blues 	1 – 4	 	Garon 	18,118 	1–1–0 	2
3 	October 10	Islanders 	2 – 4	 	Cloutier	14,394 	2–1–0 	4
4 	October 12	Stars 	4 – 1	 	Cloutier	14,167 	2–2–0 	4
5 	October 14	Stars 	4 – 1	 	Garon 	17,052 	2–3–0 	4
6 	October 16	Red Wings 	3 – 1	 	Cloutier	17,417 	2–4–0 	4
7 	October 18	Wild 	1 – 2	OT	Cloutier	14,617 	2–4–1 	5
8 	October 19	@ Coyotes 	4 – 0	 	Garon 	12,714 	3–4–1 	7
9 	October 22	Ducks 	3 – 2	SO	Garon 	18,118 	3–4–2 	8
10	October 23	@ Avalanche 	1 – 6	 	Cloutier	17,284 	3–5–2 	8
11	October 25	@ Wild 	1 – 3	 	Cloutier	18,568 	3–6–2 	8
12	October 27	@ Blue Jackets	0 – 2	 	Cloutier	16,087 	3–7–2 	8
13	October 28	@ Stars 	2 – 3	 	Garon 	17,711 	3–8–2 	8
14	October 30	Rangers 	1 – 4	 	Garon 	17,236 	4–8–2 	10
====November====
# 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
15	November 1 	Penguins 	4 – 3	OT	Cloutier	18,118 	4–8–3 	11
16	November 4 	@ Coyotes 	4 – 6	 	Garon 	14,631 	4–9–3 	11
17	November 7 	@ Avalanche	6 – 5	 	Cloutier	17,196 	5–9–3 	13
18	November 9 	Sharks 	7 – 3	 	Garon 	16,618 	5–10–3	13
19	November 11	Wild 	3 – 2	SO	Garon 	17,479 	5–10–4	14
20	November 13	Sharks 	2 – 4	 	Cloutier	16,667 	6–10–4	16
21	November 16	Flyers 	4 – 3	 	Cloutier	16,446 	6–11–4	16
22	November 18	Coyotes 	3 – 5	 	Cloutier	14,487 	7–11–4	18
23	November 22	@ Sharks 	3 – 6	 	Cloutier	17,496 	7–12–4	18
24	November 24	@ Stars 	3 – 5	 	Garon 	18,532 	7–13–4	18
25	November 25	Flames 	1 – 3	 	Garon 	17,043 	8–13–4	20
26	November 27	Devils 	2 – 3	SO	Garon 	16,223 	9–13–4	22
27	November 30	@ Coyotes 	4 – 7	 	Brust 	11,526 	9–14–4	22
====December====
# 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
28	December 2 	Ducks 	4 – 3	 	Cloutier	16,141 	9–15–4 	22
29	December 3 	@ Ducks 	3 – 2	 	Cloutier	17,174 	10–15–4	24
30	December 7 	Predators 	4 – 1	 	Cloutier	15,119 	10–16–4	24
31	December 9 	Avalanche 	4 – 5	 	Cloutier	17,079 	11–16–4	26
32	December 12	Sharks 	3 – 1	 	Cloutier	15,204 	11–17–4	26
33	December 14	@ Sharks 	4 – 2	 	Brust 	17,496 	12–17–4	28
34	December 16	Stars 	4 – 3	SO	Brust 	15,846 	12–17–5	29
35	December 19	Flames 	5 – 3	 	Cloutier	17,247 	12–18–5	29
36	December 21	@ Blues 	2 – 5	 	Cloutier	10,390 	12–19–5	29
37	December 23	@ Predators	0 – 7	 	Cloutier	14,739 	12–20–5	29
38	December 26	Coyotes 	3 – 4	SO	Brust 	18,118 	13–20–5	31
39	December 28	@ Oilers 	7 – 4	 	Garon 	16,839 	14–20–5	33
40	December 29	@ Flames 	4 – 6	 	Brust 	19,289 	14–21–5	33
41	December 31	@ Red Wings	2 – 6	 	Garon 	20,066 	14–22–5	33
====January====
# 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
42	January 3 	Blue Jackets	0 – 3	 	Garon 	16,451 	15–22–5	35
43	January 6 	Red Wings 	2 – 4	 	Garon 	18,118 	16–22–5	37
44	January 8 	Oilers 	2 – 1	OT	Garon 	16,224 	16–22–6	38
45	January 11	Sharks 	5 – 2	 	Garon 	17,054 	16–23–6	38
46	January 13	@ Blues 	5 – 6	 	Fukufuji	17,868 	16–24–6	38
47	January 15	@ Stars 	1 – 3	 	Brust 	17,992 	16–25–6	38
48	January 16	@ Thrashers 	2 – 6	 	Fukufuji	13,205 	16–26–6	38
49	January 18	Blues 	3 – 1	 	Brust 	16,544 	16–27–6	38
50	January 20	Coyotes 	3 – 2	 	Fukufuji	18,346 	16–28–6	38
51	January 26	@ Canucks 	3 – 2	OT	Burke 	18,630 	17–28–6	40
52	January 27	@ Oilers 	3 – 4	 	Burke 	16,839 	17–29–6	40
53	January 30	@ Flames 	1 – 4	 	Burke 	19,289 	17–30–6	40
====February====
# 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
54	February 1 	Blackhawks 	3 – 2	OT	Burke 	16,958 	17–30–7 	41
55	February 3 	@ Panthers 	7 – 0	 	Burke 	15,108 	18–30–7 	43
56	February 6 	@ Lightning 	2 – 3	SO	Burke 	18,273 	18–30–8 	44
57	February 8 	@ Capitals 	3 – 4	OT	Garon 	15,527 	18–30–9 	45
58	February 10	@ Predators 	4 – 1	 	Burke 	17,113 	19–30–9 	47
59	February 13	@ Hurricanes	1 – 2	 	Burke 	15,765 	19–31–9 	47
60	February 17	Ducks 	3 – 2	SO	Garon 	18,118 	19–31–10	48
61	February 18	@ Ducks 	4 – 3	SO	Burke 	17,363 	20–31–10	50
62	February 22	Canucks 	3 – 2	 	Garon 	17,737 	20–32–10	50
63	February 24	Avalanche 	5 – 6	SO	Burke 	18,118 	21–32–10	52
====March====
# 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
64	March 1 	Ducks 	3 – 4	OT	Burke 	17,620 	22–32–10	54
65	March 3 	Predators 	6 – 3	 	Burke 	16,854 	22–33–10	54
66	March 6 	@ Blackhawks 	0 – 3	 	Burke 	9,118 	22–34–10	54
67	March 7 	@ Blue Jackets	2 – 3	OT	Garon 	15,154 	22–34–11	55
68	March 9 	@ Red Wings 	2 – 3	OT	Burke 	20,066 	22–34–12	56
69	March 11	@ Stars 	3 – 4	OT	Burke 	17,478 	22–34–13	57
70	March 12	Oilers 	1 – 5	 	Burke 	16,954 	23–34–13	59
71	March 15	Blackhawks 	4 – 3	SO	Burke 	16,110 	23–34–14	60
72	March 17	Blue Jackets 	3 – 5	 	Garon 	17,197 	24–34–14	62
73	March 18	@ Ducks 	5 – 3	 	Garon 	17,174 	25–34–14	64
74	March 21	Stars 	4 – 2	 	Burke 	17,838 	25–35–14	64
75	March 23	@ Blackhawks 	2 – 1	 	Garon 	13,133 	26–35–14	66
76	March 24	@ Wild 	1 – 4	 	Garon 	18,568 	26–36–14	66
77	March 27	@ Sharks 	1 – 3	 	Burke 	17,496 	26–37–14	66
78	March 29	Canucks 	4 – 2	 	Burke 	17,916 	26–38–14	66
====April====
# 	Date 	Opponent 	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
79	April 1	@ Sharks 	2 – 6	 	Burke 	17,496 	26–39–14	66
80	April 3	@ Canucks	2 – 4	 	Garon 	18,630 	26–40–14	66
81	April 5	@ Coyotes	2 – 3	 	Burke 	15,965 	26–41–14	66
82	April 7	Coyotes 	3 – 2	 	Garon 	18,118 	27–41–14	68
== Playoffs ==
The Kings were eliminated from playoff contention.</font>ESPN.com - accessed January 21, 2007.
==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 	81	34	46	80 	48 	5 	16 	0 	5
 	LW 	82	35	36	71 	34 	-8 	10 	1 	6
 	C 	72	20	41	61 	24 	-12	7 	2 	1
 	D 	69	18	40	58 	26 	1 	8 	0 	0
 	LW 	81	17	29	46 	54 	-21	13 	0 	1
 	C 	67	11	33	44 	62 	13 	3 	0 	0
 	D 	72	14	20	34 	82 	-26	11 	0 	1
 	C 	55	10	18	28 	116	-10	1 	1 	2
 	D 	44	4 	19	23 	14 	2 	2 	0 	2
 	RW 	76	7 	15	22 	73 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	81	11	10	21 	49 	-20	2 	0 	1
 	C 	44	5 	14	19 	14 	-6 	2 	0 	1
 	C 	52	5 	11	16 	38 	-13	4 	0 	2
 	LW 	58	7 	6 	13 	85 	-15	0 	1 	0
 	D 	53	1 	9 	10 	12 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	C 	29	7 	2 	9 	25 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	39	3 	6 	9 	16 	-4 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	62	2 	7 	9 	40 	-20	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	66	4 	4 	8 	140	-12	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	2 	6 	8 	20 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	82	0 	8 	8 	60 	-14	0 	0 	0
 	D 	19	0 	8 	8 	22 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	16	2 	2 	4 	8 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	26	0 	4 	4 	10 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	23	1 	2 	3 	22 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	13	2 	0 	2 	4 	-6 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	21	0 	2 	2 	32 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0 	2 	2 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	19	0 	2 	2 	4 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	1 	0 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	23	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	24	0 	1 	1 	21 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	32	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	0 	1 	1 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	18 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	6 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	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; 
== Transactions ==
The Kings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season.
==== Trades ====
June 24, 2006 	To Minnesota Wild Pavol Demitra 	To Los Angeles Kings Patrick O'Sullivan 1st round pick in 2006
July 5, 2006 	To Vancouver Canucks 2nd round pick in 2007 Conditional pick in 2009 	To Los Angeles Kings Dan Cloutier
September 29, 2006	To Carolina Hurricanes Tim Gleason Eric Belanger 	To Los Angeles Kings Jack Johnson Oleg Tverdovsky
January 29, 2007 	To Calgary Flames Craig Conroy 	To Los Angeles Kings Jamie Lundmark 4th round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2008
February 5, 2007 	To New York Rangers Sean AveryJohn Seymour 	To Los Angeles Kings Jason WardMarc-Andre ClicheJan Marek
February 26, 2007 	To Vancouver Canucks Brent Sopel 	To Los Angeles Kings 2nd round pick in 2007 4th round pick in 2007
February 27, 2007 	To Dallas Stars Mattias NorstromKonstantin Pushkarev3rd round pick in 20074th round pick in 2007	To Los Angeles Kings Jaroslav Modry2nd round pick in 20073rd round pick in 20071st round pick in 2008
February 27, 2007 	To Washington Capitals Conditional pick in 2008 	To Los Angeles Kings Jamie Heward
February 27, 2007 	To Tampa Bay Lightning Jason Ward 	To Los Angeles Kings 5th round pick in 2007
==== Free agents acquired ====
Player 	Former team
D Rob Blake 	Colorado Avalanche
F Scott Thornton	San Jose Sharks
F Alyn McCauley 	San Jose Sharks
F Brian Willsie 	Washington Capitals
D Kevin Dallman 	St. Louis Blues
F Raitis Ivanans	Montreal Canadiens
==== Free agents lost ====
Player 	New team
D Joe Corvo 	Ottawa Senators
F Mark Parrish 	Minnesota Wild
F Jeremy Roenick	Phoenix Coyotes
D Nathan Dempsey	Boston Bruins
====Waivers pickups====
Player 	Former team
G Sean Burke	Tampa Bay Lightning
====Lost to waivers====
Player 	New team
D Jeff Cowan	Vancouver Canucks
====Draft picks====
Los Angeles's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.2006 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com - accessed December 3, 2006. The Kings had the 11th overall draft pick by lottery for the third consecutive year.
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team (league)
1 	11 	Jonathan Bernier (G) 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
1 	17 	Trevor Lewis (C) 	 	Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton, via Minnesota)	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
2 	48 	Joey Ryan (D) 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
3 	74 	Jeff Zatkoff (G) 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Miami (OH) University
3 	86 	Bud Holloway (C/RW) 	 	Los Angeles Kings (from Nashville) 	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
4 	114	Niclas Andersen (D) 	 	Los Angeles Kings (from NY Rangers) 	Leksands IF (Allsvenskan)
5 	134	David Meckler (C) 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Yale (ECAC)
5 	144	Martin Nolet (D) 	 	Los Angeles Kings (from NY Rangers) 	Champlain (QAAAJHL)
6 	164	Constantin Braun (LW)	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Eisbaren Berlin (Germany)
7 	206	Josh Meyers (D) 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
7 	226	John Seymour (LW) 	 	Los Angeles Kings 	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
==External links==
*Official website of the Los Angeles Kings
*Kingshockey.com - Unofficial fan site
==See also==
*2006–07 NHL season
==References==
*Game log: Los Angeles Kings game log on ESPN.com
*Team standings: NHL standings on ESPN.com
*Player stats: Los Angeles Kings player stats on ESPN.com
 
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