2006–07 Boston Bruins season

The 2006–07 Boston Bruins season was the Boston Bruins' 83rd season of operation. The Bruins finished 5th in the Northeast Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Off-season==
Forward Marc Savard and defenceman Zdeno Chara were major additions to the team via free agency, while goaltender Tim Thomas took over the starting job after Andrew Raycroft was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the off-season.
==Regular season==
Phil Kessel, the team's first-round pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, immediately entered the lineup. However, he was lost from the roster in mid-December, when he was diagnosed with a form of testicular cancer.wbztv.com - Source: Bruins' Kessel Diagnosed With Cancer Kessel's cancer proved to be operable and was removed, and he returned to the Bruins' lineup on January 9, less than a month after his diagnosis.TSN : NHL - Canada's Sports Leader
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 6, 2006 	3–8 	@ Florida Panthers (2006–07) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	October 7, 2006 	3–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2006–07) 	1–1–0
3 	L 	October 11, 2006 	1–4 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2006–07) 	1–2–0
4 	L 	October 12, 2006 	2–3 SO 	@ St. Louis Blues (2006–07) 	1–2–1
5 	L 	October 14, 2006 	1–4 	@ New York Islanders (2006–07) 	1–3–1
6 	W 	October 19, 2006 	3–2 	Calgary Flames (2006–07) 	2–3–1
7 	L 	October 21, 2006 	2–6 	Buffalo Sabres (2006–07) 	2–4–1
8 	L 	October 26, 2006 	2–3 	Montreal Canadiens (2006–07) 	2–5–1
9 	W 	October 28, 2006 	2–1 	Ottawa Senators (2006–07) 	3–5–1
10 	L 	November 2, 2006 	4–5 SO 	Buffalo Sabres (2006–07) 	3–5–2
11 	W 	November 4, 2006 	6–5 OT 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2006–07) 	4–5–2
12 	L 	November 6, 2006 	3–5 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2006–07) 	4–6–2
13 	L 	November 9, 2006 	4–6 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07) 	4–7–2
14 	W 	November 11, 2006 	4–3 	Ottawa Senators (2006–07) 	5–7–2
15 	W 	November 15, 2006 	3–2 SO 	@ Washington Capitals (2006–07) 	6–7–2
16 	W 	November 16, 2006 	2–1 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07) 	7–7–2
17 	W 	November 18, 2006 	3–2 OT 	Washington Capitals (2006–07) 	8–7–2
18 	L 	November 20, 2006 	2–3 	Florida Panthers (2006–07) 	8–8–2
19 	W 	November 22, 2006 	4–3 SO 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2006–07) 	9–8–2
20 	L 	November 24, 2006 	1–5 	Carolina Hurricanes (2006–07) 	9–9–2
21 	W 	November 25, 2006 	3–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07) 	10–9–2
22 	W 	November 28, 2006 	4–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07) 	11–9–2
23 	W 	November 30, 2006 	4–3 SO 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2006–07) 	12–9–2
24 	L 	December 2, 2006 	2–5 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2006–07) 	12–10–2
25 	W 	December 4, 2006 	6–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2006–07) 	13–10–2
26 	W 	December 7, 2006 	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07) 	14–10–2
27 	L 	December 9, 2006 	1–5 	New Jersey Devils (2006–07) 	14–11–2
28 	L 	December 12, 2006 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2006–07) 	14–12–2
29 	W 	December 14, 2006 	5–3 	New Jersey Devils (2006–07) 	15–12–2
30 	L 	December 16, 2006 	3–6 	Florida Panthers (2006–07) 	15–13–2
31 	W 	December 19, 2006 	7–2 	@ Ottawa Senators (2006–07) 	16–13–2
32 	W 	December 21, 2006 	2–0 	Vancouver Canucks (2006–07) 	17–13–2
33 	W 	December 23, 2006 	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (2006–07) 	18–13–2
34 	L 	December 26, 2006 	4–5 OT 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07)	18–13–3
35 	W 	December 29, 2006 	5–3 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07) 	19–13–3
36 	L 	December 30, 2006 	0–5 	@ Nashville Predators (2006–07) 	19–14–3
37 	L 	January 1, 2007 	1–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07) 	19–15–3
38 	L 	January 4, 2007 	2–10 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07) 	19–16–3
39 	W 	January 6, 2007 	4–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (2006–07) 	20–16–3
40 	L 	January 9, 2007 	2–5 	@ Ottawa Senators (2006–07) 	20–17–3
41 	L 	January 11, 2007 	4–5 SO 	New York Islanders (2006–07) 	20–17–4
42 	L 	January 13, 2007 	1–3 	@ New York Rangers (2006–07) 	20–18–4
43 	W 	January 15, 2007 	3–2 SO 	Buffalo Sabres (2006–07) 	21–18–4
44 	L 	January 17, 2007 	3–6 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2006–07) 	21–19–4
45 	W 	January 18, 2007 	5–4 SO 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2006–07) 	22–19–4
46 	L 	January 20, 2007 	0–3 	Ottawa Senators (2006–07) 	22–20–4
47 	L 	January 27, 2007 	1–3 	@ Ottawa Senators (2006–07) 	22–21–4
48 	L 	January 29, 2007 	1–6 	New York Rangers (2006–07) 	22–22–4
49 	L 	January 30, 2007 	1–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2006–07) 	22–23–4
50 	L 	February 1, 2007 	1–3 	Buffalo Sabres (2006–07) 	22–24–4
51 	W 	February 3, 2007 	4–3 OT 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2006–07) 	23–24–4
52 	W 	February 6, 2007 	3–2 SO 	@ Washington Capitals (2006–07) 	24–24–4
53 	L 	February 8, 2007 	2–5 	Carolina Hurricanes (2006–07) 	24–25–4
54 	W 	February 10, 2007 	4–3 SO 	New York Islanders (2006–07) 	25–25–4
55 	W 	February 13, 2007 	3–0 	Edmonton Oilers (2006–07) 	26–25–4
56 	L 	February 15, 2007 	1–4 	@ New York Islanders (2006–07) 	26–26–4
57 	W 	February 17, 2007 	4–3 SO 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2006–07) 	27–26–4
58 	W 	February 19, 2007 	6–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2006–07) 	28–26–4
59 	W 	February 20, 2007 	3–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07) 	29–26–4
60 	W 	February 23, 2007 	6–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2006–07) 	30–26–4
61 	L 	February 24, 2007 	2–7 	@ Florida Panthers (2006–07) 	30–27–4
62 	L 	February 26, 2007 	2–3 	Atlanta Thrashers (2006–07) 	30–28–4
63 	L 	March 1, 2007 	3–4 OT 	Philadelphia Flyers (2006–07) 	30–28–5
64 	W 	March 3, 2007 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (2006–07) 	31–28–5
65 	W 	March 4, 2007 	4–1 	@ New Jersey Devils (2006–07) 	32–28–5
66 	L 	March 6, 2007 	0–2 	Colorado Avalanche (2006–07) 	32–29–5
67 	L 	March 8, 2007 	1–2 	Minnesota Wild (2006–07) 	32–30–5
68 	L 	March 10, 2007 	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2006–07) 	32–31–5
69 	W 	March 11, 2007 	6–3 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2006–07) 	33–31–5
70 	W 	March 15, 2007 	4–3 SO 	Washington Capitals (2006–07) 	34–31–5
71 	L 	March 17, 2007 	0–7 	@ New York Rangers (2006–07) 	34–32–5
72 	L 	March 20, 2007 	0–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2006–07) 	34–33–5
73 	L 	March 22, 2007 	3–6 	Montreal Canadiens (2006–07) 	34–34–5
74 	L 	March 24, 2007 	1–2 SO 	New York Rangers (2006–07) 	34–34–6
75 	L 	March 25, 2007 	0–5 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2006–07) 	34–35–6
76 	W 	March 27, 2007 	3–2 	@ Ottawa Senators (2006–07) 	35–35–6
77 	L 	March 29, 2007 	2–4 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2006–07) 	35–36–6
78 	L 	March 31, 2007 	2–3 	Atlanta Thrashers (2006–07) 	35–37–6
79 	L 	April 1, 2007 	1–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (2006–07) 	35–38–6
80 	L 	April 3, 2007 	0–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2006–07) 	35–39–6
81 	L 	April 5, 2007 	2–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2006–07) 	35–40–6
82 	L 	April 7, 2007 	3–6 	Ottawa Senators (2006–07) 	35–41–6
==Playoffs==
*The Bruins did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats ==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	82	22	74	96 	96 	-19	10 	1 	3
 	C 	77	22	48	70 	26 	-28	14 	0 	6
 	RW 	59	28	17	45 	44 	-12	12 	0 	4
 	LW 	76	27	17	44 	46 	-24	10 	2 	1
 	D 	80	11	32	43 	100	-21	9 	0 	3
 	C 	62	13	21	34 	25 	-17	1 	1 	1
 	C 	70	11	18	29 	12 	-12	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	55	11	16	27 	52 	-10	3 	2 	0
 	RW 	31	11	11	22 	14 	3 	3 	0 	2
 	D 	59	3 	15	18 	95 	-22	0 	0 	0
 	D 	48	7 	10	17 	26 	-22	1 	0 	2
 	RW 	76	6 	11	17 	56 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	C 	78	5 	12	17 	26 	-10	0 	1 	0
 	C 	51	7 	8 	15 	75 	-15	2 	1 	1
 	RW 	64	9 	5 	14 	34 	-16	2 	0 	1
 	LW 	60	5 	8 	13 	36 	-8 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	76	0 	10	10 	124	-15	0 	0 	0
 	D 	49	1 	7 	8 	32 	-14	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	4 	1 	5 	6 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	26	1 	2 	3 	31 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	40	2 	1 	3 	20 	-5 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	20	1 	2 	3 	18 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	20	1 	2 	3 	27 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	31	0 	3 	3 	10 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	1 	1 	2 	25 	-6 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0 	2 	2 	12 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	21	0 	2 	2 	19 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	46	0 	2 	2 	33 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	7 	1 	0 	1 	15 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	15	0 	1 	1 	14 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	17	0 	1 	1 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	32	0 	1 	1 	63 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	18	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	66	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3619	66	30	29	4 	189	3.13	3 	1985	1796	.905
 	894 	18	3 	9 	1 	63 	4.23	0 	502 	439 	.875
 	358 	7 	2 	2 	1 	16 	2.68	0 	195 	179 	.918
 	59 	2 	0 	1 	0 	3 	3.05	0 	33 	30 	.909
 	41 	2 	0 	0 	0 	4 	5.85	0 	23 	19 	.826
Team: 	4971	82	35	41	6 	275	3.32	3 	2738	2463	.900
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==
*Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy: Phil Kessel
==Transactions==
====Trades====
June 24, 2006 	To Toronto Maple LeafsAndrew Raycroft 	To Boston BruinsTuukka Rask
June 26, 2006 	To Phoenix CoyotesNick Boyntonconditional 3rd round draft pick in 2007 or 2008	To Boston BruinsPaul Mara4th round draft pick in 2007
November 14, 2006	To Phoenix CoyotesTyler Redenbach 	To Boston BruinsPhilippe Sauve
December 19, 2006	To Pittsburgh PenguinsWade Brookbank 	To Boston Bruinsfuture considerations
January 16, 2007 	To St. Louis BluesYan Stastny 	To Boston Bruins5th round pick in 2007
February 1, 2007 	To Washington CapitalsMilan Jurcina 	To Boston Bruins4th round pick in 2008
February 3, 2007 	To Chicago Blackhawks Kris Versteeg 	To Boston Bruins Brandon Bochenski
February 27, 2007	To Boston Bruins Aaron Ward 	To New York Rangers Paul Mara
====Free Agents Acquired====
Player 	Former team
F Marc Savard 	Atlanta Thrashers
D Zdeno Chara 	Ottawa Senators
G Brian Finley 	Nashville Predators
D Wade Brookbank 	Vancouver Canucks
D Nathan Dempsey 	Los Angeles Kings
D Jason York 	St. Louis Blues
F Jeff Hoggan 	St. Louis Blues
D Bobby Allen 	New Jersey Devils
F Nate DiCasmirro	Edmonton Oilers
F Dennis Packard 	Tampa Bay Lightning
====Free Agents Lost====
Player 	Current team
D Hal Gill 	Toronto Maple Leafs
D David Tanabe 	Carolina Hurricanes
F Tom Fitzgerald 	Retired
D Brian Leetch 	UFA
F Brad Isbister 	Carolina Hurricanes
F Travis Green 	Anaheim Ducks
F Shawn McEachern 	UFA
F Alexei Zhamnov 	Retired
F Marty Reasoner 	Edmonton Oilers
F Dan LaCouture 	New Jersey Devils
F Mariusz Czerkawski	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (Swiss-A)
D Jiri Slegr 	HC Chemopetrol (Czech)
===Claimed Off Waivers===
Player 	Former team
G Joey MacDonald	Detroit Red Wings
===Draft Picks===
Boston's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.2006 NHL Entry Draft Results 2006 NHL Entry Draft - accessed January 5, 2007. The Bruins had the 5th overall draft pick.
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team (league)
1 	5 	Phil Kessel (C/RW) 	 	Boston Bruins 	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
2 	37 	Yuri Alexandrov (D) 	 	Boston Bruins 	Severstal Cherepovets (Russian Superleague)
2 	50 	Milan Lucic (LW) 	 	Boston Bruins (from Edmonton)	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
3 	71 	Brad Marchand (C) 	 	Boston Bruins 	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
5 	128	Andrew Bodnarchuk (D)	 	Boston Bruins 	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
6 	158	Levi Nelson (C) 	 	Boston Bruins 	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
==Roster==
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==See Also==
*2006–07 NHL season
==References==
*Game log: Boston Bruins game log on espn.com
*Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
*Season Stats: on espn.com
==External Links==
*Official website of the Boston Bruins
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