2006–07 Anaheim Ducks season

The 2006–07 Anaheim Ducks season was the 13th season played by the franchise. It was the team's first season as the Anaheim Ducks. The Ducks clinched their first Pacific Division title in team history with 110 standings points, and defeated the Ottawa Senators in the Stanley Cup Finals 4 games to 1.
==Offseason==
Under new ownership, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim changed their team and arena's name, logo, and player uniforms. The change involving their name was dropping the "Mighty" from their name, and completely changing their jerseys to black, gold, orange and white colours rather than the eggplant, jade, silver and white from years past.
In a major acquisition, the club acquired defenceman Chris Pronger in a trade from the Edmonton Oilers. Pronger had recently appeared in the 2006 Stanley Cup Final and on the basis of the deal the media felt that the Ducks would be one of the favorites for the Cup. In the 2006 Draft, the Ducks chose Mark Mitera with their first-round pick, nineteenth overall.
==Regular season==
Predicted to be a Stanley Cup finals favorite by many, the team came out of the gate to set an NHL record by getting at least a point in each of their first 16 games, a streak which ended exactly five weeks after their first game. They went 12–0–4 (28 pts.) before they lost their first regulation game of the year, a 3–0 shutout to the Calgary Flames on November 10, 2006. Behind goaltending by J. S. Giguere and Ilya Bryzgalov, an offense headed by Teemu Selanne, and a defense anchored by Scott Niedermayer and offseason acquisition Chris Pronger, the Ducks had worked their way to the one of the NHL's best records. 
On January 9, the NHL announced that Scott Niedermayer had been voted by the fans to start at defense in the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas. He later declined to appear, deciding to rest a stress fracture in his foot. Ed Jovanovski of the Phoenix Coyotes was added to replace him. Andy McDonald was also added to replace Henrik Zetterberg of the Detroit Red Wings.
===Season standings===
===Game log===
====October====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record	Pts
1 	October 6 	Los Angeles 	3 – 4	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	17,174 	1–0–0 	2
2 	October 7 	Anaheim 	2 – 1	Phoenix 	 	Bryzgalov	15,897 	2–0–0 	4
3 	October 9 	St. Louis 	0 – 2	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	13,389 	3–0–0 	6
4 	October 11	NY Islanders	5 – 4	Anaheim 	SO	Giguere 	12,394 	3–0–1 	7
5 	October 15	Dallas 	4 – 3	Anaheim 	SO	Giguere 	15,269 	3–0–2 	8
6 	October 18	Detroit 	1 – 4	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	14,767 	4–0–2 	10
7 	October 20	Minnesota 	1 – 2	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	13,430 	5–0–2 	12
8 	October 22	Anaheim 	3 – 2	Los Angeles	SO	Giguere 	18,118 	6–0–2 	14
9 	October 25	Edmonton 	2 – 6	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	13,537 	7–0–2 	16
10	October 27	Anaheim 	2 – 3	Minnesota 	SO	Giguere 	18,568 	7–0–3 	17
11	October 28	Anaheim 	3 – 0	Chicago 	 	Bryzgalov	13,580 	8–0–3 	19
12	October 30	Anaheim 	6 – 5	St. Louis 	SO	Giguere 	8,629 	9–0–3 	21
====November====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record	Pts
13	November 1 	NY Rangers 	4 – 3	Anaheim 	OT	Giguere 	13,350 	9–0–4 	22
14	November 3 	Phoenix 	2 – 6	Anaheim 	 	Bryzgalov	14,833 	10–0–4	24
15	November 6 	Pittsburgh 	2 – 3	Anaheim 	OT	Giguere 	16,599 	11–0–4	26
16	November 9 	Anaheim 	6 – 0	Vancouver	 	Giguere 	18,630 	12–0–4	28
17	November 10	Anaheim 	0 – 3	Calgary 	 	Bryzgalov	19,289 	12–1–4	28
18	November 12	Minnesota 	2 – 3	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	16,306 	13–1–4	30
19	November 15	Philadelphia	7 – 4	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	15,379 	13–2–4	30
20	November 17	Chicago 	4 – 3	Anaheim 	SO	Bryzgalov	16,526 	13–2–5	31
21	November 19	Phoenix 	4 – 6	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	16,394 	14–2–5	33
22	November 21	San Jose 	0 – 5	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	15,013 	15–2–5	35
23	November 22	Anaheim 	2 – 3	Colorado 	SO	Giguere 	17,104 	15–2–6	36
24	November 24	New Jersey 	2 – 4	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	16,599 	16–2–6	38
25	November 26	Calgary 	3 – 5	Anaheim 	 	Wall 	17,174 	17–2–6	40
26	November 28	Anaheim 	3 – 2	Edmonton 	OT	Giguere 	16,839 	18–2–6	42
27	November 30	Anaheim 	2 – 1	Vancouver	 	Giguere 	18,630 	19–2–6	44
====December====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
28	December 2 	Anaheim 	4 – 3	Los Angeles	 	Giguere 	16,141 	20–2–6	46
29	December 3 	Los Angeles	3 – 2	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	17,174 	20–3–6	46
30	December 6 	Nashville 	0 – 4	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	15,362 	21–3–6	48
31	December 8 	Anaheim 	6 – 1	Washington 	 	Giguere 	12,269 	22–3–6	50
32	December 9 	Anaheim 	4 – 3	Tampa Bay 	 	Giguere 	18,719 	23–3–6	52
33	December 12	Anaheim 	5 – 4	Florida 	 	Giguere 	13,140 	24–3–6	54
34	December 13	Anaheim 	2 – 1	Atlanta 	 	Giguere 	16,028 	25–3–6	56
35	December 16	Anaheim 	3 – 4	San Jose 	 	Giguere 	17,496 	25–4–6	56
36	December 18	Calgary 	1 – 4	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	17,174 	26–4–6	58
37	December 20	Dallas 	1 – 4	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	17,174 	27–4–6	60
38	December 23	Anaheim 	0 – 2	Phoenix 	 	Giguere 	14,843 	27–5–6	60
39	December 26	Anaheim 	4 – 3	San Jose 	 	Wall 	17,496 	28–5–6	62
40	December 29	Anaheim 	2 – 4	Carolina 	 	Wall 	18,790 	28–6–6	62
41	December 31	Anaheim 	3 – 4	Minnesota 	 	Wall 	18,568 	28–7–6	62
====January====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	Pts
42	January 2 	Anaheim 	1 – 2	Detroit 	 	Bryzgalov	20,066 	28–8–6 	62
43	January 5 	Columbus 	4 – 3	Anaheim 	 	Bryzgalov	17,405 	28–9–6 	62
44	January 7 	Detroit 	2 – 4	Anaheim 	 	Bryzgalov	17,418 	29–9–6 	64
45	January 9 	Anaheim 	4 – 5	Nashville	OT	Bryzgalov	11,821 	29–9–7 	65
46	January 11	Anaheim 	5 – 1	Dallas 	 	Bryzgalov	18,532 	30–9–7 	67
47	January 13	Colorado 	3 – 2	Anaheim 	SO	Bryzgalov	17,174 	30–9–8 	68
48	January 16	St. Louis	6 – 2	Anaheim 	 	Bryzgalov	17,174 	30–10–8	68
49	January 18	Anaheim 	1 – 4	Edmonton 	 	Bryzgalov	16,839 	30–11–8	68
50	January 19	Anaheim 	2 – 3	Calgary 	 	Bryzgalov	19,289 	30–12–8	68
51	January 28	Dallas 	1 – 4	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	17,331 	31–12–8	70
52	January 31	Phoenix 	1 – 2	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	17,174 	32–12–8	72
====February====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	Pts
53	February 3 	Anaheim 	0 – 3	Nashville 	 	Giguere 	17,113 	32–13–8 	72
54	February 6 	Anaheim 	7 – 4	San Jose 	 	Giguere 	17,496 	33–13–8 	74
55	February 7 	San Jose 	3 – 2	Anaheim 	 	Bryzgalov	17,466 	33–14–8 	74
56	February 10	Anaheim 	0 – 1	Dallas 	 	Giguere 	17,793 	33–15–8 	74
57	February 13	Anaheim 	0 – 2	Colorado 	 	Giguere 	17,512 	33–16–8 	74
58	February 15	Anaheim 	5 – 4	Phoenix 	OT	Giguere 	15,038 	34–16–8 	76
59	February 17	Anaheim 	3 – 2	Los Angeles	SO	Giguere 	18,118 	35–16–8 	78
60	February 18	Los Angeles	4 – 3	Anaheim 	SO	Giguere 	17,363 	35–16–9 	79
61	February 20	Vancouver 	3 – 2	Anaheim 	OT	Giguere 	17,467 	35–16–10	80
62	February 23	Anaheim 	1 – 4	Dallas 	 	Giguere 	17,634 	35–17–10	80
63	February 25	Colorado 	3 – 5	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	17,174 	36–17–10	82
64	February 26	Anaheim 	3 – 2	San Jose 	 	Bryzgalov	17,496 	37–17–10	84
====March====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	Pts
65	March 1 	Anaheim 	3 – 4	Los Angeles	OT	Bryzgalov	17,620 	37–17–11	85
66	March 2 	San Jose 	1 – 3	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	17,174 	38–17–11	87
67	March 4 	Nashville 	2 – 3	Anaheim 	SO	Giguere 	17,174 	39–17–11	89
68	March 7 	Phoenix 	1 – 2	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	17,174 	40–17–11	91
69	March 9 	Edmonton 	1 – 5	Anaheim 	 	Bryzgalov	17,174 	41–17–11	93
70	March 11	Vancouver 	2 – 4	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	17,174 	42–17–11	95
71	March 14	Columbus 	5 – 4	Anaheim 	SO	Giguere 	17,174 	42–17–12	96
72	March 16	Chicago 	2 – 5	Anaheim 	 	Bryzgalov	17,174 	43–17–12	98
73	March 18	Los Angeles	5 – 3	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	17,174 	43–18–12	98
74	March 22	Anaheim 	1 – 2	Phoenix 	 	Bryzgalov	15,593 	43–19–12	98
75	March 23	Dallas 	2 – 3	Anaheim 	OT	Giguere 	17,174 	44–19–12	100
76	March 26	Anaheim 	0 – 1	Detroit 	 	Giguere 	20,066 	44–20–12	100
77	March 28	Anaheim 	3 – 1	Chicago 	 	Bryzgalov	11,295 	45–20–12	102
78	March 29	Anaheim 	5 – 2	Columbus 	 	Giguere 	15,340 	46–20–12	104
79	March 31	Anaheim 	3 – 2	St. Louis 	OT	Giguere 	18,609 	47–20–12	106
====April====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	Pts
80	April 4	San Jose	3 – 2	Anaheim 	OT	Bryzgalov	17,174 	47–20–13	107
81	April 6	Anaheim 	1 – 2	Dallas 	SO	Bryzgalov	18,584 	47–20–14	108
82	April 7	Anaheim 	4 – 3	Columbus	 	Bryzgalov	17,391 	48–20–14	110
*Green background indicates win.
*Red background indicates regulation loss.
*White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.
==Playoffs==
The Anaheim Ducks ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's second seed.
===Western Conference quarter-finals: vs. (7) Minnesota Wild===
Anaheim wins series 4–1
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Series
1	April 11	Minnesota	1 – 2	Anaheim 	 	Bryzgalov	17,180 	1 – 0
2	April 13	Minnesota	2 – 3	Anaheim 	 	Bryzgalov	17,324 	2 – 0
3	April 15	Anaheim 	2 – 1	Minnesota	 	Bryzgalov	19,224 	3 – 0
4	April 17	Anaheim 	1 – 4	Minnesota	 	Bryzgalov	19,224 	3 – 1
5	April 19	Minnesota	1 – 4	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	17,318 	4 – 1
===Western Conference semi-finals: vs. (3) Vancouver Canucks===
Anaheim wins series 4–1
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT 	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 25	Vancouver	1 – 5	Anaheim 	 	Giguere 	17,250 	1 – 0
2	April 27	Vancouver	2 – 1	Anaheim 	2OT	Giguere 	17,392 	1 – 1
3	April 29	Anaheim 	3 – 2	Vancouver	 	Giguere 	18,630 	2 – 1
4	May 1 	Anaheim 	3 – 2	Vancouver	1OT	Giguere 	18,630 	3 – 1
5	May 3 	Vancouver	1 – 2	Anaheim 	2OT	Giguere 	17,407 	4 – 1
===Western Conference finals: vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings===
Anaheim wins series 4–2
#	Date 	Visitor	Score	Home 	OT 	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	May 11	Anaheim	1 – 2	Detroit	 	Giguere 	19,939 	0 – 1
2	May 13	Anaheim	4 – 3	Detroit	1OT	Giguere 	19,620 	1 – 1
3	May 15	Detroit	5 – 0	Anaheim	 	Giguere 	17,358 	1 – 2
4	May 17	Detroit	3 – 5	Anaheim	 	Giguere 	17,375 	2 – 2
5	May 20	Anaheim	2 – 1	Detroit	1OT	Giguere 	20,003 	3 – 2
6	May 22	Detroit	3 – 4	Anaheim	 	Giguere 	17,380 	4 – 2
===Stanley Cup finals: vs. (E4) Ottawa Senators===
Anaheim wins series 4–1
#	Date 	Visitor	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	May 28	Ottawa 	2 – 3	Anaheim	 	Giguere 	17,274 	1 – 0
2	May 30	Ottawa 	0 – 1	Anaheim	 	Giguere 	17,258 	2 – 0
3	June 2	Anaheim	3 – 5	Ottawa 	 	Giguere 	20,500 	2 – 1
4	June 4	Anaheim	3 – 2	Ottawa 	 	Giguere 	20,500 	3 – 1
5	June 6	Ottawa 	2 – 6	Anaheim	 	Giguere 	17,372 	4 – 1
== Player stats ==
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	RW 	82	48	46	94 	82 	26 	25 	0 	10
 	C 	82	27	51	78 	46 	16 	8 	0 	3
 	D 	79	15	54	69 	86 	6 	9 	0 	3
 	LW 	81	25	35	60 	81 	23 	11 	0 	5
 	D 	66	13	46	59 	69 	27 	8 	0 	2
 	C 	82	25	33	58 	66 	17 	11 	1 	6
 	LW 	82	29	16	45 	58 	-2 	9 	0 	5
 	RW 	82	17	27	44 	55 	12 	4 	0 	3
 	D 	71	7 	21	28 	49 	7 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	82	8 	18	26 	42 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	56	8 	15	23 	44 	7 	0 	3 	2
 	LW 	82	11	10	21 	101	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	79	2 	15	17 	92 	9 	0 	0 	1
 	C 	82	5 	11	16 	77 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	62	2 	12	14 	140	5 	1 	0 	2
 	C 	53	2 	9 	11 	10 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	24	1 	10	11 	10 	3 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	48	2 	7 	9 	88 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	76	2 	6 	8 	48 	1 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	10	0 	3 	3 	36 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	33	0 	3 	3 	14 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	7 	1 	1 	2 	6 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	56	0 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	15	1 	0 	1 	6 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	1 	0 	1 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	1 	0 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	32	1 	0 	1 	102	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	14	0 	1 	1 	13 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	27	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	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 	21	7 	10	17 	32 	1 	3 	1 	3
 	RW 	21	6 	9 	15 	37 	5 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	21	5 	10	15 	10 	1 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	19	3 	12	15 	26 	10 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	21	10	4 	14 	10 	6 	5 	0 	0
 	LW 	21	7 	5 	12 	22 	5 	0 	0 	3
 	C 	21	3 	9 	12 	20 	10 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	21	3 	8 	11 	26 	2 	1 	0 	2
 	C 	21	5 	5 	10 	39 	9 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	20	4 	4 	8 	16 	2 	4 	0 	0
 	LW 	21	3 	5 	8 	2 	4 	0 	0 	2
 	LW 	13	1 	5 	6 	19 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	0 	3 	3 	12 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	1 	1 	2 	2 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	21	0 	2 	2 	10 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	21	0 	1 	1 	11 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	18	0 	1 	1 	28 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	0 	0 	0 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	18	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	15	0 	0 	0 	19 	-3 	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==
==Transactions==
==Draft picks==
==Farm teams==
==See also==
*2006–07 NHL season
*2007 Stanley Cup Final
==References==
*Game log: Anaheim Ducks game log on ESPN.com
*Team standings: NHL standings on ESPN.com
*Player stats: Anaheim Ducks player stats on NHL.com
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