2006–07 Florida Panthers season

The 2006–07 Florida Panthers season began on October 6 with a game at the BankAtlantic Center against the Boston Bruins. It was the Panthers' 13th season in the National Hockey League.
==Regular season==
===Season standings===
===Game log===
====October====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1 	October 6 	Boston 	3 – 8	Florida 	 	Auld 	19,250 	1–0–0 	2
2 	October 7 	Florida 	0 – 6	Atlanta 	 	Belfour 	14,239 	1–1–0 	2
3 	October 9 	Florida 	1 – 2	Toronto 	SO	Auld 	19,102 	1–1–1 	3
4 	October 11	Carolina 	3 – 6	Florida 	 	Auld 	14,312 	2–1–1 	5
5 	October 13	Tampa Bay 	2 – 3	Florida 	 	Auld 	15,208 	3–1–1 	7
6 	October 14	Florida 	1 – 4	Tampa Bay 	 	Belfour 	19,926 	3–2–1 	7
7 	October 18	Florida 	2 – 5	Washington 	 	Auld 	10,125 	3–3–1 	7
8 	October 20	Philadelphia	2 – 3	Florida 	 	Belfour 	17,194 	4–3–1 	9
9 	October 21	Florida 	2 – 4	Atlanta 	 	Auld 	16,178 	4–4–1 	9
10	October 23	Atlanta 	6 – 3	Florida 	 	Auld 	13,102 	4–5–1 	9
11	October 25	Florida 	4 – 2	NY Rangers 	 	Belfour 	18,200 	5–5–1 	11
12	October 26	Florida 	0 – 2	New Jersey 	 	Auld 	11,594 	5–6–1 	11
13	October 28	Florida 	3 – 4	NY Islanders	SO	Belfour 	10,455 	5–6–2 	12
14	October 31	San Jose 	2 – 1	Florida 	 	Auld 	10,081 	5–7–2 	12
====November====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
15	November 2 	Toronto 	2 – 4	Florida 	 	Belfour 	13,233 	6–7–2 	14
16	November 8 	NY Rangers 	4 – 3	Florida 	SO	Belfour 	16,893 	6–7–3 	15
17	November 10	Florida 	4 – 5	Buffalo 	OT	Auld 	18,690 	6–7–4 	16
18	November 11	Florida 	2 – 4	New Jersey	 	Belfour 	14,112 	6–8–4 	16
19	November 13	Washington 	4 – 1	Florida 	 	Auld 	12,108 	6–9–4 	16
20	November 16	Montreal 	1 – 5	Florida 	 	Belfour 	13,506 	7–9–4 	18
21	November 18	NY Islanders	4 – 1	Florida 	 	Belfour 	16,833 	7–10–4	18
22	November 20	Florida 	3 – 2	Boston 	 	Auld 	11,742 	8–10–4	20
23	November 22	Tampa Bay 	6 – 4	Florida 	 	Auld 	14,516 	8–11–4	20
24	November 24	Ottawa 	6 – 4	Florida 	 	Belfour 	16,544 	8–12–4	20
25	November 25	Florida 	0 – 1	Atlanta 	 	Auld 	17,053 	8–13–4	20
26	November 28	Florida 	0 – 1	Montreal 	SO	Auld 	21,273 	8–13–5	21
27	November 30	Florida 	0 – 6	Ottawa 	 	Auld 	17,814 	8–14–5	21
====December====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
28	December 2 	Atlanta 	3 – 1	Florida 	 	Belfour 	13,333 	8–15–5 	21
29	December 5 	Florida 	3 – 2	Pittsburgh 	 	Auld 	12,511 	9–15–5 	23
30	December 7 	Buffalo 	1 – 3	Florida 	 	Auld 	15,385 	10–15–5	25
31	December 9 	Florida 	4 – 5	NY Islanders	SO	Auld 	12,825 	10–15–6	26
32	December 10	Florida 	1 – 2	NY Rangers 	 	Belfour 	18,200 	10–16–6	26
33	December 12	Anaheim 	5 – 4	Florida 	 	Auld 	13,140 	10–17–6	26
34	December 14	Florida 	1 – 2	Buffalo 	 	Belfour 	18,690 	10–18–6	26
35	December 16	Florida 	6 – 3	Boston 	 	Belfour 	10,965 	11–18–6	28
36	December 19	Florida 	7 – 3	Toronto 	 	Belfour 	19,444 	12–18–6	30
37	December 21	NY Rangers 	2 – 3	Florida 	 	Belfour 	17,556 	13–18–6	32
38	December 23	Carolina 	3 – 2	Florida 	OT	Belfour 	16,147 	13–18–7	33
39	December 26	Florida 	2 – 4	Carolina 	 	Auld 	18,639 	13–19–7	33
40	December 27	Philadelphia	1 – 3	Florida 	 	Belfour 	17,771 	14–19–7	35
41	December 29	Montreal 	1 – 3	Florida 	 	Belfour 	19,772 	15–19–7	37
====January====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
42	January 2 	Florida 	1 – 4	Edmonton 	 	Belfour 	16,839 	15–20–7 	37
43	January 4 	Florida 	4 – 5	Calgary 	OT	Auld 	19,289 	15–20–8 	38
44	January 7 	Florida 	3 – 4	Vancouver 	SO	Belfour 	18,630 	15–20–9 	39
45	January 10	Pittsburgh	2 – 5	Florida 	 	Auld 	16,098 	16–20–9 	41
46	January 11	Florida 	4 – 6	Carolina 	 	Auld 	13,552 	16–21–9 	41
47	January 13	Washington	3 – 7	Florida 	 	Belfour 	15,061 	17–21–9 	43
48	January 16	Carolina 	3 – 2	Florida 	OT	Belfour 	10,317 	17–21–10	44
49	January 18	Toronto 	3 – 2	Florida 	 	Auld 	12,242 	17–22–10	44
50	January 20	Florida 	4 – 1	Washington	 	Belfour 	13,877 	18–22–10	46
51	January 27	New Jersey	2 – 4	Florida 	 	Belfour 	18,136 	19–22–10	48
52	January 30	Florida 	0 – 3	Pittsburgh	 	Belfour 	15,405 	19–23–10	48
====February====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
53	February 1 	Washington 	3 – 6	Florida 	 	Belfour 	11,300 	20–23–10	50
54	February 3 	Los Angeles	7 – 0	Florida 	 	Belfour 	15,108 	20–24–10	50
55	February 6 	Florida 	4 – 5	Colorado 	OT	Belfour 	17,065 	20–24–11	51
56	February 8 	Florida 	2 – 4	Minnesota 	 	Belfour 	18,568 	20–25–11	51
57	February 10	Phoenix 	2 – 5	Florida 	 	Belfour 	15,312 	21–25–11	53
58	February 13	Florida 	1 – 0	Montreal 	 	Belfour 	21,273 	22–25–11	55
59	February 14	Florida 	0 – 4	Ottawa 	 	Belfour 	18,561 	22–26–11	55
60	February 17	Tampa Bay 	4 – 5	Florida 	OT	Belfour 	17,813 	23–26–11	57
61	February 20	Florida 	2 – 3	Tampa Bay 	SO	Belfour 	19,319 	23–26–12	58
62	February 22	Pittsburgh 	2 – 1	Florida 	OT	Belfour 	17,102 	23–26–13	59
63	February 24	Boston 	2 – 7	Florida 	 	Belfour 	16,816 	24–26–13	61
64	February 27	Florida 	6 – 5	Washington	SO	Belfour 	10,979 	25–26–13	63
====March====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
65	March 1 	Dallas 	1 – 2	Florida 	OT	Belfour 	11,822 	26–26–13	65
66	March 3 	Tampa Bay 	2 – 6	Florida 	 	Belfour 	17,299 	27–26–13	67
67	March 6 	Florida 	2 – 4	Atlanta 	 	Belfour 	12,566 	27–27–13	67
68	March 8 	Florida 	2 – 1	Philadelphia	 	Belfour 	19,489 	28–27–13	69
69	March 10	Atlanta 	2 – 3	Florida 	 	Belfour 	17,927 	29–27–13	71
70	March 13	Florida 	1 – 3	Carolina 	 	Belfour 	18,639 	29–28–13	71
71	March 15	Buffalo 	5 – 3	Florida 	 	Belfour 	18,111 	29–29–13	71
72	March 17	NY Islanders	5 – 8	Florida 	 	Belfour 	17,078 	30–29–13	73
73	March 20	Florida 	4 – 1	Philadelphia	 	Belfour 	18,721 	31–29–13	75
74	March 22	Ottawa 	4 – 2	Florida 	 	Belfour 	14,202 	31–30–13	75
75	March 24	New Jersey 	4 – 3	Florida 	SO	Belfour 	16,101 	31–30–14	76
76	March 27	Florida 	5 – 2	Tampa Bay 	 	Belfour 	18,856 	32–30–14	78
77	March 28	Atlanta 	2 – 3	Florida 	SO	Anderson	12,864 	33–30–14	80
78	March 30	Washington 	2 – 3	Florida 	OT	Belfour 	15,712 	34–30–14	82
====April====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
79	April 1	Carolina	4 – 3	Florida 	SO	Belfour 	17,878 	34–30–15	83
80	April 3	Florida 	0 – 1	Washington	 	Anderson	16,311 	34–31–15	83
81	April 6	Florida 	7 – 2	Tampa Bay 	 	Belfour 	21,002 	35–31–15	85
82	April 7	Florida 	2 – 4	Carolina 	OT	Anderson	18,639 	35–31–16	86
*Green background indicates win. 
*Red background indicates regulation loss. 
*White background indicates overtime/shootout loss. 
== Playoffs ==
The Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.
==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	39	52	91 	78 	18 	9 	1 	8
 	C 	82	31	31	62 	61 	15 	7 	1 	3
 	C 	73	23	34	57 	22 	2 	9 	2 	4
 	C 	74	20	28	48 	28 	-1 	10 	0 	1
 	LW 	82	14	30	44 	36 	7 	7 	0 	1
 	D 	82	12	30	42 	66 	23 	3 	0 	3
 	LW 	72	17	20	37 	28 	7 	4 	0 	0
 	C 	81	13	22	35 	94 	1 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	82	6 	26	32 	102	-13	2 	0 	0
 	C 	75	11	19	30 	28 	2 	2 	0 	2
 	LW 	50	13	16	29 	71 	5 	2 	0 	3
 	D 	78	4 	25	29 	64 	-5 	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	64	11	14	25 	18 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	82	4 	21	25 	112	7 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	41	5 	5 	10 	20 	-5 	1 	0 	2
 	LW 	48	3 	7 	10 	12 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	79	6 	3 	9 	66 	-10	0 	1 	0
 	D 	72	1 	8 	9 	119	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	15	5 	3 	8 	4 	-4 	2 	0 	2
 	RW 	7 	1 	6 	7 	13 	-4 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	23	0 	5 	5 	28 	9 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	13	1 	2 	3 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	45	0 	3 	3 	55 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	16	2 	0 	2 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	1 	1 	2 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	58	0 	2 	2 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	1 	0 	1 	10 	-3 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	2 	1 	0 	1 	2 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	27	0 	1 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	19	0 	1 	1 	0 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	0 	1 	1 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	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==
====Trades====
June 24, 2006 	To Florida PanthersTodd BertuzziAlex AuldBryan Allen 	To Vancouver CanucksRoberto LuongoLukas Krajicek6th-round pick in 2006(Sergei Shirokov)
June 24, 2006 	To Florida PanthersCraig Anderson 	To Chicago Blackhawks6th-round pick in 2008
January 3, 2007 	To Florida PanthersConditional draft pick in 2007 	To Anaheim DucksRic Jackman
February 26, 2007	To Florida PanthersNoah Welch 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsGary Roberts
February 27, 2007	To Florida PanthersConditional draft pickShawn Matthias	To Detroit Red WingsTodd Bertuzzi
February 27, 2007	To Florida Panthers 4th-round pick in 2007 	To Pittsburgh Penguins Joel Kwiatkowski
====Free agents acquired====
Player 	Former Team
G Ed Belfour 	Toronto Maple Leafs
D Ruslan Salei	Anaheim Ducks
====Free agents lost====
Player 	New Team
F Jon Sim 	Atlanta Thrashers
G Jamie McLennan	Calgary Flames
D Sean Hill 	New York Islanders
F Serge Payer 	Ottawa Senators
==Roster==
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==Draft picks==
Florida's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.2006 NHL Entry Draft Results
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	NHL Team 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	10 	Michael Frolik (RW)	 	Florida Panthers 	HC Rabat Kladno (Czech Extraliga)
3 	73 	Brady Calla (RW) 	 	Florida Panthers 	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
4 	103	Michael Caruso (D) 	 	Florida Panthers 	Guelph Storm (OHL)
4 	116	Derrick LaPoint (D)	 	Florida Panthers (from Nashville) 	Eau Claire North (USHS-WI)
6 	155	Peter Aston (D) 	 	Florida Panthers (from Pittsburgh)	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
7 	193	Marc Cheverie (G) 	 	Florida Panthers 	Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL)
==See also==
*2006–07 NHL season
==References==
*Game log: Florida Panthers game log on espn.com
*Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
*Player Stats: Florida Panthers 2006–07 Reg. Season Stats on espn.com
*Draft picks: 2006 NHL Entry Draft
==External links==
*Official site of the Florida Panthers
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