2006–07 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2006–07 Detroit Red Wings season was the 80th National Hockey League season in Detroit, Michigan. The Wings entered a new era, following the retirement of longtime captain Steve Yzerman after 22 seasons in the NHL, all with Detroit. The Wings named Yzerman a team vice-president, Yzerman's #19 was retired by the Wings in January.
The Red Wings lost another long time Red Wing in Brendan Shanahan, who signed with the New York Rangers, however goaltender Dominik Hasek returned to the Red Wings, signing as a free agent. Hasek has remained one of the league's goaltending leaders, helping the Red Wings remain in contention for top spot in the Western Conference, battling with their division rivals, the Nashville Predators.
Two Red Wings players represented the West at the 55th National Hockey League All-Star Game in Dallas, Texas. Nicklas Lidstrom was elected as a starting defenceman, and registered an assist. He was joined by forward Henrik Zetterberg. 
==Regular season==
===Season standings===
For complete final standings, see 2006–07 NHL season
===Game log===
====October====
Record: 6–4–1; Home: 2–1–1; Road: 4–3–0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1 	October 5 	Vancouver	3 – 1	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	0–1–0 	0
2 	October 7 	Detroit 	2 – 0	Pittsburgh 	 	Hasek 	15,318 	1–1–0 	2
3 	October 11	Phoenix 	2 – 9	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	2–1–0 	4
4 	October 13	Buffalo 	3 – 2	Detroit 	SO	Hasek 	20,066 	2–1–1 	5
5 	October 16	Detroit 	3 – 1	Los Angeles	 	Osgood 	17,417 	3–1–1 	7
6 	October 18	Detroit 	1 – 4	Anaheim 	 	Hasek 	14,767 	3–2–1 	7
7 	October 19	Detroit 	1 – 5	San Jose 	 	Osgood 	17,496 	3–3–1 	7
8 	October 21	Detroit 	1 – 3	Edmonton 	 	Hasek 	16,839 	3–4–1 	7
9 	October 25	San Jose 	1 – 2	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	4–4–1 	9
10	October 27	Detroit 	4 – 3	Dallas 	 	Hasek 	18,584 	5–4–1 	11
11	October 28	Detroit 	3 – 2	St. Louis 	 	Osgood 	12,700 	6–4–1 	13
====November====
Record: 7–2–3; Home: 5–0–2; Road: 2–2–1
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record	Pts
12	November 1 	Calgary 	2 – 3	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	7–4–1 	15
13	November 2 	Detroit 	2 – 1	Chicago 	 	Osgood 	15,174 	8–4–1 	17
14	November 4 	Columbus 	1 – 4	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	9–4–1 	19
15	November 8 	Edmonton 	0 – 3	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	10–4–1	21
16	November 10	Nashville	0 – 3	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	11–4–1	23
17	November 14	Detroit 	3 – 2	Vancouver	 	Hasek 	18,630 	12–4–1	25
18	November 17	Detroit 	1 – 4	Calgary 	 	Hasek 	19,289 	12–5–1	25
19	November 18	Detroit 	3 – 4	Edmonton 	SO	MacDonald	16,839 	12–5–2	26
20	November 22	Vancouver	4 – 3	Detroit 	OT	Hasek 	20,066 	12–5–3	27
21	November 24	St. Louis	3 – 2	Detroit 	SO	Hasek 	20,066 	12–5–4	28
22	November 25	Detroit 	2 – 6	Nashville	 	MacDonald	16,835 	12–6–4	28
23	November 27	Dallas 	1 – 2	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	13–6–4	30
====December====
Record: 11–3–1; Home: 6–2–0; Road: 5–1–1
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record	Pts
24	December 1 	Detroit 	3 – 0	Minnesota 	 	Hasek 	18,568 	14–6–4	32
25	December 2 	San Jose 	3 – 2	Detroit 	 	MacDonald	20,066 	14–7–4	32
26	December 5 	Detroit 	5 – 1	St. Louis 	 	Hasek 	19,646 	15–7–4	34
27	December 6 	St. Louis 	3 – 4	Detroit 	OT	Hasek 	20,066 	16–7–4	36
28	December 9 	Toronto 	1 – 5	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	17–7–4	38
29	December 12	Ottawa 	3 – 2	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	17–8–4	38
30	December 14	Detroit 	3 – 2	Chicago 	 	Hasek 	15,130 	18–8–4	40
31	December 16	Detroit 	2 – 1	New Jersey	 	Hasek 	15,078 	19–8–4	42
32	December 18	Detroit 	3 – 4	Columbus 	 	Osgood 	17,046 	19–9–4	42
33	December 20	Columbus 	0 – 5	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	20–9–4	44
34	December 22	Minnesota 	1 – 3	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	21–9–4	46
35	December 23	Detroit 	2 – 3	Minnesota 	OT	Osgood 	18,568 	21–9–5	47
36	December 27	Minnesota 	1 – 3	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	22–9–5	49
37	December 28	Detroit 	7 – 4	Columbus 	 	Osgood 	17,408 	23–9–5	51
38	December 31	Los Angeles	2 – 6	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	24–9–5	53
====January====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	Pts
39	January 2 	Anaheim 	1 – 2	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	25–9–5 	55
40	January 4 	Detroit 	4 – 9	San Jose 	 	Hasek 	17,496 	25–10–5	55
41	January 6 	Detroit 	2 – 4	Los Angeles 	 	Osgood 	18,118 	25–11–5	55
42	January 7 	Detroit 	2 – 4	Anaheim 	 	Hasek 	17,418 	25–12–5	55
43	January 9 	Detroit 	4 – 3	Colorado 	SO	Hasek 	18,007 	26–12–5	57
44	January 11	Detroit 	5 – 1	Phoenix 	 	Hasek 	14,386 	27–12–5	59
45	January 13	Chicago 	3 – 6	Detroit 	 	Osgood 	20,066 	28–12–5	61
46	January 15	Montreal 	0 – 2	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	29–12–5	63
47	January 17	Nashville	3 – 5	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	30–12–5	65
48	January 19	Detroit 	1 – 3	Columbus 	 	Hasek 	18,136 	30–13–5	65
49	January 20	Detroit 	1 – 3	Colorado 	 	MacDonald	18,007 	30–14–5	65
50	January 26	Detroit 	1 – 2	St. Louis 	OT	Osgood 	16,427 	30–14–6	66
51	January 28	Colorado 	1 – 3	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	31–14–6	68
52	January 30	Detroit 	4 – 3	NY Islanders	OT	Hasek 	12,322 	32–14–6	70
====February====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	Pts
53	February 2 	St. Louis	3 – 5	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	33–14–6	72
54	February 5 	Detroit 	4 – 3	NY Rangers 	 	Hasek 	18,200 	34–14–6	74
55	February 7 	Phoenix 	2 – 4	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	35–14–6	76
56	February 8 	Detroit 	0 – 1	St. Louis 	 	MacDonald	11,285 	35–15–6	76
57	February 11	Calgary 	4 – 7	Detroit 	 	MacDonald	20,066 	36–15–6	78
58	February 12	Detroit 	1 – 6	Philadelphia	 	MacDonald	19,575 	36–16–6	78
59	February 14	Detroit 	3 – 1	Dallas 	 	Osgood 	18,037 	37–16–6	80
60	February 17	Detroit 	4 – 1	Phoenix 	 	Hasek 	16,940 	38–16–6	82
61	February 21	Chicago 	2 – 4	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	39–16–6	84
62	February 23	Edmonton 	4 – 3	Detroit 	SO	Hasek 	20,066 	39–16–7	85
63	February 24	Detroit 	3 – 4	Nashville 	OT	Osgood 	17,113 	39–16–8	86
64	February 27	Detroit 	4 – 1	Chicago 	 	Hasek 	15,131 	40–16–8	88
====March====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
65	March 2 	Chicago 	2–6 	Detroit 	 	Osgood 	20,066 	41–16–8 	90
66	March 4 	Colorado 	4–3 	Detroit 	OT	Osgood 	20,066 	41–16–9 	91
67	March 6 	Nashville 	3–4 	Detroit 	OT	Osgood 	20,066 	42–16–9 	93
68	March 9 	Los Angeles	2–3 	Detroit 	OT	Hasek 	20,066 	43–16–9 	95
69	March 11	Boston 	6–3 	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	43–17–9 	95
70	March 13	Detroit 	5–2 	Nashville	 	Osgood 	17,113 	44–17–9 	97
71	March 14	Nashville 	2–4 	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	45–17–9 	99
72	March 17	Detroit 	1–4 	Vancouver	 	Hasek 	18,630 	45–18–9 	99
73	March 20	Detroit 	1–2 	Calgary 	 	Hasek 	19,289 	45–19–9 	99
74	March 22	Columbus 	2–1 	Detroit 	OT	Osgood 	20,066 	45–19–10	100
75	March 24	St. Louis 	3–2 	Detroit 	OT	Hasek 	20,066 	45–19–11	101
76	March 26	Anaheim 	0–1 	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	46–19–11	103
77	March 29	Detroit 	2–1 	Nashville	 	Osgood 	16,646 	47–19–11	105
78	March 30	Dallas 	3–4 	Detroit 	OT	Hasek 	20,066 	47–19–12	106
====April====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
79	April 1	Detroit 	4–1 	Columbus	 	Hasek 	17,350 	48–19–12	108
80	April 3	Columbus	0–3 	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	49–19–12	110
81	April 5	Detroit 	2–3 	Chicago 	OT	Osgood 	16,288 	49–19–13	111
82	April 7	Chicago 	2–7 	Detroit 	 	Osgood 	20,066 	50–19–13	113
*Green background indicates win.
*Red background indicates regulation loss.
*White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.
==Playoffs==
The Detroit Red Wings ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's first seed.
====Western Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (8) Calgary Flames====
Detroit wins series 4–2
Game	Date 	Visitor	Score	Home 	OT 	Decision	Attendance	Series
1 	April 12	Calgary	1 – 4	Detroit	 	Hasek 	19,204 	1 – 0
2 	April 15	Calgary	1 – 3	Detroit	 	Hasek 	19,751 	2 – 0
3 	April 17	Detroit	2 – 3	Calgary	 	Hasek 	19,289 	2 – 1
4 	April 19	Detroit	2 – 3	Calgary	 	Hasek 	19,289 	2 – 2
5 	April 21	Calgary	1 – 5	Detroit	 	Hasek 	19,340 	3 – 2
6 	April 22	Detroit	2 – 1	Calgary	2OT	Hasek 	19,289 	4 – 2
====Western Conference Semi-finals: vs. (5) San Jose Sharks====
Detroit wins series 4–2
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT 	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 26	San Jose	2 – 0	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	18,712 	0 – 1
2	April 28	San Jose	2 – 3	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	19,113 	1 – 1
3	April 30	Detroit 	1 – 2	San Jose	 	Hasek 	17,496 	1 – 2
4	May 2 	Detroit 	3 – 2	San Jose	1OT	Hasek 	17,496 	2 – 2
5	May 5 	San Jose	1 – 4	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	19,937 	3 – 2
6	May 7 	Detroit 	2 – 0	San Jose	 	Hasek 	17,496 	4 – 2
====Western Conference Finals: vs. (2) Anaheim Ducks====
Anaheim wins series 4–2
#	Date 	Visitor	Score	Home 	OT 	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	May 11	Anaheim	1 – 2	Detroit	 	Hasek 	19,939 	1 – 0
2	May 13	Anaheim	4 – 3	Detroit	1OT	Hasek 	19,620 	1 – 1
3	May 15	Detroit	5 – 0	Anaheim	 	Hasek 	17,358 	2 – 1
4	May 17	Detroit	3 – 5	Anaheim	 	Hasek 	17,375 	2 – 2
5	May 20	Anaheim	2 – 1	Detroit	1OT	Hasek 	20,003 	2 – 3
6	May 22	Detroit	3 – 4	Anaheim	 	Hasek 	17,380 	2 – 4
*Green background indicates win. 
*Red background indicates loss. 
==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 	79	27	60	87 	20 	36 	5 	2 	5
 	LW 	63	33	35	68 	36 	26 	11 	1 	10
 	D 	80	13	49	62 	46 	40 	10 	0 	1
 	LW 	77	30	22	52 	58 	13 	13 	0 	5
 	C 	81	19	33	52 	66 	12 	6 	0 	4
 	D 	68	11	41	52 	66 	12 	2 	1 	2
 	RW 	71	20	20	40 	24 	6 	6 	2 	5
 	RW 	53	14	20	34 	28 	1 	6 	0 	2
 	LW 	69	10	20	30 	37 	20 	0 	1 	2
 	C 	81	14	15	29 	58 	7 	0 	5 	1
 	C 	58	11	15	26 	24 	7 	3 	0 	2
 	C 	76	15	10	25 	36 	16 	3 	0 	4
 	D 	68	1 	21	22 	54 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	74	5 	13	18 	61 	16 	1 	0 	2
 	C 	73	10	7 	17 	20 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	66	4 	12	16 	59 	25 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	19	5 	9 	14 	22 	6 	1 	0 	2
 	RW 	82	6 	5 	11 	50 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	71	0 	11	11 	34 	11 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	57	0 	5 	5 	54 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	2 	2 	4 	6 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	56	0 	2 	2 	20 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	33	0 	2 	2 	12 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	26	1 	0 	1 	22 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	6 	0 	1 	1 	20 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	21	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	6 	0 	0 	0 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	16	0 	0 	0 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2 	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
 	D 	18	4	14	18 	6 	0 	4 	0 	2
 	C 	18	8	8 	16 	8 	2 	4 	0 	2
 	LW 	18	6	8 	14 	12 	1 	3 	0 	1
 	RW 	18	4	8 	12 	30 	2 	1 	2 	0
 	RW 	18	3	8 	11 	14 	2 	1 	0 	1
 	LW 	15	5	3 	8 	14 	2 	4 	0 	1
 	C 	18	2	6 	8 	8 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	16	3	4 	7 	15 	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	18	3	4 	7 	10 	8 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	18	1	6 	7 	12 	7 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	11	2	4 	6 	16 	4 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	18	3	2 	5 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	18	2	0 	2 	24 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	18	1	1 	2 	10 	0 	0 	1 	0
 	C 	6 	0	2 	2 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	12	0	2 	2 	8 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	1	0 	1 	10 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	13	0	1 	1 	8 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	18	0	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	0 	0 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	18	0	0 	0 	13 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0	0 	0 	2 	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; 
==Transactions==
The Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season.
===Trades===
February 26, 2007	To Detroit Red WingsKyle Calder 	To Chicago Blackhawks Jason Williams
February 27, 2007	To Detroit Red Wings Todd Bertuzzi	To Florida Panthers Conditional draft pickShawn Matthias
===Free agents acquired===
{| cellspacing="10"
| valign="top" |
Player signed 	Former team
F Matt Hussey 	Pittsburgh Penguins
D Dan Smith 	Edmonton Oilers
D Danny Markov 	Nashville Predators
G Dominik Hasek	Ottawa Senators
F Greg Johnson 	Nashville Predators
===Free agents lost===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player lost 	New team
F Brendan Shanahan	New York Rangers
F Mark Mowers 	Boston Bruins
F Don MacLean 	Phoenix Coyotes
G Manny Legace 	St. Louis Blues
===Lost on waivers===
Player 	New Team
G Joey MacDonald	Boston Bruins
==Draft picks==
Detroit's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Red Wings had no first-round pick in this draft, having dealt the 29th overall pick to the Phoenix Coyotes.
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	NHL Team 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 	41 	Cory Emmerton (C/LW)	Canada 	Detroit Red Wings (from Phoenix via Florida and Philadelphia) 	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
2 	47 	Shawn Matthias (C) 	Canada 	Detroit Red Wings (from Phoenix via Tampa Bay and Philadelphia)	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
2 	62 	Dick Axelsson (W) 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Huddinge IK (Division 3)
3 	92 	Daniel Larsson (G) 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Hammarby IF Hockey (Allsvenskan)
6 	182	Jan Mursak (LW) 	 	Detroit Red Wings 	Budejovice Jr.
7 	191	Nick Oslund (RW) 	 	Detroit Red Wings (from Phoenix) 	Burnsville (USHS-MN)
7 	212	Logan Pyett (D) 	Canada 	Detroit Red Wings 	Regina Pats (WHL)
==Farm teams==
===Grand Rapids Griffins===
The Griffins are Detroit's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2006–07.
===Toledo Storm===
The Storm are the Red Wings' ECHL affiliate for the 2006–07 season.
==See also==
*2006–07 NHL season
==References==
*Player stats: Detroit Red Wings player stats on espn.com
*Game log: Detroit Red Wings game log on espn.com
*Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
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