2006–07 Carolina Hurricanes season

The 2006–07 Carolina Hurricanes season began as the defending Stanley Cup champions started to defend their title. The Hurricanes didn't make any huge changes to their roster, hoping that their lineup would be enough to get them a repeat as league champions. However, due to many factors, including a shortened offseason due to last season's Stanley Cup run, injuries and disappointing performances from the team's young stars (including Eric Staal and Cam Ward), the team failed to qualify for the post-season becoming the first team since the 1995-96 New Jersey Devils to miss the playoffs after winning the cup the previous year.
==Regular season==
===Season standings===
===Game log===
====October====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1 	October 4 	Buffalo 	3 – 2	Carolina 	SO	Ward 	18,840 	0–0–1 	1
2 	October 6 	New Jersey	4 – 0	Carolina 	 	Ward 	18,639 	0–1–1 	1
3 	October 7 	Carolina 	2 – 5	Washington 	 	Ward 	16,622 	0–2–1 	1
4 	October 11	Carolina 	3 – 6	Florida 	 	Grahame 	14,312 	0–3–1 	1
5 	October 13	Carolina 	4 – 3	Atlanta 	 	Ward 	13,106 	1–3–1 	3
6 	October 14	Carolina 	5 – 1	Pittsburgh 	 	Ward 	14,351 	2–3–1 	5
7 	October 16	Carolina 	5 – 1	Tampa Bay 	 	Ward 	19,815 	3–3–1 	7
8 	October 20	Carolina 	4 – 5	Buffalo 	 	Ward 	18,690 	3–4–1 	7
9 	October 21	Carolina 	3 – 4	NY Islanders	OT	Grahame 	12,349 	3–4–2 	8
10	October 25	Atlanta 	4 – 5	Carolina 	OT	Ward 	15,008 	4–4–2 	10
11	October 26	Carolina 	1 – 5	Tampa Bay 	 	Ward 	19,826 	4–5–2 	10
12	October 28	Tampa Bay 	4 – 6	Carolina 	 	Ward 	18,639 	5–5–2 	12
====November====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
13	November 1 	Carolina 	5 – 2	Atlanta 	 	Ward 	14,277 	6–5–2 	14
14	November 2 	Montreal 	4 – 0	Carolina 	 	Ward 	16,486 	6–6–2 	14
15	November 4 	Carolina 	3 – 2	Ottawa 	 	Ward 	19,548 	7–6–2 	16
16	November 7 	Carolina 	2 – 3	New Jersey 	SO	Ward 	10,986 	7–6–3 	17
17	November 9 	Washington	0 – 5	Carolina 	 	Ward 	18,639 	8–6–3 	19
18	November 11	Pittsburgh	2 – 6	Carolina 	 	Ward 	18,726 	9–6–3 	21
19	November 13	Buffalo 	7 – 4	Carolina 	 	Ward 	14,387 	9–7–3 	21
20	November 15	NY Rangers	1 – 2	Carolina 	 	Ward 	16,080 	10–7–3 	23
21	November 17	Carolina 	4 – 1	Washington 	 	Grahame 	12,683 	11–7–3 	25
22	November 18	Dallas 	4 – 5	Carolina 	 	Ward 	18,639 	12–7–3 	27
23	November 21	Carolina 	0 – 4	NY Rangers 	 	Ward 	18,200 	12–8–3 	27
24	November 22	Carolina 	2 – 4	NY Islanders	 	Grahame 	12,419 	12–9–3 	27
25	November 24	Carolina 	5 – 1	Boston 	 	Grahame 	16,544 	13–9–3 	29
26	November 28	Ottawa 	4 – 1	Carolina 	 	Grahame 	14,393 	13–10–3	29
27	November 30	Montreal 	2 – 4	Carolina 	 	Ward 	13,103 	14–10–3	31
====December====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
28	December 2 	Boston 	2 – 5	Carolina 	 	Ward 	18,639 	15–10–3	33
29	December 5 	Carolina 	0 – 3	Calgary 	 	Grahame 	19,289 	15–11–3	33
30	December 6 	Carolina 	1 – 3	Edmonton 	 	Ward 	16,839 	15–12–3	33
31	December 8 	Carolina 	3 – 4	Vancouver 	OT	Ward 	18,630 	15–12–4	34
32	December 11	Carolina 	2 – 5	Colorado 	 	Grahame 	17,214 	15–13–4	34
33	December 15	Toronto 	5 – 3	Carolina 	 	Ward 	18,639 	15–14–4	34
34	December 16	Carolina 	3 – 2	Tampa Bay 	 	Ward 	18,634 	16–14–4	36
35	December 19	Carolina 	2 – 1	Philadelphia	 	Ward 	19,111 	17–14–4	38
36	December 22	NY Islanders	1 – 5	Carolina 	 	Ward 	18,252 	18–14–4	40
37	December 23	Carolina 	3 – 2	Florida 	OT	Grahame 	16,147 	19–14–4	42
38	December 26	Florida 	2 – 4	Carolina 	 	Ward 	18,639 	20–14–4	44
39	December 28	Carolina 	1 – 4	Buffalo 	 	Grahame 	18,690 	20–15–4	44
40	December 29	Anaheim 	2 – 4	Carolina 	 	Ward 	18,790 	21–15–4	46
41	December 31	Philadelphia	5 – 2	Carolina 	 	Ward 	18,796 	21–16–4	46
====January====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
42	January 2 	Carolina 	0 – 3	Pittsburgh	 	Ward 	16,957 	21–17–4	46
43	January 4 	Phoenix 	2 – 0	Carolina 	 	Ward 	15,096 	21–18–4	46
44	January 6 	NY Islanders	2 – 4	Carolina 	 	Ward 	18,639 	22–18–4	48
45	January 9 	Carolina 	4 – 1	Toronto 	 	Ward 	19,447 	23–18–4	50
46	January 11	Florida 	4 – 6	Carolina 	 	Grahame 	13,552 	24–18–4	52
47	January 13	Atlanta 	4 – 3	Carolina 	SO	Ward 	18,639 	24–18–5	53
48	January 16	Carolina 	3 – 2	Florida 	OT	Grahame 	10,317 	25–18–5	55
49	January 18	Washington 	5 – 2	Carolina 	 	Grahame 	16,285 	25–19–5	55
50	January 20	Tampa Bay 	6 – 5	Carolina 	SO	Ward 	18,196 	25–19–6	56
51	January 26	Washington 	2 – 6	Carolina 	 	Ward 	18,044 	26–19–6	58
52	January 27	Carolina 	3 – 7	Washington	 	Ward 	16,924 	26–20–6	58
53	January 30	Toronto 	4 – 1	Carolina 	 	Ward 	16,533 	26–21–6	58
====February====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
54	February 1 	Tampa Bay 	4 – 0	Carolina 	 	Grahame 	16,635 	26–22–6	58
55	February 3 	Boston 	4 – 3	Carolina 	OT	Ward 	18,665 	26–22–7	59
56	February 6 	Carolina 	2 – 1	Montreal 	 	Ward 	21,273 	27–22–7	61
57	February 8 	Carolina 	5 – 2	Boston 	 	Ward 	13,014 	28–22–7	63
58	February 10	Carolina 	4 – 5	Minnesota	 	Grahame 	18,568 	28–23–7	63
59	February 13	Los Angeles 	1 – 2	Carolina 	 	Ward 	15.765 	29–23–7	65
60	February 15	NY Rangers 	4 – 1	Carolina 	 	Ward 	17,255 	29–24–7	65
61	February 17	Carolina 	5 – 3	Montreal 	 	Ward 	21,273 	30–24–7	67
62	February 20	Atlanta 	3 – 1	Carolina 	 	Ward 	16,228 	30–25–7	67
63	February 22	Philadelphia	2 – 3	Carolina 	OT	Grahame 	14,533 	31–25–7	69
64	February 24	Carolina 	4 – 1	Atlanta 	 	Grahame 	18,744 	32–25–7	71
65	February 27	Ottawa 	4 – 2	Carolina 	 	Grahame 	17,812 	32–26–7	71
66	February 28	Carolina 	0 – 2	Ottawa 	 	Ward 	19,261 	32–27–7	71
====March====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
67	March 2 	Pittsburgh	2 – 3	Carolina 	 	Ward 	18,793 	33–27–7	73
68	March 4 	Carolina 	1 – 3	Atlanta 	 	Grahame 	17,783 	33–28–7	73
69	March 9 	Carolina 	3 – 0	Washington 	 	Ward 	13,970 	34–28–7	75
70	March 11	Carolina 	1 – 2	NY Rangers 	SO	Grahame 	18,200 	34–28–8	76
71	March 13	Florida 	1 – 3	Carolina 	 	Grahame 	18,639 	35–28–8	78
72	March 15	New Jersey	3 – 2	Carolina 	 	Grahame 	18,279 	35–29–8	78
73	March 17	Carolina 	7 – 2	New Jersey 	 	Grahame 	15,490 	36–29–8	80
74	March 22	Washington	3 – 4	Carolina 	 	Ward 	18,740 	37–29–8	82
75	March 24	San Jose 	4 – 6	Carolina 	 	Ward 	18,763 	38–29–8	84
76	March 27	Carolina 	1 – 6	Toronto 	 	Ward 	19,559 	38–30–8	84
77	March 28	Carolina 	1 – 5	Philadelphia	 	Grahame 	19,123 	38–31–8	84
78	March 30	Tampa Bay 	4 – 2	Carolina 	 	Ward 	18,639 	38–32–8	84
====April====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
79	April 1	Carolina	4 – 3	Florida 	OT	Ward 	17,878 	39–32–8	86
80	April 3	Carolina	2 – 3	Tampa Bay	 	Ward 	20,224 	39–33–8	86
81	April 6	Atlanta 	4 – 3	Carolina 	 	Ward 	17,158 	39–34–8	86
82	April 7	Florida 	4 – 5	Carolina 	OT	Grahame 	18.639 	40–34–8	88
*Green background indicates win. 
*Red background indicates regulation loss. 
*White background indicates overtime/shootout loss. 
== Playoffs ==
Did not qualify.
==Player stats ==
Regular season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Scoring 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable sortable"	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Player 	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	LW 	81	32	51	83 	46 	-5 	6 	0 	6
 	C 	78	26	56	82 	46 	7 	9 	2 	5
 	C 	82	30	40	70 	68 	-6 	12 	1 	1
 	RW 	82	33	34	67 	73 	-11	12 	2 	8
 	LW 	71	29	32	61 	76 	2 	9 	0 	4
 	RW 	81	21	30	51 	45 	-10	6 	0 	6
 	D 	82	7 	22	29 	113	0 	0 	2 	1
 	LW 	43	5 	22	27 	24 	-8 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	65	11	10	21 	46 	1 	2 	0 	3
 	C 	56	8 	12	20 	14 	-2 	3 	0 	1
 	RW 	80	6 	12	18 	10 	-2 	0 	2 	0
 	D 	60	5 	12	17 	44 	5 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	82	7 	7 	14 	54 	-9 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	41	3 	11	14 	30 	0 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	52	2 	12	14 	30 	-6 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	68	1 	12	13 	56 	11 	0 	1 	1
 	D 	67	2 	8 	10 	48 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	50	0 	10	10 	36 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	25	2 	7 	9 	22 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	27	2 	6 	8 	20 	8 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	61	2 	6 	8 	18 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	57	2 	4 	6 	57 	-10	1 	0 	0
 	D 	20	1 	5 	6 	2 	-12	0 	0 	0
 	C 	35	2 	2 	4 	17 	-10	0 	1 	0
 	G 	28	0 	3 	3 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	1 	1 	2 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	1 	0 	1 	2 	-3 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	8 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	60	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C/RW	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	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 ==
====Trades====
July 18, 2006 	To Carolina Hurricanes Scott Walker 	To Nashville Predators Josef Vasicek
September 29, 2006	To Carolina Hurricanes Tim Gleason Eric Belanger 	To Los Angeles Kings Jack Johnson Oleg Tverdovsky
November 21, 2006 	To Carolina Hurricanes Jakub Petruzalek conditional pick in 2008	To New York Rangers Brad Isbister
November 29, 2006 	To Carolina Hurricanes Mark Flood 	To Columbus Blue Jackets Derrick Walser
January 8, 2007 	To Carolina Hurricanes Dennis Seidenberg 	To Phoenix Coyotes Kevyn Adams
February 9, 2007 	To Carolina Hurricanes Josef Vasicek 	To Nashville Predators Eric Belanger
February 23, 2007 	To Carolina Hurricanes Anson Carter 	To Columbus Blue Jackets 5th round pick in 2008
====Free agents acquired====
Player 	Former Team
G John Grahame 	Tampa Bay Lightning
F Trevor Letowski	Columbus Blue Jackets
D Tim Conboy 	San Jose Sharks
F Jesse Boulerice	St. Louis Blues
D David Tanabe 	Boston Bruins
D Brad Isbister 	Boston Bruins
====Free agents lost====
Player 	New Team
F Matt Cullen 	New York Rangers
G Martin Gerber	Ottawa Senators
F Doug Weight 	St. Louis Blues
D Aaron Ward 	New York Rangers
F Mark Recchi 	Pittsburgh Penguins
==Roster==
 
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==Draft picks==
Carolina's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.2006 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com - accessed December 28, 2006
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	NHL Team 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 	63 	Jamie McBain (D) 	 	Carolina Hurricanes	US National Team Development Program (NAHL), University of Wisconsin (NCAA)
3 	93 	Harrison Reed (RW)	 	Carolina Hurricanes	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
4 	123	Bobby Hughes (C) 	 	Carolina Hurricanes	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
5 	153	Stefan Chaput (C) 	 	Carolina Hurricanes	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
6 	183	Nick Dodge (RW) 	 	Carolina Hurricanes	Clarkson University (NCAA)
7 	213	Justin Krueger (D)	 	Carolina Hurricanes	Cornell University (NCAA)
==See also==
*2006–07 NHL Season
==References==
*Game log: Carolina Hurricanes game log on ESPN.com
*Team standings: NHL standings on ESPN.com
*Player stats: Carolina Hurricanes player stats on NHL.com
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