2006–07 Washington Capitals season

==Regular season==
* December 15, 2006 - Ovechkin gets the second hat trick of his career. The third goal is scored six seconds into overtime, tying Ovechkin for the fastest scoring goal in overtime history.
===Season standings===
===Game log===
====October====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	
Pts
1 	October 5 	Washington	2 – 5	NY Rangers	 	Kolzig 	18,200 	0–1–0 	0
2 	October 7 	Carolina 	2 – 5	Washington	 	Kolzig 	16,622 	1–1–0 	2
3 	October 12	Washington	2 – 3	Minnesota 	SO	Johnson 	18,064 	1–1–1 	3
4 	October 14	Atlanta 	4 – 3	Washington	OT	Kolzig 	11,995 	1–1–2 	4
5 	October 18	Florida 	2 – 5	Washington	 	Kolzig 	10,125 	2–1–2 	6
6 	October 19	Washington	3 – 4	Atlanta 	SO	Johnson 	12,719 	2–1–3 	7
7 	October 21	Tampa Bay 	6 – 4	Washington	 	Kolzig 	13,327 	2–2–3 	7
8 	October 25	Washington	5 – 3	Colorado 	 	Kolzig 	17,047 	3–2–3 	9
9 	October 27	Washington	2 – 3	Vancouver 	SO	Kolzig 	18,630 	3–2–4 	10
10	October 28	Washington	0 – 4	Edmonton 	 	Johnson 	16,839 	3–3–4 	10
11	October 30	Washington	4 – 2	Calgary 	 	Kolzig 	19,289 	4–3–4 	12
====November====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	
Pts
12	November 3 	Atlanta 	4 – 3	Washington 	 	Kolzig 	12,834 	4–4–4 	12
13	November 4 	Washington	5 – 3	Philadelphia	 	Johnson 	19,564 	5–4–4 	14
14	November 6 	Ottawa 	3 – 4	Washington 	OT	Johnson 	10,845 	6–4–4 	16
15	November 9 	Washington	0 – 5	Carolina 	 	Johnson 	18,639 	6–5–4 	16
16	November 11	NY Rangers	1 – 3	Washington 	 	Kolzig 	16,263 	7–5–4 	18
17	November 13	Washington	4 – 1	Florida 	 	Kolzig 	12,108 	8–5–4 	20
18	November 15	Boston 	3 – 2	Washington 	SO	Kolzig 	10,878 	8–5–5 	21
19	November 17	Carolina 	4 – 1	Washington 	 	Kolzig 	12,683 	8–6–5 	21
20	November 18	Washington	2 – 3	Boston 	OT	Johnson 	16,837 	8–6–6 	22
21	November 22	Atlanta 	4 – 2	Washington 	 	Kolzig 	11,284 	8–7–6 	22
22	November 24	Toronto 	7 – 1	Washington 	 	Johnson 	14,892 	8–8–6 	22
23	November 25	Washington	1 – 4	NY Islanders	 	Kolzig 	13,214 	8–9–6 	22
24	November 28	Washington	5 – 2	Tampa Bay 	 	Kolzig 	18,874 	9–9–6 	24
25	November 30	Dallas 	3 – 4	Washington 	 	Kolzig 	10,912 	10–9–6	26
====December====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	
Pts
26	December 2 	Buffalo 	4 – 7	Washington 	 	Kolzig 	17,162 	11–9–6 	28
27	December 6 	Ottawa 	2 – 6	Washington 	 	Kolzig 	10,926 	12–9–6 	30
28	December 8 	Anaheim 	6 – 1	Washington 	 	Kolzig 	12,269 	12–10–6	30
29	December 9 	Washington 	5 – 3	Philadelphia	 	Johnson 	19,211 	13–10–6	32
30	December 11	Pittsburgh 	5 – 4	Washington 	SO	Kolzig 	14,793 	13–10–7	33
31	December 15	Washington 	3 – 2	Atlanta 	OT	Johnson 	16,920 	14–10–7	35
32	December 16	Philadelphia	1 – 4	Washington 	 	Kolzig 	15,021 	15–10–7	37
33	December 19	Tampa Bay 	5 – 4	Washington 	 	Kolzig 	10,417 	15–11–7	37
34	December 22	New Jersey 	4 – 1	Washington 	 	Johnson 	13,744 	15–12–7	37
35	December 23	Washington 	3 – 2	Toronto 	 	Kolzig 	19,488 	16–12–7	39
36	December 26	Washington 	3 – 6	Buffalo 	 	Johnson 	18,690 	16–13–7	39
37	December 27	Montreal 	4 – 1	Washington 	 	Kolzig 	15,609 	16–14–7	39
38	December 29	Washington 	3 – 4	New Jersey 	 	Kolzig 	16,297 	16–15–7	39
39	December 30	Washington 	1 – 4	NY Rangers 	 	Kolzig 	18,200 	16–16–7	39
====January====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	
Pts
40	January 1 	Phoenix 	3 – 2	Washington	 	Kolzig 	12,579 	16–17–7	39
41	January 4 	Montreal 	1 – 5	Washington	 	Kolzig 	11,287 	17–17–7	41
42	January 6 	Atlanta 	2 – 3	Washington	OT	Kolzig 	15,642 	18–17–7	43
43	January 9 	Philadelphia	2 – 6	Washington	 	Kolzig 	13,143 	19–17–7	45
44	January 11	Washington 	4 – 5	Tampa Bay 	 	Kolzig 	18,804 	19–18–7	45
45	January 13	Washington 	3 – 7	Florida 	 	Kolzig 	15,061 	19–19–7	45
46	January 16	Washington 	2 – 5	Ottawa 	 	Johnson 	18,810 	19–20–7	45
47	January 18	Washington 	5 – 2	Carolina 	 	Kolzig 	16,285 	20–20–7	47
48	January 20	Florida 	4 – 1	Washington	 	Kolzig 	13,877 	20–21–7	47
49	January 26	Washington 	2 – 6	Carolina 	 	Johnson 	18,044 	20–22–7	47
50	January 27	Carolina 	3 – 7	Washington	 	Kolzig 	16,924 	21–22–7	49
51	January 30	Washington 	2 – 3	Ottawa 	 	Kolzig 	19,178 	21–23–7	49
====February====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	
Pts
52	February 1 	Washington 	3 – 6	Florida 	 	Kolzig 	11,300 	21–24–7 	49
53	February 3 	Washington 	0 – 2	Pittsburgh	 	Kolzig 	17,132 	21–25–7 	49
54	February 4 	NY Islanders	1 – 2	Washington	SO	Kolzig 	12,508 	22–25–7 	51
55	February 6 	Boston 	3 – 2	Washington	SO	Kolzig 	15,273 	22–25–8 	52
56	February 8 	Los Angeles 	3 – 4	Washington	OT	Kolzig 	15,527 	23–25–8 	54
57	February 10	NY Rangers 	5 – 2	Washington	 	Kolzig 	18,277 	23–26–8 	54
58	February 15	Washington 	2 – 3	Tampa Bay 	SO	Johnson 	18,744 	23–26–9 	55
59	February 18	Washington 	2 – 3	Pittsburgh	 	Johnson 	17,132 	23–27–9 	55
60	February 20	Washington 	3 – 5	Montreal 	 	Johnson 	21,273 	23–28–9 	55
61	February 21	San Jose 	3 – 2	Washington	SO	Johnson 	13,622 	23–28–10	56
62	February 24	Washington 	4 – 2	New Jersey	 	Johnson 	14,301 	24–28–10	58
63	February 25	New Jersey 	3 – 2	Washington	 	Johnson 	14,585 	24–29–10	58
64	February 27	Florida 	6 – 5	Washington	OT	Johnson 	10,979 	24–29–11	59
====March====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	
Pts
65	March 1 	Tampa Bay 	5 – 4	Washington 	SO	Johnson 	10,462 	24–29–12	60
66	March 3 	NY Islanders	6 – 2	Washington 	 	Johnson 	16,453 	24–30–12	60
67	March 6 	Washington 	1 – 2	Toronto 	 	Cassivi 	19,531 	24–31–12	60
68	March 9 	Carolina 	3 – 0	Washington 	 	Johnson 	13,970 	24–32–12	60
69	March 10	Washington 	2 – 5	NY Islanders	 	Johnson 	15,764 	24–33–12	60
70	March 12	Washington 	2 – 4	Atlanta 	 	Johnson 	14,041 	24–34–12	60
71	March 15	Washington 	3 – 4	Boston 	SO	Kolzig 	15,091 	24–34–13	61
72	March 16	Toronto 	1 – 5	Washington 	 	Kolzig 	16,281 	25–34–13	63
73	March 18	Tampa Bay 	1 – 7	Washington 	 	Kolzig 	14,274 	26–34–13	65
74	March 21	Washington 	2 – 5	Buffalo 	 	Kolzig 	18,690 	26–35–13	65
75	March 22	Washington 	3 – 4	Carolina 	 	Johnson 	18,740 	26–36–13	65
76	March 24	Washington 	1 – 4	Montreal 	 	Kolzig 	21,273 	26–37–13	65
77	March 27	Pittsburgh 	4 – 3	Washington 	 	Kolzig 	18,277 	26–38–13	65
78	March 30	Washington 	2 – 3	Florida 	OT	Johnson 	15,712 	26–38–14	66
79	March 31	Washington 	2 – 5	Tampa Bay 	 	Kolzig 	20,064 	26–39–14	66
====April====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	
Pts
80	April 3	Florida 	0 – 1	Washington	 	Kolzig 	16,311 	27–39–14	68
81	April 4	Washington	3 – 2	Atlanta 	 	Johnson 	18,783 	28–39–14	70
82	April 7	Buffalo 	2 – 0	Washington	 	Kolzig 	18,277 	28–40–14	70
*Green background indicates win. 
*Red background indicates regulation loss. 
*White background indicates overtime/shootout loss. 
== Playoffs ==
==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 	82	46	46	92 	52 	-19	16 	0 	8
 	LW 	77	38	35	73 	90 	-7 	17 	0 	6
 	RW 	74	30	24	54 	66 	-10	9 	4 	2
 	C 	60	20	32	52 	50 	-16	9 	0 	4
 	LW 	64	16	16	32 	22 	-13	4 	3 	2
 	C 	71	7 	22	29 	14 	10 	0 	2 	0
 	D 	72	3 	25	28 	44 	-11	2 	0 	0
 	C 	64	8 	18	26 	46 	-11	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	66	7 	13	20 	44 	-17	0 	0 	0
 	C 	73	8 	10	18 	29 	-2 	2 	3 	0
 	RW 	32	6 	12	18 	16 	-4 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	69	7 	10	17 	78 	-9 	1 	0 	0
 	D 	68	1 	16	17 	63 	-14	0 	0 	0
 	D 	52	4 	12	16 	27 	4 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	57	4 	9 	13 	47 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	77	4 	9 	13 	156	1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	78	3 	10	13 	106	3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	70	2 	10	12 	36 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	C 	41	3 	7 	10 	28 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	30	2 	7 	9 	24 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	29	4 	4 	8 	8 	-6 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	18	2 	6 	8 	12 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	26	3 	4 	7 	42 	3 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	29	1 	6 	7 	69 	-13	0 	0 	0
 	C 	18	0 	6 	6 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	C/LW	9 	2 	2 	4 	2 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	2 	1 	3 	8 	3 	0 	0 	1
 	G 	54	0 	3 	3 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	38	0 	3 	3 	16 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	10	1 	1 	2 	2 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	30	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	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 12, 2006 	To Washington Capitals Richard Zednik 	To Montreal Canadiens 3rd round pick in 2007
February 1, 2007 	To Washington Capitals Milan Jurcina 	To Boston Bruins 4th round pick in 2008
February 25, 2007	To Washington Capitals 2nd round pick in 2007 	To New York Islanders Richard Zednik
February 26, 2007	To Washington Capitals Andy Hedlund6th round pick in 2008 	To Ottawa Senators Lawrence Nycholat
February 27, 2007	To Washington Capitals Jiri Novotny 1st round pick in 2007	To Buffalo Sabres Dainius Zubrus Timo Helbling
February 27, 2007	To Washington CapitalsConditional draft pick 	To Los Angeles KingsJamie Heward
====Free agents acquired====
Player 	Former team
F Donald Brashear	Philadelphia Flyers
D John Erskine 	New York Islanders
====Free agents lost====
Player 	New team
F Brian Willsie	Los Angeles Kings
F Jeff Halpern 	Dallas Stars
D Boyd Kane 	Philadelphia Flyers
F Graham Mink 	San Jose Sharks
D Mathieu Biron	San Jose Sharks
==Roster==
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==Draft picks==
Washington'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 	4 	Nicklas Backstrom (C) 	 	Washington Capitals 	Brynäs IF Gävle (Elitserien)
1 	23 	Simeon Varlamov (G) 	 	Washington Capitals (from Nashville)	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russian Superleague)
2 	34 	Michal Neuvirth (G) 	 	Washington Capitals 	HC Sparta Praha (Czech Extraliga)
2 	35 	Francois Bouchard (RW)	 	Washington Capitals (from Boston) 	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
2 	52 	Keith Seabrook (D) 	 	Washington Capitals (from Anaheim) 	Burnaby Express (BCHL)
4 	97 	Oskar Osala (LW) 	 	Washington Capitals 	Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
4 	122	Luke Lynes (C/LW) 	 	Washington Capitals (from Detroit) 	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
5 	127	Maxime Lacroix (LW) 	 	Washington Capitals 	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6 	157	Brent Gwidt (C) 	 	Washington Capitals 	Lakeland (USHS-WI)
6 	177	Mathieu Perreault (C) 	 	Washington Capitals (from Buffalo) 	Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)
==See also==
*2006–07 NHL season
==References==
*Game log: Washington Capitals game log on espn.com
*Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
*Player Stats: Washington Capitals 2006-07 Reg. Season Stats on espn.com
*Draft picks: 2006 NHL Entry Draft
==External links==
*Official site of the Washington Capitals
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