2006-07 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks season was the Hawks' 80th season.
==Regular season==
===Season standings===
Central Division 	GP	W 	L 	OTL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Detroit Red Wings 	82	50	19	13 	254	199	113
Nashville Predators 	82	51	23	8 	272	212	110
St. Louis Blues 	82	34	35	13 	214	254	81
Columbus Blue Jackets	82	33	42	7 	201	249	73
Chicago Blackhawks 	82	31	42	9 	201	258	71
Final regular season standings for the 2006–07 NHL season
===Game log===
====October==== 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record	
Pts
1 	October 5 	Chicago 	8 – 6	Nashville 	 	Khabibulin	17,113 	1–0–0 	2
2 	October 7 	Columbus 	5 – 4	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	17,133 	1–1–0 	2
3 	October 12	Nashville	1 – 3	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	8,008 	2–1–0 	4
4 	October 14	Chicago 	3 – 4	St. Louis 	 	Boucher 	11,606 	2–2–0 	4
5 	October 16	Chicago 	5 – 3	Colorado 	 	Khabibulin	17,681 	3–2–0 	6
6 	October 18	Montreal 	1 – 2	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	11,095 	4–2–0 	8
7 	October 20	Chicago 	4 – 5	Dallas 	 	Boucher 	18,198 	4–3–0 	8
8 	October 21	St. Louis	4 – 3	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	13,254 	4–4–0 	8
9 	October 25	Vancouver	5 – 0	Chicago 	 	Boucher 	11,641 	4–5–0 	8
10	October 28	Anaheim 	3 – 0	Chicago 	 	Boucher 	13,580 	4–6–0 	8
11	October 30	Chicago 	0 – 3	Philadelphia	 	Boucher 	18,876 	4–7–0 	8
12	October 31	Chicago 	2 – 5	NY Islanders	 	Boucher 	8,739 	4–8–0 	8
====November==== 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record	
Pts
13	November 2 	Detroit 	2 – 1	Chicago 	 	Boucher 	15,174 	4–9–0 	8
14	November 9 	Chicago 	1 – 2	New Jersey	SO	Boucher 	10,978 	4–9–1 	9
15	November 10	St. Louis	1 – 3	Chicago 	 	Caron 	14,568 	5–9–1 	11
16	November 12	Columbus 	0 – 1	Chicago 	 	Boucher 	14,078 	6–9–1 	13
17	November 16	Chicago 	2 – 3	Phoenix 	SO	Boucher 	15,963 	6–9–2 	14
18	November 17	Chicago 	4 – 3	Anaheim 	SO	Khabibulin	16,526 	7–9–2 	16
19	November 19	Chicago 	1 – 2	Vancouver 	 	Khabibulin	18,630 	7–10–2	16
20	November 22	Chicago 	1 – 4	Calgary 	 	Khabibulin	19,289 	7–11–2	16
21	November 24	Chicago 	1 – 5	Edmonton 	 	Boucher 	16,839 	7–12–2	16
22	November 29	Dallas 	1 – 2	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	13,164 	8–12–2	18
====December====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	
Pts
23	December 1 	St. Louis	2 – 5	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	12,110 	9–12–2 	20
24	December 2 	Chicago 	4 – 3	Nashville	OT	Khabibulin	15,530 	10–12–2	22
25	December 5 	Chicago 	2 – 3	Minnesota	SO	Khabibulin	18,568 	10–12–3	23
26	December 7 	Phoenix 	2 – 1	Chicago 	SO	Khabibulin	9,078 	10–12–4	24
27	December 9 	Chicago 	4 – 5	Minnesota	OT	Boucher 	18,568 	10–12–5	25
28	December 10	Edmonton 	1 – 4	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	11,523 	11–12–5	27
29	December 12	Chicago 	3 – 2	St. Louis	 	Khabibulin	10,812 	12–12–5	29
30	December 14	Detroit 	3 – 2	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	15,130 	12–13–5	29
31	December 16	Chicago 	6 – 4	Columbus 	 	Khabibulin	17,288 	13–13–5	31
32	December 17	Colorado 	1 – 2	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	11,111 	14–13–5	33
33	December 20	Nashville	2 – 1	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	10,201 	14–14–5	33
34	December 22	Toronto 	1 – 3	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	17,950 	15–14–5	35
35	December 23	Chicago 	2 – 3	Colorado 	 	Khabibulin	17,347 	15–15–5	35
36	December 26	Dallas 	1 – 2	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	14,278 	16–15–5	37
37	December 29	Boston 	5 – 3	Chicago 	 	Boucher 	19,315 	16–16–5	37
38	December 31	Chicago 	1 – 3	Columbus 	 	Khabibulin	18,136 	16–17–5	37
====January====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	
Pts
39	January 2 	Chicago 	4 – 1	St. Louis	 	Khabibulin	11,069 	17–17–5	39
40	January 4 	Chicago 	0 – 2	St. Louis	 	Khabibulin	11,849 	17–18–5	39
41	January 5 	Nashville	8 – 3	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	13,186 	17–19–5	39
42	January 7 	Phoenix 	4 – 2	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	11,079 	17–20–5	39
43	January 10	Buffalo 	2 – 1	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	14,041 	17–21–5	39
44	January 13	Chicago 	3 – 6	Detroit 	 	Khabibulin	20,066 	17–22–5	39
45	January 14	Minnesota	4 – 3	Chicago 	SO	Khabibulin	11,091 	17–22–6	40
46	January 16	Columbus 	5 – 4	Chicago 	OT	Khabibulin	10,263 	17–22–7	41
47	January 19	Minnesota	3 – 0	Chicago 	 	Boucher 	12,333 	17–23–7	41
48	January 20	Chicago 	3 – 6	Nashville	 	Khabibulin	17,113 	17–24–7	41
49	January 26	Nashville	3 – 1	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	11,162 	17–25–7	41
50	January 28	Calgary 	3 – 4	Chicago 	OT	Khabibulin	11,182 	18–25–7	43
====February====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	
Pts
51	February 1 	Chicago 	3 – 2	Los Angeles	OT	Khabibulin	16,958 	19–25–7	45
52	February 3 	Chicago 	2 – 4	San Jose 	 	Khabibulin	17,496 	19–26–7	45
53	February 6 	Chicago 	3 – 2	Calgary 	SO	Khabibulin	19,289 	20–26–7	47
54	February 7 	Chicago 	3 – 0	Vancouver 	 	Lalime 	18,630 	21–26–7	49
55	February 9 	Chicago 	1 – 2	Edmonton 	 	Khabibulin	16,839 	21–27–7	49
56	February 11	Chicago 	5 – 4	Columbus 	 	Khabibulin	17,054 	22–27–7	51
57	February 14	Chicago 	4 – 5	Pittsburgh 	SO	Khabibulin	17,051 	22–27–8	52
58	February 16	Vancouver	2 – 1	Chicago 	SO	Lalime 	14,552 	22–27–9	53
59	February 18	Chicago 	1 – 2	NY Rangers 	 	Lalime 	18,200 	22–28–9	53
60	February 21	Chicago 	2 – 4	Detroit 	 	Khabibulin	20,066 	22–29–9	53
61	February 22	San Jose 	2 – 0	Chicago 	 	Lalime 	10,125 	22–30–9	53
62	February 25	St. Louis	1 – 5	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	14,144 	23–30–9	55
63	February 27	Detroit 	4 – 1	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	15,131 	23–31–9	55
====March====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	
Pts
64	March 1 	Colorado 	6 – 1	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	10,522 	23–32–9	55
65	March 2 	Chicago 	2 – 6	Detroit 	 	Lalime 	20,066 	23–33–9	55
66	March 4 	Ottawa 	3 – 4	Chicago 	SO	Lalime 	13,917 	24–33–9	57
67	March 6 	Los Angeles	0 – 3	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	9,118 	25–33–9	59
68	March 10	Chicago 	7 – 5	Phoenix 	 	Khabibulin	17,086 	26–33–9	61
69	March 13	Chicago 	1 – 7	San Jose 	 	Lalime 	17,496 	26–34–9	61
70	March 15	Chicago 	4 – 3	Los Angeles	SO	Khabibulin	16,110 	27–34–9	63
71	March 16	Chicago 	2 – 5	Anaheim 	 	Khabibulin	17,174 	27–35–9	63
72	March 20	Chicago 	2 – 5	Columbus 	 	Khabibulin	15,195 	27–36–9	63
73	March 21	San Jose 	4 – 1	Chicago 	 	Lalime 	10,374 	27–37–9	63
74	March 23	Los Angeles	2 – 1	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	13,133 	27–38–9	63
75	March 25	Calgary 	3 – 2	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	10,178 	27–39–9	63
76	March 28	Anaheim 	3 – 1	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	11,295 	27–40–9	63
77	March 30	Columbus 	1 – 3	Chicago 	 	Lalime 	14,111 	28–40–9	65
====April====
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision 	Attendance	Record 	
Pts
78	April 1	Edmonton	1 – 2	Chicago 	 	Khabibulin	12,193 	29–40–9	67
79	April 3	Chicago 	3 – 2	Nashville	SO	Lalime 	14,663 	30–40–9	69
80	April 5	Detroit 	2 – 3	Chicago 	SO	Khabibulin	16,288 	31–40–9	71
81	April 7	Chicago 	2 – 7	Detroit 	 	Lalime 	20,066 	31–41–9	71
82	April 8	Chicago 	2 – 3	Dallas 	 	Khabibulin	17,932 	31–42–9	71
*Green background indicates win. 
*Red background indicates regulation loss. 
*White background indicates overtime/shootout loss. 
== Season statistics ==
====Scoring leaders====
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	+/-	PIM
Martin Havlat 	39	23	23	46 	15 	22
Bryan Smolinski	61	13	22	35 	8 	25
Radim Vrbata 	59	9 	25	34 	3 	24
Tuomo Ruutu 	51	13	18	31 	4 	75
Duncan Keith 	61	1 	25	26 	3 	56
====Goaltending====
Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
Player 	GP	TOI 	W 	L 	OT	GA 	SO	Sv% 	GAA
Nikolai Khabibulin	44	2554	19	18	5 	119	0 	.902	2.80
Brian Boucher 	15	827 	1 	10	3 	45 	1 	.884	3.27
Patrick Lalime 	4 	242 	1 	2 	1 	5 	1 	.957	1.24
Sebastien Caron 	1 	60 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0 	.960	1.00
as of February 24, 2007
==Transactions==
====Trades====
June 24, 2006 	To Chicago Blackhawks Sixth-round pick in 2008 	To Florida Panthers Craig Anderson
July 9, 2006 	To Chicago Blackhawks Martin HavlatBryan Smolinski 	To Ottawa Senators Tom PreissingJosh HennessyMichal BarinkaThird-round pick in 2008
August 2, 2006 	To Chicago Blackhawks Vaclav Pletka 	To Philadelphia Flyers Eric Meloche
August 4, 2006 	To Chicago Blackhawks Michal Handzus 	To Philadelphia Flyers Kyle Calder
December 28, 2006	To Chicago Blackhawks Bruno St. Jacques Pierre Parenteau	To Anaheim Ducks Sebastien Caron Matt Keith Chris Burno
February 26, 2007	To Chicago Blackhawks Conditional second-round pick 	To Vancouver Canucks Bryan Smolinski
February 26, 2007	To Chicago Blackhawks Kyle Calder 	To Philadelphia Flyers Lasse Kukkonen Third-round pick in 2007
February 26, 2007	To Chicago Blackhawks Jason Williams 	To Detroit Red Wings Kyle Calder
February 26, 2007	To Chicago Blackhawks Nikita Alexeev 	To Tampa Bay Lightning Karl StewartSixth-round pick in 2007
====Free agents acquired====
Player 	Former team
G Patrick Lalime 	St. Louis Blues
F Denis Arkhipov 	Nashville Predators
D David Koci 	Pittsburgh Penguins
F Craig MacDonald	Calgary Flames
G Sebastien Caron	Pittsburgh Penguins
F Jeff Hamilton 	New York Islanders
F Peter Bondra 	Atlanta Thrashers
====Free agents lost====
Player 	New team
F Curtis Brown 	San Jose Sharks
F Matthew Barnaby	Dallas Stars
F Mark Cullen 	Philadelphia Flyers
F Shawn Thornton 	Anaheim Ducks
====Claimed off waivers====
Player 	Team
F Karl Stewart	Pittsburgh Penguins
===Lost on waivers===
Player 	New Team
G Brian Boucher	Columbus Blue Jackets
===Draft picks===
Chicago'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 	3 	Jonathan Toews (C/W) 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	University of North Dakota (NCAA)
2 	33 	Igor Makarov (RW) 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Krylya Sovetov (Russia Pro Hockey League)
2 	61 	Simon Danis-Pepin (D) 	 	Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa) 	University of Maine (NCAA)
3 	76 	Tony Lagerstrom (C) 	 	Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto) 	Södertälje SK (Elitserien)
4 	95 	Ben Shutron (D) 	 	Chicago Blackhawks (from Pittsburgh)	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
4 	96 	Joseph Palmer (G) 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	US National Team Development Program (USHL)
6 	156	Jan-Mikael Juutilainen (C)	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Jokerit (SM-liiga)
6 	169	Chris Auger (C) 	 	Chicago Blackhawks (from Montreal) 	Wellington Dukes (OPJHL)
7 	186	Peter LeBlanc (C/LW) 	 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Hamilton Red Wings (OPJHL)
==External links==
*Official site of the Chicago Blackhawks
==See also==
*2006–07 NHL Season
==References==
*Game log: Chicago Blackhawks game log on espn.com
*Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
*Player Stats: Chicago Blackhawks 2006–07 Reg. Season Stats on espn.com
*Draft picks: 2006 NHL Entry Draft
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