2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks season was the Hawks' 81st season.

Regular season
Season standings

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. 

Player stats 
 Regular season Scoring Player  Pos  GP  G  A  Pts  PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG  RW 56 25 32 57 2815501  RW 77 14 27 41 26-4502  C 70 18 21 39 22-4304  C/LW 71 17 21 38 954101  C 62 14 23 37 2910433  C 80 20 15 35 74-15531  D 82 2 29 31 760000  C 79 10 17 27 54-13211  RW 82 13 11 24 98-14512  D 81 4 20 24 104-6000  LW 44 7 10 17 38-4211  LW 57 6 11 17 26-3001  D 59 4 12 16 50-22203  RW 37 5 9 14 262203  D 54 5 9 14 305102  C 63 6 7 13 31-5100  D 50 2 8 10 393000  C 8 3 5 8 64100  D 35 1 7 8 44-12100  D 65 1 6 7 64-6000  D 46 1 6 7 53-3000  C 20 4 2 6 20-6210  LW 25 3 2 5 14-2010  LW 37 2 3 5 43-2010  C 14 1 3 4 8-3100  RW 9 1 2 3 10-2000  RW 15 2 0 2 0-3000  LW 3 2 0 2 01000  RW 10 2 0 2 2-2000  C 3 0 2 2 21000  D 22 0 2 2 48-1000  C 7 0 1 1 20000  LW 5 0 1 1 2-1000  RW 9 0 0 0 10-5000  C 1 0 0 0 0-1000  G 15 0 0 0 00000  RW 10 0 0 0 7-7000  RW 9 0 0 0 2-4000  G 1 0 0 0 00000  C 1 0 0 0 2-1000  RW 2 0 0 0 4-2000  G 60 0 0 0 80000  LW 9 0 0 0 88-3000  G 12 0 0 0 00000  RW 6 0 0 0 31-1000Goaltending Player MIN GPW LT/OTGAGAA  SO SA SV SV%  3425  60  25  26  5  163  2.86  116681505.902  645  12  4  6  1  33  3.07  1317284.896  827  15  1  10  3  45  3.26  1389344.884  60  1  1  0  0  1  1.00  02524.960 Team:  4957  82  31  42  9  242  2.93  323992157.899

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 (SEL) 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)

Related pages
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

 Other websites 
Official site of the Chicago Blackhawks 

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