2006–07 Washington Capitals season

The 2006–07 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals' 33rd season in the National Hockey League (NHL), and the last one in which they used their blue, black and bronze color scheme. For the third consecutive season, the Capitals failed to qualify for the playoffs.

2006–07 Washington Capitals
Division5th Southeast
Conference14th Eastern
2006–07 record28–40–14
Home record17–17–7
Road record11–23–7
Goals for235
Goals against286
Team information
General managerGeorge McPhee
CoachGlen Hanlon
CaptainChris Clark
Alternate captainsBrian Sutherby
Dainius Zubrus (Oct.–Feb.)
Alexander Ovechkin (Feb.–Apr.)
ArenaVerizon Center
Minor league affiliatesHershey Bears
South Carolina Stingrays
Team leaders
GoalsAlexander Ovechkin (46)
AssistsAlexander Ovechkin (46)
PointsAlexander Ovechkin (92)
Penalty minutesDonald Brashear (156)
Plus/minusBoyd Gordon (+10)
WinsOlaf Kolzig (22)
Goals against averageBrent Johnson (3.61)

Off-season

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Chris Clark was named team captain on September 13, replacing previous captain Jeff Halpern who signed as a free agent with the Dallas Stars.[1][2]

Regular season

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  • December 15, 2006 - Ovechkin gets the second hat trick of his career by scoring all three goals of a 3–2 overtime victory against the Atlanta Thrashers. The third goal is scored just six seconds into overtime, tying Mats Sundin and David Legwand for the fastest regular-season overtime goal ever scored.[3][4][5]

Season standings

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Southeast Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
13Atlanta Thrashers8243281124624597
27Tampa Bay Lightning824433525326193
311Carolina Hurricanes824034824125388
412Florida Panthers8235311624725786
514Washington Capitals8228401423528670

[6]

Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Eastern Conference[7]
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 P - Buffalo SabresNE8253227308242113
2 Y - New Jersey DevilsAT8249249216201107
3 Y - Atlanta ThrashersSE8243281124624597
4 X - Ottawa SenatorsNE8248259288222105
5 X - Pittsburgh PenguinsAT82472411277246105
6 X - New York RangersAT8242301024221694
7 X - Tampa Bay LightningSE824433525326193
8 X - New York IslandersAT8240301224824092
8.5
9 Toronto Maple LeafsNE8240311125826991
10 Montreal CanadiensNE824234624525690
11 Carolina HurricanesSE824034824125388
12 Florida PanthersSE8235311624725786
13 Boston BruinsNE823541621928976
14 Washington CapitalsSE8228401423528670
15 Philadelphia FlyersAT8222481221430356
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched division; X – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

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2006–07 regular season[8]
October: 4–3–4 (home: 2–1–1; road: 2–2–3)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 5Washington2 – 5NY RangersKolzig18,2000–1–00L
2October 7Carolina2 – 5WashingtonKolzig16,6221–1–02W
3October 12Washington2 – 3MinnesotaSOJohnson18,0641–1–13OTL
4October 14Atlanta4 – 3WashingtonOTKolzig11,9951–1–24OTL
5October 18Florida2 – 5WashingtonKolzig10,1252–1–26W
6October 19Washington3 – 4AtlantaSOJohnson12,7192–1–37OTL
7October 21Tampa Bay6 – 4WashingtonKolzig13,3272–2–37L
8October 25Washington5 – 3ColoradoKolzig17,0473–2–39W
9October 27Washington2 – 3VancouverSOKolzig18,6303–2–410OTL
10October 28Washington0 – 4EdmontonJohnson16,8393–3–410L
11October 30Washington4 – 2CalgaryKolzig19,2894–3–412W
November: 6–6–2 (home: 3–4–1; road: 3–2–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
12November 3Atlanta4 – 3WashingtonKolzig12,8344–4–412L
13November 4Washington5 – 3PhiladelphiaJohnson19,5645–4–414W
14November 6Ottawa3 – 4WashingtonOTJohnson10,8456–4–416W
15November 9Washington0 – 5CarolinaJohnson18,6396–5–416L
16November 11NY Rangers1 – 3WashingtonKolzig16,2637–5–418W
17November 13Washington4 – 1FloridaKolzig12,1088–5–420W
18November 15Boston3 – 2WashingtonSOKolzig10,8788–5–521OTL
19November 17Carolina4 – 1WashingtonKolzig12,6838–6–521L
20November 18Washington2 – 3BostonOTJohnson16,8378–6–622OTL
21November 22Atlanta4 – 2WashingtonKolzig11,2848–7–622L
22November 24Toronto7 – 1WashingtonJohnson14,8928–8–622L
23November 25Washington1 – 4NY IslandersKolzig13,2148–9–622L
24November 28Washington5 – 2Tampa BayKolzig18,8749–9–624W
25November 30Dallas3 – 4WashingtonKolzig10,91210–9–626W
December: 6–7–1 (home: 3–4–1; road: 3–3–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
26December 2Buffalo4 – 7WashingtonKolzig17,16211–9–628W
27December 6Ottawa2 – 6WashingtonKolzig10,92612–9–630W
28December 8Anaheim6 – 1WashingtonKolzig12,26912–10–630L
29December 9Washington5 – 3PhiladelphiaJohnson19,21113–10–632W
30December 11Pittsburgh5 – 4WashingtonSOKolzig14,79313–10–733OTL
31December 15Washington3 – 2AtlantaOTJohnson16,92014–10–735W
32December 16Philadelphia1 – 4WashingtonKolzig15,02115–10–737W
33December 19Tampa Bay5 – 4WashingtonKolzig10,41715–11–737L
34December 22New Jersey4 – 1WashingtonJohnson13,74415–12–737L
35December 23Washington3 – 2TorontoKolzig19,48816–12–739W
36December 26Washington3 – 6BuffaloJohnson18,69016–13–739L
37December 27Montreal4 – 1WashingtonKolzig15,60916–14–739L
38December 29Washington3 – 4New JerseyKolzig16,29716–15–739L
39December 30Washington1 – 4NY RangersKolzig18,20016–16–739L
January: 5–7–0 (home: 4–2–0; road: 1–5–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
40January 1Phoenix3 – 2WashingtonKolzig12,57916–17–739L
41January 4Montreal1 – 5WashingtonKolzig11,28717–17–741W
42January 6Atlanta2 – 3WashingtonOTKolzig15,64218–17–743W
43January 9Philadelphia2 – 6WashingtonKolzig13,14319–17–745W
44January 11Washington4 – 5Tampa BayKolzig18,80419–18–745L
45January 13Washington3 – 7FloridaKolzig15,06119–19–745L
46January 16Washington2 – 5OttawaJohnson18,81019–20–745L
47January 18Washington5 – 2CarolinaKolzig16,28520–20–747W
48January 20Florida4 – 1WashingtonKolzig13,87720–21–747L
49January 26Washington2 – 6CarolinaJohnson18,04420–22–747L
50January 27Carolina3 – 7WashingtonKolzig16,92421–22–749W
51January 30Washington2 – 3OttawaKolzig19,17821–23–749L
February: 3–6–4 (home: 2–2–3; road: 1–4–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
52February 1Washington3 – 6FloridaKolzig11,30021–24–749L
53February 3Washington0 – 2PittsburghKolzig17,13221–25–749L
54February 4NY Islanders1 – 2WashingtonSOKolzig12,50822–25–751W
55February 6Boston3 – 2WashingtonSOKolzig15,27322–25–852OTL
56February 8Los Angeles3 – 4WashingtonOTKolzig15,52723–25–854W
57February 10NY Rangers5 – 2WashingtonKolzig18,27723–26–854L
58February 15Washington2 – 3Tampa BaySOJohnson18,74423–26–955OTL
59February 18Washington2 – 3PittsburghJohnson17,13223–27–955L
60February 20Washington3 – 5MontrealJohnson21,27323–28–955L
61February 21San Jose3 – 2WashingtonSOJohnson13,62223–28–1056OTL
62February 24Washington4 – 2New JerseyJohnson14,30124–28–1058W
63February 25New Jersey3 – 2WashingtonJohnson14,58524–29–1058L
64February 27Florida6 – 5WashingtonOTJohnson10,97924–29–1159OTL
March: 2–10–3 (home: 2–3–1; road: 0–7–2)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
65March 1Tampa Bay5 – 4WashingtonSOJohnson10,46224–29–1260OTL
66March 3NY Islanders6 – 2WashingtonJohnson16,45324–30–1260L
67March 6Washington1 – 2TorontoCassivi19,53124–31–1260L
68March 9Carolina3 – 0WashingtonJohnson13,97024–32–1260L
69March 10Washington2 – 5NY IslandersJohnson15,76424–33–1260L
70March 12Washington2 – 4AtlantaJohnson14,04124–34–1260L
71March 15Washington3 – 4BostonSOKolzig15,09124–34–1361OTL
72March 16Toronto1 – 5WashingtonKolzig16,28125–34–1363W
73March 18Tampa Bay1 – 7WashingtonKolzig14,27426–34–1365W
74March 21Washington2 – 5BuffaloKolzig18,69026–35–1365L
75March 22Washington3 – 4CarolinaJohnson18,74026–36–1365L
76March 24Washington1 – 4MontrealKolzig21,27326–37–1365L
77March 27Pittsburgh4 – 3WashingtonKolzig18,27726–38–1365L
78March 30Washington2 – 3FloridaOTJohnson15,71226–38–1466OTL
79March 31Washington2 – 5Tampa BayKolzig20,06426–39–1466L
April: 2–1–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–0–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
80April 3Florida0 – 1WashingtonKolzig16,31127–39–1468W
81April 4Washington3 – 2AtlantaJohnson18,78328–39–1470W
82April 7Buffalo2 – 0WashingtonKolzig18,27728–40–1470L

Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) OTL Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

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Scoring

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  • Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
  • = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
  • = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
8Alexander OvechkinLW82464692−1952
28Alexander SeminLW77383573−790
17Chris ClarkRW74302454−1066
9Dainius ZubrusC60203252−1650
18Matt PettingerLW64161632−1322
15Boyd GordonC71722291014
2Brian PothierD7232528−1144
24Kris BeechC6481826−1146
27Ben ClymerRW6671320−1744
21Brooks LaichC7381018−229
20Richard ZednikRW3261218−416
16Brian SutherbyC6971017−978
44Steve EmingerD6811617−1463
6Jamie HewardD5241216427
10Matt BradleyRW574913−547
87Donald BrashearLW7749131156
26Shaone MorrisonnD78310133106
52Mike GreenD7021012−1036
38Jakub KlepisC413710−228
23Milan JurcinaD30279524
43Tomas FleischmannLW29448−68
3Lawrence NycholatD18268−312
47Bryan MuirD26347342
4John ErskineD29167−1369
13Jiri NovotnyC18066−22
39Alexandre GirouxC9224−42
14Eric FehrRW1421338
37Olaf KolzigG5403310
55Jeff SchultzD38033516
22Rico FataRW1011232
1Brent JohnsonG300114
35Frederic CassiviG40000
51Timo HelblingD2000−12
29Jamie HuntD1000−10
25David SteckelC5000−22

Goaltending

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No. Player Regular season
GP W L OT SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
37Olaf Kolzig542224617711593.00.91013184
1Brent Johnson306157894993.62.88901644
35Frederic Cassivi40115862.60.8970139

Awards and records

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Awards

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Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(annual)
NHL First All-Star Team Alexander Ovechkin (Left wing) [9]
League
(in-season)
NHL All-Star Game selection Alexander Ovechkin[a] [11]
NHL Third Star of the Week Alexander Ovechkin (December 10) [12]
NHL YoungStars Game selection Mike Green [13]

Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Jeff Schultz December 22, 2006 [14]
Jamie Hunt December 29, 2006

Transactions

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The Capitals were involved in the following transactions from June 20, 2006, the day after the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 6, 2007, the day of the deciding game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals.[15]

Trades

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Date Details Ref
June 24, 2006 To Washington Capitals
  • 4th-round pick in 2007
To New York Rangers
  • Vancouver's 5th-round pick in 2006
[16]
July 12, 2006 To Washington Capitals
To Montreal Canadiens
  • 3rd-round pick in 2007
[17]
February 1, 2007 To Washington Capitals
To Boston Bruins
  • 4th-round pick in 2008
[18]
February 26, 2007 To Washington Capitals
  • 2nd-round pick in 2007
To New York Islanders
[19]
To Washington Capitals
To Ottawa Senators
[19]
February 27, 2007 To Washington Capitals
To Buffalo Sabres
[20]
To Washington Capitals
  • Conditional 5th-round pick in 2008
To Los Angeles Kings
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Players acquired

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DatePlayerFormer teamTermViaRef
July 1, 2006 Brian PothierOttawa Senators4-yearFree agency[22]
July 14, 2006 Donald BrashearPhiladelphia Flyers1-yearFree agency[23]
Alexandre GirouxNew York RangersFree agency[24]
Chad WisemanNew York RangersFree agency[24]
July 18, 2006 Quintin LaingChicago BlackhawksFree agency[25]
July 21, 2006 Pete VandermeerMontreal CanadiensFree agency[26]
July 25, 2006 Trevor ByrneSt. Louis BluesFree agency[27]
July 26, 2006 Dean ArseneHershey Bears (AHL)2-yearFree agency[28]
September 14, 2006 John ErskineNew York IslandersFree agency[29]
March 16, 2007 Travis MorinMinnesota State University, Mankato (WCHA)2-yearFree agency[30]
Steve PinizzottoRIT (AHA)2-yearFree agency[30]
March 17, 2007 Sean CollinsOhio State University (CCHA)2-yearFree agency[31]

Players lost

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DatePlayerNew teamVia[b]Ref
N/A Petr SykoraHC Pardubice (ELH)Free agency (VI)[33]
July 1, 2006 Doug Doull[c]Contract expiration (III)[32]
Nolan YonkmanNashville Predators[d]Buyout[36]
July 4, 2006 Brian WillsieLos Angeles KingsFree agency (UFA)[37]
July 5, 2006 Jeff HalpernDallas StarsFree agency (III)[2]
July 13, 2006 Boyd KanePhiladelphia FlyersFree agency (VI)[38]
July 14, 2006 Graham MinkSan Jose SharksFree agency (VI)[39]
July 27, 2006 Mark WottonNew York IslandersFree agency (III)[40]
August 9, 2006 Mathieu BironSan Jose SharksFree agency (UFA)[41]
August 10, 2006 Colin ForbesAdler Mannheim (DEL)Free agency (III)[42]
August 22, 2006 Jakub CuttaHC Bili Tygri Liberec (ELH)Free agency (II)[e][44]
August 29, 2006 Jean-Francois FortinFuchse Duisburg (DEL)Free agency (VI)[45]
September 13, 2006 Owen FusseyToronto Marlies (AHL)Free agency (UFA)[46]
September 14, 2006 Ivan MajeskyOulun Karpat (Liiga)Free agency (III)[47]
October 7, 2006 Jared AulinSpringfield Falcons (AHL)Free agency (UFA)[48]
November 8, 2006 Rico FataAdler Mannheim (DEL)Free agency[49]

Signings

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DatePlayerTermContract typeRef
July 1, 2006 Brent JohnsonRe-signing[50]
July 6, 2006 Sasha PokulokEntry-level[51]
July 10, 2006 Shaone Morrisonn2-yearRe-signing[52]
July 13, 2006 Frederic CassiviRe-signing[53]
Brooks LaichRe-signing[54]
July 15, 2006 Kris BeechRe-signing[55]
Steve EmingerRe-signing[56]
Boyd Gordon2-yearRe-signing[57]
July 17, 2006 Rico Fata1-yearRe-signing[58]
Brian Sutherby1-yearRe-signing[58]
July 21, 2006 Ben Clymer3-yearRe-signing[59]
July 26, 2006 Matt Bradley2-yearRe-signing[60]
July 31, 2006 Matt Pettinger3-yearRe-signing[61]
December 20, 2006 Viktor Dovgan3-yearEntry-level[62]
January 12, 2007 Brent Johnson2-yearExtension[63]
February 12, 2007 Donald Brashear1-yearExtension[64]
March 28, 2007 Andrew Joudrey2-yearEntry-level[65]
April 3, 2007 Andrew Gordon3-yearEntry-level[66]
May 4, 2007 Patrick McNeill3-yearEntry-level[67]
May 31, 2007 Sami Lepisto2-yearEntry-level[68]
June 1, 2007 Michal Neuvirth3-yearEntry-level[69]

Draft picks

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Washington's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[70]

Round # Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team (league)
1 4 Nicklas Backstrom (C)  Sweden Washington Capitals Brynas IF (Elitserien)
1 23 Semyon Varlamov (G)  Russia Washington Capitals (from Nashville) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russian Superleague)
2 34 Michal Neuvirth (G)  Czech Republic Washington Capitals Sparta Praha (Czech Extraliga)
2 35 Francois Bouchard (RW)  Canada Washington Capitals (from Boston) Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
2 52 Keith Seabrook (D)  Canada Washington Capitals (from Anaheim) Burnaby Express (BCHL)
4 97 Oskar Osala (LW)  Finland Washington Capitals Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
4 122 Luke Lynes (C/LW)  United States Washington Capitals (from Detroit) Brampton Battalion (OHL)
5 127 Maxime Lacroix (LW)  Canada Washington Capitals Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6 157 Brent Gwidt (C)  United States Washington Capitals Lakeland (USHS-WI)
6 177 Mathieu Perreault (C)  Canada Washington Capitals (from Buffalo) Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)

See also

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Notes

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  1. Ovechkin was voted to the starting lineup.[10]
  2. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[32]
  3. Doull retired.[34]
  4. Yonkman signed with Nashville on July 17.[35]
  5. Washington retained Cutta's NHL rights through the 2008–09 season.[43]

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