2006–07 Anaheim Ducks season

2006–07 Anaheim Ducks
Division	1st Pacific
Conference	2nd Western
2006–07 record	48–20–14
Home record	26–6–9
Road record	22–14–5
Goals for	258
Goals against	208
Team information
General manager	Brian Burke
Coach	Randy Carlyle
Captain	Scott Niedermayer
Alternate captains	Rob Niedermayer Chris Pronger
Arena	Honda Center
Average attendance	16,363 (95.3%)
Team leaders
Goals	Teemu Selanne (48)
Assists	Scott Niedermayer (51)
Points	Teemu Selanne (94)
Penalty minutes	George Parros (102)
Plus/minus	Chris Pronger (+27)
Wins	Jean-Sebastien Giguere (36)
Goals against average	Jean-Sebastien Giguere (2.26)

The 2006–07 Anaheim Ducks season was the 13th season played by the franchise. It was the team's first season as the Anaheim Ducks. The Ducks clinched their first Pacific Division title in team history with 110 standings points, and defeated the Ottawa Senators in the Stanley Cup Finals 4 games to 1.

Offseason

Under new ownership, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim changed their team and arena's name, logo, and player uniforms. The change involving their name was dropping the "Mighty" from their name, and completely changing their jerseys to black, gold, orange and white colours rather than the eggplant, jade, silver and white from years past.

In a major acquisition, the club acquired defenceman Chris Pronger in a trade from the Edmonton Oilers. Pronger had recently appeared in the 2006 Stanley Cup Final and on the basis of the deal the media felt that the Ducks would be one of the favorites for the Cup. In the 2006 Draft, the Ducks chose Mark Mitera with their first-round pick, nineteenth overall.

Regular season

Predicted to be a Stanley Cup finals favorite by many, the team came out of the gate to set an NHL record by getting at least a point in each of their first 16 games, a streak which ended exactly five weeks after their first game. They went 12–0–4 (28 pts.) before they lost their first regulation game of the year, a 3–0 shutout to the Calgary Flames on November 10, 2006. Behind goaltending by J. S. Giguere and Ilya Bryzgalov, an offense headed by Teemu Selanne, and a defense anchored by Scott Niedermayer and offseason acquisition Chris Pronger, the Ducks had worked their way to the one of the NHL's best records.

On January 9, the NHL announced that Scott Niedermayer had been voted by the fans to start at defense in the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas. He later declined to appear, deciding to rest a stress fracture in his foot. Ed Jovanovski of the Phoenix Coyotes was added to replace him. Andy McDonald was also added to replace Henrik Zetterberg of the Detroit Red Wings.

Season standings

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Anaheim Ducks	82	48	20	14	258	208	110
2	5	San Jose Sharks	82	51	26	5	258	199	107
3	6	Dallas Stars	82	50	25	7	226	197	107
4	14	Los Angeles Kings	82	27	41	14	227	283	68
5	15	Phoenix Coyotes	82	31	46	5	216	284	67

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Game log

October

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 6	Los Angeles	3 – 4	Anaheim		Giguere	17,174	1–0–0	2
2	October 7	Anaheim	2 – 1	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	15,897	2–0–0	4
3	October 9	St. Louis	0 – 2	Anaheim		Giguere	13,389	3–0–0	6
4	October 11	NY Islanders	5 – 4	Anaheim	SO	Giguere	12,394	3–0–1	7
5	October 15	Dallas	4 – 3	Anaheim	SO	Giguere	15,269	3–0–2	8
6	October 18	Detroit	1 – 4	Anaheim		Giguere	14,767	4–0–2	10
7	October 20	Minnesota	1 – 2	Anaheim		Giguere	13,430	5–0–2	12
8	October 22	Anaheim	3 – 2	Los Angeles	SO	Giguere	18,118	6–0–2	14
9	October 25	Edmonton	2 – 6	Anaheim		Giguere	13,537	7–0–2	16
10	October 27	Anaheim	2 – 3	Minnesota	SO	Giguere	18,568	7–0–3	17
11	October 28	Anaheim	3 – 0	Chicago		Bryzgalov	13,580	8–0–3	19
12	October 30	Anaheim	6 – 5	St. Louis	SO	Giguere	8,629	9–0–3	21

November

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
13	November 1	NY Rangers	4 – 3	Anaheim	OT	Giguere	13,350	9–0–4	22
14	November 3	Phoenix	2 – 6	Anaheim		Bryzgalov	14,833	10–0–4	24
15	November 6	Pittsburgh	2 – 3	Anaheim	OT	Giguere	16,599	11–0–4	26
16	November 9	Anaheim	6 – 0	Vancouver		Giguere	18,630	12–0–4	28
17	November 10	Anaheim	0 – 3	Calgary		Bryzgalov	19,289	12–1–4	28
18	November 12	Minnesota	2 – 3	Anaheim		Giguere	16,306	13–1–4	30
19	November 15	Philadelphia	7 – 4	Anaheim		Giguere	15,379	13–2–4	30
20	November 17	Chicago	4 – 3	Anaheim	SO	Bryzgalov	16,526	13–2–5	31
21	November 19	Phoenix	4 – 6	Anaheim		Giguere	16,394	14–2–5	33
22	November 21	San Jose	0 – 5	Anaheim		Giguere	15,013	15–2–5	35
23	November 22	Anaheim	2 – 3	Colorado	SO	Giguere	17,104	15–2–6	36
24	November 24	New Jersey	2 – 4	Anaheim		Giguere	16,599	16–2–6	38
25	November 26	Calgary	3 – 5	Anaheim		Wall	17,174	17–2–6	40
26	November 28	Anaheim	3 – 2	Edmonton	OT	Giguere	16,839	18–2–6	42
27	November 30	Anaheim	2 – 1	Vancouver		Giguere	18,630	19–2–6	44

December

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
28	December 2	Anaheim	4 – 3	Los Angeles		Giguere	16,141	20–2–6	46
29	December 3	Los Angeles	3 – 2	Anaheim		Giguere	17,174	20–3–6	46
30	December 6	Nashville	0 – 4	Anaheim		Giguere	15,362	21–3–6	48
31	December 8	Anaheim	6 – 1	Washington		Giguere	12,269	22–3–6	50
32	December 9	Anaheim	4 – 3	Tampa Bay		Giguere	18,719	23–3–6	52
33	December 12	Anaheim	5 – 4	Florida		Giguere	13,140	24–3–6	54
34	December 13	Anaheim	2 – 1	Atlanta		Giguere	16,028	25–3–6	56
35	December 16	Anaheim	3 – 4	San Jose		Giguere	17,496	25–4–6	56
36	December 18	Calgary	1 – 4	Anaheim		Giguere	17,174	26–4–6	58
37	December 20	Dallas	1 – 4	Anaheim		Giguere	17,174	27–4–6	60
38	December 23	Anaheim	0 – 2	Phoenix		Giguere	14,843	27–5–6	60
39	December 26	Anaheim	4 – 3	San Jose		Wall	17,496	28–5–6	62
40	December 29	Anaheim	2 – 4	Carolina		Wall	18,790	28–6–6	62
41	December 31	Anaheim	3 – 4	Minnesota		Wall	18,568	28–7–6	62

January

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
42	January 2	Anaheim	1 – 2	Detroit		Bryzgalov	20,066	28–8–6	62
43	January 5	Columbus	4 – 3	Anaheim		Bryzgalov	17,405	28–9–6	62
44	January 7	Detroit	2 – 4	Anaheim		Bryzgalov	17,418	29–9–6	64
45	January 9	Anaheim	4 – 5	Nashville	OT	Bryzgalov	11,821	29–9–7	65
46	January 11	Anaheim	5 – 1	Dallas		Bryzgalov	18,532	30–9–7	67
47	January 13	Colorado	3 – 2	Anaheim	SO	Bryzgalov	17,174	30–9–8	68
48	January 16	St. Louis	6 – 2	Anaheim		Bryzgalov	17,174	30–10–8	68
49	January 18	Anaheim	1 – 4	Edmonton		Bryzgalov	16,839	30–11–8	68
50	January 19	Anaheim	2 – 3	Calgary		Bryzgalov	19,289	30–12–8	68
51	January 28	Dallas	1 – 4	Anaheim		Giguere	17,331	31–12–8	70
52	January 31	Phoenix	1 – 2	Anaheim		Giguere	17,174	32–12–8	72

February

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
53	February 3	Anaheim	0 – 3	Nashville		Giguere	17,113	32–13–8	72
54	February 6	Anaheim	7 – 4	San Jose		Giguere	17,496	33–13–8	74
55	February 7	San Jose	3 – 2	Anaheim		Bryzgalov	17,466	33–14–8	74
56	February 10	Anaheim	0 – 1	Dallas		Giguere	17,793	33–15–8	74
57	February 13	Anaheim	0 – 2	Colorado		Giguere	17,512	33–16–8	74
58	February 15	Anaheim	5 – 4	Phoenix	OT	Giguere	15,038	34–16–8	76
59	February 17	Anaheim	3 – 2	Los Angeles	SO	Giguere	18,118	35–16–8	78
60	February 18	Los Angeles	4 – 3	Anaheim	SO	Giguere	17,363	35–16–9	79
61	February 20	Vancouver	3 – 2	Anaheim	OT	Giguere	17,467	35–16–10	80
62	February 23	Anaheim	1 – 4	Dallas		Giguere	17,634	35–17–10	80
63	February 25	Colorado	3 – 5	Anaheim		Giguere	17,174	36–17–10	82
64	February 26	Anaheim	3 – 2	San Jose		Bryzgalov	17,496	37–17–10	84

March

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
65	March 1	Anaheim	3 – 4	Los Angeles	OT	Bryzgalov	17,620	37–17–11	85
66	March 2	San Jose	1 – 3	Anaheim		Giguere	17,174	38–17–11	87
67	March 4	Nashville	2 – 3	Anaheim	SO	Giguere	17,174	39–17–11	89
68	March 7	Phoenix	1 – 2	Anaheim		Giguere	17,174	40–17–11	91
69	March 9	Edmonton	1 – 5	Anaheim		Bryzgalov	17,174	41–17–11	93
70	March 11	Vancouver	2 – 4	Anaheim		Giguere	17,174	42–17–11	95
71	March 14	Columbus	5 – 4	Anaheim	SO	Giguere	17,174	42–17–12	96
72	March 16	Chicago	2 – 5	Anaheim		Bryzgalov	17,174	43–17–12	98
73	March 18	Los Angeles	5 – 3	Anaheim		Giguere	17,174	43–18–12	98
74	March 22	Anaheim	1 – 2	Phoenix		Bryzgalov	15,593	43–19–12	98
75	March 23	Dallas	2 – 3	Anaheim	OT	Giguere	17,174	44–19–12	100
76	March 26	Anaheim	0 – 1	Detroit		Giguere	20,066	44–20–12	100
77	March 28	Anaheim	3 – 1	Chicago		Bryzgalov	11,295	45–20–12	102
78	March 29	Anaheim	5 – 2	Columbus		Giguere	15,340	46–20–12	104
79	March 31	Anaheim	3 – 2	St. Louis	OT	Giguere	18,609	47–20–12	106

April

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
80	April 4	San Jose	3 – 2	Anaheim	OT	Bryzgalov	17,174	47–20–13	107
81	April 6	Anaheim	1 – 2	Dallas	SO	Bryzgalov	18,584	47–20–14	108
82	April 7	Anaheim	4 – 3	Columbus		Bryzgalov	17,391	48–20–14	110

• Green background indicates win.
• Red background indicates regulation loss.
• White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

Playoffs

The Anaheim Ducks ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's second seed.

Western Conference quarter-finals: vs. (7) Minnesota Wild

Anaheim wins series 4–1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 11	Minnesota	1 – 2	Anaheim		Bryzgalov	17,180	1 – 0
2	April 13	Minnesota	2 – 3	Anaheim		Bryzgalov	17,324	2 – 0
3	April 15	Anaheim	2 – 1	Minnesota		Bryzgalov	19,224	3 – 0
4	April 17	Anaheim	1 – 4	Minnesota		Bryzgalov	19,224	3 – 1
5	April 19	Minnesota	1 – 4	Anaheim		Giguere	17,318	4 – 1

Western Conference semi-finals: vs. (3) Vancouver Canucks

Anaheim wins series 4–1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 25	Vancouver	1 – 5	Anaheim		Giguere	17,250	1 – 0
2	April 27	Vancouver	2 – 1	Anaheim	2OT	Giguere	17,392	1 – 1
3	April 29	Anaheim	3 – 2	Vancouver		Giguere	18,630	2 – 1
4	May 1	Anaheim	3 – 2	Vancouver	1OT	Giguere	18,630	3 – 1
5	May 3	Vancouver	1 – 2	Anaheim	2OT	Giguere	17,407	4 – 1

Western Conference finals: vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings

Anaheim wins series 4–2

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	May 11	Anaheim	1 – 2	Detroit		Giguere	19,939	0 – 1
2	May 13	Anaheim	4 – 3	Detroit	1OT	Giguere	19,620	1 – 1
3	May 15	Detroit	5 – 0	Anaheim		Giguere	17,358	1 – 2
4	May 17	Detroit	3 – 5	Anaheim		Giguere	17,375	2 – 2
5	May 20	Anaheim	2 – 1	Detroit	1OT	Giguere	20,003	3 – 2
6	May 22	Detroit	3 – 4	Anaheim		Giguere	17,380	4 – 2

Stanley Cup finals: vs. (E4) Ottawa Senators

Anaheim wins series 4–1

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	May 28	Ottawa	2 – 3	Anaheim		Giguere	17,274	1 – 0
2	May 30	Ottawa	0 – 1	Anaheim		Giguere	17,258	2 – 0
3	June 2	Anaheim	3 – 5	Ottawa		Giguere	20,500	2 – 1
4	June 4	Anaheim	3 – 2	Ottawa		Giguere	20,500	3 – 1
5	June 6	Ottawa	2 – 6	Anaheim		Giguere	17,372	4 – 1

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Selanne, TeemuTeemu Selanne RW 82 48 46 94 82 26 25 0 10 McDonald, AndyAndy McDonald C 82 27 51 78 46 16 8 0 3 Niedermayer, ScottScott Niedermayer D 79 15 54 69 86 6 9 0 3 Kunitz, ChrisChris Kunitz LW 81 25 35 60 81 23 11 0 5 Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger D 66 13 46 59 69 27 8 0 2 Getzlaf, RyanRyan Getzlaf C 82 25 33 58 66 17 11 1 6 Penner, DustinDustin Penner LW 82 29 16 45 58 -2 9 0 5 Perry, CoreyCorey Perry RW 82 17 27 44 55 12 4 0 3 Beauchemin, FrancoisFrancois Beauchemin D 71 7 21 28 49 7 2 0 0 Pahlsson, SamuelSamuel Pahlsson C 82 8 18 26 42 -4 0 0 1 Marchant, ToddTodd Marchant C 56 8 15 23 44 7 0 3 2 Moen, TravisTravis Moen LW 82 11 10 21 101 -4 0 0 0 O'Donnell, SeanSean O'Donnell D 79 2 15 17 92 9 0 0 1 Niedermayer, RobRob Niedermayer C 82 5 11 16 77 -8 0 0 0 O'Brien, ShaneShane O'Brien D 62 2 12 14 140 5 1 0 2 Shannon, RyanRyan Shannon C 53 2 9 11 10 -2 0 0 0 Jackman, RicRic Jackman D 24 1 10 11 10 3 1 0 0 Thornton, ShawnShawn Thornton RW 48 2 7 9 88 3 0 0 0 DiPenta, JoeJoe DiPenta D 76 2 6 8 48 1 0 0 1 Fedoruk, ToddTodd Fedoruk LW 10 0 3 3 36 2 0 0 0 Huskins, KentKent Huskins D 33 0 3 3 14 -3 0 0 0 Green, TravisTravis Green C 7 1 1 2 6 3 0 0 0 Giguere, Jean-SebastienJean-Sebastien Giguere G 56 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Brent, TimTim Brent C 15 1 0 1 6 -5 0 0 0 Glencross, CurtisCurtis Glencross C 2 1 0 1 2 -1 0 0 0 Melin, BjornBjorn Melin RW 3 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 0 Parros, GeorgeGeorge Parros RW 32 1 0 1 102 -2 0 0 0 May, BradBrad May LW 14 0 1 1 13 -1 0 0 0 Wall, MichaelMichael Wall G 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bryzgalov, IlyaIlya Bryzgalov G 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Caron, SebastienSebastien Caron G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chistov, StanislavStanislav Chistov LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hartigan, MarkMark Hartigan C 6 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0 Moran, IanIan Moran D 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Rome, AaronAaron Rome D 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Giguere, Jean-SebastienJean-Sebastien Giguere 3245 56 36 10 8 122 2.26 4 1490 1368 .918 Bryzgalov, IlyaIlya Bryzgalov 1509 27 10 8 6 62 2.47 1 668 606 .907 Wall, MichaelMichael Wall 202 4 2 2 0 10 2.97 0 81 71 .877 Caron, SebastienSebastien Caron 28 1 0 0 0 1 2.14 0 6 5 .833 Team: 4984 82 48 20 14 195 2.35 5 2245 2050 .913

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Getzlaf, RyanRyan Getzlaf C 21 7 10 17 32 1 3 1 3 Perry, CoreyCorey Perry RW 21 6 9 15 37 5 1 0 1 Selanne, TeemuTeemu Selanne RW 21 5 10 15 10 1 0 0 2 Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger D 19 3 12 15 26 10 1 0 0 McDonald, AndyAndy McDonald C 21 10 4 14 10 6 5 0 0 Moen, TravisTravis Moen LW 21 7 5 12 22 5 0 0 3 Pahlsson, SamuelSamuel Pahlsson C 21 3 9 12 20 10 0 0 2 Niedermayer, ScottScott Niedermayer D 21 3 8 11 26 2 1 0 2 Niedermayer, RobRob Niedermayer C 21 5 5 10 39 9 0 1 1 Beauchemin, FrancoisFrancois Beauchemin D 20 4 4 8 16 2 4 0 0 Penner, DustinDustin Penner LW 21 3 5 8 2 4 0 0 2 Kunitz, ChrisChris Kunitz LW 13 1 5 6 19 1 0 0 0 Marchant, ToddTodd Marchant C 11 0 3 3 12 -1 0 0 0 Jackman, RicRic Jackman D 7 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 O'Donnell, SeanSean O'Donnell D 21 0 2 2 10 8 0 0 0 Huskins, KentKent Huskins D 21 0 1 1 11 4 0 0 0 May, BradBrad May LW 18 0 1 1 28 -1 0 0 0 Bryzgalov, IlyaIlya Bryzgalov G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carter, RyanRyan Carter C 4 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 DiPenta, JoeJoe DiPenta D 16 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Giguere, Jean-SebastienJean-Sebastien Giguere G 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hartigan, MarkMark Hartigan C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Miller, DrewDrew Miller LW 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 Motzko, JoeJoe Motzko RW 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Parros, GeorgeGeorge Parros RW 5 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 Rome, AaronAaron Rome D 1 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 Shannon, RyanRyan Shannon C 11 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 Thornton, ShawnShawn Thornton RW 15 0 0 0 19 -3 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Giguere, Jean-SebastienJean-Sebastien Giguere 1067 18 13 4 35 1.97 1 451 416 .922 Bryzgalov, IlyaIlya Bryzgalov 267 5 3 1 10 2.25 0 128 118 .922 Team: 1334 21 16 5 45 2.02 1 579 534 .922

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;

See also

• 2006–07 NHL season
• 2007 Stanley Cup Final

References

• Game log: Anaheim Ducks game log on ESPN.com
• Team standings: NHL standings on ESPN.com
• Player stats: Anaheim Ducks player stats on NHL.com