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2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division 2nd Southeast
Conference 7th Eastern
2006–07 record 44–33–5
Home record 22–18–1
Road record 22–15–4
Goals for 253
Goals against 261
Team information
General manager Jay Feaster
Coach John Tortorella
Captain Tim Taylor
Alternate captains Vincent Lecavalier
Brad Richards
Arena St. Pete Times Forum
Average attendance 19,833
Team leaders
Goals Vincent Lecavalier (52)
Assists Martin St. Louis (59)
Points Vincent Lecavalier (108)
Penalty minutes Andre Roy (128)
Wins Johan Holmqvist (27)
Goals against average Johan Holmqvist (2.85)

The 2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 14th National Hockey League season in Tampa Bay, Florida. The Lightning hoped to rebound from their disappointing first round exit in 2005–06. After head coach John Tortorella ripped his goaltenders during the 2006 playoffs,[1] the Lightning pinned their hopes on Marc Denis, acquired from the Columbus Blue Jackets during the off-season.

Two Lightning players represented the Eastern Conference at the 55th National Hockey League All-Star Game in Dallas, Texas: Martin St. Louis scored a goal in the game, while Vincent Lecavalier recorded an assist.[2]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

Southeast Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 3 Atlanta Thrashers 82 43 28 11 246 245 97
2 7 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 44 33 5 253 261 93
3 11 Carolina Hurricanes 82 40 34 8 241 253 88
4 12 Florida Panthers 82 35 31 16 247 257 86
5 14 Washington Capitals 82 28 40 14 235 286 70

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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.


Game log[]

October[]

Record: 5–6–0; home: 3–4–0; road: 2–2–0

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
1 October 5 Tampa Bay 3 – 2 Atlanta SO Denis 17,269 1–0–0 2
2 October 7 Boston 3 – 2 Tampa Bay Denis 21,234 1–1–0 2
3 October 9 Atlanta 1 – 0 Tampa Bay Denis 19,817 1–2–0 2
4 October 13 Tampa Bay 2 – 3 Florida Holmqvist 15,208 1–3–0 2
5 October 14 Florida 1 – 4 Tampa Bay Denis 19,926 2–3–0 4
6 October 16 Carolina 5 – 1 Tampa Bay Denis 19,815 2–4–0 4
7 October 19 Philadelphia 1 – 4 Tampa Bay Denis 19,920 3–4–0 6
8 October 21 Tampa Bay 6 – 4 Washington Denis 13,327 4–4–0 8
9 October 26 Carolina 1 – 5 Tampa Bay Denis 18,826 5–4–0 10
10 October 28 Tampa Bay 4 – 6 Carolina Denis 18,639 5–5–0 10
11 October 29 San Jose 4 – 2 Tampa Bay Denis 19,904 5–6–0 10

November[]

Record: 8–5–2; home: 4–3–0; road: 4–2–2

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
12 November 1 Toronto 4 – 2 Tampa Bay Denis 19,977 5–7–0 10
13 November 2 Tampa Bay 5 – 2 Philadelphia Holmqvist 18,633 6–7–0 12
14 November 4 Tampa Bay 5 – 6 Boston OT Denis 14,169 6–7–1 13
15 November 6 Tampa Bay 5 – 1 NY Islanders Holmqvist 9,693 7–7–1 15
16 November 8 Tampa Bay 4 – 3 Pittsburgh OT Holmqvist 14,483 8–7–1 17
17 November 11 Atlanta 3 – 5 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 20,034 9–7–1 19
18 November 15 Montreal 3 – 1 Tampa Bay Denis 19,920 9–8–1 19
19 November 17 NY Islanders 2 – 3 Tampa Bay SO Holmqvist 19,919 10–8–1 21
20 November 19 Tampa Bay 1 – 4 NY Rangers Holmqvist 18,200 10–9–1 21
21 November 20 Tampa Bay 2 – 7 Buffalo Denis 18,690 10–10–1 21
22 November 22 Tampa Bay 6 – 4 Florida Holmqvist 14,516 11–10–1 23
23 November 24 Atlanta 2 – 3 Tampa Bay OT Holmqvist 19,819 12–10–1 25
24 November 26 Ottawa 1 – 3 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 19,819 13–10–1 27
25 November 28 Washington 5 – 2 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 18,874 13–11–1 27
26 November 30 Tampa Bay 3 – 4 Boston SO Denis 11,150 13–11–2 28

December[]

Record: 5–8–0; home: 3–4–0; road: 2–4–0

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
27 December 2 Tampa Bay 2 – 5 Ottawa Holmqvist 18,618 13–12–2 28
28 December 5 Buffalo 4 – 1 Tampa Bay Denis 20,025 13–13–2 28
29 December 7 Atlanta 0 – 8 Tampa Bay Denis 17,704 14–13–2 30
30 December 9 Anaheim 4 – 3 Tampa Bay Denis 18,719 14–14–2 30
31 December 12 Tampa Bay 4 – 5 Toronto Holmqvist 19,462 14–15–2 30
32 December 14 Tampa Bay 2 – 4 Montreal Denis 21,273 14–16–2 30
33 December 16 Carolina 3 – 2 Tampa Bay Denis 18,634 14–17–2 30
34 December 19 Tampa Bay 5 – 4 Washington Denis 10,417 15–17–2 32
35 December 21 Tampa Bay 4 – 2 Ottawa Denis 18,603 16–17–2 34
36 December 23 NY Rangers 3 – 4 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 20,122 17–17–2 36
37 December 26 Tampa Bay 1 – 2 Atlanta Holmqvist 16,356 17–18–2 36
38 December 28 Philadelphia 4 – 3 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 21,171 17–19–2 36
39 December 30 Montreal 1 – 3 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 21,120 18–19–2 38

January[]

Record: 9–4–0; home: 2–2–0; road: 7–2–0

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
40 January 2 Tampa Bay 2 – 5 Montreal Holmqvist 21,273 18–20–2 38
41 January 4 Tampa Bay 3 – 2 Minnesota Denis 18,568 19–20–2 40
42 January 5 Tampa Bay 2 – 4 Colorado Denis 18,007 19–21–2 40
43 January 7 Tampa Bay 3 – 2 Pittsburgh SO Holmqvist 17,132 20–21–2 42
44 January 9 Pittsburgh 2 – 3 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 19,226 21–21–2 44
45 January 11 Washington 4 – 5 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 18,804 22–21–2 46
46 January 13 Tampa Bay 3 – 2 Buffalo Denis 18,690 23–21–2 48
47 January 15 Tampa Bay 4 – 3 NY Islanders Holmqvist 15,426 24–21–2 50
48 January 16 Toronto 4 – 2 Tampa Bay Denis 19,830 24–22–2 50
49 January 18 Tampa Bay 3 – 2 New Jersey SO Holmqvist 12,698 25–22–2 52
50 January 20 Tampa Bay 6 – 5 Carolina SO Denis 18,196 26–22–2 54
51 January 26 New Jersey 2 – 0 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 21,404 26–23–2 54
52 January 30 Tampa Bay 4 – 3 Philadelphia SO Holmqvist 19,313 27–23–2 56

February[]

Record: 9–2–2; home: 6–1–1; road: 3–1–1

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
53 February 1 Tampa Bay 4 – 0 Carolina Holmqvist 16,635 28–23–2 58
54 February 3 NY Rangers 2 – 3 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 21,354 29–23–2 60
55 February 6 Los Angeles 2 – 3 Tampa Bay SO Holmqvist 18,273 30–23–2 62
56 February 9 Tampa Bay 0 – 5 NY Rangers Holmqvist 18,200 30–24–2 62
57 February 11 Tampa Bay 4 – 1 New Jersey Holmqvist 18,022 31–24–2 64
58 February 13 Phoenix 3 – 5 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 18,019 32–24–2 66
59 February 15 Washington 2 – 3 Tampa Bay SO Denis 18,744 33–24–2 68
60 February 17 Tampa Bay 4 – 5 Florida OT Holmqvist 17,813 33–24–3 69
61 February 20 Florida 2 – 3 Tampa Bay SO Denis 19,319 34–24–3 71
62 February 22 Tampa Bay 5 – 4 Atlanta OT Denis 16,032 35–24–3 73
63 February 23 Boston 6 – 2 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 21,201 35–25–3 73
64 February 25 Pittsburgh 1 – 5 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 21,119 36–25–3 75
65 February 27 Dallas 2 – 1 Tampa Bay OT Holmqvist 19,255 36–25–4 76

March[]

Record: 7–7–0; home: 3–3–0; road: 4–4–0

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
66 March 1 Tampa Bay 5 – 4 Washington SO Holmqvist 10,462 37–25–4 78
67 March 3 Tampa Bay 2 – 6 Florida Denis 17,299 37–26–4 78
68 March 6 Tampa Bay 1 – 5 Vancouver Holmqvist 18,630 37–27–4 78
69 March 7 Tampa Bay 3 – 1 Edmonton Denis 16,839 38–27–4 80
70 March 10 Tampa Bay 3 – 2 Calgary OT Denis 19,289 39–27–4 82
71 March 13 Tampa Bay 2 – 3 Toronto Denis 19,530 39–28–4 82
72 March 16 Buffalo 3 – 2 Tampa Bay Denis 21,264 39–29–4 82
73 March 18 Tampa Bay 1 – 7 Washington Holmqvist 14,274 39–30–4 82
74 March 20 NY Islanders 3 – 4 Tampa Bay OT Holmqvist 19,916 40–30–4 84
75 March 22 New Jersey 1 – 3 Tampa Bay Denis 20,326 41–30–4 86
76 March 24 Ottawa 7 – 2 Tampa Bay Denis 20,342 41–31–4 86
77 March 27 Florida 5 – 2 Tampa Bay Denis 18,856 41–32–4 86
78 March 30 Tampa Bay 4 – 2 Carolina Holmqvist 18,639 42–32–4 88
79 March 31 Washington 2 – 5 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 20,064 43–32–4 90

April[]

Record: 1–1–1; home: 0–1–0; road: 1–0–1

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
80 April 3 Carolina 2 – 5 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 20,224 44–32–4 92
81 April 6 Florida 7 – 2 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 21,002 44–33–4 92
82 April 7 Tampa Bay 2 – 3 Atlanta SO Holmqvist 18,756 44–33–5 93

Playoffs[]

The Tampa Bay Lightning ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Eastern Conference's seventh seed.

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (2) New Jersey Devils[]

New Jersey wins series 4–2

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series
1 April 12 Tampa Bay 3 – 5 New Jersey Holmqvist 14,495 0 – 1
2 April 14 Tampa Bay 3 – 2 New Jersey Holmqvist 18,231 1 – 1
3 April 16 New Jersey 2 – 3 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 20,219 2 – 1
4 April 18 New Jersey 4 – 3 Tampa Bay OT Holmqvist 20,940 2 – 2
5 April 20 Tampa Bay 0 – 3 New Jersey Holmqvist 18,096 2 – 3
6 April 22 New Jersey 3 – 2 Tampa Bay Holmqvist 20,019 2 – 4

Player stats[]

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Lecavalier, VincentVincent Lecavalier C 82 52 56 108 44 2 16 5 7
St. Louis, MartinMartin St. Louis RW 82 43 59 102 28 7 14 5 7
Richards, BradBrad Richards C 82 25 45 70 23 -19 12 1 3
Boyle, DanDan Boyle D 82 20 43 63 62 -5 10 1 4
Prospal, VaclavVaclav Prospal C 82 14 41 55 36 -24 2 0 1
Kuba, FilipFilip Kuba D 81 15 22 37 36 -9 5 1 2
Perrin, EricEric Perrin C 82 13 23 36 30 -7 2 1 0
Fedotenko, RuslanRuslan Fedotenko LW 80 12 20 32 52 -3 2 0 1
Ranger, PaulPaul Ranger D 72 4 24 28 42 5 0 0 2
Craig, RyanRyan Craig C 72 14 13 27 55 -11 4 0 2
Alexeev, NikitaNikita Alexeev RW 63 10 11 21 12 10 2 0 2
Sarich, CoryCory Sarich D 82 0 15 15 70 -6 0 0 0
Janik, DougDoug Janik D 75 2 9 11 53 -11 0 0 0
Tarnasky, NickNick Tarnasky C 77 5 4 9 80 -6 0 0 1
Karlsson, AndreasAndreas Karlsson C 53 3 6 9 12 -4 0 0 1
Ward, JasonJason Ward RW 17 4 4 8 10 -11 0 0 0
Pratt, NolanNolan Pratt D 81 1 7 8 44 0 0 0 0
Afanasenkov, DmitryDmitry Afanasenkov LW 33 3 3 6 8 -6 0 0 0
Taylor, TimTim Taylor C 71 1 5 6 16 -5 0 0 1
Jones, BlairBlair Jones C 20 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0
Roy, AndreAndre Roy RW 51 1 2 3 116 -3 0 0 0
Holmqvist, JohanJohan Holmqvist G 48 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 0
Richardson, LukeLuke Richardson D 27 0 3 3 16 3 0 0 0
Obrien, ShaneShane O'Brien D 18 0 2 2 36 -8 0 0 0
Denis, MarcMarc Denis G 44 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Ramo, KarriKarri Ramo G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stewart, KarlKarl Stewart LW 7 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Wanvig, KyleKyle Wanvig RW 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Holmqvist, JohanJohan Holmqvist 2548 48 27 15 3 121 2.85 1 1134 1013 .893
Denis, MarcMarc Denis 2353 44 17 18 2 125 3.19 1 1068 943 .883
Ramo, KarriKarri Ramo 70 2 0 0 0 4 3.43 0 23 19 .826
Team: 4971 82 44 33 5 250 3.02 2 2225 1975 .888
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Richards, BradBrad Richards C 6 3 5 8 6 -4 2 0 0
St. Louis, MartinMartin St. Louis RW 6 3 5 8 8 6 1 0 0
Lecavalier, VincentVincent Lecavalier C 6 5 2 7 10 4 1 0 1
Kuba, FilipFilip Kuba D 6 1 4 5 4 -1 0 1 0
Prospal, VaclavVaclav Prospal C 6 1 4 5 4 2 0 0 1
Perrin, EricEric Perrin C 6 1 1 2 2 -4 0 0 0
Boyle, DanDan Boyle D 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Ranger, PaulPaul Ranger D 6 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 0
Ward, JasonJason Ward RW 6 0 1 1 6 -6 0 0 0
Craig, RyanRyan Craig C 6 0 0 0 12 -1 0 0 0
Fedotenko, RuslanRuslan Fedotenko LW 4 0 0 0 4 -4 0 0 0
Holmqvist, JohanJohan Holmqvist G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Janik, DougDoug Janik D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Karlsson, AndreasAndreas Karlsson C 6 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
O'Brien, ShaneShane O'Brien D 6 0 0 0 12 -4 0 0 0
Pratt, NolanNolan Pratt D 6 0 0 0 5 -2 0 0 0
Roy, AndreAndre Roy RW 6 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0
Sarich, CoryCory Sarich D 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Tarnasky, NickNick Tarnasky C 6 0 0 0 10 -1 0 0 0
Taylor, TimTim Taylor C 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Holmqvist, JohanJohan Holmqvist 370 6 2 4 18 2.92 0 168 150 .893
Team: 370 6 2 4 18 2.92 0 168 150 .893

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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;

Awards and records[]

Records[]

Milestones[]

Vincent Lecavalier reached 50 goals in a single season and becomes the highest, single-season goal scorer in Lightning history, surpassing Brian Bradley's previous record of 42 goals in a single season.

Transactions[]

The Lightning were involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season.[5][6]

Trades[]

June 30, 2006 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Marc Denis
To Columbus Blue Jackets
Fredrik Modin
Fredrik Norrena
July 2, 2006 To Tampa Bay Lightning
4th round pick in 2008
To Dallas Stars
Darryl Sydor
November 9, 2006 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Daniel Corso
To Philadelphia Flyers
Darren Reid
February 1, 2007 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Kyle Wanvig
Stephen Baby
To Atlanta Thrashers
Andy Delmore
Andre Deveaux
February 24, 2007 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Shane O'Brien
3rd round pick in 2007
To Anaheim Ducks
Gerald Coleman
1st round picks in 2007
February 27, 2007 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Karl Stewart
6th round pick in 2007
To Chicago Blackhawks
Nikita Alexeev

Free agents[]

Player Former team
Andy Delmore Columbus Blue Jackets
Filip Kuba Minnesota Wild
Doug Janik Buffalo Sabres
Luke Richardson Toronto Maple Leafs
Eric Healey Boston Bruins
Player New team
Pavel Kubina Toronto Maple Leafs

Waivers[]

Player Former team
Andre Roy Pittsburgh Penguins
Player New team
Dmitry Afanasenkov Philadelphia Flyers
Sean Burke Los Angeles Kings

Draft picks[]

Tampa's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[7] The Lightning picked 15th overall. Through a series of trades, Tampa had only four picks at this draft.

Round # Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team (league)
1 15 Riku Helenius (G) Flag of Finland Finland Tampa Bay Lightning Ilves (SM-liiga)
3 78 Kevin Quick (D) Flag of the United States United States Tampa Bay Lightning Salisbury (USHS-CN)
6 168 Dane Crowley (D) Flag of Canada Canada Tampa Bay Lightning Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
7 198 Denis Kazionov (LW) Flag of Russia Russia Tampa Bay Lightning HC MVD Tver (Russian Superleague)

Farm teams[]

Springfield Falcons[]

The Falcons are the Lightning's top affiliate in the American Hockey League for the third year.

Johnstown Chiefs[]

The Chiefs are Tampa Bay's ECHL affiliate for the 2006–07 season.

See also[]

References[]

  1. McKenzie, Bob, Grahame thrown under the bus, tsn.ca, April 28, 2006, Accessed February 6, 2007.
  2. 2007 All Star Game box score, espn.com, accessed February 6, 2007.
  3. Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). in Dave McCarthy et al: THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League, 157. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0. 
  4. 2006-07 Tampa Bay Lightning Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-10.
  5. NHL Insider - Offseason Trades, nhl.com, accessed December 2, 2006.
  6. NHL Insider - Free Agent Signings, nhl.com, accessed December 2, 2006.
  7. 2006 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com - accessed November 20, 2006.
2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning Roster

Goaltenders:

30 Denis • 31 Ramo • 40 Holmqvist 

Defensemen

3 Janik • 7 Richardson • 21 Sarich • 22 Boyle • 44 Pratt • 54 Ranger • 55 O'Brien • 71 Kuba 

Forwards

4 Lecavalier • 9 Perrin • 16 Ward • 17 Fedotenko • 18 DiMaio • 19 Richards • 20 Prospal • 24 Karlsson • 26 St. Louis • 27 Taylor • 34 Craig • 36 Roy • 49 Jones • 56 Wanvig • 61 Stewart • 74 Tarnasky 

General ManagerJay Feaster •  CoachJohn Tortorella


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