2006–07 New York Rangers season

2006–07 New York Rangers
2006–07 New York Rangers
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	6th Eastern
2006–07 record	42–30–10
Home record	21–15–5
Road record	21–15–5
Goals for	242
Goals against	216
Team information
General Manager	Glen Sather
Coach	Tom Renney
Captain	Jaromir Jagr
Alternate captains	Brendan Shanahan; Martin Straka
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	18,200
Team leaders
Goals	Jaromir Jagr (30)
Assists	Jaromir Jagr (66)
Points	Jaromir Jagr (96)
Penalties in minutes	Sean Avery (174)
Plus/minus	Marek Malik (+32)
Wins	Henrik Lundqvist (37)
Goals against average	Henrik Lundqvist (2.34)

The 2006–07 New York Rangers season was the National Hockey League franchise's 80th season of play and their 81st season overall.

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	New Jersey Devils	82	49	24	9	216	201	107
2	5	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	47	24	11	277	246	105
3	6	New York Rangers	82	42	30	10	242	216	94
4	8	New York Islanders	82	40	30	12	248	240	92
5	15	Philadelphia Flyers	82	22	48	12	214	303	56

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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.

Eastern Conference^[2]
R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P - Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	53	22	7	308	242	113
2	Y - New Jersey Devils	AT	82	49	24	9	216	201	107
3	Y - Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	43	28	11	246	245	97
4	X - Ottawa Senators	NE	82	48	25	9	288	222	105
5	X - Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	47	24	11	277	246	105
6	X - New York Rangers	AT	82	42	30	10	242	216	94
7	X - Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	44	33	5	253	261	93
8	X - New York Islanders	AT	82	40	30	12	248	240	92
8.5
9	Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	40	31	11	258	269	91
10	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	42	34	6	245	256	90
11	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	40	34	8	241	253	88
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	35	31	16	247	257	86
13	Boston Bruins	NE	82	35	41	6	219	289	76
14	Washington Capitals	SE	82	28	40	14	235	286	70
15	Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	22	48	12	214	303	56

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

P- Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

October: 5-6-0 (Home: 2-4-0; Road: 3-2-0)
Game	October	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record
1	5	Washington Capitals	5 – 2	Lundqvist	1-0-0
2	7	@ Philadelphia Flyers	5 – 4 SO	Lundqvist	2-0-0
3	10	Philadelphia Flyers	4 – 2	Lundqvist	2-1-0
4	12	Pittsburgh Penguins	6 – 5	Lundqvist	2-2-0
5	14	@ Buffalo Sabres	7 – 4	Weekes	2-3-0
6	16	New Jersey Devils	4 – 2	Lundqvist	3-3-0
7	18	Nashville Predators	3 – 0	Lundqvist	3-4-0
8	21	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	5 – 4 SO	Lundqvist	4-4-0
9	25	Florida Panthers	4 – 2	Lundqvist	4-5-0
10	28	@ Phoenix Coyotes	7 – 3	Lundqvist	5-5-0
11	30	@ Los Angeles Kings	4 – 1	Lundqvist	5-6-0

November: 8-3-3 (Home: 3-0-3; Road: 5-3-0)
Game	November	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record
12	1	@ Anaheim Ducks	4 – 3 OT	Weekes	6-6-0
13	2	@ San Jose Sharks	3 – 1	Weekes	7-6-0
14	5	Buffalo Sabres	4 – 3 OT	Weekes	7-6-1
15	8	@ Florida Panthers	4 – 3 SO	Lundqvist	8-6-1
16	10	@ Atlanta Thrashers	5 – 2	Lundqvist	9-6-1
17	11	@ Washington Capitals	3 – 1	Lundqvist	9-7-1
18	14	New Jersey Devils	3 – 2	Lundqvist	10-7-1
19	15	@ Carolina Hurricanes	2 – 1	Weekes	10-8-1
20	18	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	3 – 1	Lundqvist	10-9-1
21	19	Tampa Bay Lightning	4 – 1	Lundqvist	11-9-1
22	21	Carolina Hurricanes	4 – 0	Lundqvist	12-9-1
23	25	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	2 – 1 OT	Lundqvist	13-9-1
24	26	Buffalo Sabres	3 – 2 OT	Lundqvist	13-9-2
25	28	Atlanta Thrashers	5 – 4 OT	Lundqvist	13-9-3

December: 6-8-1 (Home: 3-3-0; Road: 3-5-1)
Game	December	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record
26	1	@ Buffalo Sabres	4 – 3 SO	Weekes	13-9-4
27	3	New York Islanders	7 – 4	Weekes	13-10-4
28	7	Pittsburgh Penguins	3 – 2 SO	Lundqvist	14-10-4
29	9	@ Ottawa Senators	3 – 1	Lundqvist	15-10-4
30	10	Florida Panthers	2 – 1	Weekes	16-10-4
31	12	@ Philadelphia Flyers	3 – 1	Weekes	17-10-4
32	14	@ Dallas Stars	5 – 2	Lundqvist	18-10-4
33	16	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	9 – 2	Lundqvist	18-11-4
34	17	New Jersey Devils	6 – 1	Weekes	18-12-4
35	19	New York Islanders	4 – 3	Weekes	18-13-4
36	21	@ Florida Panthers	3 – 2	Weekes	18-14-4
37	23	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	4 – 3	Lundqvist	18-15-4
38	26	@ New York Islanders	2 – 0	Lundqvist	18-16-4
39	29	@ Ottawa Senators	1 – 0	Lundqvist	18-17-4
40	30	Washington Capitals	4 – 1	Lundqvist	19-17-4

January: 6-5-0 (Home: 2-4-0; Road: 4-1-0)
Game	January	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record
41	2	@ New Jersey Devils	3 – 2 SO	Lundqvist	20-17-4
42	4	Philadelphia Flyers	3 – 2	Lundqvist	21-17-4
43	6	@ Montreal Canadiens	4 – 3	Lundqvist	22-17-4
44	9	New York Islanders	5 – 3	Lundqvist	22-18-4
45	11	Ottawa Senators	6 – 4	Lundqvist	22-19-4
46	13	Boston Bruins	3 – 1	Lundqvist	23-19-4
47	16	@ New Jersey Devils	1 – 0	Lundqvist	23-20-4
48	20	Atlanta Thrashers	3 – 1	Lundqvist	23-21-4
49	27	@ Philadelphia Flyers	2 – 1	Lundqvist	24-21-4
50	29	@ Boston Bruins	6 – 1	Lundqvist	25-21-4
51	31	Toronto Maple Leafs	2 – 1	Lundqvist	25-22-4

February: 5-5-2 (Home: 3-3-1; Road: 2-2-1)
Game	February	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record
52	3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning	3 – 2	Lundqvist	25-23-4
53	5	Detroit Red Wings	4 – 3	Lundqvist	25-24-4
54	6	@ New Jersey Devils	3 – 2 SO	Lundqvist	25-24-5
55	9	Tampa Bay Lightning	5 – 0	Lundqvist	26-24-5
56	10	@ Washington Capitals	5 – 2	Lundqvist	27-24-5
57	15	@ Carolina Hurricanes	4 – 1	Lundqvist	28-24-5
58	17	Philadelphia Flyers	5 – 3	Valiquette	28-25-5
59	18	Chicago Blackhawks	2 – 1	Lundqvist	29-25-5
60	20	@ New Jersey Devils	2 – 1	Lundqvist	29-26-5
61	22	New Jersey Devils	3 – 2 SO	Lundqvist	29-26-6
62	24	Columbus Blue Jackets	3 – 2	Lundqvist	29-27-6
63	27	Montreal Canadiens	4 – 0	Lundqvist	30-27-6

March: 10-2-3 (Home: 6-1-1; Road: 4-1-2)
Game	March	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record
64	1	Pittsburgh Penguins	4 – 3 SO	Lundqvist	30-27-7
65	3	St. Louis Blues	3 – 2 SO	Valiquette	31-27-7
66	5	New York Islanders	2 – 1 SO	Lundqvist	32-27-7
67	8	@ New York Islanders	2 – 1	Lundqvist	33-27-7
68	10	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	3 – 2 OT	Lundqvist	33-27-8
69	11	Carolina Hurricanes	2 – 1 SO	Lundqvist	34-27-8
70	13	Ottawa Senators	3 – 2	Lundqvist	34-28-8
71	16	@ Atlanta Thrashers	2 – 1 OT	Lundqvist	34-28-9
72	17	Boston Bruins	7 – 0	Lundqvist	35-28-9
73	19	Pittsburgh Penguins	2 – 1	Lundqvist	36-28-9
74	21	Philadelphia Flyers	5 – 0	Lundqvist	37-28-9
75	24	@ Boston Bruins	2 – 1 SO	Lundqvist	38-28-9
76	25	@ New York Islanders	2 – 1 OT	Lundqvist	39-28-9
77	27	@ Montreal Canadiens	6 – 4	Valiquette	39-29-9
78	31	@ Philadelphia Flyers	6 – 4	Lundqvist	40-29-9

April: 2-1-1 (Home: 2-0-0; Road: 0-1-1)
Game	April	Opponent	Score	Decision	Record
79	1	Toronto Maple Leafs	7 – 2	Lundqvist	41-29-9
80	3	@ New York Islanders	3 – 2 SO	Lundqvist	41-29-10
81	5	Montreal Canadiens	3 – 1	Lundqvist	42-29-10
82	7	@ Pittsburgh Penguins	2 – 1	Lundqvist	42-30-10

Playoffs

The New York Rangers ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Eastern Conference's sixth seed.

Key: Win Loss

Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (3) Atlanta Thrashers – New York Rangers win series 4-0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Series
1	April 12	New York Rangers	4 – 3	Atlanta Thrashers		18,857	New York Rangers lead series 1-0
2	April 14	New York Rangers	2 – 1	Atlanta Thrashers		18,803	New York Rangers lead series 2-0
3	April 17	Atlanta Thrashers	0 – 7	New York Rangers		18,200	New York Rangers lead series 3-0
4	April 18	Atlanta Thrashers	2 – 4	New York Rangers		18,200	New York Rangers win series 4-0

Conference Semi-finals: vs. (1) Buffalo Sabres – Buffalo wins series 4-2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Series
1	April 25	New York Rangers	2 – 5	Buffalo Sabres		18,690	Buffalo leads series 1-0
2	April 27	New York Rangers	2 – 3	Buffalo Sabres		18,690	Buffalo leads series 2-0
3	April 29	Buffalo Sabres	1 – 2	New York Rangers	2OT	18,200	Buffalo leads series 2-1
4	May 1	Buffalo Sabres	1 – 2	New York Rangers		18,200	Series tied 2-2
5	May 4	New York Rangers	1 – 2	Buffalo Sabres	OT	18,690	Buffalo leads series 3-2
6	May 6	Buffalo Sabres	5 – 4	New York Rangers		18,200	Buffalo wins series 4-2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Jaromir Jagr	82	30	66	96	26	78
Michael Nylander	79	26	57	83	12	42
Martin Straka	77	29	41	70	16	24
Brendan Shanahan	67	29	33	62	2	47
Matt Cullen	80	16	25	41	0	52
Michal Rozsival	80	10	30	40	10	52
Petr Prucha	79	22	18	40	-7	30
Karel Rachunek	66	6	20	26	-9	38
Marek Malik	69	2	19	21	32	70
Sean Avery^†	29	8	12	20	11	58
Marcel Hossa	64	10	8	18	-4	26
Fedor Tyutin	66	2	12	14	-8	44
Aaron Ward^‡	60	3	10	13	-3	57
Blair Betts	82	9	4	13	-4	24
Adam Hall^‡	49	4	8	12	-13	18
Jed Ortmeyer	41	2	9	11	7	22
Jason Ward^†‡	46	4	6	10	-3	26
Thomas Pock	44	4	4	8	-4	16
Jarkko Immonen	14	1	5	6	-2	4
Ryan Callahan	14	4	2	6	5	9
Daniel Girardi	34	0	6	6	7	8
Brad Isbister	19	1	4	5	5	14
Paul Mara^†	19	2	3	5	6	18
Darius Kasparaitis	24	2	2	4	-1	30
Sandis Ozolinsh	21	0	3	3	-8	8
Colton Orr	53	2	1	3	-2	126
Ryan Hollweg	78	1	2	3	-11	131
Jason Krog^†‡	9	2	0	2	2	4
Pascal Dupuis^†‡	6	1	0	1	-4	0
Nigel Dawes	8	1	0	1	-4	0
Jason Strudwick	8	0	0	0	0	2
Bryce Lampman	1	0	0	0	0	0
David Liffiton	2	0	0	0	1	7
Brandon Dubinsky	6	0	0	0	0	2

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Michael Nylander	10	6	7	13	9	0
Jaromir Jagr	10	5	6	11	6	12
Martin Straka	10	2	8	10	0	2
Brendan Shanahan	10	5	2	7	-5	12
Michal Rozsival	10	3	4	7	6	10
Sean Avery	10	1	4	5	-3	27
Fedor Tyutin	10	0	5	5	-3	8
Marek Malik	10	1	3	4	6	10
Matt Cullen	10	1	3	4	-2	6
Paul Mara	10	2	2	4	-4	18
Karel Rachunek	6	0	4	4	-1	2
Marcel Hossa	10	2	2	4	5	4
Thomas Pock	4	0	3	3	0	4
Ryan Callahan	10	2	1	3	1	6
Petr Prucha	10	0	1	1	0	4
Brad Isbister	4	0	0	0	-3	2
Blair Betts	10	0	0	0	-5	4
Colton Orr	4	0	0	0	-1	12
Ryan Hollweg	2	0	0	0	-1	2
Jed Ortmeyer	9	0	0	0	-1	2
Nigel Dawes	1	0	0	0	-2	0
Daniel Girardi	10	0	0	0	-4	4

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Henrik Lundqvist	70	4109	37	22	8	160	2.34	1927	.917	5
Kevin Weekes	14	761	4	6	2	43	3.39	355	.879	0
Steve Valiquette	3	115	1	2	0	6	3.13	45	.867	0

Goaltenders

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Henrik Lundqvist	10	637	6	4	22	2.07	291	.924	1	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Awards and records

Lester Patrick Trophy: Brian Leetch & John Halligan

Team specific awards

Frank Boucher Trophy (to the "most popular player on and off the ice"): Henrik Lundqvist^[4]
Rookie of the Year: Daniel Girardi^[5]
Ceil Saidel Memorial Award ("for dedication to the organization on and off the ice"): Brendan Shanahan^[6]
Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award ("for the player that goes above and beyond the call of duty"): Jed Ortmeyer^[7]
Rangers Good Guy Award (for "cooperation with the media"): Brendan Shanahan^[8]
Lars-Erik Sjoberg Award (to the best rookie of training camp): Nigel Dawes and Brandon Dubinsky^[9]
Rangers Most Valuable Player: Henrik Lundqvist^[10]
Players' Player Award: Brendan Shanahan^[11]

Milestones

Regular Season
Name	Milestone	Reached
Brendan Shanahan	600 Career Goals	October 5, 2006
Jaromir Jagr	600 Career Goals	November 19, 2006
Jaromir Jagr	602 Career Goals	November 21, 2006, passed Jari Kurri for most goals by a European born player
Jaromir Jagr	1,500 Career Points	February 10, 2007

Transactions

Trades

July 19, 2006	To New York Rangers Adam Hall	To Nashville Predators Dominic Moore
November 21, 2006	To New York Rangers Brad Isbister	To Carolina Hurricanes Jakub Petruzalek Conditional pick in 2008
February 5, 2007	To New York Rangers Sean Avery John Seymour	To Los Angeles Kings Jason Ward Marc-Andre Cliche Jan Marek
February 9, 2007	To New York Rangers Pascal Dupuis	To Minnesota Wild Adam Hall
February 27, 2007	To New York Rangers Alex Bourret	To Atlanta Thrashers Pascal Dupuis 3rd round pick in 2007
February 27, 2007	To New York Rangers Paul Mara	To Boston Bruins Aaron Ward

Free agents acquired

Player	Former Team
F Matt Cullen	Carolina Hurricanes
D Aaron Ward	Carolina Hurricanes
F Brendan Shanahan	Detroit Red Wings

Free agents lost

Player	New Team
F Steve Rucchin	Atlanta Thrashers
D Tom Poti	New York Islanders
D Martin Grenier	Philadelphia Flyers
F Martin Rucinsky	St. Louis Blues
F Petr Sykora	Edmonton Oilers

Received from waivers

Player	Former Team
F Jason Krog	Atlanta Thrashers

Waiver losses

Player	New Team
F Jason Krog	Atlanta Thrashers

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the General Motors Place.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	21	Bob Sanguinetti	D	United States	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
2	54	Artem Anisimov	C	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
3	84	Ryan Hillier	LW	Canada	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
4	104	David Kveton	RW	Czech Republic	HC Vsetín (Czech Republic)
5	137	Tomas Zaborsky	LW	Slovakia	Dukla Trenčín (Slovak Extraliga)
6	174	Eric Hunter	C	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
7	204	Lukas Zeliska	C	Slovakia	Oceláři Třinec Jr. (Czech Jr.)