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2006–07 Los Angeles Kings season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2006–07
year	2006
Team	Los Angeles Kings
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	14th
Division	Pacific
DivisionRank	4th
Record	27–41–14
HomeRecord	16–16–9
RoadRecord	11–25–5
GoalsFor	227
GoalsAgainst	283
GeneralManager	Dean Lombardi
Coach	Marc Crawford
Captain	Mattias Norstrom (Oct.–Feb.)
Vacant (Feb.–Apr.)
AltCaptain	Rob Blake
Craig Conroy (Oct.–Jan.)
Aaron Miller
Scott Thornton
Arena	Staples Center
Attendance	16,859 (91.1%)
MinorLeague	Manchester Monarchs
Reading Royals
GoalsLeader	Alexander Frolov (35)
AssistsLeader	Michael Cammalleri (46)
PointsLeader	Michael Cammalleri (80)
PlusMinusLeader	Derek Armstrong (+13)
PIMLeader	Raitis Ivanans (140)
WinsLeader	Mathieu Garon (13)
GAALeader	Mathieu Garon (2.66)

Vacant (Feb.–Apr.) Craig Conroy (Oct.–Jan.) Aaron Miller Scott Thornton Reading Royals The 2006–07 Los Angeles Kings season was the 40th season (39th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. This season marked the beginning of a rebuilding phase, as the team hired Marc Crawford as their new head coach, the former general manager of the San Jose Sharks, Dean Lombardi, as their new GM, former NHL goaltenders Ron Hextall as assistant GM (and GM of their AHL affiliate Manchester Monarchs), and Bill Ranford as goaltending coach. Their first big move came when they acquired rookie prospect Patrick O'Sullivan, along with a 2006 first-round draft pick (Trevor Lewis), from the Minnesota Wild for forward Pavol Demitra on June 24, 2006.

But the biggest move of the off-season for the Kings was acquiring goaltender Dan Cloutier from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a 2007 second-round draft pick and a 2009 conditional draft pick on July 5, 2006. He was then named the team's starting goaltender ahead of Mathieu Garon, whom many fans expected to be their number-one goaltender. Before the season got underway, he was signed to a two-year contract, expecting a great performance from the former Canuck. However, at the end of December, Dan Cloutier was last in save percentage and goals against average (GAA) amongst NHL goaltenders who have played at least 12 games.

Injuries to both Garon and Cloutier in January prompted the Kings to recall Yutaka Fukufuji as an emergency goaltender, who made his NHL debut on January 13 against the St. Louis Blues, becoming the first Japanese-born player in NHL history. On January 18, prior to a home game against St. Louis, the Kings claimed goaltender Sean Burke off of waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Burke would be the fifth goaltender to play for the Kings during the season (after Cloutier, Garon, Barry Brust and Fukufuji). This marked the first time the Kings have had at least five goaltenders appear during one season since the 2000–01 season (Jamie Storr, Felix Potvin, Steve Passmore, Stephane Fiset and Travis Scott).

On January 20, 2007, prior to a night-game against the Phoenix Coyotes, the Los Angeles Kings officially retired Luc Robitaille's number 20 sweater. This makes him the fifth player to have his number retired by the Los Angeles Kings, along with Rogie Vachon, Marcel Dionne, Dave Taylor and Wayne Gretzky.

The Kings missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.

Regular season

The Kings struggled on the penalty kill, finishing the regular season 30th overall in penalty-kill percentage, at 77.86%.

Season standings

Schedule and results

|- | 1 || October 6 || @ Ducks || 3 – 4 || || Cloutier || 17,174 || 0–1–0 || 0 || |- | 2 || October 7 || Blues || 1 – 4 || || Garon || 18,118 || 1–1–0 || 2 || |- | 3 || October 10 || Islanders || 2 – 4 || || Cloutier || 14,394 || 2–1–0 || 4 || |- | 4 || October 12 || Stars || 4 – 1 || || Cloutier || 14,167 || 2–2–0 || 4 || |- | 5 || October 14 || Stars || 4 – 1 || || Garon || 17,052 || 2–3–0 || 4 || |- | 6 || October 16 || Red Wings || 3 – 1 || || Cloutier || 17,417 || 2–4–0 || 4 || |- | 7 || October 18 || Wild || 1 – 2 || OT || Cloutier || 14,617 || 2–4–1 || 5 || |- | 8 || October 19 || @ Coyotes || 4 – 0 || || Garon || 12,714 || 3–4–1 || 7 || |- | 9 || October 22 || Ducks || 3 – 2 || SO || Garon || 18,118 || 3–4–2 || 8 || |- | 10 || October 23 || @ Avalanche || 1 – 6 || || Cloutier || 17,284 || 3–5–2 || 8 || |- | 11 || October 25 || @ Wild || 1 – 3 || || Cloutier || 18,568 || 3–6–2 || 8 || |- | 12 || October 27 || @ Blue Jackets || 0 – 2 || || Cloutier || 16,087 || 3–7–2 || 8 || |- | 13 || October 28 || @ Stars || 2 – 3 || || Garon || 17,711 || 3–8–2 || 8 || |- | 14 || October 30 || Rangers || 1 – 4 || || Garon || 17,236 || 4–8–2 || 10 ||

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Player statistics

Scoring

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 Kings only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
13	C	81	34	46	80	5	48
24	LW	82	35	36	71	−8	34
11	C	72	20	41	61	−12	24
17	D	69	18	40	58	1	26
23	LW	81	17	29	46	−21	54
7	C	67	11	33	44	13	62
4	D	72	14	20	34	−26	82
19	C	55	10	18	28	−10	116
5	D	44	4	19	23	2	14
29	RW	76	7	15	22	−2	73
21	RW	81	11	10	21	−20	49
12	C	44	5	14	19	−6	14
22	C	52	5	11	16	−13	38
27	LW	58	7	6	13	−15	85
38	D	53	1	9	10	−13	12
15	C	29	7	2	9	−8	25
8	D	39	3	6	9	−4	16
14	D	62	2	7	9	−20	40
41	LW	66	4	4	8	−12	140
6	D	19	2	6	8	−2	20
3	D	82	0	8	8	−14	60
44	D	19	0	8	8	1	22
9	RW	16	2	2	4	−2	8
28	D	26	0	4	4	−10	10
73	RW	23	1	2	3	−2	22
25	LW	13	2	0	2	−6	4
15	LW	21	0	2	2	−1	32
49	D	12	0	2	2	0	8
26	C	19	0	2	2	−5	4
10	C	10	1	0	1	0	2
1	G	23	0	1	1		4
39	G	24	0	1	1		21
31	G	32	0	1	1		6
22	RW	7	0	1	1	−1	4
32	G	11	0	0	0		0
33	G	4	0	0	0		0
37	LW	5	0	0	0	−1	2
43	RW	5	0	0	0	−1	10
33	D	5	0	0	0	−5	18
22	D	5	0	0	0	−3	6
22	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0
34	RW	4	0	0	0	−2	0

Goaltending

- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.*

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
31	Mathieu Garon	32	13	10	6	849	79	2.66	.907	2	1779
1	Sean Burke	23	6	10	5	687	68	3.12	.901	1	1310
39	Dan Cloutier	24	6	14	2	608	85	3.98	.860	0	1281
32	Barry Brust	11	2	4	1	245	30	3.70	.878	0	486
33	Yutaka Fukufuji	4	0	3	0	43	7	4.37	.837	0	96

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)	Team
[NHL All-Star Game](2007-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Lubomir Visnovsky
NHL First Star of the Week	Alexander Frolov (November 19)	title=NHL Three Stars of the Week	url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/awards/3starweekly.html	website=Hockey-Reference.com	access-date=August 5, 2024}}
NHL Second Star of the Week	Alexander Frolov (December 31)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Anze Kopitar
Ace Bailey Memorial Award	Tom Kostopoulos
Bill Libby Memorial Award	Michael Cammalleri
Defensive Player	Derek Armstrong
Jim Fox Community Service	Derek Armstrong
Leading Scorer	Michael Cammalleri
Mark Bavis Memorial Award	Anze Kopitar
Most Popular Player	Anze Kopitar
Outstanding Defenseman	Lubomir Visnovsky
Unsung Hero	Tom Kostopoulos

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	1,000th game played
Anze Kopitar	October 6, 2006
Patrick O'Sullivan
Peter Harrold	November 22, 2006
Barry Brust	November 30, 2006
Yutaka Fukufuji	January 13, 2007
John Zeiler	February 17, 2007
Lauri Tukonen	February 22, 2007
Shay Stephenson	March 1, 2007
Gabe Gauthier	March 11, 2007
Joe Piskula	March 23, 2007
Jack Johnson	March 29, 2007
Rob Blake	November 4, 2006

Transactions

The Kings 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.

Trades

Date	Details	Ref
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Minnesota Wild](2006-07-minnesota-wild-season)	title=Parent Club, LA Kings, acquire a First Round pick	url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/parent-club-la-kings-acquire-a-first-round-pick/n-3333130	website=OurSports Central	access-date=September 21, 2024	date=June 25, 2006}}
To Los Angeles Kings	To [New York Rangers](2006-07-new-york-rangers-season)	title=Kings Select Jonathan Bernier With Club's First Selection In The 2006 NHL Entry Draft	url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/kings-select-jonathan-bernier-with-clubs-first-selection-in-the-2006-nhl-entry-draft/n-3333148	website=OurSports Central	access-date=September 21, 2024	date=June 25, 2006}}
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Columbus Blue Jackets](2006-07-columbus-blue-jackets-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Vancouver Canucks](2006-07-vancouver-canucks-season)	title=Canucks trade Cloutier to Kings	url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/canucks-trade-cloutier-to-kings-1.620636	website=CBC.ca	access-date=September 21, 2024	date=July 5, 2006}}
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Carolina Hurricanes](2006-07-carolina-hurricanes-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Tampa Bay Lightning](2006-07-tampa-bay-lightning-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Calgary Flames](2006-07-calgary-flames-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To New York Rangers
To Los Angeles Kings	To Vancouver Canucks
To Los Angeles Kings	To Tampa Bay Lightning	title=L.A., playing for future, trades captain Norstrom to Stars	url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=2782001	website=ESPN.com	access-date=September 21, 2024	date=February 27, 2007}}
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Washington Capitals](2006-07-washington-capitals-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Dallas Stars](2006-07-dallas-stars-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Rob Blake
Scott Thornton
Alyn McCauley
Brian Willsie
Gabe Gauthier
Brendan Buckley
Kevin Dallman
Raitis Ivanans
Matt Moulson
Marty Murray
Sean Burke
John Zeiler
Kevin Westgarth
Joe Piskula
Teddy Purcell
Vladimir Dravecky
Erik Ersberg

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Valeri Bure
Joe Corvo
Mark Parrish
Jeremy Roenick
Adam Hauser
Marty Wilford
Nathan Dempsey
Connor James
Brad Fast
Ryan Flinn
George Parros
Jeff Cowan
Marty Murray

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Jeff Cowan
Mike Weaver
Trevor Lewis
Mathieu Garon
Tim Jackman
Eric Belanger
Sean Avery
Michael Cammalleri
Dustin Brown
Tim Gleason
Dan Cloutier
Jonathan Bernier
Derek Armstrong
Raitis Ivanans
Jack Johnson
Jonathan Quick
Marc-Andre Cliche
Brian Boyle
Brady Murray
Patrik Hersley

Draft picks

Los Angeles's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Kings had the 11th overall draft pick by lottery for the third consecutive year.

Round	#	Player	NHL team	College/junior/club team (league)
1	11	Jonathan Bernier (G)	Los Angeles Kings	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
1	17	Trevor Lewis (C)	Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton, via Minnesota)	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
2	48	Joey Ryan (D)	Los Angeles Kings	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
3	74	Jeff Zatkoff (G)	Los Angeles Kings	Miami University
3	86	Bud Holloway (C/RW)	Los Angeles Kings (from Nashville)	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
4	114	Niclas Andersen (D)	Los Angeles Kings (from NY Rangers)	Leksands IF (Allsvenskan)
5	134	David Meckler (C)	Los Angeles Kings	Yale University (ECAC)
5	144	Martin Nolet (D)	Los Angeles Kings (from NY Rangers)	Champlain (QAAAJHL)
6	164	Constantin Braun (LW)	Los Angeles Kings	Eisbaren Berlin (Germany)

Notes

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