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2006–07 Minnesota Wild season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2006–07
year	2006
Team	Minnesota Wild
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	7th
Division	Northwest
DivisionRank	2nd
Record	48–26–8
HomeRecord	29–7–5
RoadRecord	19–19–3
GoalsFor	235
GoalsAgainst	191
GeneralManager	Doug Risebrough
Coach	Jacques Lemaire
Captain	Rotating
Brian Rolston (Oct.–Nov.)
Keith Carney (Dec.)
Brian Rolston (Jan.)
Mark Parrish (Feb.–Apr.)
AltCaptain	Rotating
Kim Johnsson (Oct.–Nov.)
Brian Rolston (Dec.)
Keith Carney (Jan.)
Brian Rolston (Feb.–Apr.)
Wes Walz
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Attendance	18,543
MinorLeague	Houston Aeros
Texas Wildcatters
Austin Ice Bats
GoalsLeader	Brian Rolston (31)
AssistsLeader	Pavol Demitra (39)
PointsLeader	Pavol Demitra (64)
Brian Rolston
PlusMinusLeader	Keith Carney (+22)
PIMLeader	Derek Boogaard (120)
WinsLeader	Niklas Backstrom (23)
GAALeader	Niklas Backstrom (1.97)

Brian Rolston (Oct.–Nov.) Keith Carney (Dec.) Brian Rolston (Jan.) Mark Parrish (Feb.–Apr.) Kim Johnsson (Oct.–Nov.) Brian Rolston (Dec.) Keith Carney (Jan.) Brian Rolston (Feb.–Apr.) Wes Walz Texas Wildcatters Austin Ice Bats Brian Rolston

This 2006–07 Minnesota Wild season began on October 5, 2006. It was the Wild's seventh season in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

Excluding seven shootout goals allowed, the Wild finished the regular season with just 184 goals allowed, the fewest in the NHL.

Season standings

Here is how the Wild did in the standings in 2006–07.

Playoffs

The Minnesota Wild ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's seventh seed.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- | 1 || October 5 || Colorado || 2 – 3 || Minnesota || OT || Fernandez || 18,568 || 1–0–0 || 2 || |- | 2 || October 7 || Nashville || 5 – 6 || Minnesota || || Backstrom || 18,568 || 2–0–0 || 4 || |- | 3 || October 10 || Vancouver || 1 – 2 || Minnesota || SO || Fernandez || 18,064 || 3–0–0 || 6 || |- | 4 || October 12 || Washington || 2 – 3 || Minnesota || SO || Fernandez || 18,064 || 4–0–0 || 8 || |- | 5 || October 14 || Columbus || 0 – 5 || Minnesota || || Fernandez || 18,568 || 5–0–0 || 10 || |- | 6 || October 18 || Minnesota || 2 – 1 || Los Angeles || OT || Fernandez || 14,617 || 6–0–0 || 12 || |- | 7 || October 20 || Minnesota || 1 – 2 || Anaheim || || Fernandez || 13,430 || 6–1–0 || 12 || |- | 8 || October 21 || Minnesota || 4 – 1 || San Jose || || Fernandez || 17,496 || 7–1–0 || 14 || |- | 9 || October 25 || Los Angeles || 1 – 3 || Minnesota || || Fernandez || 18,568 || 8–1–0 || 16 || |- | 10 || October 27 || Anaheim || 2 – 3 || Minnesota || SO || Fernandez || 18,568 || 9–1–0 || 18 || |- | 11 || October 29 || Minnesota || 1 – 4 || Colorado || || Fernandez || 17,615 || 9–2–0 || 18 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 11 || Minnesota || 1 – 2 || Anaheim || || Backstrom || 17,180 || 0 – 1 || |- | 2 || April 13 || Minnesota || 2 – 3 || Anaheim || || Backstrom || 17,324 || 0 – 2 || |- | 3 || April 15 || Anaheim || 2 – 1 || Minnesota || || Backstrom || 19,224 || 0 – 3 || |- | 4 || April 17 || Anaheim || 1 – 4 || Minnesota || || Backstrom || 19,174 || 1 – 3 || |- | 5 || April 19 || Minnesota || 1 – 4 || Anaheim || || Backstrom || 17,318 || 1 – 4 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
12	RW	78	31	33	64	6	46	5	1	1	2	−2	4
38	LW	71	25	39	64	0	28	5	1	3	4	−1	0
10	RW	48	30	27	57	12	40	5	3	1	4	3	8
96	C	82	20	37	57	13	14	5	1	1	2	−3	0
9	C	82	20	34	54	6	58	5	1	0	1	−1	4
28	C	77	13	31	44	8	24	4	0	0	0	−1	0
21	RW	76	19	20	39	9	18	5	1	0	1	2	0
8	D	77	7	18	25	16	26	5	0	1	1	1	14
92	RW	82	11	13	24	−9	21	5	0	0	0	−1	2
37	C	62	9	15	24	3	30	5	0	1	1	1	4
26	D	57	3	20	23	−3	52	3	0	2	2	0	0
5	D	76	3	19	22	−4	64	4	0	0	0	−1	2
33	D	51	3	17	20	−15	22	3	1	1	2	1	0
19	LW	75	7	11	18	3	47	5	0	0	0	0	4
3	D	80	4	13	17	22	58	5	0	0	0	1	4
41	D	81	0	15	15	9	36	5	0	0	0	2	4
11	LW	48	10	3	13	−7	38
55	D	82	2	10	12	0	42	5	0	1	1	−3	0
17	C	61	3	3	6	−8	16	4	0	0	0	0	0
18	RW	23	2	3	5	2	8	3	0	0	0	0	7
11	C	10	2	0	2	3	10
18	RW	12	1	1	2	−2	10
32	G	41	0	1	1		2	5	0	1	1		2
4	D	9	0	1	1	4	0
24	LW	48	0	1	1	0	120	4	0	1	1	0	20
27	RW	11	0	1	1	0	0
35	G	44	0	0	0		12
83	RW	9	0	0	0	−1	4
29	G	7	0	0	0		0
23	C	4	0	0	0	−1	4
67	LW	3	0	0	0	−1	0
6	D	1	0	0	0	1	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
32	Niklas Backstrom	41	23	8	6	1028	73	1.97	.929	5	2227	5	1	4	145	11	2.22	.924	0	297
35	Manny Fernandez	44	22	16	1	1158	103	2.55	.911	2	2422	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Josh Harding	7	3	2	1	174	7	1.16	.960	1	361	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)
Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award	Niklas Backstrom
William M. Jennings Trophy	Niklas Backstrom
Manny Fernandez
[NHL All-Star Game](2007-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Brian Rolston
NHL First Star of the Week	Niklas Backstrom (February 25)	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 Third Star of the Week	Niklas Backstrom (April 8)

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Niklas Backstrom	October 7, 2006
Benoit Pouliot	November 22, 2006
Shawn Belle	December 1, 2006
Joel Ward	December 16, 2006

Transactions

The Wild 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 Minnesota Wild	To [Los Angeles Kings](2006-07-los-angeles-kings-season)
To Minnesota Wild	To [New York Rangers](2006-07-new-york-rangers-season)
To Minnesota Wild	To [Pittsburgh Penguins](2006-07-pittsburgh-penguins-season)
To Minnesota Wild	To [New Jersey Devils](2006-07-new-jersey-devils-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Keith Carney
Kim Johnsson
Mark Parrish
Paul Albers
Ryan Hamilton
Mike Madill
Branko Radiovjevic
Jason Morgan
Wyatt Smith
Joel Ward
John Scott

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Joey Tetarenko
Filip Kuba
Andrei Zyuzin
Randy Robitaille
Daniel Tjarnqvist
Erik Westrum
Scott Ferguson
Andrei Nazarov
Kyle Wanvig
Marc Chouinard
Rickard Wallin
Chris Heid
Alex Henry
Dustin Wood

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Kurtis Foster
Pierre-Marc Bouchard
Marian Gaborik
Derek Boogaard
Riley Emmerson
Brent Burns
Pascal Dupuis
Matt Foy
Erik Reitz
Mikko Koivu
Matt Kassian
Morten Madsen
Cal Clutterbuck

Draft picks

Minnesota's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Wild had the ninth overall pick in the draft. They also had the Edmonton Oilers first round pick, 17th overall, which they used to trade for Pavol Demitra from the Los Angeles Kings on draft day.

Round	#	Player	College/junior/club team (league)
1	9	James Sheppard (C/LW)	Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
2	40	Ondrej Fiala (C)	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
3	72	Cal Clutterbuck (RW)	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
4	102	Kyle Medvec (D)	Apple Valley High School (USHS-MN)
5	132	Niko Hovinen (G)	Jokerit (SM-liiga)
6	162	Julian Walker (W)	EHC Basel (NLA)
7	192	Chris Hickey (C)	Cretin-Derham Hall (USHS-MN)

Notes

References

"2006-07 NHL Summary".
"2006-07 Minnesota Wild Schedule".
"Roger Crozier MBNA Saving Grace Award award winners at hockeydb.com".
"William M. Jennings Trophy".
"NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2007".
"NHL Three Stars of the Week".
"2006-07 NHL Debuts".
"Hockey Transactions Search Results".
(June 24, 2006). "Wild Picks Up Demitra For O'Sullivan and pick".
(February 9, 2007). "Rangers acquire LW Dupuis from Wild for LW Hall".
(February 27, 2007). "PENGUINS TRADE MOORE TO MINNESOTA FOR THIRD-ROUND PICK".
(February 28, 2007). "DEVILS ACQUIRE SEVENTH-ROUND PICK FROM WILD".
(July 1, 2006). "Wild Makes Two Splashes".
(July 1, 2006). "Wild Aren't Done".
(July 5, 2006). "Wild signs trio of rookies".
(July 6, 2006). "Wild Signs Free Agent RW Branko Radivojevic".
(July 17, 2006). "Wild Picks Up C Jason Morgan".
(July 19, 2006). "Wild Signs In-State Product".
(September 27, 2006). "Wild Signs RW Joel Ward".
(December 31, 2006). "Wild signs D John Scott".
(July 1, 2006). "NHL RELEASES FREE AGENT LIST".
(June 21, 2006). "Aeros sign RW Joey Tetarenko".
(July 2, 2006). "Lightning gets defensive boost".
(July 2, 2006). "TRANSACTIONS".
(July 4, 2006). "Flyers Sign Center Randy Robitaille".
(July 7, 2006). "Tjarnqvist thrilled with chance to be an Oiler". Edmonton Journal.
(July 13, 2006). "Maple Leafs pick up Westrum".
(July 15, 2006). "TRANSACTIONS".
"Andrei Nazarov".
(July 19, 2006). "CANUCKS NAME ASSISTANTS".
(July 21, 2006). "Briere takes Sabres to arbitration hearing".
"Rickard Wallin".
"Chris Heid".
(August 22, 2006). "Predators sign blueliner to one-year deal".
(October 3, 2006). "Moose Sign Five to PTO's".
(June 21, 2006). "Wild Re-Signs Defenseman Kurtis Foster".
(June 24, 2006). "Wild Re-Signs Pierre-Marc Bouchard".
(July 5, 2006). "BREAKING NEWS: GABORIK RE-SIGNS".
"Derek Boogaard".
(July 8, 2006). "Transactions".
(July 11, 2006). "Bell thrilled to join Sharks following three-team deal".
(July 14, 2006). "TRANSACTIONS".
(July 14, 2006). "Wild Re-Signs Matt Foy And Erik Reitz".
(July 18, 2006). "Koivu Re-Signs With Wild".
(May 14, 2007). "Wild signs RW Matt Kassian".
(May 15, 2007). "Minnesota signs C Morten Madsen".
(May 27, 2007). "Wild signs RW Clutterbuck".
"2006 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".

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