From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

2006–07 Washington Capitals season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2006–07
year	2006
Team	Washington Capitals
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	14th
Division	Southeast
DivisionRank	5th
Record	28–40–14
HomeRecord	17–17–7
RoadRecord	11–23–7
GoalsFor	235
GoalsAgainst	286
GeneralManager	George McPhee
Coach	Glen Hanlon
Captain	Chris Clark
AltCaptain	Brian Sutherby
Dainius Zubrus (Oct.–Feb.)
Alexander Ovechkin (Feb.–Apr.)
Arena	Verizon Center
MinorLeague	Hershey Bears
South Carolina Stingrays
GoalsLeader	Alexander Ovechkin (46)
AssistsLeader	Alexander Ovechkin (46)
PointsLeader	Alexander Ovechkin (92)
PlusMinusLeader	Boyd Gordon (+10)
PIMLeader	Donald Brashear (156)
WinsLeader	Olaf Kolzig (22)
GAALeader	Brent Johnson (3.61)

Dainius Zubrus (Oct.–Feb.) Alexander Ovechkin (Feb.–Apr.) South Carolina Stingrays The 2006–07 Washington Capitals season was the Washington Capitals' 33rd season in the National Hockey League (NHL), and the last one in which they used their blue, black and bronze color scheme. For the third consecutive season, the Capitals failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Off-season

Chris Clark was named team captain on September 13, replacing previous captain Jeff Halpern who signed as a free agent with the Dallas Stars.

Regular season

December 15, 2006 - Ovechkin gets the second hat trick of his career by scoring all three goals of a 3–2 overtime victory against the Atlanta Thrashers. The third goal is scored just six seconds into overtime, tying Mats Sundin and David Legwand for the fastest regular-season overtime goal ever scored.

Season standings

Schedule and results

|- | 1 || October 5 || Washington || 2 – 5 || NY Rangers || || Kolzig || 18,200 || 0–1–0 || 0 || |- | 2 || October 7 || Carolina || 2 – 5 || Washington || || Kolzig || 16,622 || 1–1–0 || 2 || |- | 3 || October 12 || Washington || 2 – 3 || Minnesota || SO || Johnson || 18,064 || 1–1–1 || 3 || |- | 4 || October 14 || Atlanta || 4 – 3 || Washington || OT || Kolzig || 11,995 || 1–1–2 || 4 || |- | 5 || October 18 || Florida || 2 – 5 || Washington || || Kolzig || 10,125 || 2–1–2 || 6 || |- | 6 || October 19 || Washington || 3 – 4 || Atlanta || SO || Johnson || 12,719 || 2–1–3 || 7 || |- | 7 || October 21 || Tampa Bay || 6 – 4 || Washington || || Kolzig || 13,327 || 2–2–3 || 7 || |- | 8 || October 25 || Washington || 5 – 3 || Colorado || || Kolzig || 17,047 || 3–2–3 || 9 || |- | 9 || October 27 || Washington || 2 – 3 || Vancouver || SO || Kolzig || 18,630 || 3–2–4 || 10 || |- | 10 || October 28 || Washington || 0 – 4 || Edmonton || || Johnson || 16,839 || 3–3–4 || 10 || |- | 11 || October 30 || Washington || 4 – 2 || Calgary || || Kolzig || 19,289 || 4–3–4 || 12 ||

-
12
-
13
-
14
-
15
-
16
-
17
-
18
-
19
-
20
-
21
-
22
-
23
-
24
-
25
-
-
26
-
27
-
28
-
29
-
30
-
31
-
32
-
33
-
34
-
35
-
36
-
37
-
38
-
39
-
-
40
-
41
-
42
-
43
-
44
-
45
-
46
-
47
-
48
-
49
-
50
-
51
-
-
52
-
53
-
54
-
55
-
56
-
57
-
58
-
59
-
60
-
61
-
62
-
63
-
64
-
-
65
-
66
-
67
-
68
-
69
-
70
-
71
-
72
-
73
-
74
-
75
-
76
-
77
-
78
-
79
-
-
80
-
81
-
82
-
-

| Legend:

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
8	LW	82	46	46	92	−19	52
28	LW	77	38	35	73	−7	90
17	RW	74	30	24	54	−10	66
9	C	60	20	32	52	−16	50
18	LW	64	16	16	32	−13	22
15	C	71	7	22	29	10	14
2	D	72	3	25	28	−11	44
24	C	64	8	18	26	−11	46
27	RW	66	7	13	20	−17	44
21	C	73	8	10	18	−2	29
20	RW	32	6	12	18	−4	16
16	C	69	7	10	17	−9	78
44	D	68	1	16	17	−14	63
6	D	52	4	12	16	4	27
10	RW	57	4	9	13	−5	47
87	LW	77	4	9	13	1	156
26	D	78	3	10	13	3	106
52	D	70	2	10	12	−10	36
38	C	41	3	7	10	−2	28
23	D	30	2	7	9	5	24
43	LW	29	4	4	8	−6	8
3	D	18	2	6	8	−3	12
47	D	26	3	4	7	3	42
4	D	29	1	6	7	−13	69
13	C	18	0	6	6	−2	2
39	C	9	2	2	4	−4	2
14	RW	14	2	1	3	3	8
37	G	54	0	3	3		10
55	D	38	0	3	3	5	16
22	RW	10	1	1	2	3	2
1	G	30	0	1	1		4
35	G	4	0	0	0		0
51	D	2	0	0	0	−1	2
29	D	1	0	0	0	−1	0
25	C	5	0	0	0	−2	2

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
37	Olaf Kolzig	54	22	24	6	1771	159	3.00	.910	1	3184
1	Brent Johnson	30	6	15	7	894	99	3.62	.889	0	1644
35	Frederic Cassivi	4	0	1	1	58	6	2.60	.897	0	139

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)
NHL First All-Star Team	Alexander Ovechkin (Left wing)
[NHL All-Star Game](2007-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Alexander Ovechkin
NHL Third Star of the Week	Alexander Ovechkin (December 10)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Mike Green

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Jeff Schultz	December 22, 2006
Jamie Hunt	December 29, 2006

Transactions

The Capitals 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 Washington Capitals	To [New York Rangers](2006-07-new-york-rangers-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [Montreal Canadiens](2006-07-montreal-canadiens-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [Boston Bruins](2006-07-boston-bruins-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [New York Islanders](2006-07-new-york-islanders-season)	title=Isles make offensive move, acquire Zednik from Caps	url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=2780654	website=ESPN.com	access-date=September 11, 2024	date=February 26, 2007}}
To Washington Capitals	To [Ottawa Senators](2006-07-ottawa-senators-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [Buffalo Sabres](2006-07-buffalo-sabres-season)
To Washington Capitals	To [Los Angeles Kings](2006-07-los-angeles-kings-season)

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Brian Pothier
Donald Brashear
Alexandre Giroux
Chad Wiseman
Quintin Laing
Pete Vandermeer
Trevor Byrne
Dean Arsene
John Erskine
Travis Morin
Steve Pinizzotto
Sean Collins

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref	N/A
Petr Sykora	HC Pardubice (ELH)
Doug Doull
Nolan Yonkman	Nashville Predators
Brian Willsie	Los Angeles Kings
Jeff Halpern	Dallas Stars
Boyd Kane	Philadelphia Flyers
Graham Mink	San Jose Sharks
Mark Wotton	New York Islanders
Mathieu Biron	San Jose Sharks
Colin Forbes	Adler Mannheim (DEL)
Jakub Cutta	HC Bili Tygri Liberec (ELH)
Jean-Francois Fortin	Fuchse Duisburg (DEL)
Owen Fussey	Toronto Marlies (AHL)
Ivan Majesky	Oulun Karpat (Liiga)
Jared Aulin	Springfield Falcons (AHL)
Rico Fata	Adler Mannheim (DEL)

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Brent Johnson
Sasha Pokulok
Shaone Morrisonn
Frederic Cassivi
Brooks Laich
Kris Beech
Steve Eminger
Boyd Gordon
Rico Fata
Brian Sutherby
Ben Clymer
Matt Bradley
Matt Pettinger
Viktor Dovgan
Brent Johnson
Donald Brashear
Andrew Joudrey
Andrew Gordon
Patrick McNeill
Sami Lepisto
Michal Neuvirth

Draft picks

Washington's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round	#	Player	NHL team	College/junior/club team (league)
1	4	Nicklas Backstrom (C)	Washington Capitals	Brynas IF (Elitserien)
1	23	Semyon Varlamov (G)	Washington Capitals (from Nashville)	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russian Superleague)
2	34	Michal Neuvirth (G)	Washington Capitals	Sparta Praha (Czech Extraliga)
2	35	Francois Bouchard (RW)	Washington Capitals (from Boston)	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
2	52	Keith Seabrook (D)	Washington Capitals (from Anaheim)	Burnaby Express (BCHL)
4	97	Oskar Osala (LW)	Washington Capitals	Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
4	122	Luke Lynes (C/LW)	Washington Capitals (from Detroit)	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
5	127	Maxime Lacroix (LW)	Washington Capitals	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6	157	Brent Gwidt (C)	Washington Capitals	Lakeland (USHS-WI)
6	177	Mathieu Perreault (C)	Washington Capitals (from Buffalo)	Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)

Notes

References

(September 13, 2006). "Chris Clark Named Captain of Capitals".
"Toronto Maple Leafs at St. Louis Blues Box Score — December 30, 1995".
"Nashville Predators at Vancouver Canucks Box Score — March 9, 2006".
"Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers Box Score — December 15, 2006".
"2006-07 Washington Capitals Schedule".
"Postseason All-Star Teams".
"NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)".
"NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2007".
"NHL Three Stars of the Week".
"2006-07 NHL Young Stars Rosters".
"2006-07 NHL Debuts".
"Hockey Transactions Search Results".
(June 24, 2006). "Capitals Select Five Players After Third Round of 2006 NHL Entry Draft".
(July 12, 2006). "Capitals Acquire Right Wing Richard Zednik".
(February 1, 2007). "Caps acquire D Jurcina from Bruins for draft pick".
(February 26, 2007). "Isles make offensive move, acquire Zednik from Caps".
(February 27, 2007). "Sabres deal Biron, add Caps' Zubrus for playoff run".
(February 27, 2007). "L.A., playing for future, trades captain Norstrom to Stars".
(July 1, 2006). "Capitals Sign Brian Pothier".
(July 14, 2006). "Caps sign Brashear to provide protection".
(July 14, 2006). "Capitals Sign Alexandre Giroux, Chad Wiseman".
(July 18, 2006). "Laing joins Chocolatetown champs".
(July 21, 2006). "Capitals Sign Left Wing Pete Vandermeer".
(July 25, 2006). "Capitals Sign Defenseman Trevor Byrne".
(July 26, 2006). "Arsene back with the Bears for two more years".
(September 14, 2006). "Capitals Sign Defenseman John Erskine".
(March 16, 2007). "Capitals Sign Travis Morin, Steve Pinizzotto to Entry-Level Contracts".
(March 17, 2007). "Capitals Sign Defenseman Sean Collins to Entry-Level Contract".
(July 1, 2006). "NHL RELEASES FREE AGENT LIST".
{{eliteprospects. 10858. Petr Sykora, retrieved September 11, 2006
{{eliteprospects. 52008. Doug Doull, retrieved September 11, 2006
(July 17, 2006). "Predators sign five".
(July 2, 2006). "Caps sign Pothier to bolster defense".
(2006-07-04). "Willsie turns career season into two-year deal with Kings".
(2006-07-05). "Stars sign veteran forwards Halpern, Barnaby".
(July 13, 2006). "Flyers Sign Four".
(July 15, 2006). "Sharks sign seven, including Cup champ Mink".
(July 27, 2006). "Islanders sign veteran Wotton".
(August 10, 2006). "Transactions".
"Colin Forbes".
(July 1, 2009). "2009 Official Free Agent List".
"Jakub Cutta".
"Jean-Francois Fortin".
(September 13, 2006). "Marlies sign free agents".
(September 14, 2006). "Ivan Majesky vahvistaa Kärppiä".
(October 7, 2006). "Falcons sign center Jared Aulin to PTO".
"Rico Fata".
(July 1, 2006). "Capitals Re-sign Brent Johnson".
(July 7, 2006). "Capitals sign 2005 draft pick Pokulok". News and Messenger.
(July 10, 2006). "Capitals Re-Sign Defenseman Shaone Morrisonn".
(July 13, 2006). "Capitals Re-Sign Goaltender Frederic Cassivi".
(July 13, 2006). "Capitals Re-Sign Center Brooks Laich".
(July 15, 2006). "Capitals Re-Sign Center Kris Beech".
(July 15, 2006). "Capitals Re-Sign Defenseman Steve Eminger".
(July 15, 2006). "Capitals Re-Sign Right Wing Boyd Gordon".
(July 17, 2006). "Capitals Re-Sign Centers Sutherby, Fata to One-Year Contracts".
(July 21, 2006). "Capitals Re-Sign Left Wing Ben Clymer".
(July 26, 2006). "Capitals Re-Sign Right Wing Matt Bradley".
(July 31, 2006). "Capitals Re-Sign Left Wing Matt Pettinger".
(December 21, 2006). "Injuries place Capitals in bind".
(January 13, 2007). "NHL notes: Kings short on goalies again".
(February 12, 2007). "Capitals re-sign Brashear to one-year extension".
(March 28, 2007). "Capitals Sign Andrew Joudrey to Entry-Level Contract".
(April 3, 2007). "Capitals Sign Andrew Gordon to Entry-Level Contract".
(May 4, 2007). "Capitals Sign Defenseman Patrick McNeill to Entry-Level Contract".
(June 1, 2007). "Caps’ farm team eyes repeat".
(June 2, 2007). "Capitals add Neuvirth". The Windsor Star.
"2006 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com".

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

2006–07-nhl-season-by-team washington-capitals-seasons 2006-in-sports-in-washington,-d.c. 2007-in-sports-in-washington,-d.c.

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 2006–07 Washington Capitals season — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report