2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning season

The 2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 15th National Hockey League season in Tampa, 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, the Lightning pinned their hopes on Marc Denis, acquired from the Columbus Blue Jackets during the off-season.

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)

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

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

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

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

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 Vincent Lecavalier C 82 52 56 108 44 2 16 5 7 Martin St. Louis RW 82 43 59 102 28 7 14 5 7 Brad Richards C 82 25 45 70 23 −19 12 1 3 Dan Boyle D 82 20 43 63 62 −5 10 1 4 Vaclav Prospal C 82 14 41 55 36 −24 2 0 1 Filip Kuba D 81 15 22 37 36 −9 5 1 2 Eric Perrin C 82 13 23 36 30 −7 2 1 0 Ruslan Fedotenko LW 80 12 20 32 52 −3 2 0 1 Paul Ranger D 72 4 24 28 42 5 0 0 2 Ryan Craig C 72 14 13 27 55 −11 4 0 2 Nikita Alexeev RW 63 10 11 21 12 10 2 0 2 Cory Sarich D 82 0 15 15 70 −6 0 0 0 Doug Janik D 75 2 9 11 53 −11 0 0 0 Nick Tarnasky C 77 5 4 9 80 −6 0 0 1 Andreas Karlsson C 53 3 6 9 12 −4 0 0 1 Jason Ward RW 17 4 4 8 10 −11 0 0 0 Nolan Pratt D 81 1 7 8 44 0 0 0 0 Dmitry Afanasenkov LW 33 3 3 6 8 −6 0 0 0 Tim Taylor C 71 1 5 6 16 −5 0 0 1 Blair Jones C 20 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 Andre Roy RW 51 1 2 3 116 −3 0 0 0 Johan Holmqvist G 48 0 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 Luke Richardson D 27 0 3 3 16 3 0 0 0 Shane O'Brien D 18 0 2 2 36 −8 0 0 0 Marc Denis G 44 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Karri Ramo G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Karl Stewart LW 7 0 0 0 2 −2 0 0 0 Kyle 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% Johan Holmqvist 2548 48 27 15 3 121 2.85 1 1134 1013 .893 Marc Denis 2353 44 17 18 2 125 3.19 1 1068 943 .883 Karri 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 Brad Richards C 6 3 5 8 6 −4 2 0 0 Martin St. Louis RW 6 3 5 8 8 6 1 0 0 Vincent Lecavalier C 6 5 2 7 10 4 1 0 1 Filip Kuba D 6 1 4 5 4 −1 0 1 0 Vaclav Prospal C 6 1 4 5 4 2 0 0 1 Eric Perrin C 6 1 1 2 2 −4 0 0 0 Dan Boyle D 6 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Paul Ranger D 6 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 Jason Ward RW 6 0 1 1 6 −6 0 0 0 Ryan Craig C 6 0 0 0 12 −1 0 0 0 Ruslan Fedotenko LW 4 0 0 0 4 −4 0 0 0 Johan Holmqvist G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Doug Janik D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Andreas Karlsson C 6 0 0 0 0 −1 0 0 0 Shane O'Brien D 6 0 0 0 12 −4 0 0 0 Nolan Pratt D 6 0 0 0 5 −2 0 0 0 Andre Roy RW 6 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 Cory Sarich D 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Nick Tarnasky C 6 0 0 0 10 −1 0 0 0 Tim Taylor C 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Johan Holmqvist 370 6 2 4 18 2.92 0 168 150 .893 Team: 370 6 2 4 18 2.92 0 168 150 .893

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy winner

• Vincent Lecavalier 52 goals

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.

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. 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)	Finland	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ilves (SM-liiga)
3	78	Kevin Quick (D)	United States	Tampa Bay Lightning	Salisbury (USHS-CN)
6	168	Dane Crowley (D)	Canada	Tampa Bay Lightning	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
7	198	Denis Kazionov (LW)	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

• 2006–07 NHL season

References

• Player stats: Tampa Bay Lightning player stats on espn.com
• Game log: Tampa Bay Lightning game log on espn.com
• Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com