2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	2006–07
Year:	2006
Team:	Tampa Bay Lightning
Conferencerank:	7th
Divisionrank:	2nd
Record:	44–33–5
Homerecord:	22–18–1
Roadrecord:	22–15–4
Goalsfor:	253
Goalsagainst:	261
Attendance:	19,833
Goalsleader:	Vincent Lecavalier (52)
Assistsleader:	Martin St. Louis (59)
Pointsleader:	Vincent Lecavalier (108)
Plusminusleader:	Nikita Alexeev (+10)
Pimleader:	Andre Roy (128)
Winsleader:	Johan Holmqvist (27)
Gaaleader:	Johan Holmqvist (2.85)

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,^[1] the Lightning pinned their hopes on Marc Denis, acquired from the Columbus Blue Jackets during the off-season.

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.^[2]

Regular season

Season standings

Playoffs

Tampa Bay ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Eastern Conference's seventh seed.

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1 || October 5 || Tampa Bay || 3–2 || Atlanta || SO || Denis || 17,269 || 1–0–0 || 2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 2 || October 7 || Boston || 3–2 || Tampa Bay || || Denis || 21,234 || 1–1–0 || 2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 3 || October 9 || Atlanta || 1–0 || Tampa Bay || || Denis || 19,817 || 1–2–0 || 2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 4 || October 13 || Tampa Bay || 2–3 || Florida || || Holmqvist || 15,208 || 1–3–0 || 2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 5 || October 14 || Florida || 1–4 || Tampa Bay || || Denis || 19,926 || 2–3–0 || 4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 6 || October 16 || Carolina || 5–1 || Tampa Bay || || Denis || 19,815 || 2–4–0 || 4 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 7 || October 19 || Philadelphia || 1–4 || Tampa Bay || || Denis || 19,920 || 3–4–0 || 6 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8 || October 21 || Tampa Bay || 6–4 || Washington || || Denis || 13,327 || 4–4–0 || 8 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 9 || October 26 || Carolina || 1–5 || Tampa Bay || || Denis || 18,826 || 5–4–0 || 10 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 10 || October 28 || Tampa Bay || 4–6 || Carolina || || Denis || 18,639 || 5–5–0 || 10 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 11 || October 29 || San Jose || 4–2 || Tampa Bay || || Denis || 19,904 || 5–6–0 || 10 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 12 || November 1 || Toronto || 4–2 || Tampa Bay || || Denis || 19,977 || 5–7–0 || 10 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 13 || November 2 || Tampa Bay || 5–2 || Philadelphia || || Holmqvist || 18,633 || 6–7–0 || 12 || |- align="center"| 14 || November 4 || Tampa Bay || 5–6 || Boston || OT || Denis || 14,169 || 6–7–1 || 13 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 15 || November 6 || Tampa Bay || 5–1 || NY Islanders || || Holmqvist || 9,693 || 7–7–1 || 15 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 16 || November 8 || Tampa Bay || 4–3 || Pittsburgh || OT || Holmqvist || 14,483 || 8–7–1 || 17 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 17 || November 11 || Atlanta || 3–5 || Tampa Bay || || Holmqvist || 20,034 || 9–7–1 || 19 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 18 || November 15 || Montreal || 3–1 || Tampa Bay || || Denis || 19,920 || 9–8–1 || 19 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 19 || November 17 || NY Islanders || 2–3 || Tampa Bay || SO || Holmqvist || 19,919 || 10–8–1 || 21 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 20 || November 19 || Tampa Bay || 1–4 || NY Rangers || || Holmqvist || 18,200 || 10–9–1 || 21 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 21 || November 20 || Tampa Bay || 2–7 || Buffalo || || Denis || 18,690 || 10–10–1 || 21 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 22 || November 22 || Tampa Bay || 6–4 || Florida || || Holmqvist || 14,516 || 11–10–1 || 23 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 23 || November 24 || Atlanta || 2–3 || Tampa Bay || OT || Holmqvist || 19,819 || 12–10–1 || 25 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 24 || November 26 || Ottawa || 1–3 || Tampa Bay || || Holmqvist || 19,819 || 13–10–1 || 27 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 25 || November 28 || Washington || 5–2 || Tampa Bay || || Holmqvist || 18,874 || 13–11–1 || 27 || |- align="center"| 26 || November 30 || Tampa Bay || 3–4 || Boston || SO || Denis || 11,150 || 13–11–2 || 28 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 27 || December 2 || Tampa Bay || 2–5 || Ottawa || || Holmqvist || 18,618 || 13–12–2 || 28 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 28 || December 5 || Buffalo || 4–1 || Tampa Bay || || Denis || 20,025 || 13–13–2 || 28 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 29 || December 7 || Atlanta || 0–8 || Tampa Bay || || Denis || 17,704 || 14–13–2 || 30 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 30 || December 9 || Anaheim || 4–3 || Tampa Bay || || Denis || 18,719 || 14–14–2 || 30 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 31 || December 12 || Tampa Bay || 4–5 || Toronto || || Holmqvist || 19,462 || 14–15–2 || 30 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 32 || December 14 || Tampa Bay || 2–4 || Montreal || || Denis || 21,273 || 14–16–2 || 30 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 33 || December 16 || Carolina || 3–2 || Tampa Bay || || Denis || 18,634 || 14–17–2 || 30 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 34 || December 19 || Tampa Bay || 5–4 || Washington || || Denis || 10,417 || 15–17–2 || 32 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 35 || December 21 || Tampa Bay || 4–2 || Ottawa || || Denis || 18,603 || 16–17–2 || 34 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 36 || December 23 || NY Rangers || 3–4 || Tampa Bay || || Holmqvist || 20,122 || 17–17–2 || 36 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 37 || December 26 || Tampa Bay || 1–2 || Atlanta || || Holmqvist || 16,356 || 17–18–2 || 36 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 38 || December 28 || Philadelphia || 4–3 || Tampa Bay || || Holmqvist || 21,171 || 17–19–2 || 36 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 39 || December 30 || Montreal || 1–3 || Tampa Bay || || Holmqvist || 21,120 || 18–19–2 || 38 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 40 || January 2 || Tampa Bay || 2–5 || Montreal || || Holmqvist || 21,273 || 18–20–2 || 38 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 41 || January 4 || Tampa Bay || 3–2 || Minnesota || || Denis || 18,568 || 19–20–2 || 40 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 42 || January 5 || Tampa Bay || 2–4 || Colorado || || Denis || 18,007 || 19–21–2 || 40 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 43 || January 7 || Tampa Bay || 3–2 || Pittsburgh || SO || Holmqvist || 17,132 || 20–21–2 || 42 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 44 || January 9 || Pittsburgh || 2–3 || Tampa Bay || || Holmqvist || 19,226 || 21–21–2 || 44 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 45 || January 11 || Washington || 4–5 || Tampa Bay || || Holmqvist || 18,804 || 22–21–2 || 46 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 46 || January 13 || Tampa Bay || 3–2 || Buffalo || || Denis || 18,690 || 23–21–2 || 48 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 47 || January 15 || Tampa Bay || 4–3 || NY Islanders || || Holmqvist || 15,426 || 24–21–2 || 50 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 48 || January 16 || Toronto || 4–2 || Tampa Bay || || Denis || 19,830 || 24–22–2 || 50 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 49 || January 18 || Tampa Bay || 3–2 || New Jersey || SO || Holmqvist || 12,698 || 25–22–2 || 52 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 50 || January 20 || Tampa Bay || 6–5 || Carolina || SO || Denis || 18,196 || 26–22–2 || 54 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 51 || January 26 || New Jersey || 2–0 || Tampa Bay || || Holmqvist || 21,404 || 26–23–2 || 54 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 52 || January 30 || Tampa Bay || 4–3 || Philadelphia || SO || Holmqvist || 19,313 || 27–23–2 || 56 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 53 || February 1 || Tampa Bay || 4–0 || Carolina || || Holmqvist || 16,635 || 28–23–2 || 58 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 54 || February 3 || NY Rangers || 2–3 || Tampa Bay || || Holmqvist || 21,354 || 29–23–2 || 60 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 55 || February 6 || Los Angeles || 2–3 || Tampa Bay || SO || Holmqvist || 18,273 || 30–23–2 || 62 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 56 || February 9 || Tampa Bay || 0–5 || NY Rangers || || Holmqvist || 18,200 || 30–24–2 || 62 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 57 || February 11 || Tampa Bay || 4–1 || New Jersey || || Holmqvist || 18,022 || 31–24–2 || 64 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 58 || February 13 || Phoenix || 3–5 || Tampa Bay || || Holmqvist || 18,019 || 32–24–2 || 66 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 59 || February 15 || Washington || 2–3 || Tampa Bay || SO || Denis || 18,744 || 33–24–2 || 68 || |- align="center"| 60 || February 17 || Tampa Bay || 4–5 || Florida || OT || Holmqvist || 17,813 || 33–24–3 || 69 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 61 || February 20 || Florida || 2–3 || Tampa Bay || SO || Denis || 19,319 || 34–24–3 || 71 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 62 || February 22 || Tampa Bay || 5–4 || Atlanta || OT || Denis || 16,032 || 35–24–3 || 73 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 63 || February 23 || Boston || 6–2 || Tampa Bay || || Holmqvist || 21,201 || 35–25–3 || 73 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 64 || February 25 || Pittsburgh || 1–5 || Tampa Bay || || Holmqvist || 21,119 || 36–25–3 || 75 || |- align="center"| 65 || February 27 || Dallas || 2–1 || Tampa Bay || OT || Holmqvist || 19,255 || 36–25–4 || 76 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 66 || March 1 || Tampa Bay || 5–4 || Washington || SO || Holmqvist || 10,462 || 37–25–4 || 78 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 67 || March 3 || Tampa Bay || 2–6 || Florida || || Denis || 17,299 || 37–26–4 || 78 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 68 || March 6 || Tampa Bay || 1–5 || Vancouver || || Holmqvist || 18,630 || 37–27–4 || 78 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 69 || March 7 || Tampa Bay || 3–1 || Edmonton || || Denis || 16,839 || 38–27–4 || 80 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 70 || March 10 || Tampa Bay || 3–2 || Calgary || OT || Denis || 19,289 || 39–27–4 || 82 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 71 || March 13 || Tampa Bay || 2–3 || Toronto || || Denis || 19,530 || 39–28–4 || 82 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 72 || March 16 || Buffalo || 3–2 || Tampa Bay || || Denis || 21,264 || 39–29–4 || 82 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 73 || March 18 || Tampa Bay || 1–7 || Washington || || Holmqvist || 14,274 || 39–30–4 || 82 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 74 || March 20 || NY Islanders || 3–4 || Tampa Bay || OT || Holmqvist || 19,916 || 40–30–4 || 84 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 75 || March 22 || New Jersey || 1–3 || Tampa Bay || || Denis || 20,326 || 41–30–4 || 86 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 76 || March 24 || Ottawa || 7–2 || Tampa Bay || || Denis || 20,342 || 41–31–4 || 86 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 77 || March 27 || Florida || 5–2 || Tampa Bay || || Denis || 18,856 || 41–32–4 || 86 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 78 || March 30 || Tampa Bay ||4–2 || Carolina || || Holmqvist || 18,639 || 42–32–4 || 88 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 79 || March 31 || Washington ||2–5 || Tampa Bay || || Holmqvist || 20,064 || 43–32–4 || 90 || |-|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 80 || April 3 || Carolina || 2–5 || Tampa Bay || || Holmqvist || 20,224 || 44–32–4 || 92 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 81 || April 6 || Florida || 7–2 || Tampa Bay || || Holmqvist || 21,002 || 44–33–4 || 92 || |- align="center"| 82 || April 7 || Tampa Bay || 2–3 || Atlanta || SO || Holmqvist || 18,756 || 44–33–5 || 93 || |-|-| Legend:

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 1 || April 12 || Tampa Bay || 3–5 || New Jersey || || Holmqvist || 14,495 || 0–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 2 || April 14 || Tampa Bay || 3–2 || New Jersey || || Holmqvist || 18,231 || 1–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 3 || April 16 || New Jersey || 2–3 || Tampa Bay || || Holmqvist || 20,219 || 2–1 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 4 || April 18 || New Jersey || 4–3 || Tampa Bay || OT || Holmqvist || 20,940 || 2–2 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | 5 || April 20 || Tampa Bay || 0–3 || New Jersey || || Holmqvist || 18,096 || 2–3 || |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 6 || April 22 || New Jersey || 3–2 || Tampa Bay || || Holmqvist || 20,019 || 2–4 || |-|-| 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 Lightning only.
= Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.

	Regular season						Playoffs
	Player
4		C	82	52	56	108	2	44	6	5	2	7	4	10
26		RW	82	43	59	102	7	28	6	3	5	8	6	8
19		C	82	25	45	70	−19	23	6	3	5	8	−4	6
22		D	82	20	43	63	−5	62	6	0	1	1	0	2
20		C	82	14	41	55	−24	36	6	1	4	5	2	4
71		D	81	15	22	37	−9	36	6	1	4	5	−1	4
9		C	82	13	23	36	−7	30	6	1	1	2	−4	2
17		LW	80	12	20	32	−3	52	4	0	0	0	−4	4
54		D	72	4	24	28	5	42	6	0	1	1	3	4
34		C	72	14	13	27	−11	55	6	0	0	0	−1	12
15		RW	63	10	11	21	10	12
21		D	82	0	15	15	−6	70	6	0	0	0	0	2
3		D	75	2	9	11	−11	53	1	0	0	0	0	0
74		C	77	5	4	9	−6	80	6	0	0	0	−1	10
24		C	53	3	6	9	−4	12	6	0	0	0	−1	0
16		RW	17	4	4	8	−11	10	6	0	1	1	−6	6
44		D	81	1	7	8	0	44	6	0	0	0	−2	5
29		LW	33	3	3	6	−6	8
27		C	71	1	5	6	−5	16	6	0	0	0	0	0
49		C	20	1	2	3	0	2
36		RW	51	1	2	3	−3	116	6	0	0	0	0	17
40		G	48	0	3	3		4	6	0	0	0		0
7		D	27	0	3	3	3	16
55		D	18	0	2	2	−8	36	6	0	0	0	−4	12
30		G	44	0	0	0		2
31		G	2	0	0	0		0
61		LW	7	0	0	0	−2	2
56		RW	4	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

	Regular season										Playoffs
	Player
40		48	27	15	3	1134	121	2.85	.893	1	2548	6	2	4	168	18	2.92	.893	0	370
30		44	17	18	2	1068	125	3.19	.883	1	2353	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
31		2	0	0	0	23	4	3.45	.826	0	70	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy	Vincent Lecavalier	^[3]
	NHL Second All-Star Team	Dan Boyle (Defense)	^[4]
		Vincent Lecavalier (Center)
		Martin St. Louis (Right Wing)
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Vincent Lecavalier	^[5]
	NHL All-Star Game selection	Martin St. Louis	^[5]
	NHL First Star of the Week	Martin St. Louis (November 26)	^[6]
	NHL Second Star of the Week	Vincent Lecavalier (December 10)
	NHL Third Star of the Month	Vincent Lecavalier (March)	^[7]
	NHL Second Star of the Week	Vincent Lecavalier (December 24)
	NHL Second Star of the Week	Brad Richards (February 25)
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Paul Ranger	^[8]

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.^[9] ^[10]

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
	Columbus Blue Jackets
	Minnesota Wild
	Buffalo Sabres
	Toronto Maple Leafs
	Boston Bruins

Player	New team
	Toronto Maple Leafs

Waivers

Player	Former team
	Pittsburgh Penguins

Player	New team
	Philadelphia Flyers
	Los Angeles Kings

Draft picks

Tampa's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[11] The Lightning picked 15th overall. Through a series of trades, Tampa had only four picks at this draft.

Round		Player	College/junior/club team (league)
1	15	Riku Helenius (G)	Ilves (SM-liiga)
3	78	Kevin Quick (D)	Salisbury (USHS-CN)
6	168	Dane Crowley (D)	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
7	198	Denis Kazionov (LW)	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.

References

Web site: Tampa Bay Lightning 2006-07 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . July 31, 2024.
Web site: 2006-07 Tampa Bay Lightning Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts . Hockey-Reference.com . July 31, 2024.

Notes and References

McKenzie, Bob, Grahame thrown under the bus, tsn.ca, April 28, 2006, Accessed February 6, 2007.
https://www.espn.com/nhl/boxscore?gameId=270124032 2007 All Star Game box score
Web site: Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy . records.nhl.com . August 4, 2024.
Web site: Postseason All-Star Teams . records.nhl.com . August 4, 2024.
Web site: NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2007 . NHL.com . August 4, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230417032251/http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=28972 . April 17, 2023.
Web site: NHL Three Stars of the Week . Hockey-Reference.com . August 4, 2024.
Web site: NHL Three Stars of the Month . Hockey-Reference.com . August 4, 2024.
Web site: 2006-07 NHL Young Stars Rosters . TSN.ca . August 4, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070202221737/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?fid=8902&hubname= . February 2, 2007.
http://www.nhl.com/features/insider/deals_summer2006.html NHL Insider – Offseason Trades
http://www.nhl.com/features/insider/freesign06.html NHL Insider – Free Agent Signings
Web site: 2006 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com . www.hockeydb.com . July 22, 2024.

2006–07 Tampa Bay Lightning season explained

Regular season

Season standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Scoring

Goaltending

Awards and records

Awards

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Waivers

Draft picks

Farm teams

Springfield Falcons

Johnstown Chiefs

See also

References

Notes and References