2006–07 Los Angeles Kings season

The 2006–07 Los Angeles Kings season was the 40th season (39th season of play) for the National Hockey League 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.[1]

2006–07 Los Angeles Kings
Division4th Pacific
Conference14th Western
2006–07 record27–41–14
Home record16–16–9
Road record11–25–5
Goals for227
Goals against283
Team information
General managerDean Lombardi
CoachMarc Crawford
CaptainMattias Norstrom (Oct-Feb)
Vacant (Feb-Apr)
Alternate captainsRob Blake
Craig Conroy (Oct-Jan)
Aaron Miller
Scott Thornton
ArenaStaples Center
Average attendance16,859 (91.1%)
Team leaders
GoalsAlexander Frolov (35)
AssistsMichael Cammalleri (46)
PointsMichael Cammalleri (80)
Penalty minutesRaitis Ivanans (140)
Plus/minusDerek Armstrong (+13)
WinsMathieu Garon (13)
Goals against averageMathieu Garon (2.66)

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.[2] 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.[3] 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.

Regular season

The Kings struggled on the penalty kill, finishing the regular season 30th overall in penalty-kill percentage, at 77.86%.[4]

Season standings
Pacific Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
12Anaheim Ducks82482014258208110
25San Jose Sharks8251265258199107
36Dallas Stars8250257226197107
414Los Angeles Kings8227411422728368
515Phoenix Coyotes823146521628467

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Schedule and results

October
#DateOpponentScoreOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
1October 6@ Ducks3 – 4Cloutier17,1740–1–00
2October 7Blues1 – 4Garon18,1181–1–02
3October 10Islanders2 – 4Cloutier14,3942–1–04
4October 12Stars4 – 1Cloutier14,1672–2–04
5October 14Stars4 – 1Garon17,0522–3–04
6October 16Red Wings3 – 1Cloutier17,4172–4–04
7October 18Wild1 – 2OTCloutier14,6172–4–15
8October 19@ Coyotes4 – 0Garon12,7143–4–17
9October 22Ducks3 – 2SOGaron18,1183–4–28
10October 23@ Avalanche1 – 6Cloutier17,2843–5–28
11October 25@ Wild1 – 3Cloutier18,5683–6–28
12October 27@ Blue Jackets0 – 2Cloutier16,0873–7–28
13October 28@ Stars2 – 3Garon17,7113–8–28
14October 30Rangers1 – 4Garon17,2364–8–210

November
#DateOpponentScoreOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
15November 1Penguins4 – 3OTCloutier18,1184–8–311
16November 4@ Coyotes4 – 6Garon14,6314–9–311
17November 7@ Avalanche6 – 5Cloutier17,1965–9–313
18November 9Sharks7 – 3Garon16,6185–10–313
19November 11Wild3 – 2SOGaron17,4795–10–414
20November 13Sharks2 – 4Cloutier16,6676–10–416
21November 16Flyers4 – 3Cloutier16,4466–11–416
22November 18Coyotes3 – 5Cloutier14,4877–11–418
23November 22@ Sharks3 – 6Cloutier17,4967–12–418
24November 24@ Stars3 – 5Garon18,5327–13–418
25November 25Flames1 – 3Garon17,0438–13–420
26November 27Devils2 – 3SOGaron16,2239–13–422
27November 30@ Coyotes4 – 7Brust11,5269–14–422

December
#DateOpponentScoreOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
28December 2Ducks4 – 3Cloutier16,1419–15–422
29December 3@ Ducks3 – 2Cloutier17,17410–15–424
30December 7Predators4 – 1Cloutier15,11910–16–424
31December 9Avalanche4 – 5Cloutier17,07911–16–426
32December 12Sharks3 – 1Cloutier15,20411–17–426
33December 14@ Sharks4 – 2Brust17,49612–17–428
34December 16Stars4 – 3SOBrust15,84612–17–529
35December 19Flames5 – 3Cloutier17,24712–18–529
36December 21@ Blues2 – 5Cloutier10,39012–19–529
37December 23@ Predators0 – 7Cloutier14,73912–20–529
38December 26Coyotes3 – 4SOBrust18,11813–20–531
39December 28@ Oilers7 – 4Garon16,83914–20–533
40December 29@ Flames4 – 6Brust19,28914–21–533
41December 31@ Red Wings2 – 6Garon20,06614–22–533

January
#DateOpponentScoreOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
42January 3Blue Jackets0 – 3Garon16,45115–22–535
43January 6Red Wings2 – 4Garon18,11816–22–537
44January 8Oilers2 – 1OTGaron16,22416–22–638
45January 11Sharks5 – 2Garon17,05416–23–638
46January 13@ Blues5 – 6Fukufuji17,86816–24–638
47January 15@ Stars1 – 3Brust17,99216–25–638
48January 16@ Thrashers2 – 6Fukufuji13,20516–26–638
49January 18Blues3 – 1Brust16,54416–27–638
50January 20Coyotes3 – 2Fukufuji18,34616–28–638
51January 26@ Canucks3 – 2OTBurke18,63017–28–640
52January 27@ Oilers3 – 4Burke16,83917–29–640
53January 30@ Flames1 – 4Burke19,28917–30–640

February
#DateOpponentScoreOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
54February 1Blackhawks3 – 2OTBurke16,95817–30–741
55February 3@ Panthers7 – 0Burke15,10818–30–743
56February 6@ Lightning2 – 3SOBurke18,27318–30–844
57February 8@ Capitals3 – 4OTGaron15,52718–30–945
58February 10@ Predators4 – 1Burke17,11319–30–947
59February 13@ Hurricanes1 – 2Burke15,76519–31–947
60February 17Ducks3 – 2SOGaron18,11819–31–1048
61February 18@ Ducks4 – 3SOBurke17,36320–31–1050
62February 22Canucks3 – 2Garon17,73720–32–1050
63February 24Avalanche5 – 6SOBurke18,11821–32–1052

March
#DateOpponentScoreOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
64March 1Ducks4 - 3OTBurke17,62022–32–1054
65March 3Predators6 – 3Burke16,85422–33–1054
66March 6@ Blackhawks0 – 3Burke9,11822–34–1054
67March 7@ Blue Jackets2 – 3OTGaron15,15422–34–1155
68March 9@ Red Wings2 – 3OTBurke20,06622–34–1256
69March 11@ Stars3 – 4OTBurke17,47822–34–1357
70March 12Oilers1 – 5Burke16,95423–34–1359
71March 15Blackhawks4 – 3SOBurke16,11023–34–1460
72March 17Blue Jackets3 – 5Garon17,19724–34–1462
73March 18@ Ducks5 – 3Garon17,17425–34–1464
74March 21Stars4 – 2Burke17,83825–35–1464
75March 23@ Blackhawks2 – 1Garon13,13326–35–1466
76March 24@ Wild1 – 4Garon18,56826–36–1466
77March 27@ Sharks1 – 3Burke17,49626–37–1466
78March 29Canucks4 – 2Burke17,91626–38–1466

April
#DateOpponentScoreOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
79April 1@ Sharks2 – 6Burke17,49626–39–1466
80April 3@ Canucks2 – 4Garon18,63026–40–1466
81April 5@ Coyotes2 – 3Burke15,96526–41–1466
82April 7Coyotes3 – 2Garon18,11827–41–1468

Playoffs

The Kings were eliminated from playoff contention for the fourth consecutive season.[5]

Player statistics
Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Michael CammalleriC813446804851605
Alexander FrolovLW8235367134-81016
Anze KopitarC7220416124-12721
Lubomir VisnovskyD69184058261800
Dustin BrownLW8117294654-211301
Derek ArmstrongC671133446213300
Rob BlakeD7214203482-261101
Sean AveryC55101828116-10112
Brent SopelD4441923142202
Tom KostopoulosRW767152273-2000
Brian WillsieRW8111102149-20201
Patrick O'SullivanC445141914-6201
Craig ConroyC525111638-13402
Scott ThorntonLW58761385-15010
Kevin DallmanD53191012-13000
Jamie LundmarkC2972925-8000
Mike WeaverD3936916-4101
Mattias NorstromD6227940-20000
Raitis IvanansLW66448140-12000
Jamie HewardD1926820-2100
Aaron MillerD8208860-14000
Jaroslav ModryD19088221000
Konstantin PushkarevRW162248-2000
Oleg TverdovskyD2604410-10000
John ZeilerRW2312322-2000
Noah ClarkeLW132024-6010
Jeff CowanLW2102232-1000
Peter HarroldD1202280000
Marty MurrayC190224-5000
Alyn McCauleyC1010120000
Sean BurkeG2301140000
Dan CloutierG24011210000
Mathieu GaronG3201160000
Jason WardRW70114-1000
Barry BrustG1100000000
Yutaka FukufujiG400000000
Gabe GauthierLW50002-1000
Tim JackmanRW500010-1000
Jack JohnsonD500018-5000
Joe PiskulaD50006-3000
Shay StephensonLW200000000
Lauri TukonenRW40000-2000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Mathieu Garon17793213106792.662849770.907
Sean Burke1310236105683.111687619.901
Dan Cloutier1281246142853.980608523.860
Barry Brust48611241303.700245215.878
Yutaka Fukufuji96403074.3704336.837
Team:4952822741142693.26324322163.889

[6]

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;

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season.[7]

Trades
June 24, 2006 To Los Angeles Kings
Patrick O'Sullivan
1st round pick in 2006 - Trevor Lewis		 To Minnesota Wild
Pavol Demitra
June 24, 2006 To Los Angeles Kings
4th round pick in 2006 - Niclas Andersén
5th round pick in 2006 - Martin Nolet		 To New York Rangers
4th round pick in 2006 - David Kveton
June 24, 2006 To Los Angeles Kings
7th round pick in 2007 - Matt Fillier		 To Columbus Blue Jackets
7th round pick in 2006 - Matt Marquardt
July 5, 2006 To Los Angeles Kings
Dan Cloutier		 To Vancouver Canucks
2nd round pick in 2007 - Taylor Ellington
3rd round pick in 2009 - Brayden McNabb
September 29, 2006 To Los Angeles Kings
Oleg Tverdovsky
Jack Johnson		 To Carolina Hurricanes
Tim Gleason
Éric Bélanger
January 20, 2007 To Los Angeles Kings
4th round pick in 2008 - Samuel Groulx		 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Ryan Munce
January 29, 2007 To Los Angeles Kings
Jamie Lundmark
4th round pick in 2007 - Dwight King
2nd round pick in 2008 - Mitch Wahl		 To Calgary Flames
Craig Conroy
February 5, 2007 To Los Angeles Kings
Jason Ward
Marc-André Cliche
Jan Marek
3rd round pick in 2008 - Corey Fienhage		 To New York Rangers
Sean Avery
John Seymour
February 26, 2007 To Los Angeles Kings
2nd round pick in 2007 - Wayne Simmonds
4th round pick in 2008 - Justin Jokinen		 To Vancouver Canucks
Brent Sopel
February 27, 2007 To Los Angeles Kings
5th round pick in 2007 - Joshua Turnbull		 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Jason Ward
February 27, 2007 To Los Angeles Kings
Jamie Heward		 To Washington Capitals
Conditional 5th round pick (not exercised)
February 27, 2007 To Los Angeles Kings
Jaroslav Modrý
Johan Fransson
2nd round pick in 2007 - Oscar Möller
3rd round pick in 2007 - Bryan Cameron
1st round pick in 2008 - Viktor Tikhonov		 To Dallas Stars
Mattias Norström
Konstantin Pushkaryov
3rd round pick in 2007 - Sergei Korostin
4th round pick in 2007 - Maxim Mayorov

Free agent signings
July 1, 2006 From San Jose Sharks
Scott Thornton (2 years, $3 million)
July 1, 2006 From Colorado Avalanche
Rob Blake (2 years, $12 million)
July 2, 2006 From San Jose Sharks
Alyn McCauley (3 years, $6 million)
July 4, 2006 From Washington Capitals
Brian Willsie (2 years, $1.7 million)
July 10, 2006 From St. Louis Blues
Brendan Buckley (2 years, terms undisclosed)
July 10, 2006 From St. Louis Blues
Kevin Dallman (2 years, terms undisclosed)
July 13, 2006 From Montreal Canadiens
Raitis Ivanāns (1 year, $450,000)
September 1, 2006 From Pittsburgh Penguins
Matt Moulson (3 years, entry level contract)
February 17, 2007 From Manchester Monarchs (AHL)
John Zeiler (1 year, terms undisclosed)
March 16, 2007 From Princeton University (ECAC)
Kevin Westgarth (3 years, entry level contract)
March 21, 2007 From University of Wisconsin-Madison (WCHA)
Joe Piskula (3 years, entry level contract)
April 27, 2007 From University of Maine (HE)
Teddy Purcell (3 years, entry level contract)

Free agents lost
July 1, 2006 To Ottawa Senators
Joe Corvo (4 years, $10.5 million)
July 1, 2006 To Minnesota Wild
Mark Parrish (5 years, $13.25 million)
July 4, 2006 To Phoenix Coyotes
Jeremy Roenick (1 year, $1.2 million)
July 9, 2006 To Kölner Haie (DEL)
Adam Hauser (1 year, terms undisclosed)
August 4, 2006 To Boston Bruins
Nathan Dempsey (1 year, $500,000)
August 9, 2006 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Connor James (2 years, terms undisclosed)
August 16, 2006 To SCL Tigers (NLA)
Brad Fast (1 year, terms undisclosed)
August 21, 2006 To San Antonio Rampage (AHL)
Ryan Flinn (1 year, terms undisclosed)

Waivers
October 3, 2006 To Colorado Avalanche
George Parros
November 11, 2006 From Philadelphia Flyers
Marty Murray
December 30, 2006 To Vancouver Canucks
Jeff Cowan
January 18, 2007 From Tampa Bay Lightning
Sean Burke

See also

References
  1. Kings get Patrick O'Sullivan nhl.com - accessed December 3, 2006.
  2. Kings get Dan Cloutier nhl.com - accessed December 23, 2006.
  3. Blues edge Kings in offensive contest tsn.ca Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine - accessed January 13, 2007.
  4. "2006-07 NHL Summary". Hockey-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011.
  5. ESPN.com Archived 2007-01-01 at the Wayback Machine - accessed January 21, 2007.
  6. "2006-07 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  7. "Hockey Transactions Search Results". Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
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