2006–07 Minnesota Wild season

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

2006–07 Minnesota Wild
Division2nd Northwest
Conference7th Western
2006–07 record48–26–8
Home record29–7–5
Road record19–19–3
Goals for235
Goals against191
Team information
General managerDoug Risebrough
CoachJacques Lemaire
CaptainRotating
Brian Rolston (Oct.–Nov.)
Keith Carney (Dec.)
Brian Rolston (Jan.)
Mark Parrish (Feb.–Apr.)
Alternate captainsRotating
Kim Johnsson (Oct.–Nov.)
Brian Rolston (Dec.)
Keith Carney (Jan.)
Brian Rolston (Feb.–Apr.)
Wes Walz
ArenaXcel Energy Center
Average attendance18,543
Team leaders
GoalsBrian Rolston (31)
AssistsPavol Demitra (39)
PointsPavol Demitra (64)
Brian Rolston
Penalty minutesDerek Boogaard (120)
Plus/minusKeith Carney (+22)
WinsNiklas Backstrom (23)
Goals against averageNiklas Backstrom (1.97)

Regular season

Excluding seven shootout goals allowed, the Wild finished the regular season with just 184 goals allowed, the fewest in the NHL.[1][2]

Season standings

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

Northwest Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
13Vancouver Canucks8249267222201105
27Minnesota Wild8248268235191104
38Calgary Flames8243291025822696
49Colorado Avalanche824431727225195
512Edmonton Oilers823243719524871

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

Here is the Wild's 2006–07 schedule with game by game results.

October
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
1October 5Colorado2 – 3MinnesotaOTFernandez18,5681–0–02
2October 7Nashville5 – 6MinnesotaBackstrom18,5682–0–04
3October 10Vancouver1 – 2MinnesotaSOFernandez18,0643–0–06
4October 12Washington2 – 3MinnesotaSOFernandez18,0644–0–08
5October 14Columbus0 – 5MinnesotaFernandez18,5685–0–010
6October 18Minnesota2 – 1Los AngelesOTFernandez14,6176–0–012
7October 20Minnesota1 – 2AnaheimFernandez13,4306–1–012
8October 21Minnesota4 – 1San JoseFernandez17,4967–1–014
9October 25Los Angeles1 – 3MinnesotaFernandez18,5688–1–016
10October 27Anaheim2 – 3MinnesotaSOFernandez18,5689–1–018
11October 29Minnesota1 – 4ColoradoFernandez17,6159–2–018

November
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
12November 2Vancouver2 – 5MinnesotaBackstrom18,56810–2–020
13November 4Nashville4 – 3MinnesotaFernandez18,56810–3–020
14November 7Minnesota1 – 3San JoseFernandez17,23310–4–020
15November 11Minnesota3 – 2Los AngelesSOFernandez17,47911–4–022
16November 12Minnesota2 – 3AnaheimBackstrom16,30611–5–022
17November 14Minnesota3 – 4PhoenixFernandez12,00211–6–022
18November 16Minnesota7 – 6NashvilleSOBackstrom12,75912–6–024
19November 18Colorado2 – 1MinnesotaSOBackstrom18,56812–6–125
20November 20Minnesota3 – 5OttawaFernandez18,09412–7–125
21November 22Minnesota2 – 4MontrealBackstrom21,27312–8–125
22November 24Phoenix0 – 4MinnesotaBackstrom18,56813–8–127
23November 25Minnesota3 – 5ColumbusFernandez15,49313–9–127
24November 29San Jose2 – 1MinnesotaFernandez18,56813–10–127

December
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
25December 1Detroit3 – 0MinnesotaFernandez18,56813–11–127
26December 2Minnesota3 – 4DallasSOBackstrom17,02713–11–228
27December 5Chicago2 – 3MinnesotaSOFernandez18,56814–11–230
28December 7Calgary2 – 3MinnesotaSOFernandez18,56815–11–232
29December 9Chicago4 – 5MinnesotaOTFernandez18,56816–11–234
30December 12Minnesota2 – 5CalgaryFernandez19,28916–12–234
31December 14Minnesota1 – 3EdmontonFernandez16,83916–13–234
32December 16Minnesota1 – 2VancouverBackstrom18,63016–14–234
33December 19Vancouver2 – 5MinnesotaFernandez18,56817–14–236
34December 22Minnesota1 – 3DetroitFernandez20,06617–15–236
35December 23Detroit2 – 3MinnesotaOTFernandez18,56818–15–238
36December 26Minnesota3 – 4TorontoFernandez19,35518–16–238
37December 27Minnesota1 – 3DetroitBackstrom20,06618–17–238
38December 29Columbus3 – 4MinnesotaOTFernandez18,56819–17–240
39December 31Anaheim3 – 4MinnesotaFernandez18,56820–17–242

January
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
40January 2Atlanta1 – 5MinnesotaFernandez18,56821–17–244
41January 4Tampa Bay3 – 2MinnesotaFernandez18,56821–18–244
42January 6Colorado2 – 1MinnesotaSOFernandez18,56821–18–345
43January 9Minnesota0 – 3CalgaryBackstrom19,28921–19–345
44January 11Minnesota5 – 2VancouverFernandez18,63022–19–347
45January 12Minnesota4 – 2EdmontonFernandez16,83923–19–349
46January 14Minnesota4 – 3ChicagoSOFernandez11,09124–19–351
47January 16Edmonton2 – 1MinnesotaFernandez18,56824–20–351
48January 19Minnesota3 – 0ChicagoFernandez12,33325–20–353
49January 20Dallas2 – 1MinnesotaSOBackstrom18,56825–20–454
50January 26Calgary1 – 2MinnesotaSOBackstrom18,56826–20–456
51January 27Minnesota2 – 3ColumbusFernandez18,13626–21–456
52January 30Minnesota5 – 2St. LouisFernandez10,44527–21–458

February
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
53February 1Minnesota5 – 3ColoradoBackstrom17,28628–21–460
54February 3Minnesota1 – 0PhoenixBackstrom17,11529–21–462
55February 6Minnesota2 – 4DallasBackstrom17,66029–22–462
56February 8Florida2 – 4MinnesotaBackstrom18,56830–22–464
57February 10Carolina4 – 5MinnesotaBackstrom18,56831–22–466
58February 14Vancouver3 – 2MinnesotaOTBackstrom18,56831–22–567
59February 17Minnesota4 – 1NashvilleBackstrom17,11332–22–569
60February 18Minnesota3 – 5St. LouisBackstrom13,72132–23–569
61February 20Dallas1 – 2MinnesotaSOBackstrom18,56833–23–571
62February 22Minnesota4 – 3ColoradoBackstrom18,00734–23–573
63February 25Edmonton1 – 4MinnesotaBackstrom18,56835–23–575
64February 28Minnesota1 – 2CalgaryOTHarding19,28935–23–676

March
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
65March 1Minnesota5 – 0EdmontonHarding16,83936–23–678
66March 4Minnesota3 – 4VancouverOTBackstrom18,63036–23–779
67March 6San Jose3 – 0MinnesotaBackstrom18,56836–24–779
68March 8Minnesota2 – 1BostonBackstrom13,70937–24–781
69March 9Minnesota5 – 1BuffaloHarding18,69038–24–783
70March 11Colorado2 – 3MinnesotaOTBackstrom18,56839–24–785
71March 13Minnesota3 – 2VancouverOTBackstrom18,63040–24–787
72March 15Minnesota2 – 1EdmontonBackstrom16,83941–24–789
73March 17Minnesota4 – 2CalgaryBackstrom19,28942–24–791
74March 20Phoenix2 – 3MinnesotaBackstrom18,56843–24–793
75March 22St. Louis1 – 5MinnesotaBackstrom18,56844–24–795
76March 24Los Angeles1 – 4MinnesotaHarding18,56845–24–797
77March 27Calgary1 – 0MinnesotaSOBackstrom18,56845–24–898
78March 29Calgary4 – 2MinnesotaHarding18,56845–25–898
79March 31Minnesota1 – 2ColoradoHarding17,19245–26–898

April
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
80April 3Edmonton0 – 3MinnesotaBackstrom18,56846–26–8100
81April 4Edmonton0 – 3MinnesotaBackstrom18,56847–26–8102
82April 6St. Louis1 – 5MinnesotaBackstrom18,56848–26–8104
  • Green background indicates win.
  • Red background indicates regulation loss.
  • White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

Playoffs

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

Western Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (2) Anaheim Ducks

Anaheim wins series 4–1

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeries
1April 11Minnesota1 – 2AnaheimBackstrom17,1800 – 1
2April 13Minnesota2 – 3AnaheimBackstrom17,3240 – 2
3April 15Anaheim2 – 1MinnesotaBackstrom19,2240 – 3
4April 17Anaheim1 – 4MinnesotaBackstrom19,1741 – 3
5April 19Minnesota1 – 4AnaheimBackstrom17,3181 – 4

Player statistics
Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Brian RolstonC/RW783133644661316
Pavol DemitraLW71253964280914
Marian GaborikRW4830275740121217
Pierre-Marc BouchardC822037571413503
Mikko KoivuC82203454586922
Todd WhiteC77133144248611
Mark ParrishRW76192039189504
Brent BurnsD77718252616303
Branko RadivojevicRW8211132421-9403
Wes WalzC6291524303011
Kurtis FosterD573202352-3000
Kim JohnssonD763192264-4300
Petteri NummelinD513172022-15000
Stephane VeilleuxLW7571118473001
Keith CarneyD80413175822001
Martin SkoulaD8101515369000
Pascal DupuisLW481031338-7220
Nick SchultzD8221012420001
Wyatt SmithC6133616-8100
Adam HallRW2323582000
Dominic MooreC10202103001
Mattias WeinhandlRW1211210-2000
Niklas BackstromG4101120000
Shawn BelleD901104000
Derek BoogaardLW480111200000
Joel WardRW1101100000
Manny FernandezG44000120000
Matt FoyRW90004-1000
Josh HardingG700000000
Jason MorganC40004-1000
Benoit PouliotLW30000-1000
Erik ReitzD100001000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Niklas Backstrom2227412386731.9751028955.929
Manny Fernandez242244221611032.55211581055.911
Josh Harding361732171.161174167.960
Team:501082482681832.19823602177.922
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Marian GaborikRW531483111
Pavol DemitraLW51340-1000
Pierre-Marc BouchardC51120-3000
Petteri NummelinD311201100
Brian RolstonC/RW51124-2000
Kurtis FosterD302200000
Mikko KoivuC51014-1000
Mark ParrishRW510102000
Niklas BackstromG501120000
Derek BoogaardLW4011200000
Brent BurnsD5011141000
Nick SchultzD50110-3000
Wes WalzC501141000
Keith CarneyD500041000
Adam HallRW300070000
Kim JohnssonD40002-1000
Branko RadivojevicRW50002-1000
Martin SkoulaD500042000
Wyatt SmithC400000000
Stephane VeilleuxLW500040000
Todd WhiteC40000-1000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Niklas Backstrom297514112.220145134.924
Team:297514112.220145134.924

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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 Wild were involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season.[4][5]

Trades
June 24, 2006 To Minnesota Wild
Pavol Demitra		 To Los Angeles Kings
Patrick O'Sullivan
1st round pick in 2006 (Trevor Lewis)
February 9, 2007 To Minnesota Wild
Adam Hall		 To New York Rangers
Pascal Dupuis
February 27, 2007 To Minnesota Wild
Dominic Moore		 To Pittsburgh Penguins
3rd round pick in 2007

Free agents acquired
PlayerFormer team
G Niklas BackstromOulun Kärpät
D Kim JohnssonPhiladelphia Flyers
D Keith CarneyVancouver Canucks
F Mark ParrishLos Angeles Kings
F Branko RadivojevicPhiladelphia Flyers
F Wyatt SmithNew York Islanders

Free agents lost
PlayerNew team
D Andrei ZyuzinCalgary Flames
D Filip KubaTampa Bay Lightning
F Randy RobitaillePhiladelphia Flyers
D Daniel TjarnqvistEdmonton Oilers
F Erik WestrumToronto Maple Leafs
D Scott FergusonSan Jose Sharks
F Marc ChouinardVancouver Canucks
D Alex HenryNashville Predators

Draft picks

Minnesota's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[6] 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 Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team (league)
1 9 James Sheppard (C/LW)  Canada Minnesota Wild Cape Breton Screaming Eagles (QMJHL)
2 40 Ondrej Fiala (C)  Czech Republic Minnesota Wild Everett Silvertips (WHL)
3 72 Cal Clutterbuck (RW)  Canada Minnesota Wild Oshawa Generals (OHL)
4 102 Kyle Medvec (D)  United States Minnesota Wild Apple Valley High School (USHS-MN)
5 132 Niko Hovinen (G)  Finland Minnesota Wild Jokerit (SM-liiga)
6 162 Julian Walker (W)   Switzerland Minnesota Wild EHC Basel (NLA)
7 192 Chris Hickey (C)  United States Minnesota Wild Cretin-Derham Hall (USHS-MN)

See also

References
  1. "2006-07 Minnesota Wild Roster and Statistics".
  2. "2006-07 NHL Summary".
  3. "2006-07 Minnesota Wild Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  4. NHL Insider - Offseason Trades, nhl.com, accessed December 2, 2006
  5. NHL Insider - Free Agent Signings, nhl.com, accessed December 2, 2006,
  6. 2006 NHL Entry Draft Results nhl.com - accessed November 20, 2006
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