2006–07 Boston Bruins season

2006–07 Boston Bruins
Division	5th Northeast
Conference	13th Eastern
2006–07 record	35–41–6
Home record	18–19–4
Road record	17–22–2
Goals for	219
Goals against	289
Team information
General manager	Peter Chiarelli
Coach	Dave Lewis
Captain	Zdeno Chara
Alternate captains	Patrice Bergeron Glen Murray
Arena	TD Banknorth Garden
Average attendance	14,764 (84.1%)
Team leaders
Goals	Glen Murray (28)
Assists	Marc Savard (74)
Points	Marc Savard (96)
Penalty minutes	Andrew Alberts (124)
Plus/minus	Andrew Ference (+5)
Wins	Tim Thomas (30)
Goals against average	Joey MacDonald (3.12)

The 2006–07 Boston Bruins season, the franchise's 83rd, saw the team working toward improving on a 2005–06 season which saw them finish with the third-worst record in the Eastern Conference. The Bruins missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

Offseason

Forward Marc Savard and defenceman Zdeno Chara were major additions to the team via free agency, while goaltender Tim Thomas took over the starting job after Andrew Raycroft was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the off-season.

Regular season

Phil Kessel, the team's first-round pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, immediately entered the lineup. However, he was lost from the roster in mid-December when he was diagnosed with a form of testicular cancer. Kessel's cancer proved to be operable and was removed, and he returned to the Bruins' lineup on January 9, less than a month after his diagnosis.

The Bruins finished the regular season having allowed the most shorthanded goals in the NHL, with 18.

Season standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Buffalo Sabres	82	53	22	7	308	242	113
2	4	Ottawa Senators	82	48	25	9	288	222	105
3	9	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	40	31	11	258	269	91
4	10	Montreal Canadiens	82	42	34	6	245	256	90
5	13	Boston Bruins	82	35	41	6	219	289	76

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

Schedule and results

2006–07 regular season
October: 3–5–1 (home: 2–2–0; road: 1–3–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 L October 6, 2006 3–8 @ Florida Panthers (2006–07) 0–1–0 Recap 2 W October 7, 2006 3–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2006–07) 1–1–0 Recap 3 L October 11, 2006 1–4 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2006–07) 1–2–0 Recap 4 L October 12, 2006 2–3 SO @ St. Louis Blues (2006–07) 1–2–1 Recap 5 L October 14, 2006 1–4 @ New York Islanders (2006–07) 1–3–1 Recap 6 W October 19, 2006 3–2 Calgary Flames (2006–07) 2–3–1 Recap 7 L October 21, 2006 2–6 Buffalo Sabres (2006–07) 2–4–1 Recap 8 L October 26, 2006 2–3 Montreal Canadiens (2006–07) 2–5–1 Recap 9 W October 28, 2006 2–1 Ottawa Senators (2006–07) 3–5–1 Recap
November: 9–4–1 (home: 5–3–1; road: 4–1–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 10 L November 2, 2006 4–5 SO Buffalo Sabres (2006–07) 3–5–2 Recap 11 W November 4, 2006 6–5 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (2006–07) 4–5–2 Recap 12 L November 6, 2006 3–5 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2006–07) 4–6–2 Recap 13 L November 9, 2006 4–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07) 4–7–2 Recap 14 W November 11, 2006 4–3 Ottawa Senators (2006–07) 5–7–2 Recap 15 W November 15, 2006 3–2 SO @ Washington Capitals (2006–07) 6–7–2 Recap 16 W November 16, 2006 2–1 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07) 7–7–2 Recap 17 W November 18, 2006 3–2 OT Washington Capitals (2006–07) 8–7–2 Recap 18 L November 20, 2006 2–3 Florida Panthers (2006–07) 8–8–2 Recap 19 W November 22, 2006 4–3 SO @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2006–07) 9–8–2 Recap 20 L November 24, 2006 1–5 Carolina Hurricanes (2006–07) 9–9–2 Recap 21 W November 25, 2006 3–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07) 10–9–2 Recap 22 W November 28, 2006 4–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07) 11–9–2 Recap 23 W November 30, 2006 4–3 SO Tampa Bay Lightning (2006–07) 12–9–2 Recap
December: 7–5–1 (home: 4–2–0; road: 3–3–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 24 L December 2, 2006 2–5 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2006–07) 12–10–2 Recap 25 W December 4, 2006 6–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (2006–07) 13–10–2 Recap 26 W December 7, 2006 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07) 14–10–2 Recap 27 L December 9, 2006 1–5 New Jersey Devils (2006–07) 14–11–2 Recap 28 L December 12, 2006 3–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (2006–07) 14–12–2 Recap 29 W December 14, 2006 5–3 New Jersey Devils (2006–07) 15–12–2 Recap 30 L December 16, 2006 3–6 Florida Panthers (2006–07) 15–13–2 Recap 31 W December 19, 2006 7–2 @ Ottawa Senators (2006–07) 16–13–2 Recap 32 W December 21, 2006 2–0 Vancouver Canucks (2006–07) 17–13–2 Recap 33 W December 23, 2006 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (2006–07) 18–13–2 Recap 34 L December 26, 2006 4–5 OT @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2006–07) 18–13–3 Recap 35 W December 29, 2006 5–3 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2006–07) 19–13–3 Recap 36 L December 30, 2006 0–5 @ Nashville Predators (2006–07) 19–14–3 Recap
January: 3–9–1 (home: 3–3–1; road: 0–6–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 37 L January 1, 2007 1–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07) 19–15–3 Recap 38 L January 4, 2007 2–10 Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07) 19–16–3 Recap 39 W January 6, 2007 4–3 Philadelphia Flyers (2006–07) 20–16–3 Recap 40 L January 9, 2007 2–5 @ Ottawa Senators (2006–07) 20–17–3 Recap 41 L January 11, 2007 4–5 SO New York Islanders (2006–07) 20–17–4 Recap 42 L January 13, 2007 1–3 @ New York Rangers (2006–07) 20–18–4 Recap 43 W January 15, 2007 3–2 SO Buffalo Sabres (2006–07) 21–18–4 Recap 44 L January 17, 2007 3–6 @ Buffalo Sabres (2006–07) 21–19–4 Recap 45 W January 18, 2007 5–4 SO Pittsburgh Penguins (2006–07) 22–19–4 Recap 46 L January 20, 2007 0–3 Ottawa Senators (2006–07) 22–20–4 Recap 47 L January 27, 2007 1–3 @ Ottawa Senators (2006–07) 22–21–4 Recap 48 L January 29, 2007 1–6 New York Rangers (2006–07) 22–22–4 Recap 49 L January 30, 2007 1–7 @ Buffalo Sabres (2006–07) 22–23–4 Recap
February: 8–5–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 6–2–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 50 L February 1, 2007 1–3 Buffalo Sabres (2006–07) 22–24–4 Recap 51 W February 3, 2007 4–3 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (2006–07) 23–24–4 Recap 52 W February 6, 2007 3–2 SO @ Washington Capitals (2006–07) 24–24–4 Recap 53 L February 8, 2007 2–5 Carolina Hurricanes (2006–07) 24–25–4 Recap 54 W February 10, 2007 4–3 SO New York Islanders (2006–07) 25–25–4 Recap 55 W February 13, 2007 3–0 Edmonton Oilers (2006–07) 26–25–4 Recap 56 L February 15, 2007 1–4 @ New York Islanders (2006–07) 26–26–4 Recap 57 W February 17, 2007 4–3 SO @ Buffalo Sabres (2006–07) 27–26–4 Recap 58 W February 19, 2007 6–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2006–07) 28–26–4 Recap 59 W February 20, 2007 3–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2006–07) 29–26–4 Recap 60 W February 23, 2007 6–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2006–07) 30–26–4 Recap 61 L February 24, 2007 2–7 @ Florida Panthers (2006–07) 30–27–4 Recap 62 L February 26, 2007 2–3 Atlanta Thrashers (2006–07) 30–28–4 Recap
March: 5–9–2 (home: 2–5–2; road: 3–4–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 63 L March 1, 2007 3–4 OT Philadelphia Flyers (2006–07) 30–28–5 Recap 64 W March 3, 2007 3–1 Montreal Canadiens (2006–07) 31–28–5 Recap 65 W March 4, 2007 4–1 @ New Jersey Devils (2006–07) 32–28–5 Recap 66 L March 6, 2007 0–2 Colorado Avalanche (2006–07) 32–29–5 Recap 67 L March 8, 2007 1–2 Minnesota Wild (2006–07) 32–30–5 Recap 68 L March 10, 2007 1–4 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2006–07) 32–31–5 Recap 69 W March 11, 2007 6–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (2006–07) 33–31–5 Recap 70 W March 15, 2007 4–3 SO Washington Capitals (2006–07) 34–31–5 Recap 71 L March 17, 2007 0–7 @ New York Rangers (2006–07) 34–32–5 Recap 72 L March 20, 2007 0–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (2006–07) 34–33–5 Recap 73 L March 22, 2007 3–6 Montreal Canadiens (2006–07) 34–34–5 Recap 74 L March 24, 2007 1–2 SO New York Rangers (2006–07) 34–34–6 Recap 75 L March 25, 2007 0–5 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2006–07) 34–35–6 Recap 76 W March 27, 2007 3–2 @ Ottawa Senators (2006–07) 35–35–6 Recap 77 L March 29, 2007 2–4 Pittsburgh Penguins (2006–07) 35–36–6 Recap 78 L March 31, 2007 2–3 Atlanta Thrashers (2006–07) 35–37–6 Recap
April: 0–4–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–3–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 79 L April 1, 2007 1–3 @ New Jersey Devils (2006–07) 35–38–6 Recap 80 L April 3, 2007 0–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (2006–07) 35–39–6 Recap 81 L April 5, 2007 2–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (2006–07) 35–40–6 Recap 82 L April 7, 2007 3–6 Ottawa Senators (2006–07) 35–41–6 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

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 Bruins only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.

			Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
71,91	Marc Savard	C	82	22	74	96	−19	96
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	77	22	48	70	−28	26
27	Glen Murray	RW	59	28	17	45	−12	44
16	Marco Sturm	LW	76	27	17	44	−24	46
33	Zdeno Chara	D	80	11	32	43	−21	100
26	Brad Boyes‡	C	62	13	21	34	−17	25
81	Phil Kessel	C	70	11	18	29	−12	12
11	P. J. Axelsson	LW	55	11	16	27	−10	52
10	Brandon Bochenski†	RW	31	11	11	22	3	14
23	Paul Mara‡	D	59	3	15	18	−22	95
6	Brad Stuart‡	D	48	7	10	17	−22	26
22	Shean Donovan	RW	76	6	11	17	−13	56
18	Mark Mowers	C	78	5	12	17	−10	26
20	Wayne Primeau‡	C	51	7	8	15	−15	75
17	Petr Tenkrat	RW	64	9	5	14	−16	34
13	Stanislav Chistov†	LW	60	5	8	13	−8	36
41	Andrew Alberts	D	76	0	10	10	−15	124
25	Jason York	D	49	1	7	8	−14	32
47	Petr Kalus	LW	9	4	1	5	0	6
68	Milan Jurcina‡	D	40	2	1	3	−5	20
21	Andrew Ference†	D	26	1	2	3	−2	31
44	Aaron Ward†	D	20	1	2	3	−8	18
6	Dennis Wideman†	D	20	1	2	3	−3	27
38	Bobby Allen	D	31	0	3	3	−1	10
12	Chuck Kobasew†	C	10	1	1	2	−6	25
32	Jeff Hoggan	LW	46	0	2	2	−8	33
49	Matt Lashoff	D	12	0	2	2	−6	12
43	Yan Stastny‡	C	21	0	2	2	−3	19
28	Wade Brookbank‡	LW	7	1	0	1	−1	15
21,29	Nathan Dempsey	D	17	0	1	1	−2	6
53	Jeremy Reich	LW	32	0	1	1	−10	63
45	Mark Stuart	D	15	0	1	1	7	14
60	Brian Finley	G	2	0	0	0		0
46	David Krejci	C	6	0	0	0	−3	2
31	Joey MacDonald†	G	7	0	0	0		0
35	Philippe Sauve†	G	2	0	0	0		0
50	Jonathan Sigalet	D	1	0	0	0	−2	4
30	Tim Thomas	G	66	0	0	0		6
52	Nate Thompson	C	4	0	0	0	0	0
54	Hannu Toivonen	G	18	0	0	0		2
56	Ben Walter	C	4	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.

		Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
30	Tim Thomas	66	30	29	4	1985	189	3.13	.905	3	3619
54	Hannu Toivonen	18	3	9	1	502	63	4.23	.875	0	894
31	Joey MacDonald†	7	2	2	1	195	16	2.68	.918	0	358
60	Brian Finley	2	0	1	0	33	3	3.05	.909	0	59
35	Philippe Sauve†	2	0	0	0	23	4	5.85	.826	0	41

Transactions

Trades

June 24, 2006	To Toronto Maple Leafs Andrew Raycroft	To Boston Bruins Tuukka Rask
June 26, 2006	To Phoenix Coyotes Nick Boynton conditional 3rd round draft pick in 2007 or 2008	To Boston Bruins Paul Mara 4th round draft pick in 2007
November 14, 2006	To Phoenix Coyotes Tyler Redenbach	To Boston Bruins Philippe Sauve
December 19, 2006	To Pittsburgh Penguins Wade Brookbank	To Boston Bruins future considerations
January 16, 2007	To St. Louis Blues Yan Stastny	To Boston Bruins 5th round pick in 2007
February 1, 2007	To Washington Capitals Milan Jurcina	To Boston Bruins 4th round pick in 2008
February 3, 2007	To Chicago Blackhawks Kris Versteeg	To Boston Bruins Brandon Bochenski
February 27, 2007	To Boston Bruins Aaron Ward	To New York Rangers Paul Mara

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team
F Marc Savard	Atlanta Thrashers
D Zdeno Chara	Ottawa Senators
G Brian Finley	Nashville Predators
D Wade Brookbank	Vancouver Canucks
D Nathan Dempsey	Los Angeles Kings
D Jason York	St. Louis Blues
F Jeff Hoggan	St. Louis Blues
F Nate DiCasmirro	Edmonton Oilers
F Dennis Packard	Tampa Bay Lightning

Free agents lost

Player	Current team
D Hal Gill	Toronto Maple Leafs
D David Tanabe	Carolina Hurricanes
F Tom Fitzgerald	Retired
D Brian Leetch	UFA
F Brad Isbister	Carolina Hurricanes
F Travis Green	Anaheim Ducks
F Shawn McEachern	UFA
F Alexei Zhamnov	Retired
F Marty Reasoner	Edmonton Oilers
F Dan LaCouture	New Jersey Devils
F Mariusz Czerkawski	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers (Swiss-A)
D Jiri Slegr	HC Litvínov (Czech)

Claimed off waivers

Player	Former team
G Joey MacDonald	Detroit Red Wings

Draft picks

Boston's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Bruins had the 5th overall draft pick.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team (league)
1	5	Phil Kessel (C/RW)	United States	Boston Bruins	University of Minnesota (WCHA)
2	37	Yuri Alexandrov (D)	Russia	Boston Bruins	Severstal Cherepovets (Russia)
2	50	Milan Lucic (LW)	Canada	Boston Bruins (from Edmonton)	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
3	71	Brad Marchand (C)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
5	128	Andrew Bodnarchuk (D)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
6	158	Levi Nelson (C)	Canada	Boston Bruins	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)

See also

• 2006–07 NHL Season