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2006–07 Montreal Canadiens
Division4th Northeast
Conference10th Eastern
2006–07 record42–34–6
Home record26–12–3
Road record16–22–3
Goals for245
Goals against256
Team information
General managerBob Gainey
Pierre Gauthier (interim, Dec. 10–Jan. 1)[1]
CoachGuy Carbonneau
CaptainSaku Koivu
Alternate captainsAlexei Kovalev (Feb–Apr)
Craig Rivet (Oct–Feb)
Sheldon Souray
ArenaBell Centre
Team leaders
GoalsMichael Ryder (30)
AssistsSaku Koivu (53)
PointsSaku Koivu (75)
Penalty minutesSheldon Souray (135)
Plus/minusAlexander Perezhogin (+11)
WinsCristobal Huet (19)
Goals against averageCristobal Huet (2.81)

The 2006–07 Montreal Canadiens season was the club's 98th season, 90th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The club finished fourth in the Northeast division and missed qualification for the playoffs by two points after losing the final game of the regular season 6–5 against the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Pre-season

The Canadiens were only minimally active in offseason transactions, with forwards Sergei Samsonov and Mike Johnson and defenceman Janne Niinimaa representing the only additions. Forwards Jan Bulis, Richard Zednik and Mike Ribeiro moved to other teams: Bulis via free agency to Vancouver, Zednik via a trade to Washington and Ribeiro via a trade to Dallas (for Niinimaa).

Regular season

The club intended to build on a 2005–06 season in which it took the eventual Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes to six games in the first round of the playoffs. Behind the leadership of goaltender Cristobal Huet and captain Saku Koivu, the Canadiens poised themselves to join the elite of the Eastern Conference.

However, the team failed to keep its momentum for the whole season. Cristobal Huet's injury on February 15, 2007, forced the Canadiens to use backup goaltenders Jaroslav Halak and David Aebischer. Despite Halak's decent performance, the Canadiens could not clinch a playoff spot. They were eliminated on April 8 after a 6–5 loss against the Toronto Maple Leafs during the season's last game.

On January 9, 2007, the NHL announced that Sheldon Souray had been voted by the fans to start at defence in the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas.[2]

The Canadiens finished the regular season with the NHL's best power-play percentage, at 22.75% (86 for 378), and tied the Ottawa Senators for most shorthanded goals scored, with 17.[3]

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

[4]

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[5]
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[6]
October: 6–2–3 (home: 3–1–2; road: 3–1–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
1 October 6 Montreal 4–5 Buffalo SO Huet 18,690 0–0–1 1 Recap
2 October 7 Montreal 3–2 Toronto SO Aebischer 19,353 1–0–1 3 Recap
3 October 11 Montreal 3–1 Philadelphia Aebischer 19,256 2–0–1 5 Recap
4 October 14 Ottawa 3–2 Montreal SO Huet 21,273 2–0–2 6 Recap
5 October 17 Calgary 4–5 Montreal Huet 21,273 3–0–2 8 Recap
6 October 18 Montreal 1–2 Chicago Aebischer 11,095 3–1–2 8 Recap
7 October 21 Colorado 5–8 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 4–1–2 10 Recap
8 October 23 Buffalo 4–1 Montreal Huet 21,273 4–2–2 10 Recap
9 October 26 Montreal 3–2 Boston Huet 13,920 5–2–2 12 Recap
10 October 28 Toronto 5–4 Montreal SO Aebischer 21,273 5–2–3 13 Recap
11 October 31 Ottawa 2–4 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 6–2–3 15 Recap
November: 8–5–0 (home: 4–2–0; road: 4–3–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
12 November 2 Montreal 4–0 Carolina Huet 6,486 7–2–3 17 Recap
13 November 4 New Jersey 2–1 Montreal Huet 21,271 7–3–3 17 Recap
14 November 7 Edmonton 2–3 Montreal SO Aebischer 21,273 8–3–3 19 Recap
15 November 11 Montreal 1–5 Toronto Aebischer 19,501 8–4–3 19 Recap
16 November 13 Montreal 6–3 Ottawa Huet 20,051 9–4–3 21 Recap
17 November 15 Montreal 3–1 Tampa Bay Huet 19,920 10–4–3 23 Recap
18 November 16 Montreal 1–5 Florida Aebischer 13,506 10–5–3 23 Recap
19 November 18 Atlanta 1–3 Montreal Huet 21,273 11–5–3 25 Recap
20 November 22 Minnesota 2–4 Montreal Huet 21,273 12–5–3 27 Recap
21 November 24 Montreal 2–1 Buffalo OT Huet 18,690 13–5–3 29 Recap
22 November 25 Philadelphia 4–2 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 13–6–3 29 Recap
23 November 28 Florida 0–1 Montreal SO Huet 21,273 14–6–3 31 Recap
24 November 30 Montreal 2–4 Carolina Huet 13,103 14–7–3 31 Recap
December: 8–4–2 (home: 5–1–1; road: 3–3–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
25 December 2 Toronto 3–4 Montreal SO Huet 21,273 15–7–3 33 Recap
26 December 4 Boston 6–5 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 15–8–3 33 Recap
27 December 6 Montreal 1–2 New Jersey OT Aebischer 10,986 15–8–4 34 Recap
28 December 7 Montreal 4–2 NY Islanders Huet 9,551 16–8–4 36 Recap
29 December 9 Buffalo 3–2 Montreal SO Huet 21,273 16–8–5 37 Recap
30 December 12 Boston 3–4 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 17–8–5 39 Recap
31 December 14 Tampa Bay 2–4 Montreal Huet 21,273 18–8–5 41 Recap
32 December 16 Pittsburgh 3–6 Montreal Huet 21,273 19–8–5 43 Recap
33 December 19 Montreal 5–2 Buffalo Huet 18,690 20–8–5 45 Recap
34 December 21 Philadelphia 2–4 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 21–8–5 47 Recap
35 December 23 Montreal 2–4 Boston Huet 17,565 21–9–5 47 Recap
36 December 27 Montreal 4–1 Washington Huet 15,609 22–9–5 49 Recap
37 December 29 Montreal 1–3 Florida Huet 19,772 22–10–5 49 Recap
38 December 30 Montreal 1–3 Tampa Bay Huet 21,120 22–11–5 49 Recap
January: 6–7–0 (home: 4–3–0; road: 2–4–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
39 January 2 Tampa Bay 2–5 Montreal Huet 21,273 23–11–5 51 Recap
40 January 4 Montreal 1–5 Washington Huet 11,287 23–12–5 51 Recap
41 January 6 NY Rangers 4–3 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 23–13–5 51 Recap
42 January 7 New Jersey 3–0 Montreal Huet 21,273 23–14–5 51 Recap
43 January 9 Atlanta 2–4 Montreal Huet 21,273 24–14–5 53 Recap
44 January 11 Montreal 4–2 Philadelphia Aebischer 19,411 25–14–5 55 Recap
45 January 13 Montreal 3–8 Ottawa Huet 20,038 25–15–5 55 Recap
46 January 15 Montreal 0–2 Detroit Aebischer 20,066 25–16–5 55 Recap
47 January 16 Vancouver 4–0 Montreal Huet 21,273 25–17–5 55 Recap
48 January 18 Montreal 4–1 Atlanta Huet 14,025 26–17–5 57 Recap
49 January 20 Buffalo 3–4 Montreal Huet 21,273 27–17–5 59 Recap
50 January 27 Montreal 1–4 Toronto Huet 19,508 27–18–5 59 Recap
51 January 29 Ottawa 1–3 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 28–18–5 61 Recap
February: 5–9–1 (home: 3–5–0; road: 2–4–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
52 February 1 Montreal 4–5 Pittsburgh SO Aebischer 17,132 28–18–6 62 Recap
53 February 3 NY Islanders 4–2 Montreal Huet 21,273 28–19–6 62 Recap
54 February 4 Pittsburgh 3–4 Montreal OT Aebischer 21,273 29–19–6 64 Recap
55 February 6 Carolina 2–1 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 29–20–6 64 Recap
56 February 8 Montreal 1–4 Ottawa Huet 19,915 29–21–6 64 Recap
57 February 10 Ottawa 5–3 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 29–22–6 64 Recap
58 February 13 Florida 1–0 Montreal Huet 21,273 29–23–6 64 Recap
59 February 14 Montreal 2–5 New Jersey Huet 7,515 29–24–6 64 Recap
60 February 17 Carolina 5–3 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 29–25–6 64 Recap
61 February 18 Montreal 3–2 Columbus Halak 16,116 30–25–6 66 Recap
62 February 20 Washington 3–5 Montreal Halak 21,273 31–25–6 68 Recap
63 February 22 Montreal 6–5 Nashville SO Halak 15,808 32–25–6 70 Recap
64 February 24 Montreal 2–3 NY Islanders Halak 16,234 32–26–6 70 Recap
65 February 26 Toronto 5–4 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 33–26–6 72 Recap
66 February 27 Montreal 0–4 NY Rangers Halak 18,200 33–27–6 72 Recap
March: 8–5–0 (home: 6–0–0; road: 2–5–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
67 March 2 Montreal 5–8 Buffalo Aebischer 18,690 33–28–6 72 Recap
68 March 3 Montreal 1–3 Boston Halak 17,565 33–29–6 72 Recap
69 March 8 Montreal 2–6 Atlanta Halak 14,528 33–30–6 72 Recap
70 March 10 Montreal 4–3 St. Louis Aebischer 19,421 34–30–6 74 Recap
71 March 13 NY Islanders 3–5 Montreal Aebischer 21,273 35–30–6 76 Recap
72 March 16 Montreal 3–6 Pittsburgh Aebischer 17,132 35–31–6 76 Recap
73 March 17 Toronto 2–3 Montreal SO Halak 21,273 36–31–6 78 Recap
74 March 20 Boston 0–1 Montreal Halak 21,273 37–31–6 80 Recap
75 March 22 Montreal 6–3 Boston Halak 17,026 38–31–6 82 Recap
76 March 24 Washington 1–4 Montreal Halak 21,273 39–31–6 84 Recap
77 March 27 Rangers 4–6 Montreal Halak 21,273 40–31–6 86 Recap
78 March 30 Montreal 2–5 Ottawa Halak 20,185 40–32–6 86 Recap
79 March 31 Buffalo 3–4 Montreal Halak 21,273 41–32–6 88 Recap
April: 1–2–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 0–2–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
80 April 3 Boston 0–2 Montreal Halak 21,273 42–32–6 90 Recap
81 April 5 Montreal 1–3 NY Rangers Halak 18,200 42–33–6 90 Recap
82 April 7 Montreal 5–6 Toronto Huet 19,723 42–34–6 90 Recap
Legend:

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

  • Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Canadiens only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canadiens only.
Regular season
No. Player Pos GP G A Pts +/- PIM
11 Saku Koivu C 81 22 53 75 −21 74
44 Sheldon Souray D 81 26 38 64 −28 135
73 Michael Ryder RW 82 30 28 58 −25 60
79 Andrei Markov D 77 6 43 49 2 56
35 Tomas Plekanec LW 81 20 27 47 10 36
27 Alexei Kovalev RW 73 18 29 47 −19 78
21 Chris Higgins C 61 22 16 38 −11 26
32 Mark Streit D 76 10 26 36 −5 14
20 Mike Johnson RW 80 11 20 31 6 40
84 Guillaume Latendresse RW 80 16 13 29 −20 47
15 Sergei Samsonov LW 63 9 17 26 −4 10
14 Radek Bonk C 74 13 10 23 0 54
8 Mike Komisarek D 82 4 15 19 7 96
52 Craig Rivet‡ D 54 6 10 16 −7 57
42 Alexander Perezhogin LW 61 6 9 15 11 48
51 Francis Bouillon D 62 3 11 14 −10 52
40 Maxim Lapierre C 46 6 6 12 −7 24
46 Andrei Kostitsyn W 22 1 10 11 3 6
22 Steve Begin C 52 5 5 10 −6 46
25 Mathieu Dandenault D 68 2 6 8 −8 40
57 Garth Murray C 43 2 1 3 −10 32
6 Janne Niinimaa D 41 0 3 3 −13 36
47 Aaron Downey RW 21 1 0 1 −6 48
41 Jaroslav Halak G 16 0 1 1 2
39 Cristobal Huet G 42 0 1 1 0
62 Duncan Milroy RW 5 0 1 1 −2 0
30 David Aebischer G 32 0 0 0 2
26 Josh Gorges† D 7 0 0 0 −1 0
59 Mikhail Grabovski C 3 0 0 0 −2 0

Goaltending

Regular season
No. Player GP W L OT SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
39 Cristobal Huet 42 19 16 3 1280 107 2.81 .916 2 2286
30 David Aebischer 32 13 12 3 929 93 3.17 .900 0 1760
41 Jaroslav Halak 16 10 6 0 469 44 2.89 .906 2 912

Awards and records

Awards

Type Award/honour Recipient Ref
League
(annual) 		King Clancy Memorial Trophy Saku Koivu [7]
League
(in-season) 		NHL All-Star Game selection Cristobal Huet [8]
Sheldon Souray[a]
NHL Third Star of the Month Cristobal Huet (November) [10]
NHL Third Star of the Week Sheldon Souray (October 22) [11]
Jaroslav Halak (March 25)
Team Jacques Beauchamp Molson Trophy Mark Streit [12]
Molson Cup Cristobal Huet [13]

Transactions

Trades

July 12, 2006 To Washington Capitals
Richard Zednik 		To Montreal Canadiens
3rd round pick in 2007
July 12, 2006 To Phoenix Coyotes
4th round pick in 2007 		To Montreal Canadiens
Mike Johnson
September 30, 2006 To Dallas Stars
Mike Ribeiro
6th round pick in 2008 		To Montreal Canadiens
Janne Niinimaa
5th round pick in 2007
December 15, 2006 To San Jose Sharks
Patrick Traverse 		To Montreal Canadiens
Mathieu Biron
February 25, 2007 To San Jose Sharks
Craig Rivet
5th round pick in 2008 		To Montreal Canadiens
Josh Gorges
1st round pick in 2007

Free agents acquired

Player Former team
F Sergei Samsonov Edmonton Oilers

Free agents lost

Player Current team
F Jan Bulis Vancouver Canucks

Claimed off waivers

Player Former team Date
G Michael Leighton Philadelphia Flyers February 27

Draft picks

Montreal's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[14] The Canadiens had the 16th overall draft pick, which they traded to the San Jose Sharks for the 20th and 53rd overall picks.

Round # Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team (league)
1 20 David Fischer (D)  United States Montreal Canadiens (from San Jose) Apple Valley High School (MSHSL)
2 49 Ben Maxwell (C)  Canada Montreal Canadiens Kootenay Ice (WHL)
2 53 Mathieu Carle (D)  Canada Montreal Canadiens (from San Jose) Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)
3 66 Ryan White (C)  Canada Montreal Canadiens (from Chicago) Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
5 139 Pavel Valentenko (D)  Russia Montreal Canadiens Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Russian Superleague)
7 199 Cameron Cepek (D)  United States Montreal Canadiens Portland Winterhawks (WHL)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Souray was voted to the starting lineup.[9]

References

  • "Montreal Canadiens 2006-07 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  • "2006-07 Montreal Canadiens Roster, Stats, Injuries, Scores, Results, Shootouts". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  1. ^ "Canadiens GM returns to work after daughter's death". ESPN. January 2, 2006. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  2. ^ TSN : NHL – Canada's Sports Leader
  3. ^ "2006-07 NHL Summary".
  4. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  5. ^ "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  6. ^ "2006-07 Montreal Canadiens Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  7. ^ "King Clancy Memorial Trophy". records.nhl.com. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  8. ^ "NHL All-Star Game Historical Summaries - 2007". NHL.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  9. ^ "NHL All-Star Game Starting Lineups by Year (since 1986)". NHL.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  10. ^ "NHL Three Stars of the Month". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  11. ^ "NHL Three Stars of the Week". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
  12. ^ Montreal Canadiens 2014–2015 Media Guide, p.553
  13. ^ Montreal Canadiens 2014–2015 Media Guide, p.552
  14. ^ "2006 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
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