2006–07 Montreal Canadiens season

The Montreal Canadiens 2006-07 Season

Regular season

Season standings

Northeast Division	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
Buffalo Sabres	40	29	8	3	61	158	115
Montreal Canadiens	40	23	12	5	51	124	111
Ottawa Senators	42	22	18	2	46	135	121
Toronto Maple Leafs	42	19	17	6	44	141	140
Boston Bruins	38	19	15	3	41	114	139

As of January 4, 2007. For current standings, see 2006-07 NHL season

Game log

October

Record for month 6-2-3 (Home 3-1-2 Away 3-1-1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 6	Montreal	4 - 5	Buffalo	SO	Huet	18,690	0-0-1	1
2	October 7	Montreal	3 - 2	Toronto	SO	Aebischer	19,353	1-0-1	3
3	October 11	Montreal	3 - 1	Philadelphia		Aebischer	19,256	2-0-1	5
4	October 14	Ottawa	3 - 2	Montreal	SO	Huet	21,273	2-0-2	6
5	October 17	Calgary	4 - 5	Montreal		Huet	21,273	3-0-2	8
6	October 18	Montreal	1 - 2	Chicago		Aebischer	11,095	3-1-2	8
7	October 21	Colorado	5 - 8	Montreal		Aebischer	21,273	4-1-2	10
8	October 23	Buffalo	4 - 1	Montreal		Huet	21,273	4-2-2	10
9	October 26	Montreal	3 - 2	Boston		Huet	13,920	5-2-2	12
10	October 28	Toronto	5 - 4	Montreal	SO	Aebischer	21,273	5-2-3	13
11	October 31	Ottawa	2 - 4	Montreal		Aebischer	21,273	6-2-3	15

November

Record for Month 8-5-0 (Home 4-2-0 Away 4-3-0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
12	November 2	Montreal	4 - 0	Carolina		Huet	16,486	7-2-3	17
13	November 4	New Jersey	2 - 1	Montreal		Huet	21,273	7-3-3	17
14	November 7	Edmonton	2 - 3	Montreal	SO	Aebischer	21,273	8-3-3	19
15	November 11	Montreal	1 - 5	Toronto		Aebischer	19,501	8-4-3	19
16	November 13	Montreal	6 - 3	Ottawa		Huet	20,051	9-4-3	21
17	November 15	Montreal	3 - 1	Tampa Bay		Huet	19,920	10-4-3	23
18	November 16	Montreal	4 - 2	Florida		Aebischer	13,506	10-5-3	23
19	November 18	Atlanta	1 - 3	Montreal		Huet	21,273	11-5-3	25
20	November 22	Minnesota	2 - 4	Montreal		Huet	21,273	12-5-3	27
21	November 24	Montreal	2 - 1	Buffalo	OT	Huet	18,690	13-5-3	29
22	November 25	Philadelphia	4 - 2	Montreal		Aebischer	21,273	13-6-3	29
23	November 28	Florida	0 - 1	Montreal	SO	Huet	21,273	14-6-3	31
24	November 30	Montreal	2 - 4	Carolina		Huet	13,103	14-7-3	31

December

Record for Month 8-4-2 (Home 5-1-1 Away 3-3-1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
25	December 2	Toronto	3 - 4	Montreal	SO	Huet	21,273	15-7-3	33
26	December 2	Boston	6 - 5	Montreal		Aebischer	21,273	15-8-3	33
27	December 6	Montreal	1 - 2	New Jersey	OT	Aebischer	10,986	15-8-4	34
28	December 7	Montreal	4 - 2	NY Islanders		Huet	9,551	16-8-4	36
29	December 9	Buffalo	3 - 2	Montreal	SO	Huet	21,273	16-8-5	37
30	December 12	Boston	4 - 3	Montreal		Aebischer	21,273	17-8-5	39
31	December 14	Tampa Bay	2 - 4	Montreal		Huet	21,273	18-8-5	41
32	December 16	Pittsburgh	3 - 6	Montreal		Huet	21,273	19-8-5	43
33	December 19	Montreal	5 - 2	Buffalo		Huet	18,690	20-8-5	45
34	December 21	Philadelphia	2 - 4	Montreal		Aebischer	21,273	21-8-5	47
35	December 23	Montreal	2 - 4	Boston		Huet	17,565	21-9-5	47
36	December 27	Montreal	4 - 1	Washington		Huet	15,609	22-9-5	49
37	December 29	Montreal	1 - 3	Florida		Huet	19,772	22-10-5	49
38	December 30	Montreal	1 - 3	Tampa Bay		Huet	21,120	22-11-5	49

January

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
39	January 2	Tampa Bay	2 - 5	Montreal		Huet	21,273	23-11-5	51
40	January 4	Montreal	1 - 5	Washington		Huet	11,287	23-12-5	51

• Green background indicates win.
• Red background indicates regulation loss.
• White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

Season Stats

Scoring Leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Saku Koivu	39	15	24	39	-3	32
Sheldon Souray	38	13	21	34	+1	56
Alexei Kovalev	39	10	19	29	-4	56
Michael Ryder	39	11	16	27	-8	28
Andrei Markov	37	3	22	25	+4	26

as of January 4, 2007

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Cristobal Huet	28	1586	16	6	3	62	2	.930	2.35
David Aebischer	14	791	7	5	2	39	0	.908	2.96

as of January 4, 2007

Transactions

Trades

July 13, 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

Free Agents Acquired

Player	Former Team
F Sergei Samsonov	Edmonton Oilers

Free Agents Lost

Player	Current Team
F Jan Bulis	Vancouver Canucks
F Richard Zednik	Washington Capitals

Draft Picks

Montreal's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. 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 (WHL)
2	53	Mathieu Carle (D)	Canada	Montreal Canadiens (from San Jose)	Acadie-Bathhurst (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 Winter Hawks (WHL)

External Links

• Official site of the Montreal Canadiens

See also

• 2006-07 NHL Season

References

• Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
• Game log: Montreal Canadiens game log on espn.com
• Season Stats: [2] on espn.com