2006–07 Detroit Red Wings season

2006–07 Detroit Red Wings
Central Division champions
Division	1st Central
Conference	1st Western
2006–07 record	50–19–13
Home record	29–4–8
Road record	21–15–5
Goals for	254
Goals against	199
Team information
General manager	Ken Holland
Coach	Mike Babcock
Captain	Nicklas Lidstrom
Alternate captains	Kris Draper Henrik Zetterberg
Arena	Joe Louis Arena
Average attendance	20,066 (100%)
Team leaders
Goals	Henrik Zetterberg (33)
Assists	Pavel Datsyuk (60)
Points	Pavel Datsyuk (87)
Penalty minutes	Robert Lang (66)
Plus/minus	Nicklas Lidstrom (40)
Wins	Dominik Hasek (38)
Goals against average	Dominik Hasek (2.05)

The 2006–07 Detroit Red Wings season was the 81st National Hockey League season in Detroit, Michigan. The Wings entered a new era, following the retirement of longtime captain Steve Yzerman after 22 seasons (23 years) in the NHL, all spent with Detroit. The Wings named Yzerman a team vice-president, Yzerman's number 19 was retired by the Wings in January.

The Red Wings lost another longtime player in Brendan Shanahan, who signed with the New York Rangers, although they retained the services of goaltender Dominik Hasek, who re-signed with the club as a free agent. Hasek remained one of the NHL's goaltending leaders, helping the Red Wings remain in contention for top spot in the Western Conference, battling with their division rivals, the Nashville Predators.

Two Red Wings players represented the West at the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas, Texas – Nicklas Lidstrom was elected as a starting defenceman, and registered an assist, where he was joined by forward Henrik Zetterberg.

Regular season

On February 8, 2007, the Red Wings lost 1–0 at St. Louis. It was the first time that the Red Wings had been shut-out in a regular season game since January 7, 2004, when they lost at home 3–0 to the Boston Bruins. Prior to their loss to the Blues, the Red Wings had gone 175 consecutive regular season games without being shut-out.

Season standings

Central Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	82	50	19	13	254	199	113
2	4	Nashville Predators	82	51	23	8	272	212	110
3	10	St. Louis Blues	82	34	35	13	214	254	81
4	11	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	33	42	7	201	249	73
5	13	Chicago Blackhawks	82	31	42	9	201	258	71

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.

Western Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	z-Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	50	19	13	254	199	113
2	y-Anaheim Ducks	PA	82	48	20	14	258	208	110
3	y-Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	49	26	7	222	201	105
4	Nashville Predators	CE	82	51	23	8	272	212	110
5	San Jose Sharks	PA	82	51	26	5	258	199	107
6	Dallas Stars	PA	82	50	25	7	226	197	107
7	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	48	26	8	235	191	104
8	Calgary Flames	NW	82	43	29	10	258	226	96
9	Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	44	31	7	272	251	95
10	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	34	35	13	214	254	81
11	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	33	42	7	201	249	73
12	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	32	43	7	195	248	71
13	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	31	42	9	201	258	71
14	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	27	41	14	227	283	68
15	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	31	46	5	216	284	67

bold - qualified for playoffs, y - division title, z - best conference record
CE - Central Division, NW - Northwest Division, PA - Pacific Division

Playoffs

The Detroit Red Wings ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's first seed.

Schedule and results

Regular season

2006–07 regular season
October: 6–4–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 4–3–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 5 Vancouver 3 – 1 Detroit Hasek 20,066 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 7 Detroit 2 – 0 Pittsburgh Hasek 15,318 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 11 Phoenix 2 – 9 Detroit Hasek 20,066 2–1–0 4 Recap 4 October 13 Buffalo 3 – 2 Detroit SO Hasek 20,066 2–1–1 5 Recap 5 October 16 Detroit 3 – 1 Los Angeles Osgood 17,417 3–1–1 7 Recap 6 October 18 Detroit 1 – 4 Anaheim Hasek 14,767 3–2–1 7 Recap 7 October 19 Detroit 1 – 5 San Jose Osgood 17,496 3–3–1 7 Recap 8 October 21 Detroit 1 – 3 Edmonton Hasek 16,839 3–4–1 7 Recap 9 October 25 San Jose 1 – 2 Detroit Hasek 20,066 4–4–1 9 Recap 10 October 27 Detroit 4 – 3 Dallas Hasek 18,584 5–4–1 11 Recap 11 October 28 Detroit 3 – 2 St. Louis Osgood 12,700 6–4–1 13 Recap
November: 7–2–3 (home: 5–0–2; road: 2–2–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 12 November 1 Calgary 2 – 3 Detroit Hasek 20,066 7–4–1 15 Recap 13 November 2 Detroit 2 – 1 Chicago Osgood 15,174 8–4–1 17 Recap 14 November 4 Columbus 1 – 4 Detroit Hasek 20,066 9–4–1 19 Recap 15 November 8 Edmonton 0 – 3 Detroit Hasek 20,066 10–4–1 21 Recap 16 November 10 Nashville 0 – 3 Detroit Hasek 20,066 11–4–1 23 Recap 17 November 14 Detroit 3 – 2 Vancouver Hasek 18,630 12–4–1 25 Recap 18 November 17 Detroit 1 – 4 Calgary Hasek 19,289 12–5–1 25 Recap 19 November 18 Detroit 3 – 4 Edmonton SO MacDonald 16,839 12–5–2 26 Recap 20 November 22 Vancouver 4 – 3 Detroit OT Hasek 20,066 12–5–3 27 Recap 21 November 24 St. Louis 3 – 2 Detroit SO Hasek 20,066 12–5–4 28 Recap 22 November 25 Detroit 2 – 6 Nashville MacDonald 16,835 12–6–4 28 Recap 23 November 27 Dallas 1 – 2 Detroit Hasek 20,066 13–6–4 30 Recap
December: 11–3–1 (home: 6–2–0; road: 5–1–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 24 December 1 Detroit 3 – 0 Minnesota Hasek 18,568 14–6–4 32 Recap 25 December 2 San Jose 3 – 2 Detroit MacDonald 20,066 14–7–4 32 Recap 26 December 5 Detroit 5 – 1 St. Louis Hasek 19,646 15–7–4 34 Recap 27 December 7 St. Louis 3 – 4 Detroit OT Hasek 20,066 16–7–4 36 Recap 28 December 9 Toronto 1 – 5 Detroit Hasek 20,066 17–7–4 38 Recap 29 December 12 Ottawa 3 – 2 Detroit Hasek 20,066 17–8–4 38 Recap 30 December 14 Detroit 3 – 2 Chicago Hasek 15,130 18–8–4 40 Recap 31 December 16 Detroit 2 – 1 New Jersey Hasek 15,078 19–8–4 42 Recap 32 December 18 Detroit 3 – 4 Columbus Osgood 17,046 19–9–4 42 Recap 33 December 20 Columbus 0 – 5 Detroit Hasek 20,066 20–9–4 44 Recap 34 December 22 Minnesota 1 – 3 Detroit Hasek 20,066 21–9–4 46 Recap 35 December 23 Detroit 2 – 3 Minnesota OT Osgood 18,568 21–9–5 47 Recap 36 December 27 Minnesota 1 – 3 Detroit Hasek 20,066 22–9–5 49 Recap 37 December 28 Detroit 7 – 4 Columbus Osgood 17,408 23–9–5 51 Recap 38 December 31 Los Angeles 2 – 6 Detroit Hasek 20,066 24–9–5 53 Recap
January: 8–5–1 (home: 5–0–0; road: 3–5–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 39 January 2 Anaheim 1 – 2 Detroit Hasek 20,066 25–9–5 55 Recap 40 January 4 Detroit 4 – 9 San Jose Hasek 17,496 25–10–5 55 Recap 41 January 6 Detroit 2 – 4 Los Angeles Osgood 18,118 25–11–5 55 Recap 42 January 7 Detroit 2 – 4 Anaheim Hasek 17,418 25–12–5 55 Recap 43 January 9 Detroit 4 – 3 Colorado SO Hasek 18,007 26–12–5 57 Recap 44 January 11 Detroit 5 – 1 Phoenix Hasek 14,386 27–12–5 59 Recap 45 January 13 Chicago 3 – 6 Detroit Osgood 20,066 28–12–5 61 Recap 46 January 15 Montreal 0 – 2 Detroit Hasek 20,066 29–12–5 63 Recap 47 January 17 Nashville 3 – 5 Detroit Hasek 20,066 30–12–5 65 Recap 48 January 19 Detroit 1 – 3 Columbus Hasek 18,136 30–13–5 65 Recap 49 January 20 Detroit 1 – 3 Colorado MacDonald 18,007 30–14–5 65 Recap 50 January 26 Detroit 1 – 2 St. Louis OT Osgood 16,427 30–14–6 66 Recap 51 January 28 Colorado 1 – 3 Detroit Hasek 20,066 31–14–6 68 Recap 52 January 30 Detroit 4 – 3 NY Islanders OT Hasek 12,322 32–14–6 70 Recap
February: 8–2–2 (home: 4–0–1; road: 4–2–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 53 February 2 St. Louis 3 – 5 Detroit Hasek 20,066 33–14–6 72 Recap 54 February 5 Detroit 4 – 3 NY Rangers Hasek 18,200 34–14–6 74 Recap 55 February 7 Phoenix 2 – 4 Detroit Hasek 20,066 35–14–6 76 Recap 56 February 8 Detroit 0 – 1 St. Louis MacDonald 11,285 35–15–6 76 Recap 57 February 11 Calgary 4 – 7 Detroit MacDonald 20,066 36–15–6 78 Recap 58 February 12 Detroit 1 – 6 Philadelphia MacDonald 19,575 36–16–6 78 Recap 59 February 14 Detroit 3 – 1 Dallas Osgood 18,037 37–16–6 80 Recap 60 February 17 Detroit 4 – 1 Phoenix Hasek 16,940 38–16–6 82 Recap 61 February 21 Chicago 2 – 4 Detroit Hasek 20,066 39–16–6 84 Recap 62 February 23 Edmonton 4 – 3 Detroit SO Hasek 20,066 39–16–7 85 Recap 63 February 24 Detroit 3 – 4 Nashville OT Osgood 17,113 39–16–8 86 Recap 64 February 27 Detroit 4 – 1 Chicago Hasek 15,131 40–16–8 88 Recap
March: 7–3–4 (home: 5–1–4; road: 2–2–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 65 March 2 Chicago 2–6 Detroit Osgood 20,066 41–16–8 90 Recap 66 March 4 Colorado 4–3 Detroit OT Osgood 20,066 41–16–9 91 Recap 67 March 6 Nashville 3–4 Detroit OT Osgood 20,066 42–16–9 93 Recap 68 March 9 Los Angeles 2–3 Detroit OT Hasek 20,066 43–16–9 95 Recap 69 March 11 Boston 6–3 Detroit Hasek 20,066 43–17–9 95 Recap 70 March 13 Detroit 5–2 Nashville Osgood 17,113 44–17–9 97 Recap 71 March 14 Nashville 2–4 Detroit Hasek 20,066 45–17–9 99 Recap 72 March 17 Detroit 1–4 Vancouver Hasek 18,630 45–18–9 99 Recap 73 March 20 Detroit 1–2 Calgary Hasek 19,289 45–19–9 99 Recap 74 March 22 Columbus 2–1 Detroit OT Osgood 20,066 45–19–10 100 Recap 75 March 24 St. Louis 3–2 Detroit OT Hasek 20,066 45–19–11 101 Recap 76 March 26 Anaheim 0–1 Detroit Hasek 20,066 46–19–11 103 Recap 77 March 29 Detroit 2–1 Nashville Osgood 16,646 47–19–11 105 Recap 78 March 30 Dallas 3–4 Detroit OT Hasek 20,066 47–19–12 106 Recap
April: 3–0–1 (home: 2–0–0; road: 1–0–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 79 April 1 Detroit 4–1 Columbus Hasek 17,350 48–19–12 108 Recap 80 April 3 Columbus 0–3 Detroit Hasek 20,066 49–19–12 110 Recap 81 April 5 Detroit 2–3 Chicago OT Osgood 16,288 49–19–13 111 Recap 82 April 7 Chicago 2–7 Detroit Osgood 20,066 50–19–13 113 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2007 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (8) Calgary Flames — Detroit wins 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 12 Calgary 1 – 4 Detroit Hasek 19,204 1 – 0 Recap 2 April 15 Calgary 1 – 3 Detroit Hasek 19,751 2 – 0 Recap 3 April 17 Detroit 2 – 3 Calgary Hasek 19,289 2 – 1 Recap 4 April 19 Detroit 2 – 3 Calgary Hasek 19,289 2 – 2 Recap 5 April 21 Calgary 1 – 5 Detroit Hasek 19,340 3 – 2 Recap 6 April 22 Detroit 2 – 1 Calgary 2OT Hasek 19,289 4 – 2 Recap
Western Conference Semifinals: vs. (5) San Jose Sharks — Detroit wins 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 26 San Jose 2 – 0 Detroit Hasek 18,712 0 – 1 Recap 2 April 28 San Jose 2 – 3 Detroit Hasek 19,113 1 – 1 Recap 3 April 30 Detroit 1 – 2 San Jose Hasek 17,496 1 – 2 Recap 4 May 2 Detroit 3 – 2 San Jose 1OT Hasek 17,496 2 – 2 Recap 5 May 5 San Jose 1 – 4 Detroit Hasek 19,937 3 – 2 Recap 6 May 7 Detroit 2 – 0 San Jose Hasek 17,496 4 – 2 Recap
Western Conference Finals: vs. (2) Anaheim Ducks — Anaheim wins 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 11 Anaheim 1 – 2 Detroit Hasek 19,939 1 – 0 Recap 2 May 13 Anaheim 4 – 3 Detroit 1OT Hasek 19,620 1 – 1 Recap 3 May 15 Detroit 5 – 0 Anaheim Hasek 17,358 2 – 1 Recap 4 May 17 Detroit 3 – 5 Anaheim Hasek 17,375 2 – 2 Recap 5 May 20 Anaheim 2 – 1 Detroit 1OT Hasek 20,003 2 – 3 Recap 6 May 22 Detroit 3 – 4 Anaheim Hasek 17,380 2 – 4 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Pavel Datsyuk C 79 27 60 87 20 36 5 2 5 Henrik Zetterberg LW 63 33 35 68 36 26 11 1 10 Nicklas Lidstrom D 80 13 49 62 46 40 10 0 1 Tomas Holmstrom LW 77 30 22 52 58 13 13 0 5 Robert Lang C 81 19 33 52 66 12 6 0 4 Mathieu Schneider D 68 11 41 52 66 12 2 1 2 Daniel Cleary RW 71 20 20 40 24 6 6 2 5 Mikael Samuelsson RW 53 14 20 34 28 1 6 0 2 Johan Franzen LW 69 10 20 30 37 20 0 1 2 Kris Draper C 81 14 15 29 58 7 0 5 1 Jason Williams C 58 11 15 26 24 7 3 0 2 Jiri Hudler C 76 15 10 25 36 16 3 0 4 Niklas Kronwall D 68 1 21 22 54 0 1 0 0 Brett Lebda D 74 5 13 18 61 16 1 0 2 Valtteri Filppula C 73 10 7 17 20 8 0 0 1 Danny Markov D 66 4 12 16 59 25 0 0 0 Kyle Calder LW 19 5 9 14 22 6 1 0 2 Kirk Maltby RW 82 6 5 11 50 -9 0 0 0 Chris Chelios D 71 0 11 11 34 11 0 0 0 Andreas Lilja D 57 0 5 5 54 6 0 0 0 Todd Bertuzzi RW 8 2 2 4 6 3 0 0 0 Dominik Hasek G 56 0 2 2 20 0 0 0 0 Josh Langfeld RW 33 0 2 2 12 2 0 0 0 Tomas Kopecky C 26 1 0 1 22 -2 0 0 0 Kyle Quincey D 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Brad Norton D 6 0 1 1 20 2 0 0 0 Chris Osgood G 21 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 Darryl Bootland RW 6 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 Matt Ellis LW 16 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0 Matt Hussey C 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Joey MacDonald G 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Derek Meech D 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Dominik Hasek 3341 56 38 11 6 114 2.05 8 1309 1195 .913 Chris Osgood 1161 21 11 3 6 46 2.38 0 496 450 .907 Joey MacDonald 468 8 1 5 1 27 3.46 0 211 184 .872 Team: 4970 82 50 19 13 187 2.26 8 2016 1829 .907

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Nicklas Lidstrom D 18 4 14 18 6 0 4 0 2 Pavel Datsyuk C 18 8 8 16 8 2 4 0 2 Henrik Zetterberg LW 18 6 8 14 12 1 3 0 1 Daniel Cleary RW 18 4 8 12 30 2 1 2 0 Mikael Samuelsson RW 18 3 8 11 14 2 1 0 1 Tomas Holmstrom LW 15 5 3 8 14 2 4 0 1 Robert Lang C 18 2 6 8 8 5 0 0 0 Todd Bertuzzi RW 16 3 4 7 15 -2 1 0 0 Johan Franzen LW 18 3 4 7 10 8 0 0 2 Chris Chelios D 18 1 6 7 12 7 0 1 0 Mathieu Schneider D 11 2 4 6 16 4 1 0 1 Valtteri Filppula C 18 3 2 5 2 -2 0 0 0 Kris Draper C 18 2 0 2 24 -5 0 0 0 Kirk Maltby RW 18 1 1 2 10 0 0 1 0 Jiri Hudler C 6 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 Brett Lebda D 12 0 2 2 8 4 0 0 0 Andreas Lilja D 18 1 0 1 10 -4 0 0 0 Kyle Calder LW 13 0 1 1 8 1 0 0 0 Dominik Hasek G 18 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Tomas Kopecky C 4 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0 Danny Markov D 18 0 0 0 13 -2 0 0 0 Kyle Quincey D 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Dominik Hasek 1140 18 10 8 34 1.79 2 444 410 .923 Team: 1140 18 10 8 34 1.79 2 444 410 .923

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 Red Wings have been involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season.

Trades

February 26, 2007	To Detroit Red Wings Kyle Calder	To Chicago Blackhawks Jason Williams
February 27, 2007	To Detroit Red Wings Todd Bertuzzi	To Florida Panthers Conditional draft pick Shawn Matthias

Free agents acquired

Player signed	Former team
F Matt Hussey	Pittsburgh Penguins
D Dan Smith	Edmonton Oilers
D Danny Markov	Nashville Predators
G Dominik Hasek	Ottawa Senators
F Greg Johnson	Nashville Predators

Free agents lost

Player lost	New team
F Brendan Shanahan	New York Rangers
F Mark Mowers	Boston Bruins
F Don MacLean	Phoenix Coyotes
G Manny Legace	St. Louis Blues

Lost on waivers

Player	New Team
G Joey MacDonald	Boston Bruins

Draft picks

Detroit's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Red Wings had no first-round pick in this draft, having dealt the 29th overall pick to the Phoenix Coyotes.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	41	Cory Emmerton (C/LW)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings (from Phoenix via Florida and Philadelphia)	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
2	47	Shawn Matthias (C)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings (from Phoenix via Tampa Bay and Philadelphia)	Belleville Bulls (OHL)
2	62	Dick Axelsson (W)	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	Huddinge IK (Division 3)
3	92	Daniel Larsson (G)	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	Hammarby IF (HockeyAllsvenskan)
6	182	Jan Mursak (LW)	Slovenia	Detroit Red Wings	Ceske Budejovice Jr. (Czech)
7	191	Nick Oslund (RW)	United States	Detroit Red Wings (from Phoenix)	Burnsville (USHS-MN)
7	212	Logan Pyett (D)	Canada	Detroit Red Wings	Regina Pats (WHL)

Farm teams

Grand Rapids Griffins

The Griffins are Detroit's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2006–07.

Toledo Storm

The Storm are the Red Wings' ECHL affiliate for the 2006–07 season.

See also

• 2006–07 NHL season