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2006–07 Los Angeles Kings
Division4th Pacific
Conference14th Western
2006–07 record27–41–14
Home record16–16–9
Road record11–25–5
Goals for227
Goals against283
Team information
General manager Dean Lombardi
Coach Marc Crawford
Captain Mattias Norstrom (Oct-Feb)
Vacant (Feb-Apr)
Alternate captains Rob Blake
Craig Conroy (Oct-Jan)
Aaron Miller
Scott Thornton
Arena Staples Center
Average attendance16,859 (91.1%)
Team leaders
Goals Alexander Frolov (35)
Assists Michael Cammalleri (46)
PointsMichael Cammalleri (80)
Penalty minutes Raitis Ivanans (140)
Plus/minus Derek Armstrong (+13)
Wins Mathieu Garon (13)
Goals against averageMathieu Garon (2.66)
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The 2006–07 Los Angeles Kings season was the 40th season (39th season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise. This season marked the beginning of a rebuilding phase, as the team hired Marc Crawford as their new head coach, the former general manager of the San Jose Sharks, Dean Lombardi, as their new GM, former NHL goaltenders Ron Hextall as assistant GM (and GM of their AHL affiliate Manchester Monarchs), and Bill Ranford as goaltending coach. Their first big move came when they acquired rookie prospect Patrick O'Sullivan, along with a 2006 first-round draft pick ( Trevor Lewis), from the Minnesota Wild for forward Pavol Demitra on June 24, 2006. [1]

But the biggest move of the off-season for the Kings was acquiring goaltender Dan Cloutier from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a 2007 second-round draft pick and a 2009 conditional draft pick on July 5, 2006. [2] He was then named the team's starting goaltender ahead of Mathieu Garon, whom many fans expected to be their number-one goaltender. Before the season got underway, he was signed to a two-year contract, expecting a great performance from the former Canuck. However, at the end of December, Dan Cloutier was last in save percentage and goals against average (GAA) amongst NHL goaltenders who have played at least 12 games.

Injuries to both Garon and Cloutier in January prompted the Kings to recall Yutaka Fukufuji as an emergency goaltender, who made his NHL debut on January 13 against the St. Louis Blues, becoming the first Japanese-born player in NHL history. [3] On January 18, prior to a home game against St. Louis, the Kings claimed goaltender Sean Burke off of waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Burke would be the fifth goaltender to play for the Kings during the season (after Cloutier, Garon, Barry Brust and Fukufuji). This marked the first time the Kings have had at least five goaltenders appear during one season since the 2000–01 season ( Jamie Storr, Felix Potvin, Steve Passmore, Stephane Fiset and Travis Scott).

On January 20, 2007, prior to a night-game against the Phoenix Coyotes, the Los Angeles Kings officially retired Luc Robitaille's number 20 sweater. This makes him the fifth player to have his number retired by the Los Angeles Kings, along with Rogie Vachon, Marcel Dionne, Dave Taylor and Wayne Gretzky.

Regular season

The Kings struggled on the penalty kill, finishing the regular season 30th overall in penalty-kill percentage, at 77.86%. [4]

Season standings

Pacific Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 2 Anaheim Ducks 82 48 20 14 258 208 110
2 5 San Jose Sharks 82 51 26 5 258 199 107
3 6 Dallas Stars 82 50 25 7 226 197 107
4 14 Los Angeles Kings 82 27 41 14 227 283 68
5 15 Phoenix Coyotes 82 31 46 5 216 284 67

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

October

# Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
1 October 6 @ Ducks 3 – 4 Cloutier 17,174 0–1–0 0
2 October 7 Blues 1 – 4 Garon 18,118 1–1–0 2
3 October 10 Islanders 2 – 4 Cloutier 14,394 2–1–0 4
4 October 12 Stars 4 – 1 Cloutier 14,167 2–2–0 4
5 October 14 Stars 4 – 1 Garon 17,052 2–3–0 4
6 October 16 Red Wings 3 – 1 Cloutier 17,417 2–4–0 4
7 October 18 Wild 1 – 2 OT Cloutier 14,617 2–4–1 5
8 October 19 @ Coyotes 4 – 0 Garon 12,714 3–4–1 7
9 October 22 Ducks 3 – 2 SO Garon 18,118 3–4–2 8
10 October 23 @ Avalanche 1 – 6 Cloutier 17,284 3–5–2 8
11 October 25 @ Wild 1 – 3 Cloutier 18,568 3–6–2 8
12 October 27 @ Blue Jackets 0 – 2 Cloutier 16,087 3–7–2 8
13 October 28 @ Stars 2 – 3 Garon 17,711 3–8–2 8
14 October 30 Rangers 1 – 4 Garon 17,236 4–8–2 10

November

# Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
15 November 1 Penguins 4 – 3 OT Cloutier 18,118 4–8–3 11
16 November 4 @ Coyotes 4 – 6 Garon 14,631 4–9–3 11
17 November 7 @ Avalanche 6 – 5 Cloutier 17,196 5–9–3 13
18 November 9 Sharks 7 – 3 Garon 16,618 5–10–3 13
19 November 11 Wild 3 – 2 SO Garon 17,479 5–10–4 14
20 November 13 Sharks 2 – 4 Cloutier 16,667 6–10–4 16
21 November 16 Flyers 4 – 3 Cloutier 16,446 6–11–4 16
22 November 18 Coyotes 3 – 5 Cloutier 14,487 7–11–4 18
23 November 22 @ Sharks 3 – 6 Cloutier 17,496 7–12–4 18
24 November 24 @ Stars 3 – 5 Garon 18,532 7–13–4 18
25 November 25 Flames 1 – 3 Garon 17,043 8–13–4 20
26 November 27 Devils 2 – 3 SO Garon 16,223 9–13–4 22
27 November 30 @ Coyotes 4 – 7 Brust 11,526 9–14–4 22

December

# Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
28 December 2 Ducks 4 – 3 Cloutier 16,141 9–15–4 22
29 December 3 @ Ducks 3 – 2 Cloutier 17,174 10–15–4 24
30 December 7 Predators 4 – 1 Cloutier 15,119 10–16–4 24
31 December 9 Avalanche 4 – 5 Cloutier 17,079 11–16–4 26
32 December 12 Sharks 3 – 1 Cloutier 15,204 11–17–4 26
33 December 14 @ Sharks 4 – 2 Brust 17,496 12–17–4 28
34 December 16 Stars 4 – 3 SO Brust 15,846 12–17–5 29
35 December 19 Flames 5 – 3 Cloutier 17,247 12–18–5 29
36 December 21 @ Blues 2 – 5 Cloutier 10,390 12–19–5 29
37 December 23 @ Predators 0 – 7 Cloutier 14,739 12–20–5 29
38 December 26 Coyotes 3 – 4 SO Brust 18,118 13–20–5 31
39 December 28 @ Oilers 7 – 4 Garon 16,839 14–20–5 33
40 December 29 @ Flames 4 – 6 Brust 19,289 14–21–5 33
41 December 31 @ Red Wings 2 – 6 Garon 20,066 14–22–5 33

January

# Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
42 January 3 Blue Jackets 0 – 3 Garon 16,451 15–22–5 35
43 January 6 Red Wings 2 – 4 Garon 18,118 16–22–5 37
44 January 8 Oilers 2 – 1 OT Garon 16,224 16–22–6 38
45 January 11 Sharks 5 – 2 Garon 17,054 16–23–6 38
46 January 13 @ Blues 5 – 6 Fukufuji 17,868 16–24–6 38
47 January 15 @ Stars 1 – 3 Brust 17,992 16–25–6 38
48 January 16 @ Thrashers 2 – 6 Fukufuji 13,205 16–26–6 38
49 January 18 Blues 3 – 1 Brust 16,544 16–27–6 38
50 January 20 Coyotes 3 – 2 Fukufuji 18,346 16–28–6 38
51 January 26 @ Canucks 3 – 2 OT Burke 18,630 17–28–6 40
52 January 27 @ Oilers 3 – 4 Burke 16,839 17–29–6 40
53 January 30 @ Flames 1 – 4 Burke 19,289 17–30–6 40

February

# Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
54 February 1 Blackhawks 3 – 2 OT Burke 16,958 17–30–7 41
55 February 3 @ Panthers 7 – 0 Burke 15,108 18–30–7 43
56 February 6 @ Lightning 2 – 3 SO Burke 18,273 18–30–8 44
57 February 8 @ Capitals 3 – 4 OT Garon 15,527 18–30–9 45
58 February 10 @ Predators 4 – 1 Burke 17,113 19–30–9 47
59 February 13 @ Hurricanes 1 – 2 Burke 15,765 19–31–9 47
60 February 17 Ducks 3 – 2 SO Garon 18,118 19–31–10 48
61 February 18 @ Ducks 4 – 3 SO Burke 17,363 20–31–10 50
62 February 22 Canucks 3 – 2 Garon 17,737 20–32–10 50
63 February 24 Avalanche 5 – 6 SO Burke 18,118 21–32–10 52

March

# Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
64 March 1 Ducks 4 - 3 OT Burke 17,620 22–32–10 54
65 March 3 Predators 6 – 3 Burke 16,854 22–33–10 54
66 March 6 @ Blackhawks 0 – 3 Burke 9,118 22–34–10 54
67 March 7 @ Blue Jackets 2 – 3 OT Garon 15,154 22–34–11 55
68 March 9 @ Red Wings 2 – 3 OT Burke 20,066 22–34–12 56
69 March 11 @ Stars 3 – 4 OT Burke 17,478 22–34–13 57
70 March 12 Oilers 1 – 5 Burke 16,954 23–34–13 59
71 March 15 Blackhawks 4 – 3 SO Burke 16,110 23–34–14 60
72 March 17 Blue Jackets 3 – 5 Garon 17,197 24–34–14 62
73 March 18 @ Ducks 5 – 3 Garon 17,174 25–34–14 64
74 March 21 Stars 4 – 2 Burke 17,838 25–35–14 64
75 March 23 @ Blackhawks 2 – 1 Garon 13,133 26–35–14 66
76 March 24 @ Wild 1 – 4 Garon 18,568 26–36–14 66
77 March 27 @ Sharks 1 – 3 Burke 17,496 26–37–14 66
78 March 29 Canucks 4 – 2 Burke 17,916 26–38–14 66

April

# Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts
79 April 1 @ Sharks 2 – 6 Burke 17,496 26–39–14 66
80 April 3 @ Canucks 2 – 4 Garon 18,630 26–40–14 66
81 April 5 @ Coyotes 2 – 3 Burke 15,965 26–41–14 66
82 April 7 Coyotes 3 – 2 Garon 18,118 27–41–14 68

Playoffs

The Kings were eliminated from playoff contention for the fourth consecutive season. [5]

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Michael Cammalleri C 81 34 46 80 48 5 16 0 5
Alexander Frolov LW 82 35 36 71 34 -8 10 1 6
Anze Kopitar C 72 20 41 61 24 -12 7 2 1
Lubomir Visnovsky D 69 18 40 58 26 1 8 0 0
Dustin Brown LW 81 17 29 46 54 -21 13 0 1
Derek Armstrong C 67 11 33 44 62 13 3 0 0
Rob Blake D 72 14 20 34 82 -26 11 0 1
Sean Avery C 55 10 18 28 116 -10 1 1 2
Brent Sopel D 44 4 19 23 14 2 2 0 2
Tom Kostopoulos RW 76 7 15 22 73 -2 0 0 0
Brian Willsie RW 81 11 10 21 49 -20 2 0 1
Patrick O'Sullivan C 44 5 14 19 14 -6 2 0 1
Craig Conroy C 52 5 11 16 38 -13 4 0 2
Scott Thornton LW 58 7 6 13 85 -15 0 1 0
Kevin Dallman D 53 1 9 10 12 -13 0 0 0
Jamie Lundmark C 29 7 2 9 25 -8 0 0 0
Mike Weaver D 39 3 6 9 16 -4 1 0 1
Mattias Norstrom D 62 2 7 9 40 -20 0 0 0
Raitis Ivanans LW 66 4 4 8 140 -12 0 0 0
Jamie Heward D 19 2 6 8 20 -2 1 0 0
Aaron Miller D 82 0 8 8 60 -14 0 0 0
Jaroslav Modry D 19 0 8 8 22 1 0 0 0
Konstantin Pushkarev RW 16 2 2 4 8 -2 0 0 0
Oleg Tverdovsky D 26 0 4 4 10 -10 0 0 0
John Zeiler RW 23 1 2 3 22 -2 0 0 0
Noah Clarke LW 13 2 0 2 4 -6 0 1 0
Jeff Cowan LW 21 0 2 2 32 -1 0 0 0
Peter Harrold D 12 0 2 2 8 0 0 0 0
Marty Murray C 19 0 2 2 4 -5 0 0 0
Alyn McCauley C 10 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0
Sean Burke G 23 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
Dan Cloutier G 24 0 1 1 21 0 0 0 0
Mathieu Garon G 32 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0
Jason Ward RW 7 0 1 1 4 -1 0 0 0
Barry Brust G 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yutaka Fukufuji G 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gabe Gauthier LW 5 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Tim Jackman RW 5 0 0 0 10 -1 0 0 0
Jack Johnson D 5 0 0 0 18 -5 0 0 0
Joe Piskula D 5 0 0 0 6 -3 0 0 0
Shay Stephenson LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lauri Tukonen RW 4 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Mathieu Garon 1779 32 13 10 6 79 2.66 2 849 770 .907
Sean Burke 1310 23 6 10 5 68 3.11 1 687 619 .901
Dan Cloutier 1281 24 6 14 2 85 3.98 0 608 523 .860
Barry Brust 486 11 2 4 1 30 3.70 0 245 215 .878
Yutaka Fukufuji 96 4 0 3 0 7 4.37 0 43 36 .837
Team: 4952 82 27 41 14 269 3.26 3 2432 2163 .889

[6]

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 Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 2006–07 season. [7]

Trades

June 24, 2006 To Los Angeles Kings
Patrick O'Sullivan
1st round pick in 2006 - Trevor Lewis 		To Minnesota Wild
Pavol Demitra
June 24, 2006 To Los Angeles Kings
4th round pick in 2006 - Niclas Andersén
5th round pick in 2006 - Martin Nolet 		To New York Rangers
4th round pick in 2006 - David Kveton
June 24, 2006 To Los Angeles Kings
7th round pick in 2007 - Matt Fillier 		To Columbus Blue Jackets
7th round pick in 2006 - Matt Marquardt
July 5, 2006 To Los Angeles Kings
Dan Cloutier 		To Vancouver Canucks
2nd round pick in 2007 - Taylor Ellington
3rd round pick in 2009 - Brayden McNabb
September 29, 2006 To Los Angeles Kings
Oleg Tverdovsky
Jack Johnson 		To Carolina Hurricanes
Tim Gleason
Éric Bélanger
January 20, 2007 To Los Angeles Kings
4th round pick in 2008 - Samuel Groulx 		To Tampa Bay Lightning
Ryan Munce
January 29, 2007 To Los Angeles Kings
Jamie Lundmark
4th round pick in 2007 - Dwight King
2nd round pick in 2008 - Mitch Wahl 		To Calgary Flames
Craig Conroy
February 5, 2007 To Los Angeles Kings
Jason Ward
Marc-André Cliche
Jan Marek
3rd round pick in 2008 - Corey Fienhage 		To New York Rangers
Sean Avery
John Seymour
February 26, 2007 To Los Angeles Kings
2nd round pick in 2007 - Wayne Simmonds
4th round pick in 2008 - Justin Jokinen 		To Vancouver Canucks
Brent Sopel
February 27, 2007 To Los Angeles Kings
5th round pick in 2007 - Joshua Turnbull 		To Tampa Bay Lightning
Jason Ward
February 27, 2007 To Los Angeles Kings
Jamie Heward 		To Washington Capitals
Conditional 5th round pick (not exercised)
February 27, 2007 To Los Angeles Kings
Jaroslav Modrý
Johan Fransson
2nd round pick in 2007 - Oscar Möller
3rd round pick in 2007 - Bryan Cameron
1st round pick in 2008 - Viktor Tikhonov 		To Dallas Stars
Mattias Norström
Konstantin Pushkaryov
3rd round pick in 2007 - Sergei Korostin
4th round pick in 2007 - Maxim Mayorov

Free agent signings

July 1, 2006 From San Jose Sharks
Scott Thornton (2 years, $3 million)
July 1, 2006 From Colorado Avalanche
Rob Blake (2 years, $12 million)
July 2, 2006 From San Jose Sharks
Alyn McCauley (3 years, $6 million)
July 4, 2006 From Washington Capitals
Brian Willsie (2 years, $1.7 million)
July 10, 2006 From St. Louis Blues
Brendan Buckley (2 years, terms undisclosed)
July 10, 2006 From St. Louis Blues
Kevin Dallman (2 years, terms undisclosed)
July 13, 2006 From Montreal Canadiens
Raitis Ivanāns (1 year, $450,000)
September 1, 2006 From Pittsburgh Penguins
Matt Moulson (3 years, entry level contract)
February 17, 2007 From Manchester Monarchs ( AHL)
John Zeiler (1 year, terms undisclosed)
March 16, 2007 From Princeton University ( ECAC)
Kevin Westgarth (3 years, entry level contract)
March 21, 2007 From University of Wisconsin-Madison ( WCHA)
Joe Piskula (3 years, entry level contract)
April 27, 2007 From University of Maine ( HE)
Teddy Purcell (3 years, entry level contract)

Free agents lost

July 1, 2006 To Ottawa Senators
Joe Corvo (4 years, $10.5 million)
July 1, 2006 To Minnesota Wild
Mark Parrish (5 years, $13.25 million)
July 4, 2006 To Phoenix Coyotes
Jeremy Roenick (1 year, $1.2 million)
July 9, 2006 To Kölner Haie ( DEL)
Adam Hauser (1 year, terms undisclosed)
August 4, 2006 To Boston Bruins
Nathan Dempsey (1 year, $500,000)
August 9, 2006 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Connor James (2 years, terms undisclosed)
August 16, 2006 To SCL Tigers ( NLA)
Brad Fast (1 year, terms undisclosed)
August 21, 2006 To San Antonio Rampage ( AHL)
Ryan Flinn (1 year, terms undisclosed)

Waivers

October 3, 2006 To Colorado Avalanche
George Parros
November 11, 2006 From Philadelphia Flyers
Marty Murray
December 30, 2006 To Vancouver Canucks
Jeff Cowan
January 18, 2007 From Tampa Bay Lightning
Sean Burke

See also

References

  1. ^ Kings get Patrick O'Sullivan nhl.com [ permanent dead link] - accessed December 3, 2006.
  2. ^ Kings get Dan Cloutier nhl.com [ permanent dead link] - accessed December 23, 2006.
  3. ^ Blues edge Kings in offensive contest tsn.ca Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine - accessed January 13, 2007.
  4. ^ "2006-07 NHL Summary". Hockey-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011.
  5. ^ ESPN.com Archived 2007-01-01 at the Wayback Machine - accessed January 21, 2007.
  6. ^ "2006-07 Los Angeles Kings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
  7. ^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results". Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
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