2006-07 Florida Panthers season

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[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Southeast Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
Atlanta Thrashers (3)	82	43	28	11	246	245	97
Tampa Bay Lightning (7)	82	43	33	5	253	261	93
Carolina Hurricanes (11)	82	40	34	8	241	253	88
Florida Panthers (12)	82	35	31	16	247	257	86
Washington Capitals (14)	82	28	30	14	235	286	70

As of April 8, 2007. For current standings, see 2006-07 NHL season

[edit] Game log

[edit] October

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 6	Boston	3 - 8	Florida		Auld	19,250	1-0-0	2
2	October 7	Florida	0 - 6	Atlanta		Belfour	14,239	1-1-0	2
3	October 9	Florida	1 - 2	Toronto	SO	Auld	19,102	1-1-1	3
4	October 11	Carolina	3 - 6	Florida		Auld	14,312	2-1-1	5
5	October 13	Tampa Bay	2 - 3	Florida		Auld	15,208	3-1-1	7
6	October 14	Florida	1 - 4	Tampa Bay		Belfour	19,926	3-2-1	7
7	October 18	Florida	2 - 5	Washington		Auld	10,125	3-3-1	7
8	October 20	Philadelphia	2 - 3	Florida		Belfour	17,194	4-3-1	9
9	October 21	Florida	2 - 4	Atlanta		Auld	16,178	4-4-1	9
10	October 23	Atlanta	6 - 3	Florida		Auld	13,102	4-5-1	9
11	October 25	Florida	4 - 2	NY Rangers		Belfour	18,200	5-5-1	11
12	October 26	Florida	0 - 2	New Jersey		Auld	11,594	5-6-1	11
13	October 28	Florida	3 - 4	NY Islanders	SO	Belfour	10,455	5-6-2	12
14	October 31	San Jose	2 - 1	Florida		Auld	10,081	5-7-2	12

[edit] November

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
15	November 2	Toronto	2 - 4	Florida		Belfour	13,233	6-7-2	14
16	November 8	NY Rangers	4 - 3	Florida	SO	Belfour	16,893	6-7-3	15
17	November 10	Florida	4 - 5	Buffalo	OT	Auld	18,690	6-7-4	16
18	November 11	Florida	2 - 4	New Jersey		Belfour	14,112	6-8-4	16
19	November 13	Washington	4 - 1	Florida		Auld	12,108	6-9-4	16
20	November 16	Montreal	1 - 5	Florida		Belfour	13,506	7-9-4	18
21	November 18	NY Islanders	4 - 1	Florida		Belfour	16,833	7-10-4	18
22	November 20	Florida	3 - 2	Boston		Auld	11,742	8-10-4	20
23	November 22	Tampa Bay	6 - 4	Florida		Auld	14,516	8-11-4	20
24	November 24	Ottawa	6 - 4	Florida		Belfour	16,544	8-12-4	20
25	November 25	Florida	0 - 1	Atlanta		Auld	17,053	8-13-4	20
26	November 28	Florida	0 - 1	Montreal	SO	Auld	21,273	8-13-5	21
27	November 30	Florida	0 - 6	Ottawa		Auld	17,814	8-14-5	21

[edit] December

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
28	December 2	Atlanta	3 - 1	Florida		Belfour	13,333	8-15-5	21
29	December 5	Florida	3 - 2	Pittsburgh		Auld	12,511	9-15-5	23
30	December 7	Buffalo	1 - 3	Florida		Auld	15,385	10-15-5	25
31	December 9	Florida	4 - 5	NY Islanders	SO	Auld	12,825	10-15-6	26
32	December 10	Florida	1 - 2	NY Rangers		Belfour	18,200	10-16-6	26
33	December 12	Anaheim	5 - 4	Florida		Auld	13,140	10-17-6	26
34	December 14	Florida	1 - 2	Buffalo		Belfour	18,690	10-18-6	26
35	December 16	Florida	6 - 3	Boston		Belfour	10,965	11-18-6	28
36	December 19	Florida	7 - 3	Toronto		Belfour	19,444	12-18-6	30
37	December 21	NY Rangers	2 - 3	Florida		Belfour	17,556	13-18-6	32
38	December 23	Carolina	3 - 2	Florida	OT	Belfour	16,147	13-18-7	33
39	December 26	Florida	2 - 4	Carolina		Auld	18,639	13-19-7	33
40	December 27	Philadelphia	1 - 3	Florida		Belfour	17,771	14-19-7	35
41	December 29	Montreal	1 - 3	Florida		Belfour	19,772	15-19-7	37

[edit] January

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
42	January 2	Florida	1 - 4	Edmonton		Belfour	16,839	15-20-7	37
43	January 4	Florida	4 - 5	Calgary	OT	Auld	19,289	15-20-8	38
44	January 7	Florida	3 - 4	Vancouver	SO	Belfour	18,630	15-20-9	39
45	January 10	Pittsburgh	2 - 5	Florida		Auld	16,098	16-20-9	41
46	January 11	Florida	4 - 6	Carolina		Auld	13,552	16-21-9	41
47	January 13	Washington	3 - 7	Florida		Belfour	15,061	17-21-9	43
48	January 16	Carolina	3 - 2	Florida	OT	Belfour	10,317	17-21-10	44
49	January 18	Toronto	3 - 2	Florida		Auld	12,242	17-22-10	44
50	January 20	Florida	4 - 1	Washington		Belfour	13,877	18-22-10	46
51	January 27	New Jersey	2 - 4	Florida		Belfour	18,136	19-22-10	48
52	January 30	Florida	0 - 3	Pittsburgh		Belfour	15,405	19-23-10	48

[edit] February

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
53	February 1	Washington	3 - 6	Florida		Belfour	11,300	20-23-10	50
54	February 3	Los Angeles	7 - 0	Florida		Belfour	15,108	20-24-10	50
55	February 6	Florida	4 - 5	Colorado	OT	Belfour	17,065	20-24-11	51
56	February 8	Florida	2 - 4	Minnesota		Belfour	18,568	20-25-11	51
57	February 10	Phoenix	2 - 5	Florida		Belfour	15,312	21-25-11	53
58	February 13	Florida	1 - 0	Montreal		Belfour	21,273	22-25-11	55
59	February 14	Florida	0 - 4	Ottawa		Belfour	18,561	22-26-11	55
60	February 17	Tampa Bay	4 - 5	Florida	OT	Belfour	17,813	23-26-11	57
61	February 20	Florida	2 - 3	Tampa Bay	SO	Belfour	19,319	23-26-12	58
62	February 22	Pittsburgh	2 - 1	Florida	OT	Belfour	17,102	23-26-13	59

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

[edit] Playoffs

[edit] Season Stats

[edit] Scoring Leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Olli Jokinen	63	25	36	61	2	64
Nathan Horton	63	22	27	49	10	53
Jozef Stumpel	57	16	27	43	-5	18
Stephen Weiss	55	13	23	36	2	24
Martin Gelinas	63	11	21	32	9	30

as of February 24, 2007

[edit] Goaltending

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

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Ed Belfour	42	2344	17	13	8	106	1	.903	2.71
Alex Auld	27	1471	7	13	5	82	1	.888	3.35

as of February 24, 2007

[edit] Transactions

[edit] Trades

June 24, 2006	To Florida Panthers Todd Bertuzzi Alex Auld Bryan Allen	To Vancouver Canucks Roberto Luongo Lukas Krajicek 6th round pick in 2006(Sergei Shirokov)
June 24, 2006	To Florida Panthers Craig Anderson	To Chicago Blackhawks 6th round pick in 2008
January 3, 2007	To Florida Panthers Conditional draft pick in 2007	To Anaheim Ducks Ric Jackman
February 26, 2007	To Florida Panthers Noah Welch	To Pittsburgh Penguins Gary Roberts
February 27, 2007	To Florida Panthers Conditional draft pick Shawn Matthias	To Detroit Red Wings Todd Bertuzzi
February 27, 2007	To Florida Panthers 4th round pick in 2007	To Pittsburgh Penguins Joel Kwiatkowski

[edit] Free Agents Acquired

Player	Former Team
G Ed Belfour	Toronto Maple Leafs
D Ruslan Salei	Anaheim Ducks

[edit] Free Agents Lost

Player	New Team
F Jon Sim	Atlanta Thrashers
G Jamie McLennan	Calgary Flames
D Sean Hill	New York Islanders
F Serge Payer	Ottawa Senators

[edit] Draft Picks

Florida's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[1]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	10	Michael Frolik (RW)	Czech Republic	Florida Panthers	HC Rabat Kladno (Czech Extraliga)
3	73	Brady Calla (RW)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
4	103	Michael Caruso (D)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Guelph Storm (OHL)
4	116	Derrick LaPoint (D)	United States	Florida Panthers (from Nashville)	Eau Claire North (USHS-WI)
6	155	Peter Aston (D)	Canada	Florida Panthers (from Pittsburgh)	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
7	193	Marc Cheverie (G)	Canada	Florida Panthers	Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL)