2006–07 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division3rd Northeast
Conference9th Eastern
2006–07 record40–31–11
Goals for258
Goals against269
Team information
General managerJohn Ferguson Jr.
CoachPaul Maurice
CaptainMats Sundin
Alternate captainsTomas Kaberle
Bryan McCabe
ArenaAir Canada Centre
Team leaders
GoalsMats Sundin (27)
AssistsMats Sundin (49)
PointsMats Sundin (76)
WinsAndrew Raycroft (37)
Goals against averageMikael Tellqvist (2.03)

The 2006–07 NHL season saw the Toronto Maple Leafs attempting to recover from a 2005–06 season in which it finished two points out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

Offseason

Michael Peca was a major addition to the team for 2006–07, signed from the defending Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers. However, Peca suffered a broken leg in December after scoring just 4 goals in 35 games.

Goaltender Andrew Raycroft was acquired in a trade from the Boston Bruins to take over the starting job vacancy created by Ed Belfour's departure to the Florida Panthers.

Regular season

On January 4, 2007, the Maple Leafs defeated the Boston Bruins 10–2 away. Alexander Steen scored a hat-trick in the victory.[1] It was the first time that an NHL team had scored ten goals in a regular season game since January 14, 2006, when the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Los Angeles Kings 10–1 at home.[2] It was also the first time that the Maple Leafs had scored ten goals in a regular season game since November 12, 1998, when they defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 10–3 away.[3]

Although they finished in third place in the Northeast Division, the Maple Leafs ultimately failed to qualify for the playoffs after the New York Islanders clinched the eighth and final playoff spot after a 3–2 victory in a shootout to the New Jersey Devils, finishing just one point out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

The Maple Leafs tied the Dallas Stars for fewest shorthanded goals scored during the regular season with three.[4]

Season standings

Northeast Division
No. CR GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
11Buffalo Sabres8253227308242113
24Ottawa Senators8248259288222105
39Toronto Maple Leafs8240311125826991
410Montreal Canadiens824234624525690
513Boston Bruins823541621928976

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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[6]
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 P - Buffalo SabresNE8253227308242113
2 Y - New Jersey DevilsAT8249249216201107
3 Y - Atlanta ThrashersSE8243281124624597
4 X - Ottawa SenatorsNE8248259288222105
5 X - Pittsburgh PenguinsAT82472411277246105
6 X - New York RangersAT8242301024221694
7 X - Tampa Bay LightningSE824433525326193
8 X - New York IslandersAT8240301224824092
8.5
9 Toronto Maple LeafsNE8240311125826991
10 Montreal CanadiensNE824234624525690
11 Carolina HurricanesSE824034824125388
12 Florida PanthersSE8235311624725786
13 Boston BruinsNE823541621928976
14 Washington CapitalsSE8228401423528670
15 Philadelphia FlyersAT8222481221430356
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

October

Record for month 6–4–3 (Home 3–3–2 Away 3–1–1)

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
1October 4Ottawa4–1TorontoRaycroft19,5200–1–00
2October 5Toronto6–0OttawaRaycroft19,2371–1–02
3October 7Montreal3–2TorontoSORaycroft19,3531–1–13
4October 9Florida1–2TorontoSORaycroft19,1022–1–15
5October 12Toronto6–7New JerseySOAubin15,6232–1–26
6October 14Calgary4–5TorontoOTRaycroft19,3383–1–28
7October 18Colorado4–1TorontoRaycroft19,4633–2–28
8October 20Toronto4–2ColumbusRaycroft17,3034–2–210
9October 21NY Rangers5–4TorontoSORaycroft19,4194–2–311
10October 24Ottawa6–2TorontoRaycroft19,4854–3–311
11October 26Toronto2–7OttawaRaycroft19,1784–4–311
12October 28Toronto5–4MontrealSOAubin21,2735–4–313
13October 30Atlanta2–4TorontoRaycroft19,2856–4–315

November

Record for Month 7–6–1 (Home 3–3–0 Away 4–3–1)

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
14November 1Toronto4–2Tampa BayRaycroft19,9777–4–317
15November 2Toronto2–4FloridaAubin13,2337–5–317
16November 4Toronto4–1BuffaloRaycroft18,6908–5–319
17November 6Philadelphia1–4TorontoRaycroft19,5019–5–321
18November 9Toronto6–4BostonRaycroft14,83510–5–323
19November 11 †Montreal1–5TorontoAubin19,50111–5–325
20November 16Toronto1–2BostonSOAubin12,66511–5–426
21November 18New Jersey2–1TorontoTellqvist19,40911–6–426
22November 20NY Islanders2–4TorontoRaycroft19,39212–6–428
23November 22Toronto4–7BuffaloRaycroft18,69012–7–428
24November 24Toronto7–1WashingtonRaycroft14,89213–7–430
25November 25Boston3–1TorontoRaycroft19,47313–8–430
26November 28Boston4–1TorontoRaycroft19,46913–9–430
27November 30Toronto0–5AtlantaRaycroft15,09213–10–430

December

Record for Month 4–7–2 (Home 3–3–1 Away 1–4–1)

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
28December 2Toronto3–4MontrealSORaycroft21,27313–10–531
29December 5Atlanta5–2TorontoRaycroft19,50713–11–531
30December 7Toronto1–3BostonAubin13,40713–12–531
31December 9Toronto1–5DetroitRaycroft20,06613–13–531
32December 12Tampa Bay4–5TorontoRaycroft19,46214–13–533
33December 15Toronto4–3CarolinaRaycroft18,63915–13–535
34December 16NY Rangers2–9TorontoRaycroft19,46816–13–537
35December 19Florida7–3TorontoRaycroft19,44416–14–537
36December 22Toronto1–3ChicagoAubin17,95016–15–537
37December 23Washington3–2TorontoRaycroft19,48816–16–537
38December 26Minnesota3–4TorontoRaycroft19,35517–16–539
39December 29Toronto1–4PittsburghAubin17,13217–17–539
40December 30Ottawa3–2TorontoOTRaycroft19,48317–17–640

January

Record for month 8–4–0 (Home 2–3–0 Away 6–1–0)

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
41January 1Boston1–5TorontoRaycroft19,35918–17–642
42January 4Toronto10–2BostonRaycroft14,56019–17–644
43January 6Buffalo4–3TorontoRaycroft19,48719–18–644
44January 9Carolina4–1TorontoRaycroft19,44719–19–644
45January 11Toronto4–2BuffaloRaycroft18,69020–19–646
46January 13Vancouver6–1TorontoRaycroft19,60820–20–646
47January 16Toronto4–2Tampa BayRaycroft19,83021–20–648
48January 18Toronto3–2FloridaRaycroft12,24222–20–650
49January 20Toronto2–8PittsburghRaycroft17,13222–21–650
50January 27Montreal1–4TorontoRaycroft17,13223–21–652
51January 30Toronto4–1CarolinaRaycroft16,53324–21–654
52January 31Toronto2–1NY RangersRaycroft18,20025–21–656

February

Record for month 5–4–3 (Home 1–2–2 Away 4–2–1)

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
53February 3Toronto3–2OttawaSORaycroft20,11226–21–658
54February 6Toronto2–1St. LouisRaycroft9,53327–21–660
55February 8Toronto2–4NashvilleRaycroft15,01827–22–660
56February 10Pittsburgh6–5TorontoOTRaycroft19,62027–22–761
57February 13NY Islanders3–2TorontoSORaycroft19,60027–22–862
58February 15Toronto4–2PhiladelphiaRaycroft19,32128–22–864
59February 17Edmonton3–4TorontoRaycroft19,59929–22–866
60February 20Boston3–0TorontoRaycroft19,57829–23–866
61February 22Toronto2–3NY IslandersSORaycroft11,75929–23–967
62February 24Toronto5–2PhiladelphiaRaycroft19,27730–23–969
63February 26Toronto4–5MontrealRaycroft21,27330–24–969
64February 27Buffalo6–1TorontoRaycroft19,58830–25–969

March

Record for month 8–4–2 (Home 7–1–0 Away 1–3–2)

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
65March 2Toronto4–3New JerseySORaycroft15,09531–25–971
66March 3Buffalo3–1TorontoAubin19,58831–26–971
67March 6Washington0–3TorontoRaycroft19,53132–26–973
68March 8Toronto1–5OttawaRaycroft20,01832–27–973
69March 10Ottawa3–4TorontoOTRaycroft19,52733–27–975
70March 13Tampa Bay2–3TorontoRaycroft19,53034–27–977
71March 16Toronto1–5WashingtonRaycroft16,28134–28–977
72March 17Toronto2–3MontrealSORaycroft21,27334–28–1078
73March 20New Jersey1–2TorontoRaycroft19,51835–28–1080
74March 23Toronto4–5BuffaloRaycroft18,69035–29–1080
75March 24Buffalo1–4TorontoRaycroft19,57136–29–1082
76March 27Carolina1–6TorontoRaycroft19,55937–29–1084
77March 29Toronto2–3AtlantaOTRaycroft17,06237–29–1185
78March 31Pittsburgh4–5TorontoOTRaycroft19,64938–29–1187

April

Record for month 2–2–0 (Home 2–0–0 Away 0–2–0)

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPts
79April 1Toronto2–7NY RangersRaycroft18,20038–30–1187
80April 3Philadelphia2–3TorontoOTRaycroft19,54739–30–1189
81April 5Toronto2–5NY IslandersRaycroft14,35239–31–1189
82April 7Montreal5–6TorontoAubin19,72340–31–1191

Playoffs

On April 8, 2007, the New York Islanders defeated the New Jersey Devils in a shootout 3-2, thus clinching an eighth and final playoff spot and eliminating the Leafs from playoff contention. Following the Islanders win, it meant that the Leafs missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mats SundinC7527497662−2613
Tomas KaberleD74114758203201
Bryan McCabeD8215425711531101
Alexei PonikarovskyLW71212445638601
Darcy TuckerRW5624194381−111506
Jeff O'NeillRW74202242541603
Kyle WellwoodC4812304203702
Matt StajanC82102939443111
Alexander SteenC82152035265405
Nik AntropovC54181533448404
Bates BattagliaLW82121931459000
John PohlC7413162910−4301
Chad KilgerLW8214142858−5012
Ian WhiteD7632326408101
Pavel KubinaD6171421487401
Hal GillD82614209111001
Boyd DevereauxC3381119124000
Carlo ColaiacovoD488917225001
Michael PecaC3541115602002
Yanic PerreaultC1723541000
Brendan BellD3114519−3100
Kris NewburyC15224264000
Wade BelakD65033110−8000
Ben OndrusRW1602220−5000
Andy WozniewskiD1502214−1000
Jeremy WilliamsC110101000
Andrew RaycroftG7201180000
Jean-Sebastien AubinG2000000000
Travis GreenC24000211000
Jay HarrisonD50006−5000
Aleksander SuglobovRW140004−6000
Mikael TellqvistG100000000
Erik WestrumC200000000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Andrew Raycroft410872372592052.99219311726.894
Jean-Sebastien Aubin80420352463.430371325.876
Mikael Tellqvist59101022.0301917.895
Team:4971824031112533.05223212068.891

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* Mikael Tellqvist was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes on November 29. Stats reflect games played with the Maple Leafs only.

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

Trades

June 24, 2006 To Boston Bruins
Tuukka Rask		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Andrew Raycroft
June 24, 2006 To Chicago Blackhawks
3rd-round pick in 2006		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
4th-round pick in 2006
4th-round pick in 2006
June 24, 2006 To Phoenix Coyotes
7th-round pick in 2006
7th-round pick in 2006		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
6th-round pick in 2006
November 29, 2006 To Phoenix Coyotes
Mikael Tellqvist		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Tyson Nash
4th-round pick in 2007
February 27, 2007[8] To Phoenix Coyotes
Brendan Bell
2nd-round pick in 2007		 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Yanic Perreault
5th-round pick in 2007

Free agents acquired

PlayerFormer Team
F Michael PecaEdmonton Oilers
D Hal GillBoston Bruins
D Pavel KubinaTampa Bay Lightning
F Boyd DevereauxPhoenix Coyotes
F Erik WestrumMinnesota Wild
F Bates BattagliaToronto Marlies (AHL – Minor League contract)

Free agents lost

PlayerNew Team
F Tie DomiRetired
F Eric LindrosDallas Stars
F Jason AllisonUFA
D Aki BergTPS (SM-liiga)
D Alexander KhavanovHC Davos (Swiss-A)
D Luke RichardsonTampa Bay Lightning
G Ed BelfourFlorida Panthers

Claimed off waivers

PlayerFormer TeamDate
F Travis GreenAnaheim DucksJanuary 10

Draft picks

Toronto's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[9] The Leafs had the 13th overall draft pick in the 2005–06 NHL season. The Maple Leaf's 2006 draft has been referred to in retrospectives as one of the most successful drafts for any team in league history, as all but one of the team's picks (Tyler Ruegsegger) would go on to become NHL regulars at some point in their careers. Leo Komarov, the 180th pick, would be named an NHL All-Star in 2016.

Round # Player Nationality NHL team College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 13 Jiri Tlusty (LW)  Czech Republic Toronto Maple Leafs HC Rabat Kladno (Czech Extraliga)
2 44 Nikolai Kulemin (W)  Russia Toronto Maple Leafs Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RSL)
4 99 James Reimer (G)  Canada Toronto Maple Leafs (from Columbus) Red Deer (WHL)
4 111 Korbinian Holzer (D)  Germany Toronto Maple Leafs (from Colorado) EC Bad Tölz (Eishockey-Bundesliga)
6 161 Viktor Stalberg (LW)  Sweden Toronto Maple Leafs (from Phoenix) Frölunda HC (Elitserien)
6 166 Tyler Ruegsegger (C)  United States Toronto Maple Leafs Shattuck-Saint Mary's / University of Denver
6 200 Leo Komarov (C)  Finland Toronto Maple Leafs (from Dallas) Ässät (SM-liiga)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Toronto Maple Leafs at Boston Bruins Box Score — January 4, 2007".
  2. ↑ "Los Angeles Kings at Buffalo Sabres Box Score — January 14, 2006".
  3. ↑ "Toronto Maple Leafs at Chicago Blackhawks Box Score — November 12, 1998".
  4. ↑ "2006-07 NHL Summary".
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "2006–2007 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  7. ↑ "2006-07 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
  8. ↑ "Leafs Re-Acquire Perreault". MapleLeafs.com. February 26, 2007.
  9. ↑ 2006 2006 Draft Index Archived January 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine – accessed January 4, 2007
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