2006–07 New Jersey Devils season
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The 2006–07 New Jersey Devils
New Jersey Devils
The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey, United States. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

 season
Season (sports)
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was the team's 25th
New Jersey Devils seasons
The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey. The team is a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The Devils arrived in New Jersey in 1982 after transferring from Denver, Colorado, where they had been...

 in the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

 since the franchise moved to New Jersey. The team qualified again for the playoffs, losing in the second round to the Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

.

Regular season

The 2006-07 season saw the team attempting to maintain its position among the top teams in the National Hockey League's Eastern Conference
Eastern Conference (NHL)
The Eastern Conference is one of two conferences in the National Hockey League used to divide teams. Its counterpart is the Western Conference....

. Behind the goaltending of Martin Brodeur
Martin Brodeur
Martin Pierre Brodeur is a French-Canadian ice hockey goaltender who has played his entire National Hockey League career with the New Jersey Devils. In his 19-year tenure with the Devils, he has won three Stanley Cup championships and has been in the playoffs every year but two...

 and the offensive abilities of players such as Patrik Elias
Patrik Elias
Patrik Eliáš is a Czech professional hockey left winger and alternate captain for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League . A long-time Devil and currently the team's longest-tenured skater, Eliáš is the franchise's all-time leading scorer, while also holding franchise records for most...

, Scott Gomez
Scott Gomez
Scott Carlos Gomez is an American ice hockey center of both Mexican and Colombian descent, currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...

 and Brian Gionta
Brian Gionta
Brian Joseph Gionta is an American professional ice hockey player and captain of the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League , and is the second American-born captain of the Canadiens and its first sole American-born captain...

, the Devils once again made a drive into the playoffs. It was the team's last season in Continental Airlines Arena
Continental Airlines Arena
Izod Center is a multi-purpose arena, in the MetLife Sports Complex, in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. It opened in 1981 and currently has a maximum seating capacity of 20,000...

 in East Rutherford, New Jersey
East Rutherford, New Jersey
East Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 8,913. It is an inner-ring suburb of New York City, located west of Midtown Manhattan....

, as construction of the Prudential Center in Newark
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...

 was completed in time for the Devils to move in for the 2007–08 season. Patrik Elias
Patrik Elias
Patrik Eliáš is a Czech professional hockey left winger and alternate captain for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League . A long-time Devil and currently the team's longest-tenured skater, Eliáš is the franchise's all-time leading scorer, while also holding franchise records for most...

 became the seventh captain in team history, following the retirement of Scott Stevens
Scott Stevens
Ronald Scott Stevens is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman. Stevens played 22 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Washington Capitals, St. Louis Blues, and the New Jersey Devils...

 the previous season.

Brodeur, in his thirteenth full season of NHL play, continued his legacy as one of the winningest goaltenders in league history. On December 8, he shut out the Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

 to record his 462nd career victory, moving him into second place on the all-time victory list, behind Patrick Roy
Patrick Roy
Patrick Edward Armand Roy is a former Canadian ice hockey goaltender. Nicknamed "Saint Patrick," Roy split his professional career between the Montreal Canadiens, whom he played with for 10 years, and the Colorado Avalanche, whom he played with for 8 years, both of the National Hockey League...

 (551). Later in the month, on December 26, Brodeur recorded his 85th career shutout (3–0 over the Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original...

) to move into third place on the all-time shutout list, behind Terry Sawchuk
Terry Sawchuk
Terrance Gordon Sawchuk was a Ukrainian-Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers.-Early life and playing career:Sawchuk was born and raised...

 (103) and George Hainsworth
George Hainsworth
George Hainsworth was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League, and the Saskatoon Crescents in the Western Canada Hockey League....

 (94).

On April 2, the Devils surprisingly fired new head coach Claude Julien
Claude Julien (ice hockey)
Claude Julien is Canadian professional ice hockey head coach of the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League . He previously served as the head coach for the Montreal Canadiens and the New Jersey Devils...

 with three games remaining in the season, despite a strong record of 47–24–8. Lou Lamoriello took over as coach afterwards.

On April 5, 2007, a win against the Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

 broke two records. One was the records for most wins in a season by a goaltender by Martin Brodeur with his 48th victory of the season. The other being the New Jersey Devil franchise record of most wins by the team in a season with their 49th victory.

The Devils finished the regular season as Atlantic Division champions with 107 points, good for second-place in the Eastern Conference.

On April 28, 2007 the Devils sold out the 19,040 capacity Continental Airlines Arena
Continental Airlines Arena
Izod Center is a multi-purpose arena, in the MetLife Sports Complex, in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. It opened in 1981 and currently has a maximum seating capacity of 20,000...

 for the first time in the 2006–07 season in the 3–2 double overtime win against the Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

.

The Devils' season came to an end on May 5, 2007, as they lost game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semi-finals to the Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

 3–2, to lose the series 4–1. That defeat turned out to be the last game ever played at the Continental Airlines Arena.

Playoffs

The New Jersey Devils ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Eastern Conference's second seed.

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (7) Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They have one Stanley Cup championship in their history, in 2003–04. They are often referred to as the...

New Jersey wins series 4–2
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series
1 April 12 Tampa Bay 3 – 5 New Jersey Brodeur 14,495 1 – 0
2 April 14 Tampa Bay 3 – 2 New Jersey Brodeur 18,231 1 – 1
3 April 16 New Jersey 2 – 3 Tampa Bay Brodeur 20,219 1 – 2
4 April 18 New Jersey 4 – 3 Tampa Bay OT Brodeur 20,940 2 – 2
5 April 20 Tampa Bay 0 – 3 New Jersey Brodeur 18,096 3 – 2
6 April 22 New Jersey 3 – 2 Tampa Bay Brodeur 20,019 4 – 2

Eastern Conference Semi-finals: vs. (4) Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

Ottawa wins series 4–1
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series
1 April 26 Ottawa 5 – 4 New Jersey Brodeur 15,512 0 – 1
2 April 28 Ottawa 2 – 3 New Jersey 2OT Brodeur 19,040 1 – 1
3 April 30 New Jersey 0 – 2 Ottawa Brodeur 19,636 1 – 2
4 May 2 New Jersey 2 – 3 Ottawa Brodeur 20,248 1 – 3
5 May 5 Ottawa 3 – 2 New Jersey Brodeur 19,040 1 – 4

  • Green background indicates win.
  • Red background indicates loss.

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
LW 75 21 48 69 38 1 8 0 5
LW 82 31 31 62 30
9 0 7
RW 82 23 37 60 64
12 0 7
C 72 13 47 60 42 7 4 0 1
D 82 8 47 55 34 4 3 1 4
RW 62 25 20 45 36
11 0 4
C 80 17 25 42 16 1 6 0 2
LW 82 16 24 40 35
8 0 2
C 74 12 20 32 14
0 0 1
LW 82 13 14 27 8
0 1 1
D 82 3 23 26 18
1 0 0
D 75 4 8 12 36 1 0 1 2
D 76 2 9 11 61
0 0 0
LW/C 71 3 7 10 25
0 0 0
C 76 6 3 9 92
0 0 1
C 66 4 4 8 20
0 1 1
D 69 0 8 8 69
0 0 0
D 23 1 5 6 6
1 0 0
RW 7 3 1 4 6
2 0 1
RW 48 1 0 1 114
0 0 0
G 78 0 1 1 12 0 0 0 0
D 19 0 1 1 4
0 0 0
D 13 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
D 43 0 1 1 26 2 0 0 0
G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D 7 0 0 0 7
0 0 0
LW 6 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0
D 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 0
C 9 0 0 0 0
0 0 0
LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RW 3 0 0 0 0
0 0 0

Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
4697 78 48 23 7 171 2.18 12 2182 2011 .922
305 6 1 1 2 16 3.15 0 144 128 .889
Team: 5002 82 49 24 9 187 2.24 12 2326 2139 .920

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
C 11 4 10 14 14 0 0 1
LW 11 7 3 10 8 2 0 1
LW 10 1 9 10 4 1 0 0
RW 11 8 1 9 4 3 0 1
RW 11 2 6 8 7 1 0 1
D 11 2 6 8 8 2 0 0
C 11 1 4 5 4 0 0 0
D 11 0 4 4 6 0 0 0
D 11 2 1 3 2 0 0 1
LW 11 1 2 3 6 1 0 0
C 11 1 1 2 2 0 0 0
LW 11 1 0 1 4 0 0 0
G 11 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
D 11 0 1 1 2 0 0 0
D 6 0 1 1 6 0 0 0
C 9 0 1 1 7 0 0 0
RW 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
C 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
D 9 0 0 0 10 0 0 0
LW/C 11 0 0 0 14 0 0 0
D 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 0

Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
688 11 5 6 28 2.44 1 332 304 .916
Team: 688 11 5 6 28 2.44 1 332 304 .916

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Trades

February 27, 2007 To Calgary Flames
Calgary Flames
The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is the third major-professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the...


David Hale
5th round pick in 2007
2007 NHL Entry Draft
The 2007 NHL Entry Draft was the 45th NHL Entry Draft. It was hosted at Nationwide Arena in the city of Columbus, Ohio, United States on June 22, 2007. The draft consisted of seven rounds with rounds two through seven taking place on June 23, 2007...

To New Jersey Devils
New Jersey Devils
The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey, United States. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...


3rd round pick in 2007
2007 NHL Entry Draft
The 2007 NHL Entry Draft was the 45th NHL Entry Draft. It was hosted at Nationwide Arena in the city of Columbus, Ohio, United States on June 22, 2007. The draft consisted of seven rounds with rounds two through seven taking place on June 23, 2007...


Free agents acquired

Player Former Team
F Michael Rupp
Michael Rupp
Michael Francis Rupp is an American professional ice hockey player currently playing for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...

 
Phoenix Coyotes
Phoenix Coyotes
The Phoenix Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in Glendale, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They play their home games at Jobing.com Arena....

F Dan LaCouture
Dan LaCouture
Daniel LaCouture is an American professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for Lørenskog of the Norwegian Get-Liga. LaCouture is a graduate of Natick High School in Natick, Massachusetts.- Career :...

 
Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...

F Jim Dowd
Jim Dowd (hockey player)
James Thomas Dowd is an American former professional ice hockey center who played in the National Hockey League for ten different teams over the course of 17 NHL seasons. Dowd, who won the 1995 Stanley Cup with the hometown New Jersey Devils, was the second New Jersey high school hockey player to...

 
Colorado Avalanche
Colorado Avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver, Colorado, United States. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup twice, in 1995–96 and 2000–01. The franchise...


Free agents lost

Player New Team
D Ken Klee
Ken Klee
Kenneth Robert Klee is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman who played most notably with the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...

 
Colorado Avalanche
Colorado Avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver, Colorado, United States. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup twice, in 1995–96 and 2000–01. The franchise...

D Brad Ference
Brad Ference
Brad Ference is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player.-Playing career:Ference was drafted in the first round, 10th overall, of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks...

 
Calgary Flames
Calgary Flames
The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is the third major-professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the...

F Viktor Kozlov
Viktor Kozlov
Viktor Nikolayevich Kozlov is a Russian professional ice hockey player currently playing for Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:...

 
New York Islanders
New York Islanders
The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...


Draft picks

The Devils' picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft
2006 NHL Entry Draft
The 2006 NHL Entry Draft was the 44th NHL Entry Draft. It was held at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on June 24, 2006.The draft order for the first 14 picks was decided during a lottery held on April 20, 2006....

 in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

.
Rd # Pick # Player Nat Pos Team (League) Notes
1 30 Matt Corrente
Matt Corrente
Matthew Corrente is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the New Jersey Devils of the NHL. Corrente's brother David currently plays for the Mississauga St...

 Canada D Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
2 58 Alexander Vasyunov
Alexander Vasyunov
Alexander Sergeevich Vasyunov was a Russian ice hockey player who played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Kontinental Hockey League.Alexander Vasyunov was a prospect for the New Jersey Devils in the NHL. Vasyunov died on September 7, 2011 in a plane crash, along with his entire Lokomotiv team, just...

 Russia LW Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russian Super League)
3 67 Kirill Tulupov
Kirill Tulupov
Kirill Tulupov is a Russian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Oklahoma City Barons, of the American Hockey League .- Career :...

 Russia D Almetyevsk Neftyanik (Vysshaya Liga)
3 77 Vladimir Zharkov
Vladimir Zharkov
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zharkov is a Russian ice hockey right winger who is currently playing with the New Jersey Devils in the NHL. He was selected by the New Jersey Devils in the 3rd round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft....

 Russia RW HC CSKA Moscow (Russian Super League)
4 107 T.J Miller  United States D Penticton Vees (BCHL)
5 148 Olivier Magnan
Olivier Magnan
Olivier Magnan-Grenier is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays in the NHL with the New Jersey Devils. He was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 5th Round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.-Career statistics:-External links:...

 Canada D Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
6 178 Tony Romano
Tony Romano
Tony Romano is a professional ice hockey player from Smithtown, New York, Currently with the New York Islanders organization playing for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the AHL.-Playing career:...

 United States C New York Bobcats
New York Bobcats
The New York Bobcats are an USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III Jr. A ice hockey team from Syosset, New York on Long Island. They play in the South Division of the AJHL at The Iceworks Arena, the official practice facility of the New York Islanders of the NHL...

 (AJHL
Atlantic Junior Hockey League
The Atlantic Junior Hockey League is an American Tier III Junior ice hockey league with 12 teams in the Northeastern part of the United States...

)
7 208 Kyell Henegan  Canada D Shawinigan Cataractes
Shawinigan Cataractes
The Shawinigan Cataractes are a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The team is based out of Shawinigan, Quebec. The Cataractes have been previously known as the Shawinigan Bruins until 1973, and were called the Shawinigan Dynamos from 1973–78.The Cataractes play their...

(QMJHL)
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