2006–07 Los Angeles Kings season

2006–07 Los Angeles Kings
Division	4th Pacific
Conference	14th Western
2006–07 record	27–41–14
Home record	16–16–9
Road record	11–25–5
Goals for	227
Goals against	283
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 attendance	16,859 (91.1%)
Team leaders
Goals	Alexander Frolov (35)
Assists	Michael Cammalleri (46)
Points	Michael Cammalleri (80)
Penalty minutes	Raitis Ivanans (140)
Plus/minus	Derek Armstrong (+13)
Wins	Mathieu Garon (13)
Goals against average	Mathieu Garon (2.66)

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.

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. 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. 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%.

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	3 – 4	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.

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

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

Trades

June 24, 2006	To Minnesota Wild Pavol Demitra	To Los Angeles Kings Patrick O'Sullivan 1st round pick in 2006
July 5, 2006	To Vancouver Canucks 2nd round pick in 2007 Conditional pick in 2009	To Los Angeles Kings Dan Cloutier
September 29, 2006	To Carolina Hurricanes Tim Gleason Eric Belanger	To Los Angeles Kings Jack Johnson Oleg Tverdovsky
January 29, 2007	To Calgary Flames Craig Conroy	To Los Angeles Kings Jamie Lundmark 4th round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2008
February 5, 2007	To New York Rangers Sean Avery John Seymour	To Los Angeles Kings Jason Ward Marc-Andre Cliche Jan Marek
February 26, 2007	To Vancouver Canucks Brent Sopel	To Los Angeles Kings 2nd round pick in 2007 4th round pick in 2007
February 27, 2007	To Dallas Stars Mattias Norstrom Konstantin Pushkarev 3rd round pick in 2007 4th round pick in 2007	To Los Angeles Kings Jaroslav Modry 2nd round pick in 2007 3rd round pick in 2007 1st round pick in 2008
February 27, 2007	To Washington Capitals Conditional pick in 2008	To Los Angeles Kings Jamie Heward
February 27, 2007	To Tampa Bay Lightning Jason Ward	To Los Angeles Kings 5th round pick in 2007

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team
D Rob Blake	Colorado Avalanche
F Scott Thornton	San Jose Sharks
F Alyn McCauley	San Jose Sharks
F Brian Willsie	Washington Capitals
D Kevin Dallman	St. Louis Blues
F Raitis Ivanans	Montreal Canadiens

Free agents lost

Player	New team
D Joe Corvo	Ottawa Senators
F Mark Parrish	Minnesota Wild
F Jeremy Roenick	Phoenix Coyotes
D Nathan Dempsey	Boston Bruins

Waivers pickups

Player	Former team
G Sean Burke	Tampa Bay Lightning

Lost to waivers

Player	New team
D Jeff Cowan	Vancouver Canucks

Draft picks

Los Angeles's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Kings had the 11th overall draft pick by lottery for the third consecutive year.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team (league)
1	11	Jonathan Bernier (G)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Lewiston Maineiacs (QMJHL)
1	17	Trevor Lewis (C)	United States	Los Angeles Kings (from Edmonton, via Minnesota)	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
2	48	Joey Ryan (D)	United States	Los Angeles Kings	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
3	74	Jeff Zatkoff (G)	United States	Los Angeles Kings	Miami University
3	86	Bud Holloway (C/RW)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings (from Nashville)	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
4	114	Niclas Andersen (D)	Sweden	Los Angeles Kings (from NY Rangers)	Leksands IF (Allsvenskan)
5	134	David Meckler (C)	United States	Los Angeles Kings	Yale University (ECAC)
5	144	Martin Nolet (D)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings (from NY Rangers)	Champlain (QAAAJHL)
6	164	Constantin Braun (LW)	Denmark	Los Angeles Kings	Eisbaren Berlin (Germany)
7	206	Josh Meyers (D)	United States	Los Angeles Kings	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
7	226	John Seymour (LW)	Canada	Los Angeles Kings	Brampton Battalion (OHL)

External links

• Official website of the Los Angeles Kings
• Kingshockey.com - Unofficial fan site

See also

• 2006–07 NHL season

References

• Game log: Los Angeles Kings game log on ESPN.com
• Team standings: NHL standings on ESPN.com
• Player stats: Los Angeles Kings player stats on ESPN.com