2006–07 Dallas Stars season

The 2006–07 Dallas Stars season was the 14th season for the Dallas Stars, and the 40th overall of the franchise. The Stars made one major acquisition, Eric Lindros. With Marty Turco still in goal, and Mike Modano and captain Brenden Morrow leading the team, the Stars qualified for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.

2006–07 Dallas Stars
Division3rd Pacific
Conference6th Western
2006–07 record50–25–7
Home record28–11–2
Road record22–14–5
Goals for226
Goals against197
Team information
General managerDoug Armstrong
CoachDave Tippett
CaptainBrenden Morrow
Alternate captainsMike Modano
Sergei Zubov
ArenaAmerican Airlines Center
Average attendance17,914
Team leaders
GoalsJere Lehtinen (26)
AssistsMike Ribeiro (41)
PointsMike Ribeiro (59)
Penalty minutesMatthew Barnaby (127)
Plus/minusMike Modano (+9)
WinsMarty Turco (37)
Goals against averageMike Smith (2.23)
Mary Turco (2.23)

Regular season

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The Stars tied the Toronto Maple Leafs for the fewest shorthanded goals scored during the regular season, with three.[1]

Season standings

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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.

Western Conference[2]
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 z-Detroit Red Wings CE 82 50 19 13 254 199 113
2 y-Anaheim Ducks PA 82 48 20 14 258 208 110
3 y-Vancouver Canucks NW 82 49 26 7 222 201 105
4 Nashville Predators CE 82 51 23 8 272 212 110
5 San Jose Sharks PA 82 51 26 5 258 199 107
6 Dallas Stars PA 82 50 25 7 226 197 107
7 Minnesota Wild NW 82 48 26 8 235 191 104
8 Calgary Flames NW 82 43 29 10 258 226 96
8.5
9 Colorado Avalanche NW 82 44 31 7 272 251 95
10 St. Louis Blues CE 82 34 35 13 214 254 81
11 Columbus Blue Jackets CE 82 33 42 7 201 249 73
12 Edmonton Oilers NW 82 32 43 7 195 248 71
13 Chicago Blackhawks CE 82 31 42 9 201 258 71
14 Los Angeles Kings PA 82 27 41 14 227 283 68
15 Phoenix Coyotes PA 82 31 46 5 216 284 67

bold - qualified for playoffs, y - division title, z - best conference record
CE - Central Division, NW - Northwest Division, PA - Pacific Division


Playoffs

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The Dallas Stars ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's sixth seed.

Schedule and results

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Regular season

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2006–07 regular season[3]
October: 9–2–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 5–1–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
1 October 4 Dallas 3 – 2 Colorado OT Turco 18,007 1–0–0 2 Recap
2 October 7 New Jersey 1 – 3 Dallas Turco 18,532 2–0–0 4 Recap
3 October 12 Dallas 4 – 1 Los Angeles Turco 14,167 3–0–0 6 Recap
4 October 14 Dallas 4 – 1 Los Angeles Turco 17,052 4–0–0 8 Recap
5 October 15 Dallas 4 – 3 Anaheim SO Turco 15,269 5–0–0 10 Recap
6 October 17 Dallas 0 – 2 San Jose Turco 16,380 5–1–0 10 Recap
7 October 20 Chicago 4 – 5 Dallas Turco 18,198 6–1–0 12 Recap
8 October 21 Dallas 4 – 0 Phoenix Smith 14,269 7–1–0 14 Recap
9 October 23 Vancouver 1 – 2 Dallas Turco 16,639 8–1–0 16 Recap
10 October 27 Detroit 4 – 3 Dallas Turco 18,584 8–2–0 16 Recap
11 October 28 Los Angeles 2 – 3 Dallas Smith 17,711 9–2–0 18 Recap
November: 7–7–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 3–6–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
12 November 1 St. Louis 1 – 4 Dallas Turco 17,634 10–2–0 20 Recap
13 November 3 Dallas 3 – 2 Edmonton Turco 16,839 11–2–0 22 Recap
14 November 6 Dallas 1 – 2 Vancouver Smith 18,630 11–3–0 22 Recap
15 November 7 Dallas 1 – 3 Calgary Turco 19,289 11–4–0 22 Recap
16 November 9 Dallas 1 – 0 Phoenix Turco 13,197 12–4–0 24 Recap
17 November 15 NY Islanders 3 – 0 Dallas Turco 17,643 12–5–0 24 Recap
18 November 17 Dallas 5 – 3 Atlanta Turco 18,545 13–5–0 26 Recap
19 November 18 Dallas 4 – 5 Carolina Turco 18,639 13–6–0 26 Recap
20 November 20 Colorado 4 – 5 Dallas Smith 17,491 14–6–0 28 Recap
21 November 22 Nashville 0 – 1 Dallas Smith 17,853 15–6–0 30 Recap
22 November 24 Los Angeles 3 – 5 Dallas Smith 18,532 16–6–0 32 Recap
23 November 27 Dallas 1 – 2 Detroit Turco 20,066 16–7–0 32 Recap
24 November 29 Dallas 1 – 2 Chicago Turco 13,164 16–8–0 32 Recap
25 November 30 Dallas 3 – 4 Washington Smith 10,912 16–9–0 32 Recap
December: 9–6–0 (home: 5–4–0; road: 4–2–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
26 December 2 Minnesota 3 – 4 Dallas SO Turco 17,027 17–9–0 34 Recap
27 December 4 San Jose 0 – 1 Dallas Turco 17,056 18–9–0 36 Recap
28 December 6 Phoenix 0 – 3 Dallas Turco 16,927 19–9–0 38 Recap
29 December 8 Edmonton 2 – 0 Dallas Turco 17,182 19–10–0 38 Recap
30 December 9 Dallas 4 – 3 Phoenix OT Turco 15,320 20–10–0 40 Recap
31 December 12 Columbus 3 – 1 Dallas Turco 17,411 20–11–0 40 Recap
32 December 14 NY Rangers 5 – 2 Dallas Smith 17,788 20–12–0 40 Recap
33 December 16 Dallas 4 – 3 Los Angeles SO Turco 15,846 21–12–0 42 Recap
34 December 20 Dallas 1 – 4 Anaheim Turco 17,174 21–13–0 42 Recap
35 December 21 Dallas 3 – 0 San Jose Turco 17,496 22–13–0 44 Recap
36 December 23 Edmonton 2 – 3 Dallas Turco 18,136 23–13–0 46 Recap
37 December 26 Dallas 1 – 2 Chicago Turco 14,278 23–14–0 46 Recap
38 December 27 Dallas 5 – 4 Colorado Turco 18,007 24–14–0 48 Recap
39 December 29 Nashville 1 – 4 Dallas Turco 18,532 25–14–0 50 Recap
40 December 31 San Jose 4 – 2 Dallas Turco 18,584 25–15–0 50 Recap
January: 5–4–2 (home: 2–2–1; road: 3–2–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
41 January 3 Dallas 1 – 2 Vancouver SO Turco 18,630 25–15–1 51 Recap
42 January 4 Dallas 6 – 5 Edmonton SO Turco 16,839 26–15–1 53 Recap
43 January 6 Dallas 2 – 4 Calgary Turco 19,289 26–16–1 53 Recap
44 January 9 Phoenix 5 – 2 Dallas Turco 18,532 26–17–1 53 Recap
45 January 11 Anaheim 5 – 1 Dallas Turco 18,532 26–18–1 53 Recap
46 January 15 Los Angeles 1 – 3 Dallas Turco 17,992 27–18–1 55 Recap
47 January 17 Calgary 2 – 4 Dallas Turco 18,532 28–18–1 57 Recap
48 January 20 Dallas 2 – 1 Minnesota SO Turco 18,568 29–18–1 59 Recap
49 January 26 Pittsburgh 4 – 3 Dallas SO Turco 18,594 29–18–2 60 Recap
50 January 28 Dallas 1 – 4 Anaheim Turco 17,331 29–19–2 60 Recap
51 January 30 Dallas 3 – 2 San Jose SO Turco 17,496 30–19–2 62 Recap
February: 9–2–0 (home: 6–1–0; road: 3–1–0)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
52 February 1 Dallas 4 – 2 San Jose Turco 17,496 31–19–2 64 Recap
53 February 3 Dallas 0 – 2 St. Louis Turco 16,627 31–20–2 64 Recap
54 February 6 Minnesota 2 – 4 Dallas Smith 17,660 32–20–2 66 Recap
55 February 10 Anaheim 0 – 1 Dallas Smith 17,793 33–20–2 68 Recap
56 February 11 Colorado 5 – 7 Dallas Smith 17,506 34–20–2 70 Recap
57 February 14 Detroit 3 – 1 Dallas Smith 18,037 34–21–2 70 Recap
58 February 18 San Jose 2 – 5 Dallas Turco 17,849 35–21–2 72 Recap
59 February 20 Dallas 1 – 2 Minnesota SO Turco 18,568 35–21–3 73 Recap
60 February 23 Anaheim 1 – 4 Dallas Smith 17,634 36–21–3 75 Recap
61 February 25 Vancouver 1 – 2 Dallas OT Turco 17,712 37–21–3 77 Recap
62 February 27 Dallas 2 – 1 Tampa Bay OT Turco 19,225 38–21–3 79 Recap
March: 11–2–3 (home: 5–1–1; road: 6–1–2)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
63 March 1 Dallas 1 – 2 Florida OT Smith 11,822 38–21–4 80 Recap
64 March 2 Columbus 3 – 2 Dallas SO Turco 17,147 38–21–5 81 Recap
65 March 4 San Jose 4 – 0 Dallas Turco 18,002 38–22–5 81 Recap
66 March 8 Dallas 4 – 0 St. Louis Smith 11,131 38–23–5 81 Recap
67 March 9 Dallas 3 – 0 Columbus Turco 17,284 39–23–5 83 Recap
68 March 11 Los Angeles 3 – 4 Dallas OT Turco 17,478 40–23–5 85 Recap
69 March 13 Philadelphia 2 – 3 Dallas Smith 17,618 41–23–5 87 Recap
70 March 15 Calgary 2 – 4 Dallas Turco 18,532 42–23–5 89 Recap
71 March 17 Dallas 2 – 3 Nashville Turco 17,113 42–24–5 89 Recap
72 March 18 Phoenix 4 – 5 Dallas OT Turco 18,318 43–24–5 91 Recap
73 March 21 Dallas 4 – 2 Los Angeles Smith 17,838 44–24–5 93 Recap
74 March 23 Dallas 2 – 3 Anaheim OT Turco 17,421 44–24–6 94 Recap
75 March 24 Dallas 4 – 3 Phoenix SO Turco 17,522 45–24–6 96 Recap
76 March 27 Phoenix 0 – 6 Dallas Turco 18,532 46–24–6 98 Recap
77 March 30 Dallas 4 – 3 Detroit SO Smith 20,066 47–24–6 100 Recap
78 March 31 Dallas 4 – 2 Nashville Turco 17,113 48–24–6 102 Recap
April: 2–1–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 0–0–1)
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap
79 April 2 St. Louis 4 – 2 Dallas Turco 18,532 48–25–6 102 Recap
80 April 5 Dallas 1 – 2 Columbus OT Turco 15,997 48–25–7 103 Recap
81 April 6 Anaheim 1 – 2 Dallas SO Turco 18,584 49–25–7 105 Recap
82 April 8 Chicago 2 – 3 Dallas Turco 17,932 50–25–7 107 Recap
Legend:

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

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2007 Stanley Cup playoffs[3]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (3) Vancouver Canucks – Canucks win 4–3
Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap
1 April 11 Dallas 4 – 5 Vancouver 4OT Turco 18,630 0 – 1 Recap
2 April 13 Dallas 2 – 0 Vancouver Turco 18,630 1 – 1 Recap
3 April 15 Vancouver 2 – 1 Dallas OT Turco 18,532 1 – 2 Recap
4 April 17 Vancouver 2 – 1 Dallas Turco 18,532 1 – 3 Recap
5 April 19 Dallas 1 – 0 Vancouver OT Turco 18,630 2 – 3 Recap
6 April 21 Vancouver 0 – 2 Dallas Turco 18,600 3 – 3 Recap
7 April 23 Dallas 1 – 4 Vancouver Turco 18,630 3 – 4 Recap
Legend:

  Win   Loss

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Mike Ribeiro C 81 18 41 59 22 3 6 0 3
Sergei Zubov D 78 12 42 54 26 0 9 0 3
Philippe Boucher D 76 19 32 51 104 2 12 0 4
Jussi Jokinen C 82 14 34 48 18 8 6 0 1
Jere Lehtinen RW 73 26 17 43 16 5 11 1 5
Mike Modano C 59 22 21 43 34 9 9 0 7
Brenden Morrow LW 40 16 15 31 33 -2 8 0 3
Niklas Hagman LW 82 17 12 29 34 3 2 1 2
Eric Lindros C 49 5 21 26 70 -1 1 0 0
Stu Barnes C 82 13 12 25 40 -2 1 0 2
Antti Miettinen RW 74 11 14 25 38 -5 6 0 1
Jeff Halpern C 76 8 17 25 78 -7 1 0 4
Darryl Sydor D 74 5 16 21 36 -4 2 0 1
Loui Eriksson LW 59 6 13 19 18 -3 2 0 0
Stephane Robidas D 75 0 17 17 86 -1 0 0 0
Ladislav Nagy LW 25 4 10 14 6 -3 2 0 1
Trevor Daley D 74 4 8 12 63 2 0 0 1
Patrik Stefan C 41 5 6 11 10 5 0 1 1
Jaroslav Modry D 57 1 9 10 32 10 0 0 0
Matthew Barnaby RW 39 1 6 7 127 5 0 0 0
Joel Lundqvist C 36 3 3 6 14 -5 0 0 0
Krys Barch RW 26 3 2 5 107 2 0 0 2
Mathias Tjarnqvist RW 18 1 3 4 4 -3 0 0 0
Steve Ott C 19 0 4 4 35 -4 0 0 0
Marty Turco G 67 0 4 4 18 0 0 0 0
Chris Conner W 11 1 2 3 4 -3 0 0 0
Jon Klemm D 38 1 2 3 24 0 0 0 0
Nolan Baumgartner D 7 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Mattias Norstrom D 14 0 2 2 8 2 0 0 0
Junior Lessard RW/C 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
Nicklas Grossmann D 8 0 0 0 4 -1 0 0 0
Vojtech Polak LW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Mike Smith G 23 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Marty Turco 3764 67 38 20 5 140 2.23 6 1564 1424 .910
Mike Smith 1213 23 12 5 2 45 2.23 3 511 466 .912
Team: 4977 82 50 25 7 185 2.23 9 2075 1890 .911

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Stu Barnes C 7 1 3 4 4 1 1 0 0
Sergei Zubov D 6 0 4 4 2 3 0 0 0
Jeff Halpern C 7 2 1 3 4 -1 0 0 1
Brenden Morrow LW 7 2 1 3 18 -1 2 0 1
Mike Ribeiro C 7 0 3 3 4 -3 0 0 0
Joel Lundqvist C 7 2 0 2 6 1 0 0 0
Antti Miettinen RW 4 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
Mike Modano C 7 1 1 2 4 0 1 0 1
Ladislav Nagy LW 7 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 0
Darryl Sydor D 7 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 0
Trevor Daley D 7 1 0 1 4 -3 0 0 0
Philippe Boucher D 7 0 1 1 6 -5 0 0 0
Loui Eriksson LW 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Niklas Hagman LW 7 0 1 1 10 -1 0 0 0
Jussi Jokinen C 4 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Stephane Robidas D 7 0 1 1 2 -1 0 0 0
Jon Klemm D 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Jere Lehtinen RW 7 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Eric Lindros C 3 0 0 0 4 -2 0 0 0
Mattias Norstrom D 7 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0
Steve Ott C 6 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0
Marty Turco G 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Marty Turco 509 7 3 4 11 1.30 3 229 218 .952
Team: 509 7 3 4 11 1.30 3 229 218 .952

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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

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Trades

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June 24, 2006 To Atlanta Thrashers
Niko Kapanen
7th round pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft
To Dallas Stars
Jaroslav Modry
Patrik Stefan
September 30, 2006 To Montreal Canadiens
Janne Niinimaa
5th round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft
To Dallas Stars
Mike Ribeiro
6th round pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft
February 12, 2007 To Phoenix Coyotes
Mathias Tjarnqvist
1st round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft
To Dallas Stars
Ladislav Nagy
February 27, 2007 To Los Angeles Kings
Jaroslav Modry
Johan Fransson
1st round pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft
2nd round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft
3rd round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft
To Dallas Stars
Mattias Norstrom
Konstantin Pushkarev
3rd round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft
4th round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft

Free agents acquired

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Player Former Team
F Jeff Halpern Washington Capitals
F Matthew Barnaby Chicago Blackhawks
F Eric Lindros Toronto Maple Leafs

Free agents lost

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Player New Team
D Willie Mitchell Vancouver Canucks
G Johan Hedberg Atlanta Thrashers
F Jason Arnott Nashville Predators
D Patrick Traverse San Jose Sharks
D Dan Jancevski Montreal Canadiens

Draft picks

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Dallas' picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[5]

Round # Player Nationality NHL team College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 27 Ivan Vishnevskiy (D)   Russia Dallas Stars Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
3 90 Aaron Snow (LW)   Canada Dallas Stars Brampton Battalion (OHL)
4 120 Richard Bachman (G)   United States Dallas Stars Cushing Academy (USHS-MA)
5 138 David McIntyre (C)   Canada Dallas Stars (from Tampa Bay) Newmarket Hurricanes (OPJRA)
5 150 Max Warn (LW)   Finland Dallas Stars HIFK Jr. (Fin. Jr.)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2006-07 NHL Summary".
  2. ^ "NHL Hockey Standings". NHL.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "2006-07 Dallas Stars Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved July 21, 2024.
  4. ^ "2006-07 Dallas Stars Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
  5. ^ "2006 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved July 22, 2024.