2006–07 Buffalo Sabres season
2006–07 Buffalo Sabres | |
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Presidents' Trophy winners | |
Northeast Division champions | |
Division | 1st Northeast |
Conference | 1st Eastern |
2006–07 record | 53–22–7 |
Home record | 28–10–3 |
Road record | 25–12–4 |
Goals for | 308 |
Goals against | 242 |
Team information | |
General manager | Darcy Regier |
Coach | Lindy Ruff |
Captain | Daniel Briere and Chris Drury |
Alternate captains | Teppo Numminen |
Arena | HSBC Arena |
Average attendance | 18,690 |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Thomas Vanek (43) |
Assists | Daniel Briere (63) |
Points | Daniel Briere (95) |
Penalty minutes | Adam Mair (128) |
Plus/minus | Thomas Vanek (+47) |
Wins | Ryan Miller (40) |
Goals against average | Ryan Miller (2.73) |
The 2006–07 Buffalo Sabres season was the 37th season of operation, 36th season of play, for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.[1] The Season began with the team attempting to rebound from a disappointing end to the 2005–06 season, in which the Sabres advanced to the Eastern Conference finals before losing in seven to the eventual Stanley Cup Champions, the Carolina Hurricanes.
With the best regular-season record in the NHL, the Sabres were awarded the Presidents' Trophy for the first time in their history, and they also earned the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. They defeated the New York Islanders and the New York Rangers in the first two rounds of the playoffs. In the Eastern Conference finals, however, the Sabres' season came to an end when they were defeated by the Ottawa Senators in game five of the Conference finals. As of 2024, this remains the most recent season the Sabres won a playoff series.
Offseason
The team lost several veterans to free agency, including J. P. Dumont, Jay McKee, Mike Grier, and Rory Fitzpatrick. Conversely, the team signed only one new player to the roster: defenseman Jaroslav Spacek. The team planned to rely on young players from their own organization – Jiri Novotny, Paul Gaustad and Nathan Paetsch, to name a few—to fill the holes left by the departing players.
Controversy swirled around the team's logo and jersey, meanwhile, as the look was changed. The team's colors were reverted to blue and gold, which they had worn from their addition to the league as an expansion team until 1996–97, when the colors were changed to black and red. The new logo, though, was said to resemble to many a slug or a wig. There were strong efforts to prevent the team from wearing this new jersey, although none were successful. The team's new third jersey, meanwhile, featured the team's original logo. Despite the controversy, the NHL reported that sales of Sabres merchandise were up approximately 1170% from the 2005–2006 season.[2]
Regular season
The Sabres were very successful early in the season, tying an NHL record by winning their first ten games, before finally suffering a shootout loss to the Atlanta Thrashers.[3] They did not lose a game in regulation until exactly one month into the season, in their thirteenth game, when they lost to Toronto.[4] The Sabres also set an NHL record by winning their first ten road games of the season,[5] not losing outside of HSBC Arena until November 18 in Ottawa. This record would not be broken until 2023, when the Los Angeles Kings won their 11th straight road game to start the season.
On January 9, it was announced that three members of the Sabres had been voted to start the All-Star Game for the Eastern Conference: forward Daniel Briere, defenseman Brian Campbell, and goaltender Ryan Miller. It was the first All-Star appearance for each.[6] In addition, as the Sabres had the best record in the Eastern Conference as of the end of All-Star voting, head coach Lindy Ruff was assigned to coach the Eastern Conference team.[7] Briere recorded a goal and four assists in the game, and was named Most Valuable Player of the game.[8] Thomas Vanek was also invited to All-Star Weekend to play in the YoungStars game.[9]
On January 13, Jason Pominville recorded his 20th goal of the season, becoming the fourth Sabre (after Chris Drury, Thomas Vanek and Maxim Afinogenov) to record 20 goals before the All-Star break. At the time of Pominville's 20th goal, no other team in the NHL had more than two players with 20 goals.[10] Daniel Briere became the fifth Sabre to record 20 goals as he scored a hat-trick on January 30 against the Boston Bruins. With the feat, the Sabres became the first team since the 1995–96 Pittsburgh Penguins to have five 20–goal scorers before February.[11] Four Sabres would go on to reach the 30-goal plateau. For the first time in 12 years, Buffalo was not shut-out in any of their 82 regular season games. Moreover, the Sabres led the NHL in goals scored and became the first team to score at least 200 even-strength goals during the regular season since the New Jersey Devils in 2000–01.
In February, the Sabres found themselves battling injury problems. Forward Tim Connolly had been on the long-term injury list all season, and he was joined by Paul Gaustad when a tendon in his leg was sliced on February 7 against the Ottawa Senators. Jaroslav Spacek broke his left hand soon thereafter, and the Sabres lost Maxim Afinogenov, who broke his left wrist, and Jiri Novotny with a high ankle sprain. Ales Kotalik was next to go down, with a knee sprain, and forward Daniel Paille broke his finger. Against the Ottawa Senators on February 22, captain Chris Drury was injured by a blow to the head by Chris Neil, sparking a wild brawl which saw a fight between Martin Biron and Senators goaltender Ray Emery, and later between Emery and Sabres enforcer Andrew Peters.[12]
The Sabres were the last team to be involved in a trade in the 2006–07 season. On the day of the NHL trade deadline, though, they made four trades. Goaltender Martin Biron, who had been the longest-tenured Sabre, was sent to Philadelphia for Philadelphia's second-round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. Buffalo's fifth-round pick in that draft was sent to Columbus in exchange for another backup goalie, Ty Conklin. Jiri Novotny was sent along with Buffalo's 2007 first-round pick to Washington in exchange for Dainius Zubrus and Timo Helbling. Finally, the Sabres sent their fourth-round pick in 2007 to Nashville for Mikko Lehtonen, a minor league defenseman.[13]
Due to injuries, many Sabres prospects were called up from the team's American Hockey League affiliate, the Rochester Americans, and made their NHL debuts during the season; Mike Card, Michael Funk, Patrick Kaleta, Clarke MacArthur, Mark Mancari, Michael Ryan, Andrej Sekera and Drew Stafford all played their first career NHL game during the 2006–07 season.
The Sabres finished with 298 goals scored (excluding 10 shootout-winning goals), the most in the League.[14]
Season standings
No. | CR | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Buffalo Sabres | 82 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 308 | 242 | 113 |
2 | 4 | Ottawa Senators | 82 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 288 | 222 | 105 |
3 | 9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 258 | 269 | 91 |
4 | 10 | Montreal Canadiens | 82 | 42 | 34 | 6 | 245 | 256 | 90 |
5 | 13 | Boston Bruins | 82 | 35 | 41 | 6 | 219 | 289 | 76 |
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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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | P - Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 53 | 22 | 7 | 308 | 242 | 113 |
2 | Y - New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 49 | 24 | 9 | 216 | 201 | 107 |
3 | Y - Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 43 | 28 | 11 | 246 | 245 | 97 |
4 | X - Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 288 | 222 | 105 |
5 | X - Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 47 | 24 | 11 | 277 | 246 | 105 |
6 | X - New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 42 | 30 | 10 | 242 | 216 | 94 |
7 | X - Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 44 | 33 | 5 | 253 | 261 | 93 |
8 | X - New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 248 | 240 | 92 |
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9 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 258 | 269 | 91 |
10 | Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 42 | 34 | 6 | 245 | 256 | 90 |
11 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 40 | 34 | 8 | 241 | 253 | 88 |
12 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 35 | 31 | 16 | 247 | 257 | 86 |
13 | Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 35 | 41 | 6 | 219 | 289 | 76 |
14 | Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 235 | 286 | 70 |
15 | Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 22 | 48 | 12 | 214 | 303 | 56 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast |
P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
Playoffs
The Sabres earned the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference by virtue of finishing with the highest point total in the conference.
Eastern Conference quarterfinals: vs. (8) New York Islanders
The Sabres faced the New York Islanders in the first round of the playoffs.
Eastern Conference semifinals: vs. (6) New York Rangers
The Sabres faced the New York Rangers in the second round of the playoffs. The Rangers advanced by sweeping the Atlanta Thrashers, the number three seed, in the first round.
Eastern Conference finals: vs. (4) Ottawa Senators
The Sabres faced their division rivals, the Ottawa Senators, in the Eastern Conference finals. The Senators advanced by defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round and the New Jersey Devils in the second. The Sabres lost the series, four games to one.
Schedule and results
Regular season
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October: 10–0–1 (home: 4–0–1; road: 6–0–0)
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November: 9–3–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 5–1–0)
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December: 9–4–1 (home: 5–2–0; road: 4–2–1)
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January: 6–7–1 (home: 4–3–0; road: 2–4–1)
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February: 8–2–1 (home: 5–0–1; road: 3–2–0)
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March: 8–5–2 (home: 5–3–0; road: 3–2–2)
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April: 3–1–0 (home: 1–0–0; road: 2–1–0)
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Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) |
Playoffs
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Eastern Conference Semifinals vs. (6) New York Rangers – Sabres win 4–2
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Eastern Conference Finals vs. (4) Ottawa Senators – Senators win 4–1
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Legend: Win Loss |
Player statistics
Scoring
- Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
48 | Daniel Briere | C | 81 | 32 | 63 | 95 | 17 | 89 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 16 |
26 | Thomas Vanek | LW | 82 | 43 | 41 | 84 | 47 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 10 |
23 | Chris Drury | C | 77 | 37 | 32 | 69 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
29 | Jason Pominville | RW | 82 | 34 | 34 | 68 | 25 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
9 | Derek Roy | C | 75 | 21 | 42 | 63 | 37 | 60 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
61 | Maxim Afinogenov | RW | 56 | 23 | 38 | 61 | 19 | 66 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
55 | Jochen Hecht | C | 76 | 19 | 37 | 56 | 19 | 39 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
51 | Brian Campbell | D | 82 | 6 | 42 | 48 | 28 | 35 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
12 | Ales Kotalik | RW | 66 | 16 | 22 | 38 | −5 | 46 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −3 | 8 |
45 | Dmitri Kalinin | D | 82 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 19 | 36 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
27 | Teppo Numminen | D | 79 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 17 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
21 | Drew Stafford | RW | 41 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 5 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
38 | Nathan Paetsch | D | 63 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | Paul Gaustad | C | 54 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 74 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
6 | Jaroslav Spacek | D | 65 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 62 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
5 | Toni Lydman | D | 67 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 55 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −5 | 14 |
10 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 47 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 34 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 10 |
13 | Jiri Novotny‡ | C | 50 | 6 | 7 | 13 | −2 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
20 | Daniel Paille | LW | 29 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Adam Mair | C | 82 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −1 | 128 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
15 | Dainius Zubrus† | RW | 19 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −3 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 8 |
41 | Clarke MacArthur | LW | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
37 | Michael Ryan | C | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
76 | Andrew Peters | LW | 58 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 125 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
3 | Michael Funk | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
36 | Patrick Kaleta | RW | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Ryan Miller | G | 63 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
19 | Tim Connolly | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
25 | Mark Mancari | RW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
43 | Martin Biron‡ | G | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
33 | Mike Card | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Ty Conklin† | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
44 | Andrej Sekera | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Goaltending
- † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
- ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
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No. | Player | GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
30 | Ryan Miller | 63 | 40 | 16 | 6 | 1886 | 168 | 2.73 | .911 | 2 | 3692 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 489 | 38 | 2.22 | .922 | 0 | 1029 |
43 | Martin Biron‡ | 19 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 533 | 54 | 3.04 | .899 | 0 | 1066 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Ty Conklin† | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 13 | 3.43 | .892 | 0 | 227 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and records
Awards
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) | NHL Plus-Minus Award | Thomas Vanek | [18] |
NHL Second All-Star Team | Thomas Vanek (Left Wing) | [19] | |
League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Daniel Briere[a] | [21] |
Brian Campbell[a] | |||
Ryan Miller[a] | |||
Lindy Ruff (coach) | |||
NHL First Star of the Month | Ryan Miller (October) | [22] | |
NHL First Star of the Week | Maxim Afinogenov (October 22) | [23] | |
NHL Rookie of the Month | Drew Stafford (March) | [24] | |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Thomas Vanek | [25] |
Transactions
Trades
July 10, 2006 | To Edmonton Oilers Jan Hejda | To Buffalo Sabres Seventh-round pick in 2007 |
July 14, 2006 | To Vancouver Canucks Taylor Pyatt | To Buffalo Sabres Fourth-round pick in 2007 |
February 27, 2007 | To Philadelphia Flyers Martin Biron | To Buffalo Sabres Second-round pick in 2007 |
February 27, 2007 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Fifth-round pick in 2007 | To Buffalo Sabres Ty Conklin |
February 27, 2007 | To Washington Capitals Jiri Novotny First-round pick in 2007 | To Buffalo Sabres Dainius Zubrus Timo Helbling |
February 27, 2007 | To Nashville Predators Fourth-round pick in 2007 | To Buffalo Sabres Mikko Lehtonen |
Free agents acquired
Player | Former team |
D Jaroslav Spacek | Edmonton Oilers |
Free agents lost
Lost to waivers
Player | New team | Date |
F Chris Thorburn | Pittsburgh Penguins | October 3 |
Draft picks
Buffalo's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.[26] The Sabres had the 24th overall draft pick for their success in the 2005–06 NHL season.
Round | # | Player | Nationality | NHL team | College/junior/club team (league) |
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1 | 24 | Dennis Persson (D) | ![]() | Buffalo Sabres | VIK Västerås HK (Allsvenskan) |
2 | 46 | Jhonas Enroth (G) | ![]() | Buffalo Sabres (from Vancouver) | Södertälje SK (Elitserien) |
2 | 57 | Mike Weber (D) | ![]() | Buffalo Sabres | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
4 | 117 | Felix Schutz (C) | ![]() | Buffalo Sabres | Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL) |
5 | 147 | Alex Biega (D) | ![]() | Buffalo Sabres | Salisbury School (USHS-CN) |
7 | 207 | Benjamin Breault (C) | ![]() | Buffalo Sabres | Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL) |
Farm teams
The Rochester Americans were the Buffalo Sabres' farm team during the 2006–07 season.
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c Briere, Campbell, and Miller were voted to the starting lineup.[20]
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