2006-07 Atlanta Thrashers season

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The Atlanta Thrashers 2006-07 Season began with the highest expectations in franchise history, even with the offseason loss of their second leading scorer, Marc Savard to the Boston Bruins. Veteran center, Steve Rucchin, Niko Kapanen, and Jon Sim were acquired in hopes help fill the Savard loss. With NHL superstars Marian Hossa and Ilya Kovalchuk and a healthy goaltender, Kari Lehtonen, the Thrashers hope to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in team history.

Southeast Division	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
Atlanta Thrashers	68	35	23	10	80	207	211
Tampa Bay Lightning	68	37	27	4	78	215	213
Carolina Hurricanes	68	33	28	7	73	199	209
Florida Panthers	67	27	27	13	67	196	214
Washington Capitals	67	24	31	12	60	199	239

As of March 1, 2007. For current standings, see 2006-07 NHL season

Record for month 8-2-3 (Home 4-1-1 Away 4-1-2)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	October 5	Tampa Bay	3 - 2	Atlanta	SO	Lehtonen	17,269	0-0-1	1
2	October 7	Florida	0 - 6	Atlanta		Lehtonen	14,239	1-0-1	3
3	October 9	Atlanta	1 - 0	Tampa Bay		Lehtonen	19,817	2-0-1	5
4	October 11	Boston	1 - 4	Atlanta		Lehtonen	12,579	3-0-1	7
5	October 13	Carolina	4 - 3	Atlanta		Lehtonen	13,106	3-1-1	7
6	October 14	Atlanta	4 - 3	Washington	OT	Lehtonen	11,995	4-1-1	9
7	October 19	Washington	3 - 4	Atlanta	SO	Lehtonen	12,719	5-1-1	11
8	October 21	Florida	2 - 4	Atlanta		Lehtonen	16,178	6-1-1	13
9	October 23	Atlanta	6 - 3	Florida		Lehtonen	13,102	7-1-1	15
10	October 25	Atlanta	4 - 5	Carolina	OT	Lehtonen	15,008	7-1-2	16
11	October 26	Atlanta	2 - 3	Philadelphia	SO	Lehtonen	19,228	7-1-3	17
12	October 28	Atlanta	5 - 4	Buffalo	SO	Lehtonen	18,690	8-1-3	19
13	October 30	Atlanta	2 - 4	Toronto		Lehtonen	19,285	8-2-3	19

Record for Month 8-5-1 (Home 4-3-0 Away 4-2-1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
14	November 1	Carolina	2 - 5	Atlanta		Lehtonen	14,277	8-3-3	19
15	November 3	Atlanta	4 - 3	Washington		Hedberg	12,834	9-3-3	21
16	November 4	Atlanta	4 - 1	NY Islanders		Hedberg	12,394	10-3-3	23
17	November 6	Boston	3 - 5	Atlanta		Hedberg	14,084	11-3-3	25
18	November 8	Ottawa	4 - 5	Atlanta		Lehtonen	16,253	12-3-3	27
19	November 10	NY Rangers	5 - 2	Atlanta		Lehtonen	18,545	12-4-3	27
20	November 11	Atlanta	3 - 5	Tampa Bay		Lehtonen	20,034	12-5-3	27
21	November 17	Dallas	5 - 3	Atlanta		Hedberg	18,545	12-6-3	27
22	November 18	Atlanta	1 - 3	Montreal		Hedberg	21,273	12-7-3	27
23	November 22	Atlanta	4 - 2	Washington		Hedberg	11,284	13-7-3	29
24	November 24	Atlanta	2 - 3	Tampa Bay	OT	Lehtonen	19,922	13-7-4	30
25	November 25	Florida	0 - 1	Atlanta		Lehtonen	17,053	14-7-4	32
26	November 28	Atlanta	5 - 4	NY Rangers	OT	Lehtonen	18,200	15-7-4	34
27	November 30	Toronto	0 - 5	Atlanta		Lehtonen	15,092	16-7-4	36

Record for Month 7-4-2 (Home 3-1-2 Away 4-3-0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
28	December 2	Atlanta	3 - 1	Florida		Lehtonen	13,333	17-7-4	38
29	December 5	Atlanta	5 - 2	Toronto		Hedberg	19,507	18-7-4	40
30	December 7	Atlanta	0 - 8	Tampa Bay		Lehtonen	17,704	18-8-4	40
31	December 9	Pittsburgh	4 - 3	Atlanta	OT	Lehtonen	18,687	18-8-5	41
32	December 13	Anaheim	2 - 1	Atlanta		Lehtonen	16,028	18-9-5	41
33	December 15	Washington	3 - 2	Atlanta	OT	Lehtonen	16,920	18-9-6	42
34	December 16	Atlanta	0 - 6	NY Islanders		Hedberg	10,452	18-10-6	42
35	December 19	Atlanta	4 - 3	New Jersey	SO	Lehtonen	10,116	19-10-6	44
36	December 21	Pittsburgh	3 - 4	Atlanta	SO	Lehtonen	17,328	20-10-6	46
37	December 23	New Jersey	2 - 5	Atlanta		Lehtonen	17,548	21-10-6	48
38	December 26	Tampa Bay	1 - 2	Atlanta		Lehtonen	16,356	22-10-6	50
39	December 27	Atlanta	4 - 2	Pittsburgh		Lehtonen	17,132	23-10-6	52
40	December 30	Atlanta	1 - 4	Buffalo		Lehtonen	18,690	23-11-6	52

Record for month 6-5-2 (Home 3-2-1 Away 3-3-1)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
41	January 1	Atlanta	3 - 2	Ottawa	OT	Lehtonen	19,707	24-11-6	54
42	January 2	Atlanta	1 - 5	Minnesota		Lehtonen	18,568	24-12-6	54
43	January 5	Phoenix	5 - 4	Atlanta	OT	Hedberg	18,545	24-12-7	55
44	January 6	Atlanta	2 - 3	Washington	OT	Lehtonen	15,642	24-12-8	56
45	January 9	Atlanta	2 - 4	Montreal		Lehtonen	21,273	24-13-8	56
46	January 12	Atlanta	1 - 2	New Jersey		Lehtonen	13,249	24-14-8	56
47	January 13	Atlanta	4 - 3	Carolina	SO	Lehtonen	18,639	25-14-8	58
48	January 16	Los Angeles	2 - 6	Atlanta		Lehtonen	13,205	26-14-8	60
49	January 18	Montreal	4 - 1	Atlanta		Lehtonen	14,025	26-15-8	60
50	January 20	Atlanta	3 - 1	NY Rangers		Lehtonen	18,200	27-15-8	62
51	January 26	NY Islanders	4 - 5	Atlanta	OT	Lehtonen	18,089	28-15-8	64
52	January 28	Philadelphia	2 - 1	Atlanta		Lehtonen	18,598	28-16-8	64
53	January 30	New Jersey	4 - 5	Atlanta	SO	Lehtonen	12,162	29-16-8	66

Record for month 3-7-2 (Home 0-3-2 Away 3-4-0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
54	February 1	NY Islanders	5 - 2	Atlanta		Lehtonen	13,543	29-17-8	66
55	February 3	Philadelphia	5 - 2	Atlanta		Lehtonen	18,622	29-18-8	66
56	February 6	Buffalo	4 - 3	Atlanta	SO	Lehtonen	17,881	29-18-9	67
57	February 8	Atlanta	6 - 3	Colorado		Lehtonen	17,428	30-18-9	69
58	February 10	Atlanta	2 - 3	Vancouver		Lehtonen	18,630	30-19-9	69
59	February 11	Atlanta	1 - 5	Edmonton		Hedberg	16,839	30-20-9	69
60	February 13	Atlanta	1 - 4	Calgary		Lehtonen	19,289	30-21-9	69
61	February 17	Atlanta	3 - 5	Ottawa		Lehtonen	19,881	30-22-9	69
62	February 20	Atlanta	3 - 1	Carolina		Hedberg	16,228	31-22-9	71
63	February 22	Tampa Bay	5 - 4	Atlanta	OT	Hedberg	16,032	31-22-10	72
64	February 24	Carolina	4 - 1	Atlanta		Lehtonen	18,774	31-23-10	72
65	February 26	Atlanta	3 - 2	Boston				32-23-10	74

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates regulation loss.
White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

As of February 26, 2007, the Thrashers are in 6th place in the Eastern Conference^[1],

13 points behind 1st place Buffalo
10 points behind 2nd place New Jersey
2 points ahead of 7th place Montreal
3 points ahead of 8th place Carolina

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Marian Hossa	64	35	44	79	10	43
Slava Kozlov	63	20	43	63	E	30
Ilya Kovalchuk	64	33	28	61	-9	48
Scott Mellanby	52	10	19	29	-8	61
Glen Metropolit	57	12	16	28	9	20
Jon Sim	64	15	10	25	-6	53

as of February 24, 2007

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Kari Lehtonen	53	3051	25	19	8	148	4	.907	2.91
Johan Hedberg	17	845	6	4	2	46	0	.882	3.26

as of February 24, 2007

June 24, 2006	To Dallas Stars Jaroslav Modry Patrik Stefan	To Atlanta Thrashers Niko Kapanen 7th round pick in 2006
February 1, 2007	To Tampa Bay Lightning Kyle Wanvig Stephen Baby	To Atlanta Thrashers Andy Delmore Andre Deveaux
February 10, 2007	To Nashville Predators Vitali Vishnevski	To Atlanta Thrashers Eric Belanger
February 24, 2007	To Philadelphia Flyers Braydon Coburn	To Atlanta Thrashers Alexei Zhitnik
February 25, 2007	To St. Louis Blues Glen Metropolit 1st round pick in 2007 3rd round pick in 2007 2nd round pick in 2008 1st round pick in 2008 if Tkachuk resigns with Atlanta in the offseason.	To Atlanta Thrashers Keith Tkachuk
February 27, 2007	To New York Rangers Alex Bourret 3rd round pick in 2007	To Atlanta Thrashers Pascal Dupuis

Player	Former Team
F Jon Sim	Florida Panthers
G Johan Hedberg	Dallas Stars
F Steve Rucchin	New York Rangers
F Glen Metropolit	HC Lugano (Swiss-A League)

Player	Current Team
G Mike Dunham	New York Islanders
F Marc Savard	Boston Bruins
F Peter Bondra	Chicago Blackhawks
F Ronald Petrovicky	Pittsburgh Penguins
F Ramzi Abid	Nashville Predators

Player	Current Team
F Jason Krog	New York Rangers
F Denis Hamel	Philadelphia Flyers

Atlanta's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[2] The Atlanta had the 12th overall draft pick in the 2005-06 NHL season.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL Team	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	12	Bryan Little (C)	Canada	Atlanta Thrashers	Barrie (OHL)
2	43	Riley Holzapfel (C)	Canada	Atlanta Thrashers	Moose Jaw (WHL)
3	80	Michael Forney (LW)	United States	Atlanta Thrashers (from Edmonton)	Thief River Falls (MSHSL)
5	135	Alex Kangas (G)	United States	Buffalo Sabres	Sioux Falls (USHL)
6	165	Jonas Enlund (C)	Finland	Atlanta Thrashers	IFK Jr. Finland
7	195	Jesse Martin (C)	Canada	Atlanta Thrashers	Spruce Grove (AJHL)
7	200	Arturs Kulda (D)	Latvia	Atlanta Thrashers (from Edmonton)	HC CSKA Moscow (Russian Super League)
7	210	Will O'Neill (D)	United States	Atlanta Thrashers (from Dallas)	Tabor Academy (NEPSAC)