2006–07 Dallas Stars season
The 2006–07 Dallas Stars season was the 40th 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.Regular season
The Stars tied the Toronto Maple Leafs for the fewest shorthanded goals scored during the regular season, with three.Season standings
Schedule and results
October
# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Pts |
1 | October 4 | Dallas | 3 – 2 | Colorado | OT | Turco | 18,007 | 1–0–0 | 2 |
2 | October 7 | New Jersey | 1 – 3 | Dallas | | Turco | 18,532 | 2–0–0 | 4 |
3 | October 12 | Dallas | 4 – 1 | Los Angeles | | Turco | 14,167 | 3–0–0 | 6 |
4 | October 14 | Dallas | 4 – 1 | Los Angeles | | Turco | 17,052 | 4–0–0 | 8 |
5 | October 15 | Dallas | 4 – 3 | Anaheim | SO | Turco | 15,269 | 5–0–0 | 10 |
6 | October 17 | Dallas | 0 – 2 | San Jose | | Turco | 16,380 | 5–1–0 | 10 |
7 | October 20 | Chicago | 4 – 5 | Dallas | | Turco | 18,198 | 6–1–0 | 12 |
8 | October 21 | Dallas | 4 – 0 | Phoenix | | Smith | 14,269 | 7–1–0 | 14 |
9 | October 23 | Vancouver | 1 – 2 | Dallas | | Turco | 16,639 | 8–1–0 | 16 |
10 | October 27 | Detroit | 4 – 3 | Dallas | | Turco | 18,584 | 8–2–0 | 16 |
11 | October 28 | Los Angeles | 2 – 3 | Dallas | | Smith | 17,711 | 9–2–0 | 18 |
November
# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Pts |
12 | November 1 | St. Louis | 1 – 4 | Dallas | | Turco | 17,634 | 10–2–0 | 20 |
13 | November 3 | Dallas | 3 – 2 | Edmonton | | Turco | 16,839 | 11–2–0 | 22 |
14 | November 6 | Dallas | 1 – 2 | Vancouver | | Smith | 18,630 | 11–3–0 | 22 |
15 | November 7 | Dallas | 1 – 3 | Calgary | | Turco | 19,289 | 11–4–0 | 22 |
16 | November 9 | Dallas | 1 – 0 | Phoenix | | Turco | 13,197 | 12–4–0 | 24 |
17 | November 15 | NY Islanders | 3 – 0 | Dallas | | Turco | 17,643 | 12–5–0 | 24 |
18 | November 17 | Dallas | 5 – 3 | Atlanta | | Turco | 18,545 | 13–5–0 | 26 |
19 | November 18 | Dallas | 4 – 5 | Carolina | | Turco | 18,639 | 13–6–0 | 26 |
20 | November 20 | Colorado | 4 – 5 | Dallas | | Smith | 17,491 | 14–6–0 | 28 |
21 | November 22 | Nashville | 0 – 1 | Dallas | | Smith | 17,853 | 15–6–0 | 30 |
22 | November 24 | Los Angeles | 3 – 5 | Dallas | | Smith | 18,532 | 16–6–0 | 32 |
23 | November 27 | Dallas | 1 – 2 | Detroit | | Turco | 20,066 | 16–7–0 | 32 |
24 | November 29 | Dallas | 1 – 2 | Chicago | | Turco | 13,164 | 16–8–0 | 32 |
25 | November 30 | Dallas | 3 – 4 | Washington | | Smith | 10,912 | 16–9–0 | 32 |
December
# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Pts |
26 | December 2 | Minnesota | 3 – 4 | Dallas | SO | Turco | 17,027 | 17–9–0 | 34 |
27 | December 4 | San Jose | 0 – 1 | Dallas | | Turco | 17,056 | 18–9–0 | 36 |
28 | December 6 | Phoenix | 0 – 3 | Dallas | | Turco | 16,927 | 19–9–0 | 38 |
29 | December 8 | Edmonton | 2 – 0 | Dallas | | Turco | 17,182 | 19–10–0 | 38 |
30 | December 9 | Dallas | 4 – 3 | Phoenix | OT | Turco | 15,320 | 20–10–0 | 40 |
31 | December 12 | Columbus | 3 – 1 | Dallas | | Turco | 17,411 | 20–11–0 | 40 |
32 | December 14 | NY Rangers | 5 – 2 | Dallas | | Smith | 17,788 | 20–12–0 | 40 |
33 | December 16 | Dallas | 4 – 3 | Los Angeles | SO | Turco | 15,846 | 21–12–0 | 42 |
34 | December 20 | Dallas | 1 – 4 | Anaheim | | Turco | 17,174 | 21–13–0 | 42 |
35 | December 21 | Dallas | 3 – 0 | San Jose | | Turco | 17,496 | 22–13–0 | 44 |
36 | December 23 | Edmonton | 2 – 3 | Dallas | | Turco | 18,136 | 23–13–0 | 46 |
37 | December 26 | Dallas | 1 – 2 | Chicago | | Turco | 14,278 | 23–14–0 | 46 |
38 | December 27 | Dallas | 5 – 4 | Colorado | | Turco | 18,007 | 24–14–0 | 48 |
39 | December 29 | Nashville | 1 – 4 | Dallas | | Turco | 18,532 | 25–14–0 | 50 |
40 | December 31 | San Jose | 4 – 2 | Dallas | | Turco | 18,584 | 25–15–0 | 50 |
January
# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Pts |
41 | January 3 | Dallas | 1 – 2 | Vancouver | SO | Turco | 18,630 | 25–15–1 | 51 |
42 | January 4 | Dallas | 6 – 5 | Edmonton | SO | Turco | 16,839 | 26–15–1 | 53 |
43 | January 6 | Dallas | 2 – 4 | Calgary | | Turco | 19,289 | 26–16–1 | 53 |
44 | January 9 | Phoenix | 5 – 2 | Dallas | | Turco | 18,532 | 26–17–1 | 53 |
45 | January 11 | Anaheim | 5 – 1 | Dallas | | Turco | 18,532 | 26–18–1 | 53 |
46 | January 15 | Los Angeles | 1 – 3 | Dallas | | Turco | 17,992 | 27–18–1 | 55 |
47 | January 17 | Calgary | 2 – 4 | Dallas | | Turco | 18,532 | 28–18–1 | 57 |
48 | January 20 | Dallas | 2 – 1 | Minnesota | SO | Turco | 18,568 | 29–18–1 | 59 |
49 | January 26 | Pittsburgh | 4 – 3 | Dallas | SO | Turco | 18,594 | 29–18–2 | 60 |
50 | January 28 | Dallas | 1 – 4 | Anaheim | | Turco | 17,331 | 29–19–2 | 60 |
51 | January 30 | Dallas | 3 – 2 | San Jose | SO | Turco | 17,496 | 30–19–2 | 62 |
February
# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Pts |
52 | February 1 | Dallas | 4 – 2 | San Jose | | Turco | 17,496 | 31–19–2 | 64 |
53 | February 3 | Dallas | 0 – 2 | St. Louis | | Turco | 16,627 | 31–20–2 | 64 |
54 | February 6 | Minnesota | 2 – 4 | Dallas | | Smith | 17,660 | 32–20–2 | 66 |
55 | February 10 | Anaheim | 0 – 1 | Dallas | | Smith | 17,793 | 33–20–2 | 68 |
56 | February 11 | Colorado | 5 – 7 | Dallas | | Smith | 17,506 | 34–20–2 | 70 |
57 | February 14 | Detroit | 3 – 1 | Dallas | | Smith | 18,037 | 34–21–2 | 70 |
58 | February 18 | San Jose | 2 – 5 | Dallas | | Turco | 17,849 | 35–21–2 | 72 |
59 | February 20 | Dallas | 1 – 2 | Minnesota | SO | Turco | 18,568 | 35–21–3 | 73 |
60 | February 23 | Anaheim | 1 – 4 | Dallas | | Smith | 17,634 | 36–21–3 | 75 |
61 | February 25 | Vancouver | 1 – 2 | Dallas | OT | Turco | 17,712 | 37–21–3 | 77 |
62 | February 27 | Dallas | 2 – 1 | Tampa Bay | OT | Turco | 19,225 | 38–21–3 | 79 |
March
# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Pts |
63 | March 1 | Dallas | 1 – 2 | Florida | OT | Smith | 11,822 | 38–21–4 | 80 |
64 | March 2 | Columbus | 3 – 2 | Dallas | SO | Turco | 17,147 | 38–21–5 | 81 |
65 | March 4 | San Jose | 4 – 0 | Dallas | | Turco | 18,002 | 38–22–5 | 81 |
66 | March 8 | Dallas | 4 – 0 | St. Louis | | Smith | 11,131 | 38–23–5 | 81 |
67 | March 9 | Dallas | 3 – 0 | Columbus | | Turco | 17,284 | 39–23–5 | 83 |
68 | March 11 | Los Angeles | 3 – 4 | Dallas | OT | Turco | 17,478 | 40–23–5 | 85 |
69 | March 13 | Philadelphia | 2 – 3 | Dallas | | Smith | 17,618 | 41–23–5 | 87 |
70 | March 15 | Calgary | 2 – 4 | Dallas | | Turco | 18,532 | 42–23–5 | 89 |
71 | March 17 | Dallas | 2 – 3 | Nashville | | Turco | 17,113 | 42–24–5 | 89 |
72 | March 18 | Phoenix | 4 – 5 | Dallas | OT | Turco | 18,318 | 43–24–5 | 91 |
73 | March 21 | Dallas | 4 – 2 | Los Angeles | | Smith | 17,838 | 44–24–5 | 93 |
74 | March 23 | Dallas | 2 – 3 | Anaheim | OT | Turco | 17,421 | 44–24–6 | 94 |
75 | March 24 | Dallas | 4 – 3 | Phoenix | SO | Turco | 17,522 | 45–24–6 | 96 |
76 | March 27 | Phoenix | 0 – 6 | Dallas | | Turco | 18,532 | 46–24–6 | 98 |
77 | March 30 | Dallas | 4 – 3 | Detroit | SO | Smith | 20,066 | 47–24–6 | 100 |
78 | March 31 | Dallas | 4 – 2 | Nashville | | Turco | 17,113 | 48–24–6 | 102 |
April
# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Pts |
79 | April 2 | St. Louis | 4 – 2 | Dallas | | Turco | 18,532 | 48–25–6 | 102 |
80 | April 5 | Dallas | 1 – 2 | Columbus | OT | Turco | 15,997 | 48–25–7 | 103 |
81 | April 6 | Anaheim | 1 – 2 | Dallas | SO | Turco | 18,584 | 49–25–7 | 105 |
82 | April 8 | Chicago | 2 – 3 | Dallas | | Turco | 17,932 | 50–25–7 | 107 |
Playoffs
The Dallas Stars ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's sixth seed.Vancouver won series 4–3
# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Series |
1 | April 11 | Dallas | 4 – 5 | Vancouver | 4OT | Turco | 18,630 | 0 – 1 |
2 | April 13 | Dallas | 2 – 0 | Vancouver | | Turco | 18,630 | 1 – 1 |
3 | April 15 | Vancouver | 2 – 1 | Dallas | OT | Turco | 18,532 | 1 – 2 |
4 | April 17 | Vancouver | 2 – 1 | Dallas | | Turco | 18,532 | 1 – 3 |
5 | April 19 | Dallas | 1 – 0 | Vancouver | OT | Turco | 18,630 | 2 – 3 |
6 | April 21 | Vancouver | 0 – 2 | Dallas | | Turco | 18,600 | 3 – 3 |
7 | April 23 | Dallas | 1 – 4 | Vancouver | | Turco | 18,630 | 3 – 4 |
Regular season
;Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| C | 81 | 18 | 41 | 59 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| D | 78 | 12 | 42 | 54 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| D | 76 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 104 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| C | 82 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| RW | 73 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 5 |
| C | 59 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 |
| LW | 40 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 33 | -2 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| LW | 82 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| C | 49 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 70 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 82 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 40 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| RW | 74 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 38 | -5 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 76 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 78 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| D | 74 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 36 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| LW | 59 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 75 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 86 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 25 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 6 | -3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 74 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 41 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| D | 57 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 39 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 127 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 36 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 26 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 107 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| RW | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 35 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 67 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| W | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 38 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW/C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| 3764 | 67 | 38 | 20 | 5 | 140 | 2.23 | 6 | 1564 | 1424 | .910 |
| 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
;Scoring
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| C | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LW | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| LW | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| 509 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1.30 | 3 | 229 | 218 | .952 |
Team: | 509 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1.30 | 3 | 229 | 218 | .952 |
Transactions
Trades
Free agents lost
Draft picks
Dallas' picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Round | # | Player | Nationality | NHL Team | College/Junior/Club Team |
1 | 27 | Ivan Vishnevskiy | | Dallas Stars | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies |
3 | 90 | Aaron Snow | | Dallas Stars | Brampton Battalion |
4 | 120 | Richard Bachman | | Dallas Stars | Cushing Academy |
5 | 138 | David McIntyre | | Dallas Stars | Newmarket Hurricanes |
5 | 150 | Max Warn | | Dallas Stars | HIFK Jr. |
Final roster