2006-07 Minnesota Wild Statistics
Team Record: 48-26-8 (SO: 10-7) - 104 points
Finishing 2nd in the NHL's Northwest Division
Postseason: 1-4
Lost NHL conference quarter-finals
Conference Quarter-Finals - Lost to Anaheim Ducks 4-1
Coach: Jacques Lemaire (48-26, 8 OTL)
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
2006-07 Minnesota Wild Results
The Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League ended the 2006-07 season with a record of 48 wins and 26 losses (and 8 overtime losses), with a 10-7 showing in shootouts for 104 points, finishing second in the NHL's Northwest Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-4.
The Wild led the league with just 191 goals allowed. Minnesota scored 235 goals. Brian Rolston netted 31 goals for the squad, while Marian Gaborik tallied 30 or more also. Pavol Demitra contributed 39 assists. Niklas Backstrom earned 23 wins in front of the net for the team, and Manny Fernandez added 15 or more victories also. Niklas Backstrom registered a 1.97 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Jacques Lemaire coached the team. The 2006-07 Minnesota Wild lost in the NHL conference quarter-finals.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Rolston | C | 78 | 31 | 33 | 64 | 46 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 305 | 10.2 |
| Pavol Demitra | C | 71 | 25 | 39 | 64 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 175 | 14.3 |
| Marian Gaborik | R | 48 | 30 | 27 | 57 | 40 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 196 | 15.3 |
| Pierre-Marc Bouchard | C | 82 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 173 | 11.6 |
| Mikko Koivu | C | 82 | 20 | 34 | 54 | 58 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 162 | 12.3 |
| Todd White | C | 77 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 162 | 8.0 |
| Mark Parrish | R | 76 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 141 | 13.5 |
| Brent Burns | D | 77 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 108 | 6.5 |
| Branko Radivojevic | R | 82 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 21 | -9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 116 | 9.5 |
| Wes Walz | C | 62 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 77 | 11.7 |
| Kurtis Foster | D | 57 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 52 | -3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 2.2 |
| Kim Johnsson | D | 76 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 64 | -4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 3.1 |
| Petteri Nummelin | D | 51 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 22 | -15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 4.3 |
| Stephane Veilleux | L | 75 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 8.3 |
| Keith Carney | D | 80 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 12.9 |
| Martin Skoula | D | 81 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 0.0 |
| Pascal Dupuis | L | 48 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 38 | -7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 9.4 |
| Nick Schultz | D | 82 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 2.9 |
| Wyatt Smith | C | 61 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 6.8 |
| Adam Hall | R | 23 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4.8 |
| Dominic Moore | C | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 18.2 |
| Mattias Weinhandl | R | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Joel Ward | R | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Niklas Backstrom | G | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shawn Belle | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Derek Boogaard | L | 48 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Josh Harding | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Morgan | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Manny Fernandez | G | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Benoit Pouliot | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Matt Foy | R | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Erik Reitz | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1568 | 225 | 386 | 611 | 850 | 66 | 72 | 136 | 9 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 2431 | 9.3 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niklas Backstrom | 41 | 2227 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 73 | 1.97 | 1028 | 955 | .929 |
| Manny Fernandez | 44 | 2422 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 2.55 | 1158 | 1055 | .911 |
| Josh Harding | 7 | 361 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1.16 | 174 | 167 | .960 |
| Totals | 92 | 5010 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 183 | 2.19 | 2543 | 2360 | .928 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Rolston | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 | |
| Pavol Demitra | C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Marian Gaborik | R | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 16.7 | |
| Pierre-Marc Bouchard | C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | |
| Mikko Koivu | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | |
| Todd White | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Mark Parrish | R | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 | |
| Brent Burns | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | |
| Branko Radivojevic | R | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Wes Walz | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | |
| Kurtis Foster | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Kim Johnsson | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Petteri Nummelin | D | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | |
| Stephane Veilleux | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | |
| Keith Carney | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Martin Skoula | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | |
| Nick Schultz | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Wyatt Smith | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Adam Hall | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Niklas Backstrom | G | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Derek Boogaard | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 95 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 79 | -2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 144 | 6.3 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niklas Backstrom | 5 | 297 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2.22 | 145 | 134 | .924 |
| Totals | 5 | 297 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2.22 | 156 | 145 | .929 |
