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2006–07 Washington Capitals season

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2006–07 Washington Capitals
Division	5thSoutheast
Conference	14thEastern
2006–07 record	28–40–14
Home record	17–17–7
Road record	11–23–7
Goals for	235
Goals against	286
Team information
General manager	George McPhee
Coach	Glen Hanlon
Captain	Chris Clark
Alternate captains	Brian Sutherby Dainius Zubrus(Oct.–Feb.) Alexander Ovechkin(Feb.–Apr.)
Arena	Verizon Center
Minor league affiliates	Hershey Bears South Carolina Stingrays
Team leaders
Goals	Alexander Ovechkin (46)
Assists	Alexander Ovechkin (46)
Points	Alexander Ovechkin (92)
Penalty minutes	Donald Brashear (156)
Plus/minus	Boyd Gordon (+10)
Wins	Olaf Kolzig (22)
Goals against average	Brent Johnson (3.61)
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The2006–07 Washington Capitals season was theWashington Capitals'33rd season in theNational Hockey League (NHL), and the last one in which they usedtheir blue, black and bronze color scheme. For the third consecutive season, the Capitals failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Off-season

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Chris Clark was named team captain on September 13, replacing previous captainJeff Halpern who signed as a free agent with theDallas Stars.^[1]^[2]

Regular season

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December 15, 2006 - Ovechkin gets the secondhat trick of his career by scoring all three goals of a 3–2 overtime victory against theAtlanta Thrashers. The third goal is scored just six seconds into overtime, tyingMats Sundin andDavid Legwand for the fastest regular-season overtime goal ever scored.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Season standings

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Southeast Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	3	Atlanta Thrashers	82	43	28	11	246	245	97
2	7	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	44	33	5	253	261	93
3	11	Carolina Hurricanes	82	40	34	8	241	253	88
4	12	Florida Panthers	82	35	31	16	247	257	86
5	14	Washington Capitals	82	28	40	14	235	286	70

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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.

Eastern Conference^[7]
R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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

Schedule and results

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2006–07 regular season^[8]

October: 4–3–4 (home: 2–1–1; road: 2–2–3)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
1	October 5	Washington	2 – 5	NY Rangers		Kolzig	18,200	0–1–0	0	L
2	October 7	Carolina	2 – 5	Washington		Kolzig	16,622	1–1–0	2	W
3	October 12	Washington	2 – 3	Minnesota	SO	Johnson	18,064	1–1–1	3	OTL
4	October 14	Atlanta	4 – 3	Washington	OT	Kolzig	11,995	1–1–2	4	OTL
5	October 18	Florida	2 – 5	Washington		Kolzig	10,125	2–1–2	6	W
6	October 19	Washington	3 – 4	Atlanta	SO	Johnson	12,719	2–1–3	7	OTL
7	October 21	Tampa Bay	6 – 4	Washington		Kolzig	13,327	2–2–3	7	L
8	October 25	Washington	5 – 3	Colorado		Kolzig	17,047	3–2–3	9	W
9	October 27	Washington	2 – 3	Vancouver	SO	Kolzig	18,630	3–2–4	10	OTL
10	October 28	Washington	0 – 4	Edmonton		Johnson	16,839	3–3–4	10	L
11	October 30	Washington	4 – 2	Calgary		Kolzig	19,289	4–3–4	12	W

November: 6–6–2 (home: 3–4–1; road: 3–2–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
12	November 3	Atlanta	4 – 3	Washington		Kolzig	12,834	4–4–4	12	L
13	November 4	Washington	5 – 3	Philadelphia		Johnson	19,564	5–4–4	14	W
14	November 6	Ottawa	3 – 4	Washington	OT	Johnson	10,845	6–4–4	16	W
15	November 9	Washington	0 – 5	Carolina		Johnson	18,639	6–5–4	16	L
16	November 11	NY Rangers	1 – 3	Washington		Kolzig	16,263	7–5–4	18	W
17	November 13	Washington	4 – 1	Florida		Kolzig	12,108	8–5–4	20	W
18	November 15	Boston	3 – 2	Washington	SO	Kolzig	10,878	8–5–5	21	OTL
19	November 17	Carolina	4 – 1	Washington		Kolzig	12,683	8–6–5	21	L
20	November 18	Washington	2 – 3	Boston	OT	Johnson	16,837	8–6–6	22	OTL
21	November 22	Atlanta	4 – 2	Washington		Kolzig	11,284	8–7–6	22	L
22	November 24	Toronto	7 – 1	Washington		Johnson	14,892	8–8–6	22	L
23	November 25	Washington	1 – 4	NY Islanders		Kolzig	13,214	8–9–6	22	L
24	November 28	Washington	5 – 2	Tampa Bay		Kolzig	18,874	9–9–6	24	W
25	November 30	Dallas	3 – 4	Washington		Kolzig	10,912	10–9–6	26	W

December: 6–7–1 (home: 3–4–1; road: 3–3–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
26	December 2	Buffalo	4 – 7	Washington		Kolzig	17,162	11–9–6	28	W
27	December 6	Ottawa	2 – 6	Washington		Kolzig	10,926	12–9–6	30	W
28	December 8	Anaheim	6 – 1	Washington		Kolzig	12,269	12–10–6	30	L
29	December 9	Washington	5 – 3	Philadelphia		Johnson	19,211	13–10–6	32	W
30	December 11	Pittsburgh	5 – 4	Washington	SO	Kolzig	14,793	13–10–7	33	OTL
31	December 15	Washington	3 – 2	Atlanta	OT	Johnson	16,920	14–10–7	35	W
32	December 16	Philadelphia	1 – 4	Washington		Kolzig	15,021	15–10–7	37	W
33	December 19	Tampa Bay	5 – 4	Washington		Kolzig	10,417	15–11–7	37	L
34	December 22	New Jersey	4 – 1	Washington		Johnson	13,744	15–12–7	37	L
35	December 23	Washington	3 – 2	Toronto		Kolzig	19,488	16–12–7	39	W
36	December 26	Washington	3 – 6	Buffalo		Johnson	18,690	16–13–7	39	L
37	December 27	Montreal	4 – 1	Washington		Kolzig	15,609	16–14–7	39	L
38	December 29	Washington	3 – 4	New Jersey		Kolzig	16,297	16–15–7	39	L
39	December 30	Washington	1 – 4	NY Rangers		Kolzig	18,200	16–16–7	39	L

January: 5–7–0 (home: 4–2–0; road: 1–5–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
40	January 1	Phoenix	3 – 2	Washington		Kolzig	12,579	16–17–7	39	L
41	January 4	Montreal	1 – 5	Washington		Kolzig	11,287	17–17–7	41	W
42	January 6	Atlanta	2 – 3	Washington	OT	Kolzig	15,642	18–17–7	43	W
43	January 9	Philadelphia	2 – 6	Washington		Kolzig	13,143	19–17–7	45	W
44	January 11	Washington	4 – 5	Tampa Bay		Kolzig	18,804	19–18–7	45	L
45	January 13	Washington	3 – 7	Florida		Kolzig	15,061	19–19–7	45	L
46	January 16	Washington	2 – 5	Ottawa		Johnson	18,810	19–20–7	45	L
47	January 18	Washington	5 – 2	Carolina		Kolzig	16,285	20–20–7	47	W
48	January 20	Florida	4 – 1	Washington		Kolzig	13,877	20–21–7	47	L
49	January 26	Washington	2 – 6	Carolina		Johnson	18,044	20–22–7	47	L
50	January 27	Carolina	3 – 7	Washington		Kolzig	16,924	21–22–7	49	W
51	January 30	Washington	2 – 3	Ottawa		Kolzig	19,178	21–23–7	49	L

February: 3–6–4 (home: 2–2–3; road: 1–4–1)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
52	February 1	Washington	3 – 6	Florida		Kolzig	11,300	21–24–7	49	L
53	February 3	Washington	0 – 2	Pittsburgh		Kolzig	17,132	21–25–7	49	L
54	February 4	NY Islanders	1 – 2	Washington	SO	Kolzig	12,508	22–25–7	51	W
55	February 6	Boston	3 – 2	Washington	SO	Kolzig	15,273	22–25–8	52	OTL
56	February 8	Los Angeles	3 – 4	Washington	OT	Kolzig	15,527	23–25–8	54	W
57	February 10	NY Rangers	5 – 2	Washington		Kolzig	18,277	23–26–8	54	L
58	February 15	Washington	2 – 3	Tampa Bay	SO	Johnson	18,744	23–26–9	55	OTL
59	February 18	Washington	2 – 3	Pittsburgh		Johnson	17,132	23–27–9	55	L
60	February 20	Washington	3 – 5	Montreal		Johnson	21,273	23–28–9	55	L
61	February 21	San Jose	3 – 2	Washington	SO	Johnson	13,622	23–28–10	56	OTL
62	February 24	Washington	4 – 2	New Jersey		Johnson	14,301	24–28–10	58	W
63	February 25	New Jersey	3 – 2	Washington		Johnson	14,585	24–29–10	58	L
64	February 27	Florida	6 – 5	Washington	OT	Johnson	10,979	24–29–11	59	OTL

March: 2–10–3 (home: 2–3–1; road: 0–7–2)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
65	March 1	Tampa Bay	5 – 4	Washington	SO	Johnson	10,462	24–29–12	60	OTL
66	March 3	NY Islanders	6 – 2	Washington		Johnson	16,453	24–30–12	60	L
67	March 6	Washington	1 – 2	Toronto		Cassivi	19,531	24–31–12	60	L
68	March 9	Carolina	3 – 0	Washington		Johnson	13,970	24–32–12	60	L
69	March 10	Washington	2 – 5	NY Islanders		Johnson	15,764	24–33–12	60	L
70	March 12	Washington	2 – 4	Atlanta		Johnson	14,041	24–34–12	60	L
71	March 15	Washington	3 – 4	Boston	SO	Kolzig	15,091	24–34–13	61	OTL
72	March 16	Toronto	1 – 5	Washington		Kolzig	16,281	25–34–13	63	W
73	March 18	Tampa Bay	1 – 7	Washington		Kolzig	14,274	26–34–13	65	W
74	March 21	Washington	2 – 5	Buffalo		Kolzig	18,690	26–35–13	65	L
75	March 22	Washington	3 – 4	Carolina		Johnson	18,740	26–36–13	65	L
76	March 24	Washington	1 – 4	Montreal		Kolzig	21,273	26–37–13	65	L
77	March 27	Pittsburgh	4 – 3	Washington		Kolzig	18,277	26–38–13	65	L
78	March 30	Washington	2 – 3	Florida	OT	Johnson	15,712	26–38–14	66	OTL
79	March 31	Washington	2 – 5	Tampa Bay		Kolzig	20,064	26–39–14	66	L

April: 2–1–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–0–0)

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Points	Recap
80	April 3	Florida	0 – 1	Washington	Kolzig	16,311	27–39–14	68	W
81	April 4	Washington	3 – 2	Atlanta	Johnson	18,783	28–39–14	70	W
82	April 7	Buffalo	2 – 0	Washington	Kolzig	18,277	28–40–14	70	L

Legend:W Win (2 points)L Loss (0 points)OTL Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

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Scoring

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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 Capitals only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
8	Alexander Ovechkin	LW	82	46	46	92	−19	52
28	Alexander Semin	LW	77	38	35	73	−7	90
17	Chris Clark	RW	74	30	24	54	−10	66
9	Dainius Zubrus‡	C	60	20	32	52	−16	50
18	Matt Pettinger	LW	64	16	16	32	−13	22
15	Boyd Gordon	C	71	7	22	29	10	14
2	Brian Pothier	D	72	3	25	28	−11	44
24	Kris Beech	C	64	8	18	26	−11	46
27	Ben Clymer	RW	66	7	13	20	−17	44
21	Brooks Laich	C	73	8	10	18	−2	29
20	Richard Zednik‡	RW	32	6	12	18	−4	16
16	Brian Sutherby	C	69	7	10	17	−9	78
44	Steve Eminger	D	68	1	16	17	−14	63
6	Jamie Heward‡	D	52	4	12	16	4	27
10	Matt Bradley	RW	57	4	9	13	−5	47
87	Donald Brashear	LW	77	4	9	13	1	156
26	Shaone Morrisonn	D	78	3	10	13	3	106
52	Mike Green	D	70	2	10	12	−10	36
38	Jakub Klepis	C	41	3	7	10	−2	28
23	Milan Jurcina†	D	30	2	7	9	5	24
43	Tomas Fleischmann	LW	29	4	4	8	−6	8
3	Lawrence Nycholat‡	D	18	2	6	8	−3	12
47	Bryan Muir	D	26	3	4	7	3	42
4	John Erskine	D	29	1	6	7	−13	69
13	Jiri Novotny†	C	18	0	6	6	−2	2
39	Alexandre Giroux	C	9	2	2	4	−4	2
14	Eric Fehr	RW	14	2	1	3	3	8
37	Olaf Kolzig	G	54	0	3	3		10
55	Jeff Schultz	D	38	0	3	3	5	16
22	Rico Fata‡	RW	10	1	1	2	3	2
1	Brent Johnson	G	30	0	1	1		4
35	Frederic Cassivi	G	4	0	0	0		0
51	Timo Helbling‡	D	2	0	0	0	−1	2
29	Jamie Hunt	D	1	0	0	0	−1	0
25	David Steckel	C	5	0	0	0	−2	2

Goaltending

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No.	Player	Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	OT	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
37	Olaf Kolzig	54	22	24	6	1771	159	3.00	.910	1	3184
1	Brent Johnson	30	6	15	7	894	99	3.62	.889	0	1644
35	Frederic Cassivi	4	0	1	1	58	6	2.60	.897	0	139

Awards and records

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Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL First All-Star Team	Alexander Ovechkin(Left wing)	^[9]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Alexander Ovechkin^[a]	^[11]
	NHL Third Star of the Week	Alexander Ovechkin(December 10)	^[12]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Mike Green	^[13]

Milestones

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Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Jeff Schultz	December 22, 2006	^[14]
First game	Jamie Hunt	December 29, 2006	^[14]

Transactions

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The Capitals were involved in the following transactions from June 20, 2006, the day after the deciding game of the2006 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 6, 2007, the day of the deciding game of the2007 Stanley Cup Finals.^[15]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24)	To Washington Capitals 4th-round pick in2007	ToNew York Rangers Vancouver's 5th-round pick in2006	^[16]
July 12, 2006 (2006-07-12)	To Washington Capitals Richard Zednik	ToMontreal Canadiens 3rd-round pick in 2007	^[17]
February 1, 2007 (2007-02-01)	To Washington Capitals Milan Jurcina	ToBoston Bruins 4th-round pick in2008	^[18]
February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26)	To Washington Capitals 2nd-round pick in 2007	ToNew York Islanders Richard Zednik	^[19]
February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26)	To Washington Capitals Andy Hedlund 6th-round pick in 2008	ToOttawa Senators Lawrence Nycholat	^[19]
February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27)	To Washington Capitals Jiri Novotny 1st-round pick in 2007	ToBuffalo Sabres Timo Helbling Dainius Zubrus	^[20]
February 27, 2007 (2007-02-27)	To Washington Capitals Conditional 5th-round pick in 2008	ToLos Angeles Kings Jamie Heward	^[21]

Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01)	Brian Pothier	Ottawa Senators	4-year	Free agency	^[22]
July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14)	Donald Brashear	Philadelphia Flyers	1-year	Free agency	^[23]
	Alexandre Giroux	New York Rangers		Free agency	^[24]
	Chad Wiseman	New York Rangers		Free agency	^[24]
July 18, 2006 (2006-07-18)	Quintin Laing	Chicago Blackhawks		Free agency	^[25]
July 21, 2006 (2006-07-21)	Pete Vandermeer	Montreal Canadiens		Free agency	^[26]
July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25)	Trevor Byrne	St. Louis Blues		Free agency	^[27]
July 26, 2006 (2006-07-26)	Dean Arsene	Hershey Bears (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	^[28]
September 14, 2006 (2006-09-14)	John Erskine	New York Islanders		Free agency	^[29]
March 16, 2007 (2007-03-16)	Travis Morin	Minnesota State University, Mankato (WCHA)	2-year	Free agency	^[30]
March 16, 2007 (2007-03-16)	Steve Pinizzotto	RIT (AHA)	2-year	Free agency	^[30]
March 17, 2007 (2007-03-17)	Sean Collins	Ohio State University (CCHA)	2-year	Free agency	^[31]

Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^[b]	Ref
N/A	Petr Sykora	HC Pardubice (ELH)	Free agency (VI)	^[33]
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01)	Doug Doull^[c]		Contract expiration (III)	^[32]
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01)	Nolan Yonkman	Nashville Predators^[d]	Buyout	^[36]
July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04)	Brian Willsie	Los Angeles Kings	Free agency (UFA)	^[37]
July 5, 2006 (2006-07-05)	Jeff Halpern	Dallas Stars	Free agency (III)	^[2]
July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13)	Boyd Kane	Philadelphia Flyers	Free agency (VI)	^[38]
July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14)	Graham Mink	San Jose Sharks	Free agency (VI)	^[39]
July 27, 2006 (2006-07-27)	Mark Wotton	New York Islanders	Free agency (III)	^[40]
August 9, 2006 (2006-08-09)	Mathieu Biron	San Jose Sharks	Free agency (UFA)	^[41]
August 10, 2006 (2006-08-10)	Colin Forbes	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	Free agency (III)	^[42]
August 22, 2006 (2006-08-22)	Jakub Cutta	HC Bili Tygri Liberec (ELH)	Free agency (II)^[e]	^[44]
August 29, 2006 (2006-08-29)	Jean-Francois Fortin	Fuchse Duisburg (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	^[45]
September 13, 2006 (2006-09-13)	Owen Fussey	Toronto Marlies (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[46]
September 14, 2006 (2006-09-14)	Ivan Majesky	Oulun Karpat (Liiga)	Free agency (III)	^[47]
October 7, 2006 (2006-10-07)	Jared Aulin	Springfield Falcons (AHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[48]
November 8, 2006 (2006-11-08)	Rico Fata	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	Free agency	^[49]

Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01)	Brent Johnson		Re-signing	^[50]
July 6, 2006 (2006-07-06)	Sasha Pokulok		Entry-level	^[51]
July 10, 2006 (2006-07-10)	Shaone Morrisonn	2-year	Re-signing	^[52]
July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13)	Frederic Cassivi		Re-signing	^[53]
July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13)	Brooks Laich		Re-signing	^[54]
July 15, 2006 (2006-07-15)	Kris Beech		Re-signing	^[55]
	Steve Eminger		Re-signing	^[56]
	Boyd Gordon	2-year	Re-signing	^[57]
July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17)	Rico Fata	1-year	Re-signing	^[58]
July 17, 2006 (2006-07-17)	Brian Sutherby	1-year	Re-signing	^[58]
July 21, 2006 (2006-07-21)	Ben Clymer	3-year	Re-signing	^[59]
July 26, 2006 (2006-07-26)	Matt Bradley	2-year	Re-signing	^[60]
July 31, 2006 (2006-07-31)	Matt Pettinger	3-year	Re-signing	^[61]
December 20, 2006 (2006-12-20)	Viktor Dovgan	3-year	Entry-level	^[62]
January 12, 2007 (2007-01-12)	Brent Johnson	2-year	Extension	^[63]
February 12, 2007 (2007-02-12)	Donald Brashear	1-year	Extension	^[64]
March 28, 2007 (2007-03-28)	Andrew Joudrey	2-year	Entry-level	^[65]
April 3, 2007 (2007-04-03)	Andrew Gordon	3-year	Entry-level	^[66]
May 4, 2007 (2007-05-04)	Patrick McNeill	3-year	Entry-level	^[67]
May 31, 2007 (2007-05-31)	Sami Lepisto	2-year	Entry-level	^[68]
June 1, 2007 (2007-06-01)	Michal Neuvirth	3-year	Entry-level	^[69]

Draft picks

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Washington's picks at the2006 NHL entry draft inVancouver,British Columbia.^[70]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	NHL team	College/junior/club team (league)
1	4	Nicklas Backstrom (C)	Sweden	Washington Capitals	Brynas IF (Elitserien)
1	23	Semyon Varlamov (G)	Russia	Washington Capitals (fromNashville)	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russian Superleague)
2	34	Michal Neuvirth (G)	Czech Republic	Washington Capitals	Sparta Praha (Czech Extraliga)
2	35	Francois Bouchard (RW)	Canada	Washington Capitals (fromBoston)	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
2	52	Keith Seabrook (D)	Canada	Washington Capitals (fromAnaheim)	Burnaby Express (BCHL)
4	97	Oskar Osala (LW)	Finland	Washington Capitals	Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
4	122	Luke Lynes (C/LW)	United States	Washington Capitals (fromDetroit)	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
5	127	Maxime Lacroix (LW)	Canada	Washington Capitals	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
6	157	Brent Gwidt (C)	United States	Washington Capitals	Lakeland (USHS-WI)
6	177	Mathieu Perreault (C)	Canada	Washington Capitals (fromBuffalo)	Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)

Notes

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^Ovechkin was voted to the starting lineup.^[10]
^In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[32]
^Doull retired.^[34]
^Yonkman signed with Nashville on July 17.^[35]
^Washington retained Cutta's NHL rights through the 2008–09 season.^[43]

References

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v t e Washington Capitals
Founded in1974 Based inWashington, D.C.
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Personnel	Owner(s) Monumental Sports & Entertainment (Ted Leonsis) General manager Chris Patrick Head coach Spencer Carbery Team captain Alexander Ovechkin Current roster
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v t e Washington Capitals seasons
1970s	1970–71 . 1971–72 . 1972–73 . 1973–74 .1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Highlighted seasons indicateStanley Cup championship

v t e 2006–07 NHL season
Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh
Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto
Southeast	Atlanta Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington
Central	Chicago Columbus Detroit Nashville St. Louis
Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Minnesota Vancouver
Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose
See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Final Transactions