2003–04 Florida Panthers season

The 2003–04 Florida Panthers season was their eleventh season in the National Hockey League.

2003–04 Florida Panthers
Division	4th Southeast
2003–04 record	28–35–15–4
Goals for	188
Goals against	221
Team information
General Manager	Rick Dudley
Coach	Mike Keenan, Rick Dudley, John Torchetti
Captain	Olli Jokinen

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Southeast Division[1]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	1	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	46	22	8	6	245	192	106
2	10	Atlanta Thrashers	82	33	37	8	4	214	243	78
3	11	Carolina Hurricanes	82	28	34	14	6	172	209	76
4	12	Florida Panthers	82	28	35	15	4	188	221	75
5	14	Washington Capitals	82	23	46	10	3	186	253	59

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference[2]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	46	22	8	6	245	192	106
2	Y- Boston Bruins	NE	82	41	19	15	7	209	188	104
3	Y- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	40	21	15	6	209	188	101
4	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	45	24	10	3	242	204	103
5	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	43	23	10	6	262	189	102
6	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	43	25	12	2	213	164	100
7	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	41	30	7	4	208	192	93
8	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	38	29	11	4	237	210	91
8.5
9	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	37	34	7	4	220	221	85
10	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	33	37	8	4	214	243	78
11	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	28	34	14	6	172	209	76
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	28	35	15	4	188	221	75
13	New York Rangers	AT	82	27	40	7	8	206	250	69
14	Washington Capitals	SE	82	23	46	10	3	186	253	59
15	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	23	47	8	4	190	303	58

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 9, 2003	3–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	1–0–0–0
2	T	October 11, 2003	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	1–0–1–0
3	T	October 13, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	1–0–2–0
4	L	October 15, 2003	1–2	Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	1–1–2–0
5	L	October 18, 2003	1–2	@ New York Islanders (2003–04)	1–2–2–0
6	L	October 20, 2003	1–3	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	1–3–2–0
7	W	October 22, 2003	2–1	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	2–3–2–0
8	L	October 24, 2003	3–4	Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	2–4–2–0
9	W	October 25, 2003	3–2	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	3–4–2–0
10	L	October 29, 2003	1–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	3–5–2–0
11	W	October 30, 2003	3–2	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	4–5–2–0
12	L	November 1, 2003	2–6	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	4–6–2–0
13	L	November 5, 2003	2–3	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	4–7–2–0
14	W	November 7, 2003	6–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	5–7–2–0
15	L	November 8, 2003	0–2	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	5–8–2–0
16	W	November 11, 2003	4–0	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	6–8–2–0
17	L	November 13, 2003	1–3	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	6–9–2–0
18	W	November 15, 2003	3–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	7–9–2–0
19	L	November 16, 2003	2–5	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	7–10–2–0
20	L	November 19, 2003	1–4	New York Islanders (2003–04)	7–11–2–0
21	L	November 21, 2003	3–6	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	7–12–2–0
22	W	November 22, 2003	3–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)	8–12–2–0
23	W	November 24, 2003	2–1	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	9–12–2–0
24	T	November 26, 2003	3–3 OT	New York Rangers (2003–04)	9–12–3–0
25	L	November 28, 2003	3–4	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	9–13–3–0
26	T	November 29, 2003	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	9–13–4–0
27	L	December 3, 2003	0–4	Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	9–14–4–0
28	OTL	December 6, 2003	3–4 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	9–14–4–1
29	T	December 10, 2003	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	9–14–5–1
30	W	December 12, 2003	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	10–14–5–1
31	T	December 13, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)	10–14–6–1
32	L	December 15, 2003	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	10–15–6–1
33	T	December 17, 2003	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	10–15–7–1
34	W	December 19, 2003	1–0	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	11–15–7–1
35	OTL	December 22, 2003	2–3 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	11–15–7–2
36	L	December 23, 2003	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	11–16–7–2
37	W	December 27, 2003	3–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	12–16–7–2
38	T	December 29, 2003	4–4 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	12–16–8–2
39	T	December 31, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	12–16–9–2
40	L	January 2, 2004	1–2	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	12–17–9–2
41	W	January 3, 2004	1–0	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	13–17–9–2
42	W	January 8, 2004	4–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	14–17–9–2
43	L	January 10, 2004	2–4	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)	14–18–9–2
44	T	January 11, 2004	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	14–18–10–2
45	L	January 13, 2004	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	14–19–10–2
46	W	January 17, 2004	2–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	15–19–10–2
47	OTL	January 19, 2004	1–2 OT	St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	15–19–10–3
48	L	January 21, 2004	5–6	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	15–20–10–3
49	W	January 23, 2004	4–1	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	16–20–10–3
50	W	January 24, 2004	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	17–20–10–3
51	L	January 26, 2004	2–5	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	17–21–10–3
52	T	January 28, 2004	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	17–21–11–3
53	L	January 31, 2004	2–4	@ New York Islanders (2003–04)	17–22–11–3
54	L	February 3, 2004	0–3	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	17–23–11–3
55	W	February 4, 2004	5–4 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	18–23–11–3
56	W	February 10, 2004	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	19–23–11–3
57	W	February 12, 2004	5–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	20–23–11–3
58	L	February 14, 2004	2–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	20–24–11–3
59	L	February 16, 2004	1–3	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	20–25–11–3
60	T	February 18, 2004	1–1 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	20–25–12–3
61	W	February 20, 2004	2–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	21–25–12–3
62	T	February 21, 2004	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)	21–25–13–3
63	W	February 23, 2004	2–0	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	22–25–13–3
64	W	February 25, 2004	4–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	23–25–13–3
65	L	February 27, 2004	1–4	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	23–26–13–3
66	T	February 29, 2004	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	23–26–14–3
67	W	March 2, 2004	1–0	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)	24–26–14–3
68	L	March 3, 2004	2–5	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	24–27–14–3
69	L	March 6, 2004	3–5	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	24–28–14–3
70	L	March 9, 2004	0–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	24–29–14–3
71	W	March 11, 2004	3–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	25–29–14–3
72	W	March 13, 2004	3–2 OT	New York Rangers (2003–04)	26–29–14–3
73	W	March 17, 2004	6–4	New York Islanders (2003–04)	27–29–14–3
74	L	March 19, 2004	2–3	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	27–30–14–3
75	L	March 20, 2004	1–2	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	27–31–14–3
76	OTL	March 23, 2004	3–4 OT	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	27–31–14–4
77	L	March 25, 2004	2–3	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	27–32–14–4
78	L	March 27, 2004	0–3	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	27–33–14–4
79	W	March 29, 2004	3–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	28–33–14–4
80	L	March 31, 2004	4–5	Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	28–34–14–4
81	L	April 1, 2004	3–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	28–35–14–4
82	T	April 4, 2004	6–6 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	28–35–15–4

Playoffs

The Panthers failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. They last made the playoffs in 2000.

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Olli Jokinen C 82 26 32 58 81 -16 8 2 8 Valeri Bure RW 55 20 25 45 20 0 8 0 4 Mike Van Ryn D 79 13 24 37 52 -16 6 1 0 Kristian Huselius LW 76 10 21 31 24 -6 2 0 2 Stephen Weiss C 50 12 17 29 10 -10 3 0 2 Viktor Kozlov C 48 11 16 27 16 -4 3 1 1 Juraj Kolnik RW 53 14 11 25 14 -7 2 0 1 Niklas Hagman LW 75 10 13 23 22 -5 0 1 2 Nathan Horton C 55 14 8 22 57 -5 6 1 0 Jay Bouwmeester D 61 2 18 20 30 -15 0 0 0 Matt Cullen C 56 6 13 19 24 -2 1 0 2 Marcus Nilson LW 69 6 13 19 26 -9 1 1 1 Lyle Odelein D 82 4 12 16 88 -7 2 0 0 Pavel Trnka D 67 3 13 16 51 2 1 0 0 Donald Audette RW 28 6 7 13 22 -9 5 0 0 Mathieu Biron D 57 3 10 13 51 -13 0 0 1 Byron Ritchie C 50 5 6 11 84 -10 0 0 2 Mikael Samuelsson RW 37 3 6 9 35 0 0 0 1 Vaclav Nedorost C 32 4 3 7 12 -6 2 0 0 Andreas Lilja D 79 3 4 7 90 -8 0 0 0 Lukas Krajicek D 18 1 6 7 12 -2 1 0 0 Branislav Mezei D 45 0 7 7 80 -4 0 0 0 Eric Beaudoin LW 30 2 4 6 12 -6 0 0 0 Ivan Novoseltsev RW 17 1 4 5 8 -6 0 0 0 Christian Berglund LW 10 3 1 4 10 -2 0 0 0 Darcy Hordichuk LW 57 3 1 4 158 -10 0 0 1 Roberto Luongo G 72 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 Craig MacDonald LW 34 0 3 3 25 -5 0 0 0 Eric Messier LW 21 0 3 3 16 -2 0 0 0 Jaroslav Bednar RW 13 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 0 Josh Olson LW 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Kamil Piros C 3 1 0 1 0 -1 1 0 0 Lee Goren RW 2 0 1 1 0 -4 0 0 0 Mike Green C 11 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Gregory Campbell LW 2 0 0 0 5 -1 0 0 0 Ty Jones RW 6 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 Kristian Kudroc D 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Grant McNeill D 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 Kyle Rossiter D 4 0 0 0 7 -1 0 0 0 Steve Shields G 16 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 Denis Shvidki RW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Roberto Luongo 4252 72 25 33 14 172 2.43 7 2475 2303 .931 Steve Shields 732 16 3 6 1 42 3.44 0 346 304 .879 Team: 4984 82 28 39 15 214 2.58 7 2821 2607 .924

[3]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

Draft picks

Florida's draft picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	3	Nathan Horton	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
1	25	Anthony Stewart	Canada	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL)
2	38	Kamil Kreps	Czech Republic	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
2	55	Stefan Meyer	Canada	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
4	105	Martin Lojek	Czech Republic	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
4	124	James Pemberton	United States	Providence College (NCAA)
5	141	Dan Travis	United States	Deerfield Academy (USHS–MA)
5	162	Martin Tuma	Czech Republic	HC Litvínov Jr. (Czech Republic)
6	171	Denis Stasyuk	Russia	Metallurg Novokuznetsk (Russia)
7	223	Dany Roussin	Canada	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
8	234	Petr Kadlec	Czech Republic	Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
9	264	John Hecimovic	Canada	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
9	265	Tanner Glass	Canada	Dartmouth College (ECAC)

Farm teams

References

1. "2003-2004 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
2. "2003–2004 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
3. "2003-04 Florida Panthers Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-07-27.

External links

• "2003–04 Florida Panthers Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.