2003–04 Washington Capitals season

The 2003–04 Washington Capitals season was the Capitals's 30th season of play. The team finished in fifth and last-place in the Southeast Division, and fourteenth overall in the Eastern Conference to miss the playoffs.

2003–04 Washington Capitals
Division	5th Southeast
Conference	14th Eastern
2003–04 record	23–46–10–3
Goals for	186
Goals against	253
Team information
General Manager	George McPhee
Coach	Bruce Cassidy, Glen Hanlon
Captain	Steve Konowalchuk (Oct) Vacant (Oct-Apr)

Offseason

Regular season

The Capitals were the most penalized team in the League, with 401 power-play opportunities against. They also scored the fewest short-handed goals in the League, with just 4.[1]

Final standings

Southeast Division[2]

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[3]

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	6–1	New York Islanders (2003–04)	1–0–0–0
2	L	October 11, 2003	3–4	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	1–1–0–0
3	T	October 13, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	1–1–1–0
4	L	October 14, 2003	1–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	1–2–1–0
5	L	October 17, 2003	2–4	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	1–3–1–0
6	L	October 18, 2003	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	1–4–1–0
7	L	October 23, 2003	1–5	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	1–5–1–0
8	L	October 25, 2003	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	1–6–1–0
9	L	October 29, 2003	2–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	1–7–1–0
10	W	October 31, 2003	2–1	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	2–7–1–0
11	L	November 1, 2003	1–2	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	2–8–1–0
12	W	November 4, 2003	5–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	3–8–1–0
13	L	November 6, 2003	2–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	3–9–1–0
14	L	November 8, 2003	2–3	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	3–10–1–0
15	L	November 10, 2003	2–3	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	3–11–1–0
16	W	November 12, 2003	7–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	4–11–1–0
17	L	November 14, 2003	2–5	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	4–12–1–0
18	W	November 15, 2003	2–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	5–12–1–0
19	L	November 20, 2003	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	5–13–1–0
20	OTL	November 22, 2003	2–3 OT	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	5–13–1–1
21	W	November 24, 2003	4–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	6–13–1–1
22	L	November 26, 2003	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	6–14–1–1
23	L	November 28, 2003	3–5	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	6–15–1–1
24	W	November 29, 2003	5–3	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	7–15–1–1
25	W	December 2, 2003	4–1	@ New York Islanders (2003–04)	8–15–1–1
26	L	December 4, 2003	0–3	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	8–16–1–1
27	L	December 6, 2003	3–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	8–17–1–1
28	L	December 8, 2003	1–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	8–18–1–1
29	W	December 11, 2003	6–5	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	9–18–1–1
30	L	December 13, 2003	1–5	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	9–19–1–1
31	W	December 16, 2003	5–0	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	10–19–1–1
32	T	December 17, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	10–19–2–1
33	T	December 19, 2003	2–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	10–19–3–1
34	L	December 21, 2003	4–5	New York Islanders (2003–04)	10–20–3–1
35	W	December 23, 2003	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	11–20–3–1
36	L	December 27, 2003	1–3	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	11–21–3–1
37	L	December 29, 2003	1–3	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	11–22–3–1
38	L	December 31, 2003	1–7	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	11–23–3–1
39	T	January 1, 2004	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	11–23–4–1
40	L	January 3, 2004	2–5	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	11–24–4–1
41	L	January 4, 2004	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	11–25–4–1
42	L	January 7, 2004	0–3	Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	11–26–4–1
43	W	January 9, 2004	4–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	12–26–4–1
44	W	January 11, 2004	1–0	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	13–26–4–1
45	T	January 14, 2004	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	13–26–5–1
46	OTL	January 17, 2004	1–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	13–26–5–2
47	W	January 18, 2004	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	14–26–5–2
48	L	January 21, 2004	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	14–27–5–2
49	L	January 23, 2004	1–4	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	14–28–5–2
50	L	January 25, 2004	1–4	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	14–29–5–2
51	W	January 28, 2004	2–1	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	15–29–5–2
52	W	January 29, 2004	5–3	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	16–29–5–2
53	L	January 31, 2004	1–6	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	16–30–5–2
54	W	February 3, 2004	2–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	17–30–5–2
55	L	February 4, 2004	1–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	17–31–5–2
56	T	February 12, 2004	3–3 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	17–31–6–2
57	L	February 13, 2004	2–5	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)	17–32–6–2
58	W	February 15, 2004	4–0	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	18–32–6–2
59	T	February 17, 2004	1–1 OT	Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	18–32–7–2
60	W	February 19, 2004	3–1	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	19–32–7–2
61	T	February 21, 2004	2–2 OT	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	19–32–8–2
62	L	February 23, 2004	3–6	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	19–33–8–2
63	L	February 25, 2004	1–2	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	19–34–8–2
64	W	February 27, 2004	4–1	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	20–34–8–2
65	L	February 28, 2004	2–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	20–35–8–2
66	L	March 2, 2004	0–1	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	20–36–8–2
67	L	March 5, 2004	2–3	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	20–37–8–2
68	W	March 6, 2004	2–1	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	21–37–8–2
69	L	March 8, 2004	1–4	Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	21–38–8–2
70	L	March 10, 2004	0–6	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	21–39–8–2
71	L	March 12, 2004	3–4	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	21–40–8–2
72	L	March 13, 2004	2–5	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	21–41–8–2
73	L	March 16, 2004	1–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	21–42–8–2
74	W	March 18, 2004	4–3 OT	New York Rangers (2003–04)	22–42–8–2
75	T	March 20, 2004	2–2 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	22–42–9–2
76	L	March 23, 2004	0–3	@ New York Islanders (2003–04)	22–43–9–2
77	L	March 24, 2004	2–3	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	22–44–9–2
78	L	March 27, 2004	1–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	22–45–9–2
79	W	March 30, 2004	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	23–45–9–2
80	T	April 1, 2004	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	23–45–10–2
81	OTL	April 3, 2004	2–3 OT	New York Rangers (2003–04)	23–45–10–3
82	L	April 4, 2004	3–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	23–46–10–3

Playoffs

The Capitals did not qualify for the 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Robert Lang	C	63	29	45	74	24	2	10	0	2
Sergei Gonchar	D	56	7	42	49	44	-20	4	0	0
Jeff Halpern	C	79	19	27	46	56	-21	7	0	2
Jaromir Jagr	RW	46	16	29	45	26	-4	6	0	1
Peter Bondra	RW	54	21	14	35	22	-17	12	0	4
Kip Miller	C	66	9	22	31	8	-10	6	0	2
Dainius Zubrus	C	54	12	15	27	38	-16	6	1	2
Alexander Semin	LW	52	10	12	22	36	-2	4	0	2
Mike Grier	RW	68	8	12	20	32	-19	1	1	0
Brian Willsie	RW	49	10	5	15	18	-7	1	1	1
Josef Boumedienne	D	37	2	12	14	30	-10	2	0	0
Matt Pettinger	LW	71	7	5	12	37	-9	1	0	1
Joel Kwiatkowski	D	80	6	6	12	89	-28	2	0	0
Brendan Witt	D	72	2	10	12	123	-22	0	0	0
Trent Whitfield	C	44	6	5	11	14	-2	0	1	2
Jason Doig	D	65	2	9	11	105	-12	0	0	0
Anson Carter	RW	19	5	5	10	6	2	2	0	2
Bates Battaglia	LW	66	4	6	10	38	-23	0	0	1
Boyd Gordon	C	41	1	5	6	8	-9	0	0	0
Rick Berry	D	65	0	6	6	108	-5	0	0	0
Craig Johnson	LW	15	0	6	6	8	-6	0	0	0
Stephen Peat	RW	64	5	0	5	90	-10	0	0	0
Steve Eminger	D	41	0	4	4	45	-11	0	0	0
Todd Rohloff	D	35	0	3	3	18	-5	0	0	0
Brian Sutherby	C	30	2	0	2	28	-5	0	0	0
Ivan Ciernik	RW	7	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0
Michael Nylander	C	3	0	2	2	8	1	0	0	0
Darcy Verot	LW	37	0	2	2	135	-6	0	0	0
Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre	D	13	1	0	1	14	-2	0	0	0
John Gruden	D	11	1	0	1	6	-1	0	0	1
Owen Fussey	RW	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Olaf Kolzig	G	63	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0
Steve Konowalchuk	LW	6	0	1	1	0	-5	0	0	0
Brooks Laich	C	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Brad Norton	D	16	0	1	1	17	-4	0	0	0
Maxime Ouellet	G	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Roman Tvrdon	C	9	0	1	1	2	-3	0	0	0
Dwayne Zinger	D	7	0	1	1	9	2	0	0	0
Mel Angelstad	LW	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Sebastien Charpentier	G	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jakub Cutta	D	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Colin Forbes	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jean-Francois Fortin	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Hajt	D	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Graham Mink	C	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Shaone Morrisonn	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andrej Podkonicky	C	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Rastislav Stana	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Garret Stroshein	RW	3	0	0	0	14	-1	0	0	0
Matthew Yeats	G	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Nolan Yonkman	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Olaf Kolzig	3738	63	19	35	9	180	2.89	2	1958	1778	.908
Maxime Ouellet	365	6	2	3	1	19	3.12	1	210	191	.910
Rastislav Stana	211	6	1	2	0	11	3.13	0	100	89	.890
Matthew Yeats	258	5	1	3	0	13	3.02	0	141	128	.908
Sebastien Charpentier	369	7	0	6	0	21	3.41	0	168	147	.875
Team:	4941	82	23	49	10	244	2.96	3	2577	2333	.905

[4]

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

Washington'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	18	Eric Fehr	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
3	83	Stephen Werner	United States	University of Massachusetts (NCAA)
4	109	Andreas Valdix	Sweden	Malmo Redhawks (Sweden)
5	155	Josh Robertson	United States	Proctor High School (USHS-MN)
8	249	Andrew Joudrey	Canada	Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)
9	279	Mark Olafson	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)

Farm teams

The Capitals main American Hockey League affiliate was the Portland Pirates. Though they had no direct ECHL affiliate, players were sent from time to time between the Dayton Bombers and Reading Royals.

See also

• 2003–04 NHL season

References

1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2004.html
2. "2003-2004 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
3. "2003–2004 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
4. "2003-04 Washington Capitals Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

• "2003–04 Washington Capitals Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links