2003–04 New York Islanders season

2003–04 New York Islanders
2003–04 New York Islanders
Division	3rd Atlantic
Conference	8th Eastern
2003–04 record	38–29–11–4
Goals for	237
Goals against	210
Team information
General manager	Mike Milbury
Coach	Steve Stirling
Captain	Michael Peca
Arena	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Average attendance	13,693 (84.3%)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 New York Islanders season was the 32nd season in the franchise's history.

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

Final standings[]

**Atlantic Division**^[1]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	40	21	15	6	229	186	101
2	6	New Jersey Devils	82	43	25	12	2	213	164	100
3	8	New York Islanders	82	38	29	11	4	237	210	91
4	13	New York Rangers	82	27	40	7	8	206	250	69
5	15	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	23	47	8	4	190	303	58

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

Playoffs[]

Playoff log[]

Win Loss Win playoff series

2004 Stanley Cup playoffs

Eastern Conference quarterfinals vs No. 1 Tampa Bay Lightning: Tampa Bay wins series 4–1 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–2)
Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Location/Attendance	Series	Recap
April 8^[3]	New York Islanders	0-3	Tampa Bay Lightning	St. Pete Times Forum (18,536)	0-1	Recap
April 10^[4]	New York Islanders	3-0	Tampa Bay Lightning	St. Pete Times Forum (19,982)	1-1	Recap
April 12^[5]	Tampa Bay Lightning	3-0	New York Islanders	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (16,234)	1-2	Recap
April 14^[6]	Tampa Bay Lightning	3-0	New York Islanders	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (16,234)	1-3	Recap
April 16^[7]	New York Islanders	2-3 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning	St. Pete Times Forum (20,927)	1-4	Recap

Player statistics[]

Skaters^[8]

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Arron Asham	79	12	12	24	−12	92
Adrian Aucoin	81	13	31	44	29	54
Shawn Bates	69	9	23	32	−8	46
Derek Bekar	4	0	0	0	0	2
Sean Bergenheim	18	1	1	2	−4	4
Jason Blake	75	22	25	47	11	56
Sven Butenschon	41	1	6	7	−3	30
Eric Cairns	72	2	6	8	−5	189
Mariusz Czerkawski	81	25	24	49	8	16
Rick DiPietro^G	50	0	2	2	0	22
Wade Dubielewicz^G	2	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Godard	31	0	1	1	−2	97
Jeff Hamilton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Roman Hamrlik	81	7	22	29	2	68
Trent Hunter	77	25	26	51	23	16
Kenny Jonsson	79	5	24	29	25	22
Alexander Karpovtsev	3	0	1	1	1	4
Oleg Kvasha	81	15	36	51	4	48
Eric Manlow	18	0	2	2	−2	2
Justin Mapletoft	27	1	4	5	−1	6
Radek Martinek	47	4	3	7	−9	43
Janne Niinimaa	82	9	19	28	12	64
Justin Papineau	64	8	5	13	4	8
Mark Parrish	59	24	11	35	8	18
Michael Peca	76	11	29	40	17	71
Tomi Pettinen	4	0	0	0	−2	2
Cliff Ronning	40	9	15	24	3	2
Dave Scatchard	61	9	16	25	12	78
Garth Snow^G	39	0	1	1	0	28
Mattias Timander	5	1	1	2	2	2
Steve Webb	5	0	0	0	−1	2
Mattias Weinhandl	55	8	12	20	9	26
Jason Wiemer	13	1	3	4	−1	24
Alexei Yashin	47	15	19	34	−1	10
Totals	82	237	380	617	119	1152

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Arron Asham	5	0	1	1	0	4
Adrian Aucoin	5	0	0	0	−6	6
Shawn Bates	5	0	0	0	−2	4
Jason Blake	4	2	0	2	−2	2
Sven Butenschon	4	0	0	0	−1	0
Eric Cairns	1	0	0	0	−2	0
Mariusz Czerkawski	5	0	1	1	−1	0
Rick DiPietro^G	5	0	0	0	0	0
Roman Hamrlik	5	0	1	1	0	2
Trent Hunter	5	0	0	0	−2	4
Kenny Jonsson	5	0	0	0	−4	2
Oleg Kvasha	5	1	0	1	−1	0
Radek Martinek	5	0	1	1	2	0
Janne Niinimaa	5	1	2	3	−2	2
Mark Parrish	5	1	2	3	−4	0
Michael Peca	5	0	0	0	−1	6
Cliff Ronning	4	0	0	0	−2	0
Dave Scatchard	5	0	1	1	−3	6
Steve Webb	2	0	0	0	−1	6
Mattias Weinhandl	5	0	0	0	−2	2
Alexei Yashin	5	0	1	1	−2	0
Totals	5	5	10	15	−36	46

Goaltenders^[8]

Regular season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Rick DiPietro	50	2844	23	18	5	112	2.36	1261	1149	.911	5
Wade Dubielewicz	2	105	1	0	1	3	1.71	50	47	.940	0
Garth Snow	39	2015	14	15	5	94	2.80	932	838	.899	1
Totals	82	4964	38	33	11	209	2.53	2243	2034	.907	6

Playoffs

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Rick DiPietro	5	303	1	4	N/A	11	2.18	120	109	.908	1
Totals	5	303	1	4	N/A	11	2.18	120	109	.908	1

Awards and records[]

Transactions[]

Roster[]

Draft picks[]

New York Islanders' had 9 picks in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.^[9]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	15	Robert Nilsson	Forward	Canada	Leksands IF (Elitserien)
2	48	Dmitri Chernykh	Right Wing	Russia	Khimik Voskresensk (RSL)
2	53^[a]	Evgeni Tunik	Forward	Russia	Kristall Elektrostal (RUS)
2	58^[b]	Jeremy Colliton	Center	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
4	120	Stefan Blaho	Right Wing	Slovakia	Dukla Trencin Jr. (SVK Jr)
6	182	Bruno Gervais	Defense	Canada	Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)
7	212	Denis Rehak	Defense	Slovakia	Dukla Trencin Jr. (SVK Jr)
8	238^[c]	Cody Blanshan	Defense	United States	University of Nebraska Omaha (CCHA)
8	246	Igor Volkov	Right Wing	Russia	Salavat Yulaev Ufa (RSL)

Draft notes^[10]

^a The Edmonton Oilers' second-round pick (originally from the Washington Capitals) went to the New York Islanders as a result of a March 11, 2003 trade that sent Brad Isbister and Raffi Torres to the Oilers in exchange for Janne Niinimaa and this pick.
^b The St. Louis Blues' second-round pick went to the New York Islanders as a result of a March 11, 2003 trade that sent Chris Osgood and a 2003 third-round pick to the Blues in exchange for Justin Papineau and this pick.
The New York Islanders' third-round pick went to the St. Louis Blues as the result of a March 11, 2003 trade that sent Justin Papineau and a 2003 second-round pick to the Islanders in exchange for Chris Osgood and this pick.
The New York Islanders' fifth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a March 19, 2002 trade that sent Darren Van Impe to the Islanders in exchange for this pick.
^c Compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for Group III free agent Kip Miller.
The New York Islanders' ninth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of an October 11, 2002 trade that sent Sven Butenschon to the Islanders in exchange for Juraj Kolnik and this pick.

Farm teams[]

References[]

^ "2003-2004 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
^ "2003–2004 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
^ "Boxscore". SI.com. April 8, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ "Boxscore". SI.com. April 10, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ "Boxscore". SI.com. April 12, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ "Boxscore". SI.com. April 14, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ "Boxscore". SI.com. April 16, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "2003-04 New York Islanders Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com.
^ "NHL Entry Draft Year by Year Results". NHL. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
^ "2003 NHL Entry Draft Pick Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved June 25, 2012.

"2003–04 New York Islanders Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links[]

[div-1] "2003-2004 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.

[conf-2] "2003–2004 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.

[3] "Boxscore". SI.com. April 8, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2012.

[4] "Boxscore". SI.com. April 10, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2012.

[5] "Boxscore". SI.com. April 12, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2012.

[6] "Boxscore". SI.com. April 14, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2012.

[7] "Boxscore". SI.com. April 16, 2004. Retrieved June 25, 2012.

[stats-8] "2003-04 New York Islanders Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com.

[9] "NHL Entry Draft Year by Year Results". NHL. Retrieved June 25, 2012.

[10] "2003 NHL Entry Draft Pick Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved June 25, 2012.

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v t New York Islanders
Founded in 1972 Based in Elmont, New York
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Arenas	Nassau Coliseum Barclays Center UBS Arena
Rivalries	New York Rangers Washington Capitals
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v t New York Islanders 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
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

v t 2003–04 NHL season
Atlantic	New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins
Northeast	Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Toronto Maple Leafs
Southeast	Atlanta Thrashers Carolina Hurricanes Florida Panthers Tampa Bay Lightning Washington Capitals
Central	Chicago Blackhawks Columbus Blue Jackets Detroit Red Wings Nashville Predators St. Louis Blues
Northwest	Calgary Flames Colorado Avalanche Edmonton Oilers Minnesota Wild Vancouver Canucks
Pacific	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Dallas Stars Los Angeles Kings Phoenix Coyotes San Jose Sharks
See also	Draft NHL Challenge All-Star Game Heritage Classic Bertuzzi–Moore incident Flyers–Senators brawl West Coast Express Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions