2003–04 San Jose Sharks season

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2003–04 San Jose Sharks
Pacific Division champions
Division1st Pacific
Conference2nd Western
2003–04 record43–21–12–6
Home record24–8–7–2
Road record19–13–5–4
Goals for219
Goals against183
Team information
General managerDoug Wilson
CoachRon Wilson
CaptainMike Ricci (first 10 games)
Vincent Damphousse (next 20 games)
Alyn McCauley (next 10 games)
Patrick Marleau (last 42 games)
ArenaHP Pavilion at San Jose
Average attendance15,836
Team leaders
GoalsPatrick Marleau (28)
AssistsNils Ekman (33)
PointsPatrick Marleau (57)
Penalty minutesScott Parker (101)
WinsEvgeni Nabokov (31)
Goals against averageVesa Toskala (2.06)

The 2003–04 San Jose Sharks season was the franchise's 13th in the NHL. The Sharks made it to the Western Conference Finals for the first time before losing to the Calgary Flames. It was the last season before the 2004–05 lockout, which cancelled the following season.

Off-season[]

On May 13, 2003, the Sharks hired Doug Wilson (no relation to coach Ron Wilson) as general manager, replacing Dean Lombardi. At the Entry Draft in June, the Sharks chose Milan Michalek with their first-round pick, sixth overall.

Regular season[]

The Sharks rotated team captaincy for the first half of the season before permanently handing the role to forward Patrick Marleau.

Final standings[]

Pacific Division[1]
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 2 San Jose Sharks 82 43 21 12 6 219 183 104
2 5 Dallas Stars 82 41 26 13 2 194 175 97
3 11 Los Angeles Kings 82 28 29 16 9 205 217 81
4 12 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 82 29 35 10 8 184 213 76
5 13 Phoenix Coyotes 82 22 36 18 6 188 245 68

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.

Western Conference[2]
R Div GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 P- Detroit Red Wings CE 82 48 21 11 2 255 189 109
2 Y- San Jose Sharks PA 82 43 21 12 6 255 183 104
3 Y- Vancouver Canucks NW 82 43 24 10 5 235 194 101
4 X- Colorado Avalanche NW 82 40 22 13 7 236 198 100
5 X- Dallas Stars PA 82 41 26 13 2 194 175 97
6 X- Calgary Flames NW 82 42 30 7 3 200 176 94
7 X- St. Louis Blues CE 82 39 30 11 2 191 198 91
8 X- Nashville Predators CE 82 38 29 11 4 216 217 91
8.5
9 Edmonton Oilers NW 82 36 29 12 5 221 208 89
10 Minnesota Wild NW 82 30 29 20 3 188 183 83
11 Los Angeles Kings PA 82 28 29 16 9 205 217 81
12 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim PA 82 29 35 10 8 184 213 76
13 Phoenix Coyotes PA 82 22 36 18 6 188 245 68
14 Columbus Blue Jackets CE 82 25 45 8 4 177 238 62
15 Chicago Blackhawks CE 82 20 43 11 8 188 259 59

Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot


Schedule and results[]

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

Playoffs[]

San José (2) vs. St. Louis (7)
Date Away Home OT
April 8 St. Louis 0 1 San José OT
April 10 St. Louis 1 3 San José
April 12 San José 1 4 St. Louis
April 13 San José 4 3 St. Louis
April 15 St. Louis 1 3 San Jose
San Jose wins series 4–1.
San José (2) vs. Colorado (4)
Date Away Home OT
April 22 Colorado 2 5 San José
April 24 Colorado 1 4 San José
April 26 San José 1 0 Colorado
April 28 San José 0 1 Colorado OT
May 1 Colorado 2 1 San José OT
May 4 San José 3 1 Colorado
San José wins series 4–2.
San José (2) vs. Calgary (6)
Date Away Home OT
May 9 Calgary 4 3 San José OT
May 11 Calgary 4 1 San José
May 13 San José 3 0 Calgary
May 16 San José 4 2 Calgary
May 17 Calgary 3 0 San José
May 19 San José 1 3 Calgary
Calgary wins series 4–2 and
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

Player statistics[]

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Patrick Marleau C 80 28 29 57 24 -5 9 0 5
Nils Ekman LW 82 22 33 55 34 30 1 4 5
Jonathan Cheechoo RW 81 28 19 47 33 5 8 0 9
Alyn McCauley C 82 20 27 47 28 23 5 0 4
Marco Sturm LW 64 21 20 41 36 0 10 2 6
Vincent Damphousse C 82 12 29 41 66 -5 7 0 4
Brad Stuart D 77 9 30 39 34 9 5 0 0
Alexander Korolyuk LW 63 19 18 37 18 20 4 0 2
Wayne Primeau C 72 9 20 29 90 4 0 1 1
Scott Thornton LW 80 13 14 27 84 -6 1 0 1
Mike Ricci C 71 7 19 26 40 8 2 0 0
Niko Dimitrakos RW 68 9 15 24 49 6 2 0 4
Kyle McLaren D 64 2 22 24 60 10 0 1 0
Scott Hannan D 82 6 15 21 48 10 0 0 0
Tom Preissing D 69 2 17 19 12 8 2 0 1
Mike Rathje D 80 2 17 19 46 18 0 1 0
Christian Ehrhoff D 41 1 11 12 14 4 0 0 1
Todd Harvey RW/C 47 4 5 9 38 3 0 0 0
Curtis Brown C/LW 12 2 2 4 6 1 0 0 0
Scott Parker RW 50 1 3 4 101 0 0 0 0
Mark Smith C 36 1 3 4 72 -5 0 0 0
Rob Davison D 55 0 3 3 92 -3 0 0 0
Jim Fahey D 15 0 2 2 18 -2 0 0 0
Jason Marshall D 12 0 2 2 8 -2 0 0 0
Milan Michalek RW 2 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0
Vesa Toskala G 28 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Brad Boyes C 1 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Lynn Loyns LW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Evgeni Nabokov G 59 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0
Patrick Rissmiller LW 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Miroslav Zalesak RW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Evgeni Nabokov 3456 59 31 19 8 127 2.20 9 1610 1483 .921
Vesa Toskala 1541 28 12 8 4 53 2.06 1 760 707 .930
Team: 4997 82 43 27 12 180 2.16 10 2370 2190 .924
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Vincent Damphousse C 17 7 7 14 20 0 3 0 3
Patrick Marleau C 17 8 4 12 6 0 4 1 2
Jonathan Cheechoo RW 17 4 6 10 10 4 1 0 0
Niko Dimitrakos RW 15 1 8 9 8 2 0 0 1
Alexander Korolyuk LW 17 5 2 7 10 0 2 0 1
Scott Hannan D 17 1 5 6 22 7 1 0 1
Mike Rathje D 17 1 5 6 13 1 0 0 0
Brad Stuart D 17 1 5 6 13 -4 0 0 0
Mike Ricci C 17 2 3 5 4 5 0 0 0
Scott Thornton LW 12 2 2 4 22 1 0 0 0
Alyn McCauley C 11 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0
Todd Harvey RW/C 16 1 2 3 2 -3 0 0 0
Wayne Primeau C 17 1 2 3 4 -7 0 0 0
Nils Ekman LW 16 0 3 3 8 -2 0 0 0
Kyle McLaren D 16 0 3 3 10 -1 0 0 0
Marcel Goc C 5 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1
Curtis Brown C/LW 17 0 2 2 18 -5 0 0 0
Rob Davison D 5 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
Mark Smith C 10 1 0 1 11 2 0 0 1
Jason Marshall D 17 0 1 1 25 1 0 0 0
Tom Preissing D 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Fahey D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Evgeni Nabokov G 17 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Evgeni Nabokov 1052 17 10 7 30 1.71 3 461 431 .935
Team: 1052 17 10 7 30 1.71 3 461 431 .935

[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[]

Draft picks[]

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team
1 6 Milan Michalek Left Wing  Czech Republic HC České Budějovice (Czech Republic)
1 16 Steve Bernier Right Wing  Canada Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
2 43 Josh Hennessy Center  United States Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
2 47 Matt Carle Defense  United States River City Lancers (USHL)
5 139 Patrick Ehelechner Goaltender  Germany Hannover Scorpions (DEL)
7 201 Jonathan Tremblay Right Wing  Canada Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)
7 205 Joe Pavelski Center  United States Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
7 216 Kai Hospelt Forward  Germany Kölner Haie (DEL)
8 236 Alexander Hult Center  Sweden Oskarshamn IK (Swe-1)
9 267 Brian O'Hanley Defense  United States Boston College High School (USHS-MA)
9 276 Carter Lee Forward  United States Canterbury School (USHS-CT)

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 San Jose Sharks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-24.
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