2003–04 San Jose Sharks season

2003–04 San Jose Sharks
Pacific Division Champions
Division 1st Pacific
Conference 2nd Western
2003–04 record 43–21–12–6 (104 points)
Home record 24–8–7–2
Road record 19–13–5–4
Goals for 219
Goals against 183
Team information
General Manager Doug Wilson
Coach Ron Wilson
Captain Mike Ricci (first 10 games)
Vincent Damphousse (next 20 games)
Alyn McCauley (next 10 games)
Patrick Marleau (last 42 games)
Arena HP Pavilion at San Jose
Average attendance 15,836
Team leaders
Goals Patrick Marleau (28)
Assists Nils Ekman (33)
Points Patrick Marleau (57)
Penalties in minutes Scott Parker (101)
Wins Evgeni Nabokov (31)
Goals against average Vesa Toskala (2.06)
<2002–03 2004–05>

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.

Contents

Offseason

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 over-all.

Regular season

Final standings

Pacific Division
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

[1] 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.

Game log

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 L 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 L 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 L December 17, 2003 2–3 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 10–8–10–3
32 L 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 L 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 L 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 L 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 stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau C 80 28 29 57 24 -5 9 0 5
Ekman, NilsNils Ekman LW 82 22 33 55 34 30 1 4 5
Cheechoo, JonathanJonathan Cheechoo RW 81 28 19 47 33 5 8 0 9
McCauley, AlynAlyn McCauley C 82 20 27 47 28 23 5 0 4
Sturm, MarcoMarco Sturm LW 64 21 20 41 36 0 10 2 6
Damphousse, VincentVincent Damphousse C 82 12 29 41 66 -5 7 0 4
Stuart, BradBrad Stuart D 77 9 30 39 34 9 5 0 0
Korolyuk, AlexanderAlexander Korolyuk LW 63 19 18 37 18 20 4 0 2
Primeau, WayneWayne Primeau C 72 9 20 29 90 4 0 1 1
Thornton, ScottScott Thornton LW 80 13 14 27 84 -6 1 0 1
Ricci, MikeMike Ricci C 71 7 19 26 40 8 2 0 0
Dimitrakos, NikoNiko Dimitrakos RW 68 9 15 24 49 6 2 0 4
McLaren, KyleKyle McLaren D 64 2 22 24 60 10 0 1 0
Hannan, ScottScott Hannan D 82 6 15 21 48 10 0 0 0
Preissing, TomTom Preissing D 69 2 17 19 12 8 2 0 1
Rathje, MikeMike Rathje D 80 2 17 19 46 18 0 1 0
Ehrhoff, ChristianChristian Ehrhoff D 41 1 11 12 14 4 0 0 1
Harvey, ToddTodd Harvey RW/C 47 4 5 9 38 3 0 0 0
Brown, CurtisCurtis Brown C/LW 12 2 2 4 6 1 0 0 0
Parker, ScottScott Parker RW 50 1 3 4 101 0 0 0 0
Smith, MarkMark Smith C 36 1 3 4 72 -5 0 0 0
Davison, RobRob Davison D 55 0 3 3 92 -3 0 0 0
Fahey, JimJim Fahey D 15 0 2 2 18 -2 0 0 0
Marshall, JasonJason Marshall D 12 0 2 2 8 -2 0 0 0
Michalek, MilanMilan Michalek RW 2 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0
Toskala, VesaVesa Toskala G 28 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
Boyes, BradBrad Boyes C 1 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Loyns, LynnLynn Loyns LW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Nabokov, EvgeniEvgeni Nabokov G 59 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0
Rissmiller, PatrickPatrick Rissmiller LW 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zalesak, MiroslavMiroslav 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%
Nabokov, EvgeniEvgeni Nabokov 3456 59 31 19 8 127 2.20 9 1610 1483 .921
Toskala, VesaVesa 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
Damphousse, VincentVincent Damphousse C 17 7 7 14 20 0 3 0 3
Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau C 17 8 4 12 6 0 4 1 2
Cheechoo, JonathanJonathan Cheechoo RW 17 4 6 10 10 4 1 0 0
Dimitrakos, NikoNiko Dimitrakos RW 15 1 8 9 8 2 0 0 1
Korolyuk, AlexanderAlexander Korolyuk LW 17 5 2 7 10 0 2 0 1
Hannan, ScottScott Hannan D 17 1 5 6 22 7 1 0 1
Rathje, MikeMike Rathje D 17 1 5 6 13 1 0 0 0
Stuart, BradBrad Stuart D 17 1 5 6 13 -4 0 0 0
Ricci, MikeMike Ricci C 17 2 3 5 4 5 0 0 0
Thornton, ScottScott Thornton LW 12 2 2 4 22 1 0 0 0
McCauley, AlynAlyn McCauley C 11 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0
Harvey, ToddTodd Harvey RW/C 16 1 2 3 2 -3 0 0 0
Primeau, WayneWayne Primeau C 17 1 2 3 4 -7 0 0 0
Ekman, NilsNils Ekman LW 16 0 3 3 8 -2 0 0 0
McLaren, KyleKyle McLaren D 16 0 3 3 10 -1 0 0 0
Goc, MarcelMarcel Goc C 5 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1
Brown, CurtisCurtis Brown C/LW 17 0 2 2 18 -5 0 0 0
Davison, RobRob Davison D 5 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0
Smith, MarkMark Smith C 10 1 0 1 11 2 0 0 1
Marshall, JasonJason Marshall D 17 0 1 1 25 1 0 0 0
Preissing, TomTom Preissing D 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Fahey, JimJim Fahey D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nabokov, EvgeniEvgeni Nabokov G 17 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Nabokov, EvgeniEvgeni Nabokov 1052 17 10 7 30 1.71 3 461 431 .935
Team: 1052 17 10 7 30 1.71 3 461 431 .935

[2]

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

NHL Entry Draft

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club Team
1 6 Milan Michalek Left Wing  Czechoslovakia Ceske Budejovice HC (Czech)
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 Cologne Sharks (DEL)
8 236 Alexander Hult Center  Sweden Oskarshamn IK (Swe-1)
9 267 Brian O'Hanley Defense  United States Boston College High School (USHS)
9 276 Carter Lee Forward  United States Canterbury (USHS)

References

  1. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed (2009). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2010. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 162. 
  2. ^ "2003-04 San Jose Sharks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/SJS/2004.html. Retrieved 2009-06-24. 
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