2003–04 Dallas Stars season

The 2003–04 Dallas Stars season was the Stars' 11th season, 37th overall of the franchise.

2003–04 Dallas Stars
Division	2nd Pacific
Conference	5th Western
2003–04 record	41–26–13–2
Goals for	194
Goals against	175
Team information
General manager	Doug Armstrong
Coach	Dave Tippett
Captain	Mike Modano

Regular season

Only 369 total goals (194 for Dallas, 175 for their opponents) were scored in the Stars' regular-season games: the lowest total of all 30 NHL teams. Twenty-one games of their 82 regular-season games ended in a shutout. They also tied the Columbus Blue Jackets for most times shut out, with 11.[1][2]

Final standings

Pacific Division[3]

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[4]

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

Playoffs

Round 1: (4) Colorado Avalanche vs. (5) Dallas Stars

The series began in Colorado. The Avalanche won the first two games; game 1 was by a score of 3-1 and game 2 was a 5-2 victory. Games 3 & 4 shifted to Dallas. Game 3 was won by Dallas 4-3 in overtime. However, in game 4, the Avalanche responded with a 3-2 double overtime win. Back in Denver for game 5, Colorado would go on to win 5-1 and clinch the series 4-1.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Bill Guerin	RW	82	34	35	69	109	14	9	0	10
Jason Arnott	C	73	21	36	57	66	23	5	0	5
Brenden Morrow	LW	81	25	24	49	121	10	9	0	3
Mike Modano	C	76	14	30	44	46	-21	6	0	0
Sergei Zubov	D	77	7	35	42	20	0	4	1	1
Pierre Turgeon	C	76	15	25	40	20	17	6	0	1
Stu Barnes	C	77	11	18	29	18	7	0	1	4
Jere Lehtinen	RW	58	13	13	26	20	0	4	1	4
Rob DiMaio	RW	69	9	15	24	52	2	0	1	1
Philippe Boucher	D	70	8	16	24	64	15	2	0	2
Richard Matvichuk	D	75	1	20	21	36	0	0	0	1
Teppo Numminen	D	62	3	14	17	18	-5	0	0	0
Scott Young	RW	53	8	8	16	14	-15	2	0	2
David Oliver	RW	36	7	5	12	12	6	3	0	1
Steve Ott	C	73	2	10	12	152	-2	0	0	1
Don Sweeney	D	63	0	11	11	18	22	0	0	0
Shayne Corson	LW	17	5	5	10	29	12	0	1	1
Valeri Bure	RW	13	2	5	7	6	3	0	0	0
Jon Klemm	D	58	2	4	6	24	10	0	0	1
Trevor Daley	D	27	1	5	6	14	-6	1	0	0
Niko Kapanen	C	67	1	5	6	16	-15	0	0	0
Aaron Downey	RW	37	1	1	2	77	2	0	0	1
Lubomir Sekeras	D	4	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0
Mathias Tjarnqvist	RW	18	1	1	2	2	-6	0	0	1
Antti Miettinen	RW	16	1	0	1	0	-9	0	0	1
Stephane Robidas	D	14	1	0	1	8	-2	1	0	0
John Erskine	D	32	0	1	1	84	-9	0	0	0
Marty Turco	G	73	0	1	1	32	0	0	0	0
Dan Ellis	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Gainey	LW	7	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0
Jeff MacMillan	D	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Manny Malhotra	C	9	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
Gavin Morgan	C	6	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0
Blake Sloan	RW	28	0	0	0	7	-1	0	0	0
Chris Therien	D	11	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0
Ron Tugnutt	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rob Valicevic	RW	7	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Marty Turco	4359	73	37	21	13	144	1.98	9	1648	1504	.913
Ron Tugnutt	548	11	3	7	0	22	2.41	1	220	198	.900
Dan Ellis	60	1	1	0	0	3	3.00	0	28	25	.893
Team:	4967	82	41	28	13	169	2.04	10	1896	1727	.911

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Pierre Turgeon	C	5	1	3	4	2	-2	0	0	0
Mike Modano	C	5	1	2	3	8	-4	1	0	0
Valeri Bure	RW	5	0	3	3	0	-1	0	0	0
Chris Therien	D	5	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Jason Arnott	C	5	1	1	2	2	-1	1	0	0
Sergei Zubov	D	5	1	1	2	0	-5	1	0	0
Philippe Boucher	D	5	1	0	1	6	-1	0	0	0
Niko Kapanen	C	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Ott	C	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Scott Young	RW	4	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0
Shayne Corson	LW	5	0	1	1	12	-5	0	0	0
Rob DiMaio	RW	5	0	1	1	2	-2	0	0	0
Bill Guerin	RW	5	0	1	1	4	-1	0	0	0
Richard Matvichuk	D	5	0	1	1	8	-4	0	0	0
Brenden Morrow	LW	5	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Teppo Numminen	D	4	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Stu Barnes	C	5	0	0	0	0	-6	0	0	0
Trevor Daley	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jere Lehtinen	RW	5	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
David Oliver	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Sweeney	D	5	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Marty Turco	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Marty Turco	325	5	1	4	18	3.32	0	119	101	.849
Team:	325	5	1	4	18	3.32	0	119	101	.849

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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;

Draft picks

Dallas'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)
2	33	Loui Eriksson	Sweden	Frölunda HC (Sweden)
2	36	Vojtech Polak	Czech Republic	Energie Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic)
2	54	B. J. Crombeen	United States	Barrie Colts (OHL)
3	99	Matt Nickerson	United States	Texas Tornado (NAHL)
4	134	Alexander Naurov	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
5	144	Eero Kilpelainen	Finland	KalPa (Finland)
5	165	Gino Guyer	United States	University of Minnesota (NCAA)
6	185	Francis Wathier	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
6	195	Drew Bagnall	Canada	Battlefords North Stars (SJHL)
6	196	Elias Granath	Sweden	Leksands IF (Sweden)
8	259	Niko Vainio	Finland	Jokerit (Finland)

References

1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DAL/2004_games.html
2. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2004_games.html
3. "2003-2004 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
4. "2003–2004 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
5. "2003-04 Dallas Stars Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-16.