2003–04 Phoenix Coyotes season

The 2003–04 Phoenix Coyotes season was their eighth season in the National Hockey League, the franchise's 25th season in the NHL and 32nd overall.

2003–04 Phoenix Coyotes
Division	5th Pacific
Conference	13th Western
2003–04 record	22–36–18–6
Goals for	188
Goals against	245
Team information
General manager	Mike Barnett
Coach	Bob Francis, Rick Bowness
Captain	Shane Doan

Off-season

Forward Shane Doan is named captain.

Regular season

Though the Coyotes finished last in their division (13th in the Conference), for a remarkable span in late December and early January, the team attracted the attention of the sports world, as goaltender Brian Boucher set an NHL record for consecutive shutouts.[1] From December 31 to January 9, Boucher and the Coyotes recorded five consecutive shut-out victories, outscoring their opponents 18–0 during the span. The streak was broken on January 11 in a game against the visiting Atlanta Thrashers, when Randy Robitaille scored on Boucher at 6:16 of the first period.[1] Boucher's streak lasted 332:01, surpassing Montreal Canadiens goaltender Bill Durnan's 1949 record by over 20 minutes.[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 10, 2003	2–1 OT	St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	1–0–0–0
2	W	October 12, 2003	2–0	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	2–0–0–0
3	W	October 15, 2003	2–1	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	3–0–0–0
4	L	October 16, 2003	1–5	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	3–1–0–0
5	L	October 18, 2003	4–5	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	3–2–0–0
6	L	October 23, 2003	4–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	3–3–0–0
7	T	October 25, 2003	4–4 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	3–3–1–0
8	T	October 26, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	3–3–2–0
9	T	October 28, 2003	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	3–3–3–0
10	L	October 31, 2003	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	3–4–3–0
11	L	November 1, 2003	3–7	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	3–5–3–0
12	L	November 6, 2003	1–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	3–6–3–0
13	W	November 8, 2003	4–3 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	4–6–3–0
14	OTL	November 9, 2003	1–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	4–6–3–1
15	W	November 13, 2003	3–2 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	5–6–3–1
16	T	November 14, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	5–6–4–1
17	T	November 16, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	5–6–5–1
18	W	November 19, 2003	5–4	St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	6–6–5–1
19	L	November 21, 2003	0–5	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	6–7–5–1
20	L	November 23, 2003	0–1	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	6–8–5–1
21	L	November 24, 2003	2–5	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	6–9–5–1
22	W	November 27, 2003	6–4	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	7–9–5–1
23	T	November 30, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	7–9–6–1
24	W	December 2, 2003	3–1	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	8–9–6–1
25	W	December 4, 2003	3–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	9–9–6–1
26	L	December 5, 2003	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	9–10–6–1
27	T	December 7, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	9–10–7–1
28	W	December 10, 2003	2–1	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	10–10–7–1
29	T	December 12, 2003	3–3 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	10–10–8–1
30	L	December 15, 2003	2–5	Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	10–11–8–1
31	T	December 18, 2003	4–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	10–11–9–1
32	T	December 20, 2003	1–1 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	10–11–10–1
33	T	December 22, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)	10–11–11–1
34	W	December 23, 2003	2–1	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	11–11–11–1
35	L	December 27, 2003	1–3	Nashville Predators (2003–04)	11–12–11–1
36	OTL	December 29, 2003	2–3 OT	New York Rangers (2003–04)	11–12–11–2
37	W	December 31, 2003	4–0	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	12–12–11–2
38	W	January 2, 2004	6–0	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	13–12–11–2
39	W	January 4, 2004	3–0	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	14–12–11–2
40	W	January 7, 2004	3–0	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)	15–12–11–2
41	W	January 9, 2004	2–0	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	16–12–11–2
42	T	January 11, 2004	1–1 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	16–12–12–2
43	L	January 13, 2004	1–4	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	16–13–12–2
44	L	January 15, 2004	3–4	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)	16–14–12–2
45	T	January 16, 2004	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	16–14–13–2
46	L	January 21, 2004	2–4	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	16–15–13–2
47	W	January 22, 2004	2–1	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	17–15–13–2
48	W	January 24, 2004	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	18–15–13–2
49	L	January 27, 2004	1–2	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	18–16–13–2
50	L	January 29, 2004	1–4	Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	18–17–13–2
51	L	January 31, 2004	4–5	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	18–18–13–2
52	T	February 2, 2004	3–3 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	18–18–14–2
53	OTL	February 4, 2004	4–5 OT	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	18–18–14–3
54	L	February 5, 2004	0–5	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	18–19–14–3
55	L	February 11, 2004	3–5	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	18–20–14–3
56	L	February 13, 2004	2–5	New York Islanders (2003–04)	18–21–14–3
57	W	February 14, 2004	3–2	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	19–21–14–3
58	L	February 16, 2004	2–4	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	19–22–14–3
59	L	February 18, 2004	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	19–23–14–3
60	W	February 20, 2004	3–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	20–23–14–3
61	L	February 21, 2004	2–8	Nashville Predators (2003–04)	20–24–14–3
62	T	February 23, 2004	1–1 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	20–24–15–3
63	OTL	February 25, 2004	3–4 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	20–24–15–4
64	L	February 27, 2004	2–7	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	20–25–15–4
65	L	February 29, 2004	2–4	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)	20–26–15–4
66	OTL	March 2, 2004	4–5 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	20–26–15–5
67	L	March 5, 2004	3–4	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	20–27–15–5
68	T	March 7, 2004	1–1 OT	Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	20–27–16–5
69	L	March 9, 2004	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	20–28–16–5
70	L	March 10, 2004	1–3	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	20–29–16–5
71	L	March 12, 2004	2–3	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	20–30–16–5
72	L	March 14, 2004	1–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	20–31–16–5
73	OTL	March 16, 2004	2–3 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	20–31–16–6
74	T	March 18, 2004	1–1 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	20–31–17–6
75	T	March 21, 2004	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	20–31–18–6
76	W	March 22, 2004	3–2 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	21–31–18–6
77	L	March 24, 2004	0–4	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	21–32–18–6
78	L	March 26, 2004	0–3	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	21–33–18–6
79	L	March 28, 2004	2–4	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	21–34–18–6
80	L	March 29, 2004	1–6	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	21–35–18–6
81	L	March 31, 2004	0–1	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)	21–36–18–6
82	W	April 3, 2004	2–1 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	22–36–18–6

Playoffs

For the second year in a row, the Coyotes failed to make the playoffs.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Shane Doan	RW	79	27	41	68	47	-11	9	2	1
Ladislav Nagy	LW	55	24	28	52	46	11	11	0	6
Daymond Langkow	C	81	21	31	52	40	4	4	1	2
Paul Mara	D	81	6	36	42	48	-11	1	0	0
Chris Gratton	C	68	11	18	29	93	-19	3	0	1
Jan Hrdina	C	55	11	15	26	30	-10	5	0	1
Brian Savage	LW	61	12	13	25	36	-5	3	0	1
Branko Radivojevic	RW	53	9	14	23	36	-5	2	1	2
Radoslav Suchy	D	82	7	14	21	8	1	2	0	2
Cale Hulse	D	82	3	17	20	123	-4	1	0	0
Jeff Taffe	C	59	8	10	18	20	-8	5	0	0
Daniel Cleary	RW	68	6	11	17	42	-8	0	3	0
Mike Comrie	C	28	8	7	15	16	-8	1	1	1
Mike Sillinger	C	60	8	6	14	54	-14	0	1	0
Fredrik Sjostrom	RW	57	7	6	13	22	-7	0	0	1
David Tanabe	D	45	5	7	12	22	4	2	0	2
Krys Kolanos	C	41	4	6	10	24	-9	1	0	1
Mike Johnson	RW	11	1	9	10	10	-1	1	0	0
Tyson Nash	LW	69	3	5	8	110	-6	0	0	0
Ossi Vaananen	D	67	2	4	6	87	-10	0	0	1
Brad Ference	D	63	0	5	5	103	-19	0	0	0
Landon Wilson	RW	35	1	3	4	16	-3	0	0	0
Derek Morris	D	14	0	4	4	2	-5	0	0	0
Andrei Nazarov	LW	33	1	2	3	125	-7	0	0	0
Ivan Novoseltsev	RW	17	2	0	2	6	-7	0	0	0
Erik Westrum	C	15	1	1	2	20	-3	0	0	0
Sean Burke	G	32	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	0
Todd Reirden	D	7	0	2	2	4	-4	0	0	0
Bryan Helmer	D	17	0	1	1	10	-5	0	0	0
Michael Rupp	C	6	0	1	1	6	-3	0	0	0
Goran Bezina	D	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Zac Bierk	G	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Brian Boucher	G	40	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jason Jaspers	C	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Brent Johnson	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jean-Marc Pelletier	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matthew Spiller	D	51	0	0	0	54	-11	0	0	0
Mike Stutzel	LW	9	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Brian Boucher	2364	40	10	19	10	108	2.74	5	1150	1042	.906
Sean Burke	1795	32	10	15	5	84	2.81	1	913	829	.908
Brent Johnson	486	8	1	6	1	21	2.59	0	243	222	.914
Jean-Marc Pelletier	175	4	1	1	0	12	4.11	0	84	72	.857
Zac Bierk	190	4	0	1	2	12	3.79	0	108	96	.889
Team:	5010	82	22	42	18	237	2.84	6	2498	2261	.905

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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;

Roster

2003-04 Phoenix Coyotes
Goaltenders 1 – Sean Burke  1 – Brent Johnson  30 – Jean-Marc Pelletier  33 – Brian Boucher  35 – Zac Bierk		Defensemen 2 – Derek Morris  2 – Todd Reirden  3 – Bryan Helmer  4 – Ossi Vaananen  5 – David Tanabe  6 – Matthew Spiller  15 – Radoslav Suchy  23 – Paul Mara  32 – Cale Hulse  45 – Brad Ference  57 – Goran Bezina		Wingers 7 – Ivan Novoseltsev  8 – Dan Cleary  12 – Mike Johnson  14 – Jeff Taffe  17 – Ladislav Nagy  18 – Tyson Nash  19 – Shane Doan  - C 20 – Fredrik Sjostrom  28 – Landon Wilson  29 – Branko Radivojevic  43 – Mike Stutzel  44 – Andrei Nazarov  49 – Brian Savage		Centres 11 – Daymond Langkow  13 – Michael Rupp  16 – Mike Sillinger  21 – Jason Jaspers  24 – Jan Hrdina  36 – Krys Kolanos  39 – Erik Westrum  77 – Chris Gratton  89 – Mike Comrie  GM: Michael Barnett Coach: Bobby Francis (20-24-15-3) Coach: Rick Bowness (2-12-3-3)

Draft picks

Phoenix'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)
3	77	Tyler Redenbach	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
3	80	Dmitri Pestunov	Russia	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (Russia)
4	115	Liam Lindstrom	Sweden	Mora IK (Sweden)
6	178	Ryan Gibbons	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
7	208	Randall Gelech	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
8	242	Eduard Lewandowski	Germany	Kolner Haie (Germany)
9	272	Sean Sullivan	United States	St. Sebastian's (USHS)
9	290	Loic Burkhalter	Switzerland	HC Ambri-Piotta (Switzerland)

See also

• 2003–04 NHL season

References

1. Adam Kimelman (December 9, 2009). "Flyers' Boucher knows a thing or two about shutouts". NHL.com. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
2. "Five straight shutouts for Boucher". ESPN.com. ESPN. January 9, 2004. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
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 Phoenix Coyotes Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

• "2003–04 Phoenix Coyotes Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.