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The 2003–04 Nashville Predators season was the Nashville Predators' sixth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in franchise history, losing to the Detroit Red Wings in the first round.
2003–04 Nashville Predators | |
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Division | 3rd Central |
Conference | 8th Western |
2003–04 record | 38–29–11–4 |
Home record | 22–10–7–2 |
Road record | 16–19–4–2 |
Goals for | 216 |
Goals against | 217 |
Team information | |
General manager | David Poile |
Coach | Barry Trotz |
Captain | Greg Johnson |
Alternate captains | Kimmo Timonen Scott Walker |
Arena | Gaylord Entertainment Center |
Average attendance | 13,157 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Milwaukee Admirals Toledo Storm |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Scott Walker (25) |
Assists | Scott Walker (42) |
Points | Scott Walker (67) |
Penalty minutes | Jordin Tootoo (137) |
Plus/minus | Mark Eaton (+16) |
Wins | Tomas Vokoun (34) |
Goals against average | Tomas Vokoun (2.53) |
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The Predators had the most power-play opportunities of all 30 teams in the League, with 428.[1]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1 | 1 | Detroit Red Wings | 82 | 48 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 255 | 189 | 109 |
2 | 7 | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 191 | 198 | 91 |
3 | 8 | Nashville Predators | 82 | 38 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 216 | 217 | 91 |
4 | 14 | Columbus Blue Jackets | 82 | 25 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 177 | 238 | 62 |
5 | 15 | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 20 | 43 | 11 | 8 | 188 | 259 | 59 |
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.
R | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | |
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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 |
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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
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October: 4–5–0–0 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 0–3–0–0)
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November: 8–5–1–0 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 4–3–0–0)
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December: 4–4–3–2 (home: 1–1–2–1; road: 3–3–1–1)
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January: 10–4–2–0 (home: 8–0–1–0; road: 2–4–1–0)
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February: 6–5–1–0 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 2–3–0–0)
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March: 4–5–4–2 (home: 1–2–2–1; road: 3–3–2–1)
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April: 2–1–0–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 2–0–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
2004 Stanley Cup playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Western Conference Quarterfinals: vs. (1) Detroit Red Wings — Detroit wins 4–2
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Legend:
Win Loss |
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
24 | Scott Walker | RW | 75 | 25 | 42 | 67 | 4 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 6 |
3 | Marek Zidlicky | D | 82 | 14 | 39 | 53 | −16 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Martin Erat | RW | 76 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 10 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 6 |
11 | David Legwand | C | 82 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 9 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
44 | Kimmo Timonen | D | 77 | 12 | 32 | 44 | −7 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 10 |
33 | Vladimir Orszagh | RW | 82 | 16 | 21 | 37 | −4 | 74 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 4 |
17 | Scott Hartnell | LW | 59 | 18 | 15 | 33 | −5 | 87 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
22 | Greg Johnson | C | 82 | 14 | 18 | 32 | −21 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
26 | Steve Sullivan† | RW | 24 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 6 |
18 | Adam Hall | RW | 79 | 13 | 14 | 27 | −8 | 37 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
21 | Andreas Johansson | C | 47 | 12 | 15 | 27 | −2 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
2 | Dan Hamhuis | D | 80 | 7 | 19 | 26 | −12 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 6 |
25 | Denis Arkhipov | C | 72 | 9 | 12 | 21 | −2 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
15 | Rem Murray | LW | 39 | 8 | 9 | 17 | −1 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
27 | Jason York | D | 67 | 2 | 13 | 15 | −4 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
4 | Mark Eaton | D | 75 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
28 | Jeremy Stevenson† | LW | 53 | 5 | 4 | 9 | −2 | 103 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 8 |
42 | Andrew Hutchinson | D | 18 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
55 | Jordin Tootoo | RW | 70 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −6 | 137 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
46 | Wyatt Smith | C | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
19 | Jim McKenzie | LW | 61 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −13 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Jamie Allison | D | 47 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −7 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
36 | Robert Schnabel | D | 20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
9 | Sergei Zholtok† | C | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 0 |
34 | Shane Hnidy† | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
45 | Jason Morgan†‡ | C | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
29 | Tomas Vokoun | G | 73 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
20 | Simon Gamache† | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Tomas Kloucek‡ | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6 | Stan Neckar†‡ | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
7 | Scottie Upshall | LW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
5 | Brad Bombardir† | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
26 | Wade Brookbank‡ | LW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
32 | Mathieu Darche | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
40 | Mike Farrell | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
38 | Vernon Fiddler | C | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Chris Mason | G | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
47 | Libor Pivko | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | Timofei Shishkanov | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
No. | Player | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
29 | Tomas Vokoun | 73 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 1958 | 178 | 2.53 | .909 | 3 | 4221 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 197 | 12 | 2.02 | .939 | 1 | 356 |
30 | Chris Mason | 17 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 365 | 27 | 2.18 | .926 | 1 | 744 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Kimmo Timonen | [5] |
Tomas Vokoun | |||
NHL Defensive Player of the Week | Tomas Vokoun (December 1) | [6] | |
NHL Offensive Player of the Week | Scott Walker (December 30) | [7] | |
Steve Sullivan (February 23) | [8] | ||
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Dan Hamhuis | [9] |
The Predators were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2003, the day after the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2004, the day of the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.[10]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 21, 2003 | To Colorado Avalanche Rights to Tomas Slovak |
To Nashville Predators Rights to Sergei Soin |
[11] |
June 22, 2003 | To Anaheim Mighty Ducks 4th-round pick in 2003 |
To Nashville Predators 4th-round pick in 2004 5th-round pick in 2004 |
[12] |
June 22, 2003 | To Los Angeles Kings 6th-round pick in 2003 |
To Nashville Predators 7th-round pick in 2003 7th-round pick in 2003 |
[12] |
June 26, 2003 | To Minnesota Wild Peter Smrek |
To Nashville Predators Curtis Murphy |
[13] |
June 27, 2003 | To Buffalo Sabres Andy Delmore |
To Nashville Predators 3rd-round pick in 2004 |
[14] |
June 30, 2003 | To Colorado Avalanche Karlis Skrastins |
To Nashville Predators Future considerations[lower-alpha 1] |
[12] |
July 14, 2003 | To Washington Capitals Alex Riazantsev |
To Nashville Predators Mike Farrell |
[15] |
December 2, 2003 | To Atlanta Thrashers Tomas Kloucek Ben Simon |
To Nashville Predators Simon Gamache Kirill Safronov |
[16] |
December 17, 2003 | To Vancouver Canucks Wade Brookbank |
To Nashville Predators Future considerations |
[12] |
February 16, 2004 | To Chicago Blackhawks 2nd-round pick in 2004 2nd-round pick in 2005 |
To Nashville Predators Steve Sullivan |
[17] |
February 25, 2004 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Timo Helbling |
To Nashville Predators 8th-round pick in 2004 |
[12] |
March 5, 2004 | To Minnesota Wild Buffalo’s 3rd-round pick in 2004 4th-round pick in 2004 |
To Nashville Predators Brad Bombardir Sergei Zholtok |
[18] |
March 9, 2004 | To Ottawa Senators Colorado’s 3rd-round pick in 2004 |
To Nashville Predators Shane Hnidy |
[19] |
March 9, 2004 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Stanislav Neckar |
To Nashville Predators 6th-round pick in 2004 |
[19] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 14, 2003 | Ben Simon | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency | [20] | |
July 17, 2003 | Ray Schultz | New York Islanders | Free agency | [21] | |
July 22, 2003 | Jim McKenzie | New Jersey Devils | Free agency | [22] | |
September 10, 2003 | Jamie Allison | Calgary Flames | Free agency | [23] | |
Mathieu Darche | Columbus Blue Jackets | Free agency | [23] | ||
October 3, 2003 | Wade Brookbank | Ottawa Senators | Waiver draft | [12] | |
Chris Mason | Florida Panthers | Waiver draft | [12] | ||
October 22, 2003 | Jeremy Stevenson | Minnesota Wild | Waivers | [12] | |
November 4, 2003 | Tony Hrkac | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency | [12] | |
November 26, 2003 | Stanislav Neckar | Tampa Bay Lightning | Free agency | [24] | |
December 31, 2003 | Jason Morgan | Calgary Flames | Waivers | [12] | |
January 30, 2004 | Jeremy Yablonski | St. Louis Blues | Waivers | [12] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 25, 2003 | Mark Eaton | Re-signing | [46] | |
Tomas Kloucek | Re-signing | [46] | ||
Libor Pivko | Entry-level | [46] | ||
Timofei Shishkanov | Entry-level | [46] | ||
June 30, 2003 | Andreas Johansson | Re-signing | [27] | |
July 1, 2003 | Rem Murray | Re-signing | [47] | |
July 8, 2003 | Curtis Murphy | Re-signing | [48] | |
Marek Zidlicky | Entry-level | [48] | ||
July 10, 2003 | Scott Hartnell | Re-signing | [49] | |
July 15, 2003 | Denis Platonov | Entry-level | [50] | |
July 17, 2003 | Denis Arkhipov | Re-signing | [21] | |
Wade Flaherty | Re-signing | [21] | ||
Robert Schnabel | Re-signing | [21] | ||
July 22, 2003 | Andrei Mukhachev | Entry-level | [51] | |
July 24, 2003 | Mike Farrell | Re-signing | [52] | |
August 15, 2003 | Kimmo Timonen | 4-year | Re-signing | [53][54] |
September 10, 2003 | David Legwand | Re-signing | [55] | |
December 24, 2003 | Brandon Segal | Entry-level | [56] | |
February 17, 2004 | Scott Walker | 3-year | Extension | [57] |
June 3, 2004 | Chris Mason | Extension | [58] |
Nashville's draft picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.[59]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 7 | Ryan Suter | ![]() | US Nat'l U-18 (NAHL) |
2 | 35 | Konstantin Glazachev | ![]() | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia) |
2 | 37 | Kevin Klein | ![]() | Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL) |
2 | 49 | Shea Weber | ![]() | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) |
3 | 76 | Richard Stehlik | ![]() | Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL) |
3 | 89 | Paul Brown | ![]() | Kamloops Blazers (WHL) |
3 | 92 | Alexander Sulzer | ![]() | Hamburg Freezers (Germany) |
3 | 98 | Grigory Shafigulin | ![]() | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia) |
4 | 117 | Teemu Lassila | ![]() | TPS (Finland) |
4 | 133 | Rustam Sidikov | ![]() | CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
7 | 210 | Andrei Mukhachyov | ![]() | CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
7 | 213 | Miroslav Hanuljak | ![]() | HC Litvinov Jr. (Czech Republic) |
9 | 268 | Lauris Darzins | ![]() | Lukko Jr. (Finland) |
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