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The 2003–04 New Jersey Devils season was the 30th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 22nd season since the franchise relocated from Colorado prior to the 1982–83 NHL season.[1]
2003–04 New Jersey Devils | |
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Division | 2nd Atlantic |
Conference | 6th Eastern |
2003–04 record | 43–25–12–2 |
Home record | 22–13–5–1 |
Road record | 21–12–7–1 |
Goals for | 213 |
Goals against | 164 |
Team information | |
General manager | Lou Lamoriello |
Coach | Pat Burns |
Captain | Scott Stevens Scott Niedermayer (Jan–Apr) interim |
Alternate captains | Patrik Elias John Madden (Jan–Apr) interim Scott Niedermayer |
Arena | Continental Airlines Arena |
Average attendance | 15,059 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Albany River Rats |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Patrik Elias (38) |
Assists | Scott Gomez (56) |
Points | Patrik Elias (81) |
Penalty minutes | Colin White (96) |
Plus/minus | Patrik Elias (+26) |
Wins | Martin Brodeur (38) |
Goals against average | Martin Brodeur (2.03) |
Like the 2001–02 NHL season, the Devils finished 6th in the Eastern Conference and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. The team started the season really impressive, winning 17 of their first 30 games. However, in the 2004 calendar year, they were 24–19–4–1, causing them to finish sixth in the conference, second in the division and lose to one of their division rivals, the Philadelphia Flyers in five games in the quarterfinals. They were also marred by injured defenseman Scott Stevens and Brian Rafalski which also caused them to be eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.
The defending Stanley Cup champions, the Devils only allowed 164 goals, the lowest total ever allowed by a team under the 82-game regular-season format. The Devils also shut out their opponents 14 times, a league-high. Furthermore, they were the most disciplined team in the League, finishing with the regular season with the fewest power-play opportunities against (266) and the fewest power-play goals allowed (39).[2][3]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | PTS | |
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1 | 3 | Philadelphia Flyers | 82 | 40 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 229 | 186 | 101 |
2 | 6 | New Jersey Devils | 82 | 43 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 213 | 164 | 100 |
3 | 8 | New York Islanders | 82 | 38 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 237 | 210 | 91 |
4 | 13 | New York Rangers | 82 | 27 | 40 | 7 | 8 | 206 | 250 | 69 |
5 | 15 | Pittsburgh Penguins | 82 | 23 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 190 | 303 | 58 |
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 | Z- Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 46 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 245 | 192 | 106 |
2 | Y- Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 41 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 209 | 188 | 104 |
3 | Y- Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 40 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 209 | 188 | 101 |
4 | X- Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 45 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 242 | 204 | 103 |
5 | X- Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 43 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 262 | 189 | 102 |
6 | X- New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 43 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 213 | 164 | 100 |
7 | X- Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 41 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 208 | 192 | 93 |
8 | X- New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 38 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 237 | 210 | 91 |
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9 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 37 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 220 | 221 | 85 |
10 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 33 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 214 | 243 | 78 |
11 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 172 | 209 | 76 |
12 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 28 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 188 | 221 | 75 |
13 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 27 | 40 | 7 | 8 | 206 | 250 | 69 |
14 | Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 186 | 253 | 59 |
15 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 23 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 190 | 303 | 58 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot
The series opened at Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, and the Flyers won both games 1 and 2 3–2 over New Jersey. Games three and four were played at Continental Airlines Arena in New Jersey. The Devils won game three 4–2, but the Flyers were victorious in game four by a score of 3–0. Game five was played back in Philadelphia, and the Flyers won that game 3-1 and won the series 4 games to 1.
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Preseason: 3–6–0 (home: 1–2–0; road: 2–4–0)
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Legend:
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October: 4–3–2–0 (home: 1–3–1–0; road: 3–0–1–0)
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November: 8–1–4–0 (home: 6–0–1–0; road: 2–1–3–0)
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December: 7–3–2–1 (home: 2–1–1–1; road: 5–2–1–0)
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January: 8–6–2–0 (home: 4–4–0–0; road: 4–2–2–0)
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February: 6–6–1–0 (home: 5–3–1–0; road: 1–3–0–0)
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March: 9–5–1–1 (home: 4–1–1–0; road: 5–4–0–1)
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April: 1–1–0–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 1–0–0–0)
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Legend:
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (3) Philadelphia Flyers – Flyers win 4–1
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Legend:
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No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
26 | Patrik Elias | LW | 82 | 38 | 43 | 81 | 26 | 44 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 2 |
23 | Scott Gomez | C | 80 | 14 | 56 | 70 | 18 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −2 | 0 |
27 | Scott Niedermayer | D | 81 | 14 | 40 | 54 | 20 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −5 | 6 |
12 | Jeff Friesen | LW | 81 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 8 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
28 | Brian Rafalski | D | 69 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 6 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
11 | John Madden | C | 80 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Sergei Brylin | LW | 82 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Brian Gionta | RW | 75 | 21 | 8 | 29 | 19 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 0 |
24 | Turner Stevenson | RW | 61 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 0 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
20 | Jay Pandolfo | LW | 82 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Jamie Langenbrunner | RW | 53 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Paul Martin | D | 70 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 4 |
29 | Grant Marshall | RW | 65 | 8 | 7 | 15 | −9 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | Erik Rasmussen | LW | 69 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Colin White | D | 75 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 96 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
4 | Scott Stevens | D | 38 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | Mike Rupp‡ | C | 51 | 6 | 5 | 11 | −1 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | Igor Larionov | C | 49 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
16 | Jan Hrdina† | C | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
22 | Viktor Kozlov† | C | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
17 | Christian Berglund‡ | LW | 23 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6 | Tommy Albelin | D | 45 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
25 | David Hale | D | 65 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2 | Sean Brown | D | 39 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
19 | Raymond Giroux | D | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
32 | Rob Skrlac | LW | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
9 | Jiri Bicek | RW | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
35 | Corey Schwab | G | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
30 | Martin Brodeur | G | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
40 | Scott Clemmensen | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
22 | Craig Darby | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
19 | Tuomas Pihlman | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
21 | Alexander Suglobov | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | ||
30 | Martin Brodeur | 75 | 38 | 26 | 11 | 1845 | 154 | 2.03 | .917 | 11 | 4555 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 133 | 13 | 2.62 | .902 | 0 | 298 |
40 | Scott Clemmensen | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 4 | 1.01 | .952 | 2 | 238 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | Corey Schwab | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 2 | 0.64 | .971 | 1 | 187 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Martin Brodeur was also a finalist for the Hart Memorial Trophy and John Madden was a runner-up for the Frank J. Selke Trophy.[8]
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
James Norris Memorial Trophy | Scott Niedermayer | [9] |
Lester Patrick Trophy | Mike Emrick | [10] | |
NHL First All-Star Team | Martin Brodeur (Goaltender) | [11] | |
Scott Niedermayer (Defense) | |||
Vezina Trophy | Martin Brodeur | [12] | |
William M. Jennings Trophy | Martin Brodeur | [13] | |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Martin Brodeur[lower-alpha 1] | [16] |
Scott Niedermayer[lower-alpha 1] | |||
Brian Rafalski | |||
Scott Stevens[lower-alpha 1] | |||
NHL Defensive Player of the Month | Martin Brodeur (November) | [17] | |
NHL Defensive Player of the Week | Martin Brodeur (December 15) | [18] | |
NHL Offensive Player of the Month | Scott Gomez (March) | [19] | |
NHL Offensive Player of the Week | Patrik Elias (March 29) | [20] | |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Paul Martin | [21] | |
Team | Devils' Players' Player | Turner Stevenson | [22] |
Hugh Delano Unsung Hero | Brian Gionta | [22] | |
Most Valuable Devil | Scott Niedermayer | [22] | |
Three-Star Award | Patrik Elias | [22] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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First game | David Hale | October 8, 2003 | [23] |
Paul Martin | |||
Rob Skrlac | December 13, 2003 | ||
Tuomas Pihlman | January 1, 2004 | ||
Alexander Suglobov | January 5, 2004 | ||
500th coaching win | Pat Burns | March 30, 2004 | [24] |
The Devils 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.[25]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 21, 2003 | To Edmonton Oilers
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To New Jersey Devils
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[26] |
To St. Louis Blues
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To New Jersey Devils
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[27] | |
March 1, 2003 | To Florida Panthers |
To New Jersey Devils |
[28] |
March 5, 2003 | To Phoenix Coyotes |
To New Jersey Devils |
[29] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 24, 2003 | Sean Brown | Boston Bruins | Free agency | [30] | |
July 25, 2003 | Erik Rasmussen | Los Angeles Kings | Free agency | [31] | |
July 30, 2003 | Ryan Murphy | Carolina Hurricanes | Free agency | [25] | |
September 9, 2003 | Greg Crozier | Minnesota Wild | Free agency | [32] | |
September 10, 2003 | Igor Larionov | Detroit Red Wings | Free agency | [33] |
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 2] | Ref |
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July 11, 2003 | Max Birbraer | Florida Panthers | Free agency | [35] |
Ken Daneyko | Retirement (III) | [36] | ||
July 22, 2003 | Jim McKenzie | Nashville Predators | Free agency (III) | [37] |
August 23, 2003 | Oleg Tverdovsky | Avangard Omsk (RSL) | Free agency (UFA) | [38] |
September 9, 2003 | Joe Nieuwendyk | Toronto Maple Leafs | Free agency (III) | [39] |
September 17, 2003 | Richard Smehlik | Retirement (III) | [40] | |
N/A | Daryl Andrews | San Antonio Rampage (AHL) | Free agency (VI) | [41] |
October 3, 2003 | Dave Roche | Toronto Roadrunners (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [42] |
October 5, 2003 | Jason Lehoux | Manitoba Moose (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [43] |
October 22, 2003 | Pascal Rheaume | New York Rangers | Free agency (V) | [44] |
April 19, 2004 | Igor Larionov | Retirement | [45] | |
April 22, 2004 | Steve Guolla | Kloten Flyers (NLA) | Free agency | [46] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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July 15, 2003 | Matt DeMarchi | Entry-level | [47] | |
Ahren Nittel | Entry-level | [47] | ||
Tuomas Pihlman | Entry-level | [47] | ||
Ilkka Pikkarainen | Entry-level | [47] | ||
Aleksander Suglobov | Entry-level | [47] | ||
Colin White | multi-year | Re-signing | [48] | |
August 8, 2003 | Paul Martin | Entry-level | [49] | |
August 9, 2003 | Jeff Friesen | 1-year | Re-signing | [50] |
October 15, 2003 | Tommy Albelin | Re-signing | [51] | |
March 24, 2004 | Aaron Voros | Entry-level | [52] | |
March 29, 2004 | Zach Parise | Entry-level | [53] | |
May 21, 2004 | Petr Vrana | Entry-level | [54] |
The Devils' draft picks at the 2003 NHL entry draft at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.[55]
Rd # | Pick # | Player | Nat | Pos | Team (League) | Notes |
1 | 17 | Zach Parise | United States | C | University of North Dakota (WCHA) | [lower-alpha 3] |
2 | 42 | Petr Vrana | Czech Republic | C | Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) | |
3 | 93 | Ivan Khomutov | Russia | C | Elektrostal Elemash (Vysshaya Liga) | [lower-alpha 4] |
4 | 136 | No fourth-round pick | [lower-alpha 5] | |||
5 | 167 | Zach Tarkir | United States | D | Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) | |
6 | 197 | Jason Smith | Canada | G | Lennoxville Cougars (LHJAAAQ) | |
7 | 229 | No seventh-round pick | [lower-alpha 6] | |||
8 | 261 | Joey Tenute | Canada | C | Sarnia Sting (OHL) | |
9 | 292 | Arseny Bondarev | Russia | LW | Yaroslavl Jrs. (Russia) |
Television coverage was still on Fox Sports Net New York with commentators Mike Emrick and Chico Resch as usual with Matt Loughlin hosting in the studio. Radio coverage remained on WABC 770 with John Hennessy calling the play-by-play with Randy Velischek providing color commentary.
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