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The 2003–04 New York Islanders season was the 32nd season in the franchise's history.
2003–04 New York Islanders | |
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Division | 3rd Atlantic |
Conference | 8th Eastern |
2003–04 record | 38–29–11–4 |
Home record | 25–11–4–1 |
Road record | 13–18–7–3 |
Goals for | 237 |
Goals against | 210 |
Team information | |
General manager | Mike Milbury |
Coach | Steve Stirling |
Captain | Michael Peca |
Alternate captains | Adrian Aucoin Kenny Jonsson Alexei Yashin |
Arena | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
Average attendance | 13,693 (84.3%) |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Bridgeport Sound Tigers |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Mariusz Czerkawski (25) Trent Hunter (25) |
Assists | Oleg Kvasha (36) |
Points | Oleg Kvasha (51) Trent Hunter (51) |
Penalty minutes | Eric Cairns (189) |
Plus/minus | Adrian Aucoin (+29) |
Wins | Rick DiPietro (23) |
Goals against average | Rick DiPietro (2.36) |
Head coach Peter Laviolette was fired on June 3, 2003, and replaced by Bridgeport Sound Tigers head coach Steve Stirling.[1]
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
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October: 4–3–2–0 (home: 3–1–0–0; road: 1–2–2–0)
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November: 5–8–0–0 (home: 4–3–0–0; road: 1–5–0–0)
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December: 10–4–0–1 (home: 7–2–0–0; road: 3–2–0–1)
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January: 6–5–3–1 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 2–3–2–1)
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February: 5–3–4–1 (home: 3–1–2–1; road: 2–2–2–0)
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March: 7–6–1–1 (home: 4–2–0–0; road: 3–4–1–1)
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April: 1–0–1–0 (home: 0–0–1–0; road: 1–0–0–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
2004 Stanley Cup playoffs[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (1) Tampa Bay Lightning – Lightning win 4–1
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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 | |||
7 | Trent Hunter | RW | 77 | 25 | 26 | 51 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
12 | Oleg Kvasha | LW | 81 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 4 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
21 | Mariusz Czerkawski | RW | 81 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
55 | Jason Blake | LW | 75 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 11 | 56 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
3 | Adrian Aucoin | D | 81 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 29 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 6 |
27 | Michael Peca | C | 76 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 17 | 71 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 |
37 | Mark Parrish | RW | 59 | 24 | 11 | 35 | 8 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −4 | 0 |
79 | Alexei Yashin | C | 47 | 15 | 19 | 34 | −1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
17 | Shawn Bates | C | 69 | 9 | 23 | 32 | −8 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 |
4 | Roman Hamrlik | D | 81 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 2 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
29 | Kenny Jonsson | D | 79 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 |
44 | Janne Niinimaa | D | 82 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 12 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
38 | Dave Scatchard | C | 61 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 78 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 6 |
45 | Arron Asham | LW | 79 | 12 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 92 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
77 | Cliff Ronning† | C | 40 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
11 | Mattias Weinhandl | RW | 55 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
26 | Justin Papineau | C | 64 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
33 | Eric Cairns | D | 72 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −5 | 189 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
24 | Radek Martinek | D | 47 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −9 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
52 | Sven Butenschon | D | 41 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −3 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
16 | Justin Mapletoft | C | 27 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
28 | Jason Wiemer‡ | C | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | Sean Bergenheim | LW | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | Mattias Timander‡ | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
39 | Rick DiPietro | G | 50 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
20 | Eric Manlow | C | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
49 | Eric Godard | RW | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
25 | Alexander Karpovtsev† | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
30 | Garth Snow | G | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
41 | Derek Bekar | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Wade Dubielewicz | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
18 | Jeff Hamilton | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | Tomi Pettinen | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
20 | Steve Webb† | RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 |
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 | ||
39 | Rick DiPietro | 50 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 1261 | 112 | 2.36 | .911 | 5 | 2844 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 120 | 11 | 2.18 | .908 | 1 | 303 |
30 | Garth Snow | 39 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 932 | 94 | 2.80 | .899 | 1 | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | Wade Dubielewicz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 3 | 1.71 | .940 | 0 | 105 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (annual) |
NHL All-Rookie Team | Trent Hunter (Forward) | [5] |
League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Adrian Aucoin | [6] |
NHL Defensive Player of the Week | Rick DiPietro (October 20) | [7] | |
Adrian Aucoin (November 10) | [8] | ||
Adrian Aucoin (March 22) | [9] | ||
NHL Rookie of the Month | Trent Hunter (December) | [10] | |
NHL YoungStars Game selection | Trent Hunter | [11] | |
Team | Bob Nystrom Award | Adrian Aucoin | [12] |
The Islanders 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.[13]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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January 22, 2004 | To Philadelphia Flyers Mattias Timander |
To New York Islanders Tampa Bay's 7th-round pick in 2004 |
[14] |
March 8, 2004 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Alain Nasreddine |
To New York Islanders Steve Webb |
[15] |
March 9, 2004 | To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2005 |
To New York Islanders Alexander Karpovtsev |
[16] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 1, 2003 | Rob Collins | Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) | Free agency | [17] | |
July 8, 2003 | Ryan Kraft | San Jose Sharks | Free agency | [18] | |
July 17, 2003 | Mariusz Czerkawski | Montreal Canadiens | 1-year | Free agency | [19] |
July 23, 2003 | Cail MacLean | Hershey Bears (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency | [20] |
August 7, 2003 | Dieter Kochan | Minnesota Wild | Free agency | [21] | |
September 9, 2003 | Cole Jarrett | Plymouth Whalers (OHL) | Free agency | [22] | |
September 10, 2003 | Derek Bekar | Los Angeles Kings | Free agency | [23] | |
January 9, 2004 | Cliff Ronning | Minnesota Wild | Free agency | [24] |
Date | Player | New team | Via[lower-alpha 1] | Ref |
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July 15, 2003 | Kevin Haller[lower-alpha 2] | Contract expiration (III) | [25] | |
July 15, 2003 | Steve Valiquette | Edmonton Oilers | Free agency (VI) | [27] |
July 17, 2003 | Ray Schultz | Nashville Predators | Free agency (VI) | [28] |
August 12, 2003 | Randy Robitaille | Atlanta Thrashers | Free agency (UFA) | [29] |
September 10, 2003 | David St. Germain | Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [30] |
October 1, 2003 | Konstantin Kalmikov | Louisiana IceGators (ECHL) | Free agency (VI) | [31] |
October 21, 2003 | Steve Webb | Philadelphia Flyers | Free agency (UFA) | [32] |
November 13, 2003 | Jason Wiemer | Minnesota Wild | Waivers | [33] |
January 15, 2004 | Marco Charpentier | Toledo Storm (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) | [34] |
May 27, 2004 | Alan Letang | Hamburg Freezers (DEL) | Free agency | [35] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 25, 2003 | Eric Godard | 2-year | Re-signing | [36] |
July 10, 2003 | Kenny Jönsson | 2-year | Re-signing | [37] |
July 14, 2003 | Radek Martinek | 2-year | Re-signing | [38] |
July 18, 2003 | Arron Asham | 2-year | Re-signing | [39] |
Jason Wiemer | 1-year | Re-signing | [39] | |
July 21, 2003 | Trent Hunter | 1-year | Re-signing | [40] |
July 22, 2003 | Rick DiPietro | 1-year | Re-signing | [41] |
Garth Snow | 1-year | Re-signing | [41] | |
July 23, 2003 | Sean Bergenheim | 3-year | Entry-level | [42] |
August 5, 2003 | Justin Papineau | 1-year | Re-signing | [43] |
September 26, 2003 | Jeff Hamilton | Re-signing | [44] | |
October 4, 2003 | Bruno Gervais | 3-year | Entry-level | [45] |
The Islanders' had 9 picks in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.[46]
Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 15 | Robert Nilsson | Forward | ![]() |
Leksands IF (Elitserien) |
2 | 48 | Dmitri Chernykh | Right wing | ![]() |
Khimik Voskresensk (RSL) |
2 | 53[a] | Evgeni Tunik | Forward | ![]() |
Kristall Elektrostal (RUS) |
2 | 58[b] | Jeremy Colliton | Center | ![]() |
Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) |
4 | 120 | Stefan Blaho | Right wing | ![]() |
Dukla Trenčín Jr. (SVK Jr) |
6 | 182 | Bruno Gervais | Defense | ![]() |
Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL) |
7 | 212 | Denis Rehak | Defense | ![]() |
Dukla Trenčín Jr. (SVK Jr) |
8 | 238[c] | Cody Blanshan | Defense | ![]() |
University of Nebraska Omaha (CCHA) |
8 | 246 | Igor Volkov | Right wing | ![]() |
Salavat Yulaev Ufa (RSL) |
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