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The 2003–04 Washington Capitals season was the Capitals's 30th season of play. The team finished in fifth and last-place in the Southeast Division, and fourteenth overall in the Eastern Conference, to miss the playoffs.
2003–04 Washington Capitals | |
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Division | 5th Southeast |
Conference | 14th Eastern |
2003–04 record | 23–46–10–3 |
Home record | 13–20–6–2 |
Road record | 10–26–4–1 |
Goals for | 186 |
Goals against | 253 |
Team information | |
General manager | George McPhee |
Coach | Bruce Cassidy (Oct-Dec) Glen Hanlon (Dec-Apr) |
Captain | Steve Konowalchuk (Oct) Vacant (Oct-Apr) |
Alternate captains | Peter Bondra (Oct-Feb) Jaromir Jagr (Oct-Jan) Brendan Witt |
Arena | MCI Center |
Average attendance | 14,720 |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Portland Pirates |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Robert Lang (29) |
Assists | Robert Lang (45) |
Points | Robert Lang (74) |
Penalty minutes | Darcy Verot (135) |
Plus/minus | Robert Lang (+2) |
Wins | Olaf Kolzig (19) |
Goals against average | Olaf Kolzig (2.89) |
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On December 10, 2003, head coach Bruce Cassidy was fired after a disappointing 8–18–1–1 start to the season. Assistant coach Glen Hanlon was named his replacement.[1]
The Capitals were the most penalized team in the League, with 401 power-play opportunities against. They also scored the fewest short-handed goals in the League, with just 4.[2]
No. | CR | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | PTS | |
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1 | 1 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 46 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 245 | 192 | 106 |
2 | 10 | Atlanta Thrashers | 82 | 33 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 214 | 243 | 78 |
3 | 11 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 172 | 209 | 76 |
4 | 12 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 28 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 188 | 221 | 75 |
5 | 14 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 186 | 253 | 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 | 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: 2–7–1–0 (home: 2–2–0–0; road: 0–5–1–0)
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November: 5–8–0–1 (home: 1–4–0–1; road: 4–4–0–0)
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December: 4–8–2–0 (home: 2–4–1–0; road: 2–4–1–0)
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January: 5–7–2–1 (home: 3–4–2–0; road: 2–3–0–1)
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February: 4–5–3–0 (home: 2–2–2–0; road: 2–3–1–0)
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March: 3–10–1–0 (home: 3–4–1–0; road: 0–6–0–0)
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April: 0–1–1–1 (home: 0–0–0–1; road: 0–1–1–0)
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Legend:
Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point) |
No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | |||||
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GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | |||
20 | Robert Lang‡ | C | 63 | 29 | 45 | 74 | 2 | 24 |
55 | Sergei Gonchar‡ | D | 56 | 7 | 42 | 49 | −20 | 44 |
11 | Jeff Halpern | C | 79 | 19 | 27 | 46 | −21 | 56 |
68 | Jaromir Jagr‡ | RW | 46 | 16 | 29 | 45 | −4 | 26 |
12 | Peter Bondra‡ | RW | 54 | 21 | 14 | 35 | −17 | 22 |
14 | Kip Miller | C | 66 | 9 | 22 | 31 | −10 | 8 |
9 | Dainius Zubrus | C | 54 | 12 | 15 | 27 | −16 | 38 |
28 | Alexander Semin | LW | 52 | 10 | 12 | 22 | −2 | 36 |
25 | Mike Grier‡ | RW | 68 | 8 | 12 | 20 | −19 | 32 |
24 | Brian Willsie | RW | 49 | 10 | 5 | 15 | −7 | 18 |
2 | Josef Boumedienne | D | 37 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −10 | 30 |
18 | Matt Pettinger | LW | 71 | 7 | 5 | 12 | −9 | 37 |
29 | Joel Kwiatkowski | D | 80 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −28 | 89 |
19 | Brendan Witt | D | 72 | 2 | 10 | 12 | −22 | 123 |
23 | Trent Whitfield | C | 44 | 6 | 5 | 11 | −2 | 14 |
3 | Jason Doig | D | 65 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −12 | 105 |
22 | Anson Carter†‡ | RW | 19 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 6 |
13 | Bates Battaglia† | LW | 66 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −23 | 38 |
15 | Boyd Gordon | C | 41 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −9 | 8 |
4 | Rick Berry | D | 65 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −5 | 108 |
27 | Craig Johnson† | LW | 15 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −6 | 8 |
51 | Stephen Peat | RW | 64 | 5 | 0 | 5 | −10 | 90 |
8 | Steve Eminger | D | 41 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −11 | 45 |
38 | Todd Rohloff† | D | 35 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −5 | 18 |
16 | Brian Sutherby | C | 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −5 | 28 |
27 | Ivan Ciernik | RW | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
92 | Michael Nylander‡ | C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
76 | Darcy Verot | LW | 37 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −6 | 135 |
34 | Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre† | D | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 14 |
17 | John Gruden | D | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 |
63 | Owen Fussey | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
37 | Olaf Kolzig | G | 63 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
22 | Steve Konowalchuk‡ | LW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −5 | 0 |
21 | Brooks Laich† | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
41 | Brad Norton† | D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 17 |
33 | Maxime Ouellet | G | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
64 | Roman Tvrdon | C | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 |
49 | Dwayne Zinger | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
69 | Mel Angelstad† | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
35 | Sebastien Charpentier | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
36 | Jakub Cutta | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
36 | Colin Forbes† | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
58 | Jean-Francois Fortin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
75 | Chris Hajt | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
39 | Graham Mink | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
26 | Shaone Morrisonn† | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
65 | Andrej Podkonicky | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
1 | Rastislav Stana | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
56 | Garret Stroshein | RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 14 |
31 | Matthew Yeats† | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
40 | Nolan Yonkman | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. | Player | Regular season | |||||||||
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GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | ||
37 | Olaf Kolzig | 63 | 19 | 35 | 9 | 1958 | 180 | 2.89 | .908 | 2 | 3738 |
33 | Maxime Ouellet | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 210 | 19 | 3.12 | .910 | 1 | 365 |
1 | Rastislav Stana | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 11 | 3.13 | .890 | 0 | 211 |
31 | Matthew Yeats† | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 141 | 13 | 3.02 | .908 | 0 | 258 |
35 | Sebastien Charpentier | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 168 | 21 | 3.41 | .875 | 0 | 369 |
Type | Award/honor | Recipient | Ref |
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League (in-season) |
NHL All-Star Game selection | Robert Lang | [6] |
NHL Defensive Player of the Week | Olaf Kolzig (February 23) | [7] | |
NHL Offensive Player of the Month | Robert Lang (November) | [8] | |
NHL Offensive Player of the Week | Robert Lang (November 17) | [9] | |
Robert Lang (December 22) | [7] | ||
Jeff Halpern (April 5) | [7] |
Milestone | Player | Date | Ref |
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First game | Boyd Gordon | October 9, 2003 | [10] |
Alexander Semin | October 14, 2003 | ||
Rastislav Stana | November 14, 2003 | ||
Dwayne Zinger | December 11, 2003 | ||
Darcy Verot | January 1, 2004 | ||
Graham Mink | February 3, 2004 | ||
Owen Fussey | March 10, 2004 | ||
Roman Tvrdon | March 18, 2004 | ||
Matthew Yeats | March 23, 2004 | ||
Garret Stroshein | April 1, 2004 | ||
Mel Angelstad | April 3, 2004 | ||
500th game played | Olaf Kolzig | November 22, 2003 | [11] |
The Capitals 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.[12]
Date | Details | Ref | |
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June 22, 2003 | To Montreal Canadiens
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To Washington Capitals
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[13] |
To Ottawa Senators
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To Washington Capitals
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[14] | |
June 30, 2003 | To Philadelphia Flyers
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To Washington Capitals
|
[15] |
July 14, 2003 | To Nashville Predators |
To Washington Capitals |
[16] |
October 5, 2003 | To Ottawa Senators |
To Washington Capitals
|
[17] |
October 22, 2003 | To Colorado Avalanche
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To Washington Capitals
|
[18] |
January 23, 2004 | To New York Rangers |
To Washington Capitals |
[19] |
February 18, 2004 | To Ottawa Senators |
To Washington Capitals
|
[20] |
February 27, 2004 | To Detroit Red Wings |
To Washington Capitals
|
[21] |
March 3, 2004 | To Boston Bruins |
To Washington Capitals
|
[22] |
March 4, 2004 | To Boston Bruins |
To Washington Capitals
|
[23] |
March 8, 2004 | To Los Angeles Kings
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To Washington Capitals |
[24] |
March 9, 2004 | To Buffalo Sabres |
To Washington Capitals
|
[25] |
Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via | Ref |
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July 14, 2003 | Andrej Podkonicky | Iserlohn Roosters (DEL) | 1-year | Free agency | [26] |
Garret Stroshein | Portland Pirates (AHL) | 2-year | Free agency | [26] | |
July 18, 2003 | John Gruden | Eisbaren Berlin (DEL) | 1-year | Free agency | [27] |
August 18, 2003 | Francois Methot | Buffalo Sabres | 1-year | Free agency | [28] |
September 5, 2003 | Darcy Verot | Calgary Flames | 1-year | Free agency | [29] |
October 3, 2003 | Denis Hamel | Ottawa Senators | Waiver draft | [30] | |
Brian Willsie | Colorado Avalanche | Waiver draft | [30] | ||
November 4, 2003 | Colin Forbes | Portland Pirates (AHL) | Free agency | [31] | |
January 9, 2004 | Todd Rohloff | Columbus Blue Jackets | Waivers | [32] | |
March 4, 2004 | Brad Norton | Los Angeles Kings | Waivers | [33] | |
March 5, 2004 | Craig Johnson | Toronto Maple Leafs | Waivers | [34] | |
March 9, 2004 | Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre | Atlanta Thrashers | Waivers | [35] | |
Bill Lindsay | Atlanta Thrashers | Waivers[lower-alpha 4] | [38] | ||
March 19, 2004 | Matthew Yeats | Portland Pirates (AHL) | Free agency | [39] | |
April 3, 2004 | Mel Angelstad | Portland Pirates (AHL) | Free agency | [40] | |
April 26, 2004 | Justin Eddy | Quinnipiac University (AHA) | Free agency | [41] |
Date | Player | Term | Contract type | Ref |
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June 26, 2003 | Peter Bondra | 1-year | Option exercised | [61] |
Jeff Halpern | 1-year | Option exercised | [62] | |
July 3, 2003 | Boyd Gordon | 3-year | Entry-level | [63] |
Petr Sykora | 1-year[lower-alpha 11] | Re-signing | [64] | |
July 15, 2003 | Jean-Francois Fortin | 1-year | Re-signing | [65] |
Chris Hajt | 1-year | Re-signing | [65] | |
July 16, 2003 | Alexander Semin | 3-year | Entry-level | [66] |
July 17, 2003 | Jason Doig | 1-year | Re-signing | [67] |
July 21, 2003 | Trent Whitfield | 1-year | Re-signing | [68] |
July 22, 2003 | Stephen Peat | 1-year | Re-signing | [69] |
July 24, 2003 | Mike Grier | 1-year | Re-signing | [70] |
July 25, 2003 | Rick Berry | 1-year | Re-signing | [71] |
July 28, 2003 | Matt Pettinger | 1-year | Re-signing | [72] |
July 31, 2003 | Alex Henry | 1-year | Re-signing | [73] |
August 10, 2003 | Michael Nylander | 1-year | Re-signing | [74] |
August 19, 2003 | Rastislav Stana | 1-year | Re-signing | [75] |
September 5, 2003 | Ivan Ciernik | 1-year | Re-signing | [29] |
September 11, 2003 | Joel Kwiatkowski | 1-year | Re-signing | [76] |
May 27, 2004 | Maxime Daigneault | 3-year | Entry-level | [77] |
June 1, 2004 | Tomas Fleischmann | 3-year | Entry-level | [78] |
Jonas Johansson | 3-year | Entry-level | [78] |
Washington's draft picks at the 2003 NHL entry draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.[79]
Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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1 | 18 | Eric Fehr | Canada | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
3 | 83 | Stephen Werner | United States | University of Massachusetts (NCAA) |
4 | 109 | Andreas Valdix | Sweden | Malmo Redhawks (Sweden) |
5 | 155 | Josh Robertson | United States | Proctor High School (USHS-MN) |
8 | 249 | Andrew Joudrey | Canada | Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL) |
9 | 279 | Mark Olafson | Canada | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) |
The Capitals main American Hockey League affiliate was the Portland Pirates. Though they had no direct ECHL affiliate, players were sent from time to time between the Dayton Bombers and Reading Royals.
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