2003–04 New Jersey Devils season

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2003–04 New Jersey Devils
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
Team leaders
Goals	Patrik Elias (38)
Assists	Scott Gomez (56)
Points	Patrik Elias (81)
Penalties in minutes	Colin White (96)
Plus/minus	Patrik Elias (+26)
Wins	Martin Brodeur (38)
Goals against average	Martin Brodeur (2.03)

<2002–03	2004–05>

The 2003–04 New Jersey Devils season was the team's 22nd season in the National Hockey League since the franchise relocated to New Jersey. The defending Stanley Cup champions, the Devils only allowed 164 goals, the lowest total ever allowed by a team under the 82-game season format. 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 its first thirty 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.

Contents

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Final standings
- 1.2 Game log
2 Playoffs
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Regular season
- 3.2 Playoffs
4 Awards and records
5 Transactions
6 Draft picks
7 See also
8 References

Regular season

Final standings

**Atlantic Division**^[1]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
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.

Eastern Conference^[2]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
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
8.5
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

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	October 8, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	0–0–1–0
2	W	October 11, 2003	2–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	1–0–1–0
3	T	October 16, 2003	2–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	1–0–2–0
4	L	October 18, 2003	2–3	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	1–1–2–0
5	L	October 22, 2003	1–2	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	1–2–2–0
6	W	October 24, 2003	2–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	2–2–2–0
7	L	October 25, 2003	2–5	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	2–3–2–0
8	W	October 28, 2003	4–0	@ New York Islanders (2003–04)	3–3–2–0
9	W	October 30, 2003	3–2	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	4–3–2–0
10	W	November 1, 2003	4–3	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	5–3–2–0
11	W	November 5, 2003	3–2 OT	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	6–3–2–0
12	T	November 7, 2003	1–1 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	6–3–3–0
13	W	November 8, 2003	1–0	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	7–3–3–0
14	T	November 12, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	7–3–4–0
15	W	November 13, 2003	3–1	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	8–3–4–0
16	W	November 15, 2003	5–0	New York Rangers (2003–04)	9–3–4–0
17	W	November 19, 2003	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	10–3–4–0
18	W	November 21, 2003	2–1 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	11–3–4–0
19	W	November 25, 2003	4–0	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	12–3–4–0
20	T	November 26, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	12–3–5–0
21	L	November 28, 2003	0–2	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	12–4–5–0
22	T	November 30, 2003	1–1 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	12–4–6–0
23	L	December 2, 2003	1–3	Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	12–5–6–0
24	W	December 4, 2003	3–0	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	13–5–6–0
25	W	December 6, 2003	2–1	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	14–5–6–0
26	W	December 10, 2003	1–0 OT	New York Islanders (2003–04)	15–5–6–0
27	T	December 12, 2003	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	15–5–7–0
28	W	December 13, 2003	2–0	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	16–5–7–0
29	L	December 16, 2003	4–5	@ New York Islanders (2003–04)	16–6–7–0
30	W	December 18, 2003	3–0	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	17–6–7–0
31	W	December 19, 2003	5–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	18–6–7–0
32	T	December 21, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	18–6–8–0
33	L	December 26, 2003	3–4 OT	New York Islanders (2003–04)	18–6–8–1
34	W	December 27, 2003	2–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	19–6–8–1
35	L	December 29, 2003	1–3	@ New York Islanders (2003–04)	19–7–8–1
36	T	January 1, 2004	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)	19–7–9–1
37	L	January 3, 2004	2–3	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)	19–8–9–1
38	W	January 5, 2004	3–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	20–8–9–1
39	L	January 7, 2004	2–4	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	20–9–9–1
40	L	January 9, 2004	1–4	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	20–10–9–1
41	W	January 10, 2004	1–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	21–10–9–1
42	L	January 13, 2004	0–4	Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	21–11–9–1
43	T	January 15, 2004	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	21–11–10–1
44	W	January 17, 2004	2–1 OT	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	22–11–10–1
45	W	January 20, 2004	3–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	23–11–10–1
46	L	January 21, 2004	1–2	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	23–12–10–1
47	W	January 23, 2004	2–0	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	24–12–10–1
48	W	January 25, 2004	3–2	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	25–12–10–1
49	W	January 27, 2004	4–3	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	26–12–10–1
50	L	January 29, 2004	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	26–13–10–1
51	W	January 31, 2004	4–1	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	27–13–10–1
52	W	February 3, 2004	2–1	Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	28–13–10–1
53	L	February 5, 2004	0–4	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	28–14–10–1
54	L	February 10, 2004	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	28–15–10–1
55	L	February 11, 2004	1–3	New York Rangers (2003–04)	28–16–10–1
56	W	February 14, 2004	4–1	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	29–16–10–1
57	W	February 15, 2004	3–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	30–16–10–1
58	T	February 17, 2004	4–4 OT	Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	30–16–11–1
59	L	February 19, 2004	1–3	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)	30–17–11–1
60	W	February 21, 2004	7–3	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	31–17–11–1
61	W	February 22, 2004	3–1	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	32–17–11–1
62	W	February 25, 2004	8–2	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	33–17–11–1
63	L	February 27, 2004	2–3	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	33–18–11–1
64	L	February 28, 2004	0–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	33–19–11–1
65	L	March 1, 2004	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	33–20–11–1
66	W	March 3, 2004	5–2	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	34–20–11–1
67	L	March 5, 2004	2–3 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	34–20–11–2
68	W	March 6, 2004	4–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	35–20–11–2
69	L	March 9, 2004	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	35–21–11–2
70	W	March 11, 2004	6–4	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	36–21–11–2
71	L	March 13, 2004	1–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	36–22–11–2
72	W	March 15, 2004	3–1	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	37–22–11–2
73	W	March 17, 2004	6–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	38–22–11–2
74	T	March 19, 2004	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	38–22–12–2
75	L	March 20, 2004	2–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	38–23–12–2
76	W	March 23, 2004	4–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	39–23–12–2
77	L	March 25, 2004	1–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	39–24–12–2
78	W	March 26, 2004	5–0	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	40–24–12–2
79	W	March 28, 2004	3–2	New York Islanders (2003–04)	41–24–12–2
80	W	March 30, 2004	5–0	New York Rangers (2003–04)	42–24–12–2
81	W	April 3, 2004	5–2	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	43–24–12–2
82	L	April 4, 2004	1–3	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	43–25–12–2

Playoffs

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Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Elias, PatrikPatrik Elias	LW	82	38	43	81	44	26	9	3	9
Gomez, ScottScott Gomez	C	80	14	56	70	70	18	3	0	1
Niedermayer, ScottScott Niedermayer	D	81	14	40	54	44	20	9	0	3
Friesen, JeffJeff Friesen	LW	81	17	20	37	26	8	5	0	4
Rafalski, BrianBrian Rafalski	D	69	6	30	36	24	6	2	0	1
Madden, JohnJohn Madden	C	80	12	23	35	22	7	1	1	1
Brylin, SergeiSergei Brylin	LW	82	14	19	33	20	10	7	0	1
Gionta, BrianBrian Gionta	RW	75	21	8	29	36	19	0	0	8
Stevenson, TurnerTurner Stevenson	RW	61	14	13	27	76	0	4	0	2
Pandolfo, JayJay Pandolfo	LW	82	13	13	26	14	5	1	2	4
Langenbrunner, JamieJamie Langenbrunner	RW	53	10	16	26	43	9	1	2	2
Martin, PaulPaul Martin	D	70	6	18	24	4	12	2	0	2
Marshall, GrantGrant Marshall	RW	65	8	7	15	67	-9	5	0	2
Rasmussen, ErikErik Rasmussen	LW/C	69	7	6	13	41	5	0	0	0
White, ColinColin White	D	75	2	11	13	96	10	0	0	0
Stevens, ScottScott Stevens	D	38	3	9	12	22	3	1	0	1
Rupp, MikeMike Rupp	C	51	6	5	11	41	-1	1	0	1
Larionov, IgorIgor Larionov	C	49	1	10	11	20	3	0	0	0
Hrdina, JanJan Hrdina	C	13	1	6	7	10	4	0	0	0
Kozlov, ViktorViktor Kozlov	C	11	2	4	6	2	0	0	0	0
Berglund, ChristianChristian Berglund	LW	23	2	3	5	4	-4	0	0	0
Albelin, TommyTommy Albelin	D	45	1	3	4	4	7	0	0	0
Hale, DavidDavid Hale	D	65	0	4	4	72	12	0	0	0
Brown, SeanSean Brown	D	39	0	3	3	44	5	0	0	0
Giroux, RaymondRaymond Giroux	D	11	0	3	3	4	-3	0	0	0
Skrlac, RobRob Skrlac	LW	8	1	0	1	22	1	0	0	1
Bicek, JiriJiri Bicek	RW	12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Schwab, CoreyCorey Schwab	G	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur	G	75	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Clemmensen, ScottScott Clemmensen	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darby, CraigCraig Darby	C	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Pihlman, TuomasTuomas Pihlman	LW	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Suglobov, AlexanderAlexander Suglobov	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur	4555	75	38	26	11	154	2.03	11	1845	1691	.917
Clemmensen, ScottScott Clemmensen	238	4	3	1	0	4	1.01	2	84	80	.952
Schwab, CoreyCorey Schwab	187	3	2	0	1	2	0.64	1	68	66	.971
Team:	4980	82	43	27	12	160	1.93	14	1997	1837	.920

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	GWG
Gomez, ScottScott Gomez	C	5	0	6	6	0	0	0
Elias, PatrikPatrik Elias	LW	5	3	2	5	2	1	1
Gionta, BrianBrian Gionta	RW	5	2	3	5	0	1	0
Hrdina, JanJan Hrdina	C	5	2	0	2	2	0	0
Martin, PaulPaul Martin	D	5	1	1	2	4	1	0
Langenbrunner, JamieJamie Langenbrunner	RW	5	0	2	2	2	0	0
Rasmussen, ErikErik Rasmussen	LW/C	5	0	2	2	2	0	0
Niedermayer, ScottScott Niedermayer	D	5	1	0	1	6	0	0
Albelin, TommyTommy Albelin	D	4	0	1	1	0	0	0
Rafalski, BrianBrian Rafalski	D	5	0	1	1	0	0	0
Bicek, JiriJiri Bicek	RW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brown, SeanSean Brown	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0
Brylin, SergeiSergei Brylin	LW	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Friesen, JeffJeff Friesen	LW	5	0	0	0	4	0	0
Giroux, RaymondRaymond Giroux	D	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hale, DavidDavid Hale	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kozlov, ViktorViktor Kozlov	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larionov, IgorIgor Larionov	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Madden, JohnJohn Madden	C	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pandolfo, JayJay Pandolfo	LW	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stevenson, TurnerTurner Stevenson	RW	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
White, ColinColin White	D	5	0	0	0	4	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Brodeur, MartinMartin Brodeur	298	5	1	4	13	2.62	0	133	120	.902
Team:	298	5	1	4	13	2.62	0	133	120	.902

^[3]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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Draft picks

The Devils' draft picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Rd #	Pick #	Player	Nat	Pos	Team (League)	Notes
1	17	Zach Parise	United States	C	University of North Dakota (WCHA)	^[4]
2	42	Petr Vrana	Czech Republic	C	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
3	93	Ivan Khomutov	Russia	C	Elektrostal Elemash (Vysshaya Liga)	^[5]
4	136	No fourth-round pick^[6]
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^[7]
8	261	Joey Tenute	Canada	C	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
9	292	Arseny Bondarev	Russia	LW	Yaroslavl Jrs. (Russia)

References

Game log: "2003–04 New Jersey Devils Games". Hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NJD/2004_games.html. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

Team standings: [1] on espn.com

^ "2003-2004 Division Standings". National Hockey League. http://www.nhl.com/ice/standings.htm?season=20032004&type=DIV. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
^ "2003–2004 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. http://www.nhl.com/ice/standings.htm?season=20032004&type=CON. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
^ "2003-04 New Jersey Devils Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NJD/2004.html. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
^ The Devils acquired the 2003 first-round pick from Edmonton for St. Louis' 2003 first-round pick (used on Marc-Antoine Pouliot) and the Devils' 2003 second-round pick (used on Jean-Francois Jacques) on June 21, 2003. The Devils had traded their original 2003 first-round draft pick (used on Shawn Belle) to St. Louis for the Blues' first-round pick.
^ The Devils acquired the 2003 third-round pick from St. Louis for Mike Danton and the Devils' 2003 third-round pick (used on Konstantin Zakharov) on June 21, 2003.
^ The Devils traded their 2003 fourth-round pick (used on Michael Vanelli) to Atlanta for Richard Smehlik and a conditional 2004 draft pick on March 10, 2003.
^ The Devils traded the 2003 seventh-round pick (used on Stephen Dixon) to Pittsburgh for Stephane Richer on March 19, 2002.

v t e New Jersey Devils seasons

Pre-1982	Kansas City Scouts • Colorado Rockies

1980s	1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86 • 1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 • 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 • 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 • 2011–12

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

v t e 2003–04 NHL season by team

Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Southeast	Atlanta Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington

Central	Chicago Columbus Detroit Nashville St. Louis

Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Minnesota Vancouver

Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose

See also	Entry Draft All-Star Game 2003 Heritage Classic Playoffs Final Transactions

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