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2003–04 New York Rangers
Division	4th Atlantic
Conference	13th Eastern
2003–04 record	27–40–7–8
Home record	13–21–3–4
Road record	14–19–4–4
Goals for	206
Goals against	250
Team information
General Manager	Glen Sather
Coach	Glen Sather Tom Renney
Captain	Mark Messier
Alternate captains	Brian Leetch (Oct-Mar) Jaromir Jagr (Mar-Apr) Eric Lindros
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Average attendance	18,073 (99.3%)
Team leaders
Goals	Bobby Holik (25)
Assists	Bobby Holik (31)
Points	Bobby Holik (56)
Penalties in minutes	Matthew Barnaby (120)
Wins	Mike Dunham (16)
Goals against average	Jussi Markkanen (2.56)

<2002–03	2004–05>

The 2003–04 New York Rangers season (their 78th) was disappointing for the Rangers; despite having the highest payroll in the league at over $69 million, the team finished towards the bottom of the standings. In January 2004 the Rangers acquired superstar Jaromir Jagr from the Washington Capitals at a discounted salary, but little improvement was made, so the Rangers began a "rebuilding" process. Alexei Kovalev, Martin Rucinsky, Matthew Barnaby, Petr Nedved, and Jussi Markkanen were all eventually traded, in March they traded long-time defenseman Brian Leetch to the Toronto Maple Leafs for prospects, and Eric Lindros left as a free agent at season's end.

This would also be Mark Messier's final season of professional hockey.

Contents

1 Regular season
- 1.1 Final standings
- 1.2 Schedule and Results
2 Playoffs
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Skaters
- 3.2 Goaltenders
4 Awards and records
5 Transactions
- 5.1 Trades
6 Offseason
7 Draft picks
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

Schedule and Results

2003-04 Game Log

October: 3-3-2-0 (Home: 3-1-2-0; Road: 0-2-0-0)

November: 6-5-3-2 (Home: 3-2-0-2; Road: 3-3-3-0)

December: 6-5-0-1 (Home: 2-2-0-1; Road: 4-3-0-0)

January: 4-10-2-1 (Home: 2-5-1-1; Road: 2-5-1-0)

February: 4-7-0-1 (Home: 2-5-0-0; Road: 2-2-0-1)

March: 3-10-0-3 (Home: 1-6-0-0; Road: 2-4-0-3)

April: 1-0-0-0 (Home: 0-0-0-0; Road: 1-0-0-0)

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs, missing the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Holik, BobbyBobby Holik	82	25	31	56	4	96
Messier, MarkMark Messier	76	18	25	43	3	42
Kovalev, AlexeiAlexei Kovalev^‡	66	13	29	42	-5	54
Rucinsky, MartinMartin Rucinsky^‡	69	13	29	42	13	62
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch^‡	57	13	23	36	-5	24
Barnaby, MatthewMatthew Barnaby^‡	69	12	20	32	15	120
Lindros, EricEric Lindros	39	10	22	32	7	60
Nedved, PetrPetr Nedved^‡	65	14	17	31	-9	42
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr^†	31	15	14	29	-1	12
Hlavac, JanJan Hlavac	72	5	21	26	-8	16
Poti, TomTom Poti	67	10	14	24	-1	47
Simon, ChrisChris Simon^‡	65	14	9	23	14	225
Malakhov, VladimirVladimir Malakhov^‡	56	3	15	18	-5	53
Carter, AnsonAnson Carter^‡	43	10	7	17	-12	14
Mironov, BorisBoris Mironov	75	3	13	16	1	86
de Vries, GregGreg de Vries^‡	53	3	12	15	12	37
Kasparaitis, DariusDarius Kasparaitis	44	1	9	10	11	48
Lundmark, JamieJamie Lundmark	56	2	8	10	-8	33
Bouchard, JoelJoel Bouchard	28	1	7	8	2	10
LaCouture, DanDan LaCouture	59	5	2	7	-13	82
Tyutin, FedorFedor Tyutin	25	2	5	7	-4	14
Ortmeyer, JedJed Ortmeyer	58	2	4	6	-10	16
Green, JoshJosh Green^†	14	3	2	5	0	8
Balej, JozefJozef Balej^†	13	1	4	5	0	4
Rachunek, KarelKarel Rachunek^†	12	1	3	4	-9	4
Pock, ThomasThomas Pock	6	2	2	4	-4	0
Moore, DominicDominic Moore	5	0	3	3	0	0
Purinton, DaleDale Purinton	40	1	1	2	-9	117
McCarthy, SandySandy McCarthy^†	13	1	0	1	-8	2
McAllister, ChrisChris McAllister^†	12	0	1	1	-4	12
Larose, CoryCory Larose	7	0	1	1	-2	4
Wiseman, ChadChad Wiseman	4	1	0	1	-1	0
Murray, GarthGarth Murray	20	1	0	1	-5	24
Pushor, JamieJamie Pushor^†	7	0	0	0	-3	0
Rheaume, PascalPascal Rheaume^‡	17	0	0	0	-3	5
Healey, PaulPaul Healey	4	0	0	0	0	0
Scott, RichardRichard Scott	5	0	0	0	0	23
Gernander, KenKen Gernander	2	0	0	0	-1	2
Dusablon, BenoitBenoit Dusablon	3	0	0	0	-1	2
Lampman, BryceBryce Lampman	8	0	0	0	-4	0
Siklenka, MikeMike Siklenka	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nycholat, LawrenceLawrence Nycholat	9	0	0	0	-2	6
MacDonald, JasonJason MacDonald	4	0	0	0	-1	19
Ulmer, LayneLayne Ulmer	1	0	0	0	-1	0

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; SV% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts; G= Goals; A= Assists; PIM= Penalties in Minutes

Regular season

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Dunham, MikeMike Dunham	57	3148	16	30	5	159	3.03	1522	.896	2
Markkanen, JussiJussi Markkanen^‡	26	1244	8	12	1	53	2.56	611	.913	2
McLennan, JamieJamie McLennan^†	4	243	1	3	0	12	2.96	97	.876	0
LaBarbera, JasonJason LaBarbera	4	198	1	2	0	16	4.85	91	.824	0
Valiquette, SteveSteve Valiquette^†	2	119	1	1	0	6	3.00	71	.915	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

^[3]

Awards and records

Lester Patrick Trophy: John Davidson

Transactions

Trades

Offseason

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Draft picks

New York's picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft in Nashville, Tennessee at the Gaylord Entertainment Center.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	12	Hugh Jessiman	RW	United States	Dartmouth College (ECAC)
2	50	Ivan Baranka	D	Slovakia	Dubnica Jr. (Slovakia Jr.)
3	75	Ken Roche	C	United States	St. Sebastian's (USHS)
4	122	Corey Potter	D	United States	Michigan State (CCHA)
5	149	Nigel Dawes	LW	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
6	176	Ivan Dornic	C	Slovakia	HC Slovan Bratislava (Slovak Extraliga)
6	179	Philippe Furrer	D	Switzerland	SC Bern (NLA)
6	180	Chris Holt	G	United States	U.S. National Development Program (USA)
7	209	Dylan Reese	D	United States	Pittsburgh Forge (NAHL)
8	243	Jan Marek	F	Czech Republic	HC Ocelari Trinic (Czech Extraliga)

References

^ "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 York Rangers". hockeydb.com. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000482004.html. Retrieved 2010-08-02.

"New York Rangers game log". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/teams/schedule?team=nyr&year=2004. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
"2003-04 Team Standings". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/standings?season=2004. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
"2003-04 Player Statistics". hockeyDB. Archived from the original on 9 January 2008. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0000482004.html. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
"NHL attendance". ESPN. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/attendance?year=2004. Retrieved 2007-12-02.

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New York Rangers

The franchise

Franchise • History • Seasons • Records • General managers • Head coaches • Players • Award winners • Draft picks • Broadcasters

Arenas

Madison Square Garden III • Madison Square Garden IV

Culture and lore

Original Six • Curse of 1940 • "It's a power play goal!" • GAG line • Messier's Guarantee • George Kalinsky • Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award • 1991 Las Vegas outdoor game • 2011 NHL Premiere • 2012 NHL Winter Classic • Hockey Night Live!

Rivalries

Philadelphia Flyers • New Jersey Devils • New York Islanders

Key personnel

Owner: Madison Square Garden, Inc. • Managing Partner: James Dolan • President and General Manager: Glen Sather • Head Coach: John Tortorella • Team Captain: Ryan Callahan

Media

Networks

TV	MSG Network

Radio	WEPN

Broadcasters

TV	Sam Rosen • Joe Micheletti

Radio	Kenny Albert • Dave Maloney

Minor league affiliates

Connecticut Whale (AHL) • Greenville Road Warriors (ECHL)

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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