2003–04 St. Louis Blues season

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2003–04 St. Louis Blues
Division 2nd Central
2003–04 record 39–30–11
Goals for 191
Goals against 198
Team information
General Manager Larry Pleau
Coach Joel Quenneville
Captain Al MacInnis
Team leaders
<2002–03 2004–05>

The 2003–04 St. Louis Blues season was the 37th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues qualified for the NHL Playoffs for the 25th consecutive time, the team's final playoff appearance until 2009. After finishing the regular-season with a record of 39 wins, 30 losses, 11 ties and two overtime losses, the Blues lost the Western Conference Quarter-finals to the San Jose Sharks in five games.

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Offseason [edit]

Chris Pronger resigns the team captaincy, in favour of veteran defenceman Al MacInnis.

Regular season [edit]

Final standings [edit]

Central Division[1]
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 1 Detroit Red Wings 82 48 21 11 2 255 189 109
2 7 St. Louis Blues 82 39 30 11 2 191 198 91
3 8 Nashville Predators 82 38 29 11 4 216 217 91
4 14 Columbus Blue Jackets 82 25 45 8 4 177 238 62
5 15 Chicago Blackhawks 82 20 43 11 8 188 259 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.

Western Conference[2]
R Div GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 P- Detroit Red Wings CE 82 48 21 11 2 255 189 109
2 Y- San Jose Sharks PA 82 43 21 11 2 255 183 104
3 Y- Vancouver Canucks NW 82 43 24 10 5 235 194 101
4 X- Colorado Avalanche NW 82 40 22 13 7 236 198 100
5 X- Dallas Stars PA 82 41 26 13 2 194 175 97
6 X- Calgary Flames NW 82 42 30 7 3 200 176 94
7 X- St. Louis Blues CE 82 39 30 11 2 191 198 91
8 X- Nashville Predators CE 82 38 29 11 4 216 217 91
8.5
9 Edmonton Oilers NW 82 36 29 12 5 221 208 89
10 Minnesota Wild NW 82 30 29 20 3 188 183 83
11 Los Angeles Kings PA 82 28 29 16 9 205 217 81
12 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim PA 82 29 35 10 8 184 213 76
13 Phoenix Coyotes PA 82 22 36 18 6 188 245 68
14 Columbus Blue Jackets CE 82 25 45 8 4 177 238 62
15 Chicago Blackhawks CE 82 20 43 11 8 188 259 59

Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest

P- Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot


Game log [edit]

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

Playoffs [edit]

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Player stats [edit]

Regular season [edit]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Tkachuk, KeithKeith Tkachuk LW 75 33 38 71 83 8 18 0 8
Weight, DougDoug Weight C 75 14 51 65 37 -3 6 0 5
Demitra, PavolPavol Demitra LW 68 23 35 58 18 1 8 0 5
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger D 80 14 40 54 88 -1 7 0 3
Drake, DallasDallas Drake RW 79 13 22 35 65 10 3 2 1
Mellanby, ScottScott Mellanby RW 68 14 17 31 76 -7 6 0 3
Cajanek, PetrPetr Cajanek RW 70 12 14 26 16 12 3 0 4
Rycroft, MarkMark Rycroft RW 71 9 12 21 32 2 0 0 0
Nickulas, EricEric Nickulas RW 44 7 11 18 44 -2 1 0 1
Backman, ChristianChristian Backman D 66 5 13 18 16 3 1 0 0
Danton, MikeMike Danton C 68 7 5 12 141 -8 0 1 0
Mayers, JamalJamal Mayers RW 80 6 5 11 91 -19 0 1 3
Johnson, RyanRyan Johnson C 69 4 7 11 8 -2 0 1 1
Boguniecki, EricEric Boguniecki C 27 6 4 10 20 -1 2 0 2
Sillinger, MikeMike Sillinger C 16 5 5 10 14 4 0 1 0
Khavanov, AlexanderAlexander Khavanov D 48 3 7 10 18 2 2 0 0
Weinrich, EricEric Weinrich D 26 2 8 10 14 1 1 0 0
Salvador, BryceBryce Salvador D 69 3 5 8 47 -4 0 0 1
Savage, BrianBrian Savage LW 13 4 3 7 2 -3 1 0 1
Baron, MurrayMurray Baron D 80 1 5 6 61 -6 0 0 0
Sejna, PeterPeter Sejna LW 20 2 2 4 4 -9 2 0 0
Rheaume, PascalPascal Rheaume C 25 1 3 4 4 -3 0 0 0
Heerema, JeffJeff Heerema RW 22 1 2 3 4 -5 0 0 1
Jackman, BarretBarret Jackman D 15 1 2 3 41 -1 0 0 0
Low, ReedReed Low RW 57 0 2 2 141 -6 0 0 0
MacInnis, AlAl MacInnis D 3 0 2 2 6 -1 0 0 0
Martins, SteveSteve Martins C 25 1 0 1 22 -7 0 1 0
Finley, JeffJeff Finley D 53 0 1 1 34 -9 0 0 0
Laflamme, ChristianChristian Laflamme D 16 0 1 1 20 -3 0 0 0
Walker, MattMatt Walker D 14 0 1 1 25 0 0 0 0
Brimanis, ArisAris Brimanis D 13 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Divis, ReinhardReinhard Divis G 13 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Johnson, BrentBrent Johnson G 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
McLaren, SteveSteve McLaren D 6 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood G 67 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0
Pellerin, ScottScott Pellerin LW 2 0 0 0 2 -3 0 0 0
Pohl, JohnJohn Pohl C 1 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Pollock, JameJame Pollock D 9 0 0 0 6 -1 0 0 0
Stuart, MikeMike Stuart D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yablonski, JeremyJeremy Yablonski LW 1 0 0 0 5 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood 3861 67 31 25 8 144 2.24 3 1604 1460 .910
Divis, ReinhardReinhard Divis 629 13 4 4 2 29 2.77 0 291 262 .900
Johnson, BrentBrent Johnson 493 10 4 3 1 20 2.43 1 203 183 .901
Team: 4983 82 39 32 11 193 2.32 4 2098 1905 .908

Playoffs [edit]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Sillinger, MikeMike Sillinger C 5 3 1 4 6 5 0 1 0
Weight, DougDoug Weight C 5 2 1 3 6 -4 1 1 0
Drake, DallasDallas Drake RW 5 1 1 2 2 -1 0 0 1
Savage, BrianBrian Savage LW 5 1 1 2 0 -3 0 0 0
Backman, ChristianChristian Backman D 5 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 0
Cajanek, PetrPetr Cajanek RW 5 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 0
Tkachuk, KeithKeith Tkachuk LW 5 0 2 2 10 -1 0 0 0
Danton, MikeMike Danton C 5 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0
Demitra, PavolPavol Demitra LW 5 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0
Mellanby, ScottScott Mellanby RW 4 0 1 1 2 -4 0 0 0
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood G 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger D 5 0 1 1 16 1 0 0 0
Weinrich, EricEric Weinrich D 5 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0
Baron, MurrayMurray Baron D 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Boguniecki, EricEric Boguniecki C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Divis, ReinhardReinhard Divis G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finley, JeffJeff Finley D 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Johnson, RyanRyan Johnson C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Martins, SteveSteve Martins C 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Mayers, JamalJamal Mayers RW 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rheaume, PascalPascal Rheaume C 3 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Rycroft, MarkMark Rycroft RW 3 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Salvador, BryceBryce Salvador D 5 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0
Walker, MattMatt Walker D 4 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood 287 5 1 4 12 2.51 0 109 97 .890
Divis, ReinhardReinhard Divis 18 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 8 8 1.000
Team: 305 5 1 4 12 2.36 0 117 105 .897

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records [edit]

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Roster [edit]

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Draft picks [edit]

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See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "2003-2004 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012. 
  2. ^ "2003–2004 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012. 
  3. ^ "2003-04 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15. 

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