2003–04 Toronto Maple Leafs season

2003–04 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	2nd Northeast
Conference	4th Eastern
2003–04 record	45–24–10–3
Goals for	242
Goals against	204
Team information
General manager	John Ferguson, Jr.
Coach	Pat Quinn
Captain	Mats Sundin
Alternate captains	Bryan McCabe Gary Roberts
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Team leaders
Goals	Mats Sundin (31)
Assists	Mats Sundin (44)
Points	Mats Sundin (75)
Penalty minutes	Tie Domi (208)
Wins	Ed Belfour (34)
Goals against average	Ed Belfour (2.13)

The 2003–04 Toronto Maple Leafs season, the club's 87th season of existence and 77th as the Maple Leafs, saw the team finish in second place in the Northeast Division with a record of 45 wins, 24 losses, 10 ties and three overtime losses for 103 points. It was the highest point total in franchise history, beating out the 100 points earned by the 1999–2000 team. The Leafs defeated their provincial rivals, the Ottawa Senators, in seven games in the Conference Quarter-finals before falling to the Philadelphia Flyers four games to two in the Conference Semi-finals. The Leafs did not qualify for the playoffs again until the 2012–13 season.

Regular season

Season standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Boston Bruins	82	41	19	15	7	209	188	104
2	4	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	45	24	10	3	242	204	103
3	5	Ottawa Senators	82	43	23	10	6	262	189	102
4	7	Montreal Canadiens	82	41	30	7	4	208	192	93
5	9	Buffalo Sabres	82	37	34	7	4	220	221	85

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

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

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Pts
1	L	October 11, 2003	0–4	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	0–1–0–0	0
2	T	October 13, 2003	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	0–1–1–0	1
3	T	October 16, 2003	2–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	0–1–2–0	2
4	W	October 18, 2003	1–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	1–1–2–0	4
5	L	October 20, 2003	2–5	@ New York Islanders (2003–04)	1–2–2–0	4
6	W	October 22, 2003	3–1	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	2–2–2–0	6
7	W	October 23, 2003	5–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	3–2–2–0	8
8	W	October 25, 2003	4–1	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	4–2–2–0	10
9	OTL	October 27, 2003	2–3 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	4–2–2–1	11
10	L	October 30, 2003	3–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	4–3–2–1	11
11	L	November 1, 2003 †	1–7	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	4–4–2–1	11
12	W	November 2, 2003	2–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	5–4–2–1	13
13	W	November 4, 2003	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	6–4–2–1	15
14	T	November 7, 2003	1–1 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	6–4–3–1	16
15	W	November 8, 2003	4–1	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	7–4–3–1	18
16	L	November 12, 2003	1–5	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	7–5–3–1	18
17	T	November 13, 2003	4–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	7–5–4–1	19
18	T	November 15, 2003	2–2 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	7–5–5–1	20
19	OTL	November 18, 2003	2–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)	7–5–5–2	21
20	L	November 20, 2003	2–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	7–6–5–2	21
21	W	November 22, 2003	5–3	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	8–6–5–2	23
22	W	November 24, 2003	2–1	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	9–6–5–2	25
23	W	November 27, 2003	3–1	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	10–6–5–2	27
24	W	November 29, 2003	2–1	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	11–6–5–2	29
25	W	November 30, 2003	4–2	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	12–6–5–2	31
26	W	December 2, 2003	5–4	New York Rangers (2003–04)	13–6–5–2	33
27	W	December 4, 2003	6–0	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	14–6–5–2	35
28	W	December 6, 2003	5–2	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	15–6–5–2	37
29	OTL	December 9, 2003	2–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	15–6–5–3	38
30	W	December 11, 2003	1–0	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	16–6–5–3	40
31	W	December 13, 2003	3–1	New York Rangers (2003–04)	17–6–5–3	42
32	W	December 16, 2003	3–0	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	18–6–5–3	44
33	T	December 19, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)	18–6–6–3	45
34	W	December 20, 2003	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	19–6–6–3	47
35	W	December 23, 2003	5–2	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	20–6–6–3	49
36	W	December 26, 2003	6–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	21–6–6–3	51
37	L	December 27, 2003	1–3	@ New York Islanders (2003–04)	21–7–6–3	51
38	T	December 29, 2003	4–4 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	21–7–7–3	52
39	L	January 1, 2004	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	21–8–7–3	52
40	T	January 3, 2004	3–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	21–8–8–3	53
41	W	January 5, 2004	5–0	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	22–8–8–3	55
42	W	January 6, 2004	2–1	Nashville Predators (2003–04)	23–8–8–3	57
43	L	January 8, 2004	1–7	Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	23–9–8–3	57
44	L	January 10, 2004	0–1	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	23–10–8–3	57
45	W	January 13, 2004	4–1	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	24–10–8–3	59
46	L	January 16, 2004	1–4	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	24–11–8–3	59
47	L	January 17, 2004	0–4	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	24–12–8–3	59
48	W	January 20, 2004	2–0	New York Islanders (2003–04)	25–12–8–3	61
49	W	January 21, 2004	3–2	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)	26–12–8–3	63
50	W	January 24, 2004	4–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	27–12–8–3	65
51	L	January 27, 2004	0–2	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	27–13–8–3	65
52	W	January 30, 2004	4–1	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	28–13–8–3	67
53	W	January 31, 2004	5–1	Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	29–13–8–3	69
54	L	February 3, 2004	1–4	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	29–14–8–3	69
55	W	February 5, 2004	5–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	30–14–8–3	71
56	T	February 10, 2004	4–4 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	30–14–9–3	72
57	W	February 12, 2004	4–1	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	31–14–9–3	74
58	L	February 14, 2004	4–6	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	31–15–9–3	74
59	W	February 16, 2004	8–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	32–15–9–3	76
60	L	February 17, 2004	2–5	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	32–16–9–3	76
61	W	February 19, 2004	2–1 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	33–16–9–3	78
62	W	February 21, 2004	5–4	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	34–16–9–3	80
63	L	February 23, 2004	1–2	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	34–17–9–3	80
64	L	February 25, 2004	0–4	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	34–18–9–3	80
65	L	February 26, 2004	3–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	34–19–9–3	80
66	W	February 28, 2004	3–0	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	35–19–9–3	82
67	W	March 2, 2004	3–2	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	36–19–9–3	84
68	W	March 4, 2004	6–2	New York Islanders (2003–04)	37–19–9–3	86
69	L	March 6, 2004	1–5	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	37–20–9–3	86
70	W	March 9, 2004	5–0	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	38–20–9–3	88
71	L	March 11, 2004	2–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	38–21–9–3	88
72	L	March 13, 2004	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	38–22–9–3	88
73	W	March 15, 2004	6–5 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	39–22–9–3	90
74	L	March 16, 2004	1–2	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	39–23–9–3	90
75	W	March 18, 2004	3–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	40–23–9–3	92
76	W	March 20, 2004	5–2	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	41–23–9–3	94
77	L	March 23, 2004	2–7	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	41–24–9–3	94
78	W	March 25, 2004	3–0	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	42–24–9–3	96
79	T	March 27, 2004	2–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	42–24–10–3	97
80	W	March 29, 2004	4–2	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	43–24–10–3	99
81	W	April 2, 2004	2–0	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	44–24–10–3	101
82	W	April 3, 2004	6–0	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	45–24–10–3	103

• † Hockey Hall of Fame Game

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mats Sundin	81	31	44	75	52	11	11	1	10
Bryan McCabe	75	16	37	53	86	22	8	0	2
Joe Nieuwendyk	64	22	28	50	26	7	10	1	5
Gary Roberts	72	28	20	48	84	9	11	1	7
Owen Nolan	65	19	29	48	110	4	7	2	3
Darcy Tucker	64	21	11	32	68	4	8	1	2
Nik Antropov	62	13	18	31	62	7	1	1	2
Tomas Kaberle	71	3	28	31	18	16	0	0	1
Robert Reichel	69	11	19	30	30	2	2	0	2
Alexander Mogilny	37	8	22	30	12	9	4	1	1
Ken Klee	66	4	25	29	36	-1	3	0	1
Alexei Ponikarovsky	73	9	19	28	44	14	1	0	2
Matt Stajan	69	14	13	27	22	7	0	0	0
Mikael Renberg	59	12	13	25	50	-1	2	0	1
Tie Domi	80	7	13	20	208	-2	1	0	0
Karel Pilar	50	2	17	19	22	2	1	0	1
Tom Fitzgerald	69	7	10	17	52	-2	1	0	1
Brian Leetch	15	2	13	15	10	11	1	0	1
Ron Francis	12	3	7	10	0	3	2	0	1
Aki Berg	79	2	7	9	40	-1	0	0	0
Ric Jackman	29	2	4	6	13	-11	1	0	1
Calle Johansson	8	0	6	6	0	5	0	0	0
Bryan Marchment	75	1	3	4	106	4	0	0	0
Harold Druken	9	0	4	4	2	4	0	0	0
Drake Berehowsky	9	1	2	3	17	5	0	0	0
Nathan Perrott	40	1	2	3	116	-1	0	0	0
Wade Belak	34	1	1	2	109	0	0	0	0
Craig Johnson	10	1	1	2	6	0	0	0	0
Chad Kilger	5	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	1
Ed Belfour	59	0	2	2	16	0	0	0	0
Trevor Kidd	15	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Carlo Colaiacovo	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Pierre Hedin	3	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Josh Holden	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Maxim Kondratiev	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Brad Leeb	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Mikael Tellqvist	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Wellwood	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Clarke Wilm	10	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Ed Belfour	3444	59	34	19	6	122	2.13	10	1483	1361	.918
Trevor Kidd	883	15	6	5	2	48	3.26	1	388	340	.876
Mikael Tellqvist	647	11	5	3	2	31	2.87	0	293	262	.894
Team:	4974	82	45	27	10	201	2.42	11	2164	1963	.907

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Mats Sundin	9	4	5	9	8	0	0	1
Gary Roberts	13	4	4	8	10	2	0	1
Bryan McCabe	13	3	5	8	14	2	0	0
Brian Leetch	13	0	8	8	6	0	0	0
Joe Nieuwendyk	9	6	0	6	4	1	0	2
Alexander Mogilny	13	2	4	6	8	0	0	0
Tie Domi	13	2	2	4	41	0	0	1
Alexei Ponikarovsky	13	1	3	4	8	0	0	1
Ron Francis	12	0	4	4	2	0	0	0
Chad Kilger	13	2	1	3	0	0	0	0
Tomas Kaberle	13	0	3	3	6	0	0	0
Darcy Tucker	12	2	0	2	14	1	0	0
Nik Antropov	13	0	2	2	18	0	0	0
Robert Reichel	12	0	2	2	8	0	0	0
Karel Pilar	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Clarke Wilm	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Wade Belak	4	0	0	0	14	0	0	0
Ed Belfour	13	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Aki Berg	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Tom Fitzgerald	10	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Calle Johansson	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Trevor Kidd	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Klee	11	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Bryan Marchment	13	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Mikael Renberg	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Matt Stajan	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Ed Belfour	774	13	6	7	27	2.09	3	379	352	.929
Trevor Kidd	33	1	0	0	1	1.82	0	11	10	.909
Team:	807	13	6	7	28	2.08	3	390	362	.928

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;

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2003–04 season.

Trades

February 11, 2004	To Pittsburgh Penguins Ric Jackman	To Toronto Maple Leafs Drake Berehowsky
March 3, 2004	To New York Rangers Maxim Kondratiev Jarkko Immonen 1st round pick in 2004 (Kris Chucko) 2nd round pick in 2005 (Michael Sauer)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Brian Leetch 4th round pick in 2004 (Roman Kukumberg)
March 9, 2004	To Carolina Hurricanes 4th round pick in 2005 (Jared Boll)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Ron Francis

Waivers

October 3, 2003	To Columbus Blue Jackets Travis Green
October 3, 2003	From Columbus Blue Jackets Petr Tenkrat
January 10, 2004	From Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Craig Johnson
March 5, 2004	To Washington Capitals Craig Johnson
March 9, 2004	From Montreal Canadiens Chad Kilger

Free agents

Player Former Team Bryan Marchment Colorado Avalanche Joe Nieuwendyk New Jersey Devils Ken Klee Washington Capitals Kris Newbury San Jose Sharks Clarke Wilm Nashville Predators Calle Johansson Washington Capitals

Player New Team Glen Wesley Carolina Hurricanes Paul Healey New York Rangers Jonas Hoglund Florida Panthers Dwayne Hay Tampa Bay Lightning

Draft picks

Toronto's draft picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	57	John Doherty	United States	Phillips Academy (USHS-MA)
3	91	Martin Sagat	Slovakia	Dukla Trencin (Slovakia)
4	125	Konstantin Volkov	Russia	Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
5	158	John Mitchell	Canada	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
7	220	Jeremy Williams	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
8	237	Shaun Landolt	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)

Roster

2003-04 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders 20 – Ed Belfour  32 – Mikael Tellqvist  37 – Trevor Kidd		Defensemen 2 – Brian Leetch  3 – Pierre Hedin  8 – Aki Berg  9 – Calle Johansson  15 – Tomas Kaberle  22 – Ken Klee  24 – Bryan McCabe  - A 27 – Bryan Marchment  29 – Karel Pilar  34 – Maxim Kondratiev  45 – Carlo Colaiacovo  55 – Drake Berehowsky  55 – Ric Jackman		Wingers 3 – Wade Belak  7 – Gary Roberts  - A 11 – Owen Nolan  12 – Tom Fitzgerald  16 – Darcy Tucker  18 – Chad Kilger  19 – Mikael Renberg  23 – Alexei Ponikarovsky  28 – Tie Domi  33 – Craig Johnson  38 – Brad Leeb  89 – Alexander Mogilny		Centres 9 – Josh Holden  10 – Ron Francis  13 – Mats Sundin  - C 14 – Matt Stajan  18 – Harold Druken  21 – Robert Reichel  25 – Joe Nieuwendyk  39 – Clarke Wilm  42 – Kyle Wellwood  80 – Nik Antropov  GM: John Ferguson, Jr. Coach: Pat Quinn

See also

• 2003–04 NHL season

References

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database