2003–04 Colorado Avalanche season

2003–04 Colorado Avalanche
Division	2nd Northwest
Conference	4th Western
2003–04 record	40–22–13–7
Goals for	236
Goals against	198
Team information
General manager	Pierre Lacroix
Coach	Tony Granato
Captain	Joe Sakic

The 2003–04 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's ninth season.

Regular season

Final standings

Northwest Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	3	Vancouver Canucks	82	43	24	10	5	235	194	101
2	4	Colorado Avalanche	82	40	22	13	7	235	198	100
3	6	Calgary Flames	82	42	30	7	3	200	176	94
4	9	Edmonton Oilers	82	36	29	12	5	221	208	89
5	10	Minnesota Wild	82	30	29	20	3	188	183	83

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

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	12	6	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

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

Western Conference Quarterfinals: (4) Colorado Avalanche vs. (5) Dallas Stars

April 7	Dallas Stars		1–3		Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			06:14 – Peter Forsberg (1) 08:37 – Alex Tanguay (1)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Niko Kapanen (1) – 13:30		Third period			03:49 – Joe Sakic (1)
Marty Turco 22 saves / 25 shots		Goalie stats			David Aebischer 37 saves / 38 shots

April 9	Dallas Stars		2–5		Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
Mike Modano (1) – pp – 08:33		First period			09:36 – pp – Joe Sakic (1) 19:57 – pp – Alex Tanguay (2)
Chris Therien (1) – 17:19		Second period			06:48 – Peter Forsberg (2) 13:42 – sh – Dan Hinote (1)
No scoring		Third period			03:01 – pp – Steve Konowalchuk (1)
Marty Turco 22 saves / 27 shots		Goalie stats			David Aebischer 19 saves / 21 shots

April 12	Colorado Avalanche		3–4	OT	Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center	Recap
Milan Hejduk (1) – 11:34 Riku Hahl (1) – 15:37		First period			08:01 – pp – Jason Arnott (1)
Steve Konowalchuk (2) – pp – 11:02		Second period			19:58 – pp – Scott Young (1)
No scoring		Third period			15:33 – Phillippe Boucher (1)
No scoring		First overtime period			02:11 – Steve Ott (1)
David Aebischer 28 saves / 32 shots		Goalie stats			Marty Turco 14 saves / 17 shots

April 14	Colorado Avalanche		3–2	2OT	Dallas Stars	American Airlines Center	Recap
Milan Hejduk (2) – pp – 09:10 Joe Sakic (3) – sh – 14:01		First period			15:05 – pp – Sergei Zubov (1)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			11:14 – Pierre Turgeon (1)
Marek Svatos (1) – 05:18		Second overtime period			No scoring
David Aebischer 41 saves / 43 shots		Goalie stats			Marty Turco 18 saves / 21 shots

April 17	Dallas Stars		1–5		Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
Chris Therien (2) – 05:39		First period			18:57 – Darby Hendrickson (1)
No scoring		Second period			01:41 – pp – Steve Konowalchuk (3)
No scoring		Third period			00:42 – Peter Forsberg (3) 09:08 – Milan Hejduk (3) 15:04 – en – Joe Sakic (4)
Marty Turco 25 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			David Aebischer 21 saves / 22 shots

Colorado won series 4–1

Western Conference Semifinals: (2) San Jose Sharks vs. (4) Colorado Avalanche

April 22	Colorado Avalanche		2–5		San Jose Sharks	HP Pavilion	Recap
No scoring		First period			10:52 – Patrick Marleau (4) 12:42 – Vincent Damphousse (1) 19:07 – pp – Scott Hannan (1)
Steve Konowalchuk (4) – pp – 09:07		Second period			11:39 – Patrick Marleau (5) 13:13 – Patrick Marleau (6)
Peter Forsberg (4) – pp – 00:52		Third period			No scoring
David Aebischer 12 saves / 17 shots Tommy Salo 7 saves / 7 shots		Goalie stats			Evgeni Nabokov 26 saves / 28 shots

April 24	Colorado Avalanche		1–4		San Jose Sharks	HP Pavilion	Recap
Milan Hejduk (4) – 07:01		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			11:14 – pp – Vincent Damphousse (2) 19:36 – Patrick Marleau (7)
No scoring		Third period			06:27 – pp – Jonathan Cheechoo (2) 19:05 – en – Wayne Primeau (1)
David Aebischer 20 saves / 23 shots		Goalie stats			Evgeni Nabokov 20 saves / 21 shots

April 26	San Jose Sharks		1–0		Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Vincent Damphousse (3) – 08:59		Third period			No scoring
Evgeni Nabokov 33 saves / 33 shots		Goalie stats			David Aebischer 16 saves / 17 shots

April 28	San Jose Sharks		0–1	OT	Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			05:15 – Joe Sakic (5)
Evgeni Nabokov 35 saves / 36 shots		Goalie stats			David Aebischer 27 saves / 27 shots

May 1	Colorado Avalanche		2–1	OT	San Jose Sharks	HP Pavilion	Recap
No scoring		First period			19:52 – pp – Vincent Damphousse (4)
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Joe Sakic (6) – 09:50		Third period			No scoring
Joe Sakic (7) – 01:54		First overtime period			No scoring
David Aebischer 21 saves / 22 shots		Goalie stats			Evgeni Nabokov 16 saves / 18 shots

May 4	San Jose Sharks		3–1		Colorado Avalanche	Pepsi Center	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Vincent Damphousse (5) – 01:34 Marcel Goc (1) – 08:59 Jonathan Cheechoo (3) – 12:03		Second period			17:34 – pp – Milan Hejduk (5)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Evgeni Nabokov 28 saves / 29 shots		Goalie stats			David Aebischer 30 saves / 33 shots

San Jose won series 4–2

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Joe Sakic C 81 33 54 87 42 11 13 1 3 Alex Tanguay LW 69 25 54 79 42 30 7 0 5 Milan Hejduk RW 82 35 40 75 20 19 16 0 6 Peter Forsberg C 39 18 37 55 30 16 3 1 5 Rob Blake D 74 13 33 46 61 6 8 0 3 Steve Konowalchuk LW 76 19 20 39 70 2 3 0 3 Paul Kariya LW 51 11 25 36 22 -5 5 1 1 John-Michael Liles D 79 10 24 34 28 7 2 0 1 Teemu Selanne RW 78 16 16 32 32 2 6 1 4 Adam Foote D 73 8 22 30 87 13 5 0 1 Derek Morris D 69 6 22 28 47 4 2 0 1 Martin Skoula D 58 2 14 16 30 2 0 0 0 Karlis Skrastins D 82 5 8 13 26 18 0 1 1 Steve Moore C 57 5 7 12 37 -5 0 0 1 Andrei Nikolishin C 49 5 7 12 24 3 1 0 0 Dan Hinote RW 59 4 7 11 57 -6 0 2 0 Matthew Barnaby RW 13 4 5 9 37 3 1 0 2 Travis Brigley LW 36 3 4 7 10 0 1 0 0 Cody McCormick C/RW 44 2 3 5 73 -4 0 0 1 Peter Worrell LW 49 3 1 4 179 2 0 0 0 Brad Larsen LW 26 2 2 4 11 2 0 0 0 Darby Hendrickson C 20 1 3 4 6 -8 0 0 0 Chris Gratton C 13 2 1 3 18 1 0 0 0 Jim Cummins RW 55 1 2 3 147 -5 0 0 1 Marek Svatos RW 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 Brett Clark D 12 1 1 2 6 3 0 0 0 Charlie Stephens C/RW 6 0 2 2 4 -1 0 0 0 David Aebischer G 62 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 Bates Battaglia LW 4 0 1 1 4 -1 0 0 0 Riku Hahl C 28 0 1 1 12 -7 0 0 0 Kurt Sauer D 14 0 1 1 19 -3 0 0 0 Dennis Bonvie RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Boughner D 11 0 0 0 8 -1 0 0 0 Jordan Krestanovich LW 14 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 Mikhail Kuleshov LW 3 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Chris McAllister D 34 0 0 0 62 -2 0 0 0 Tommy Salo G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Philippe Sauve G 17 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Ossi Vaananen D 12 0 0 0 2 -4 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% David Aebischer 3703 62 32 19 9 129 2.09 4 1703 1574 .924 Philippe Sauve 986 17 7 7 3 50 3.04 0 479 429 .896 Tommy Salo 304 5 1 3 1 12 2.37 0 136 124 .912 Team: 4993 82 40 29 13 191 2.30 4 2318 2127 .918

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Joe Sakic C 11 7 5 12 8 0 1 1 2 Peter Forsberg C 11 4 7 11 12 6 1 0 1 Milan Hejduk RW 11 5 2 7 0 6 2 0 0 Marek Svatos RW 11 1 5 6 2 3 0 0 1 Rob Blake D 9 0 5 5 6 0 0 0 0 Steve Konowalchuk LW 11 4 0 4 12 -4 4 0 1 Alex Tanguay LW 8 2 2 4 2 1 1 0 1 Bob Boughner D 11 0 4 4 6 5 0 0 0 Adam Foote D 11 0 4 4 10 -2 0 0 0 Teemu Selanne RW 10 0 3 3 2 -2 0 0 0 Matthew Barnaby RW 11 0 2 2 27 -3 0 0 0 Andrei Nikolishin C 11 0 2 2 4 -3 0 0 0 Karlis Skrastins D 11 0 2 2 2 -2 0 0 0 Riku Hahl C 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 Darby Hendrickson C 6 1 0 1 2 -1 0 0 0 Dan Hinote RW 11 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 Paul Kariya LW 1 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0 John-Michael Liles D 11 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 Ossi Vaananen D 11 0 1 1 18 3 0 0 0 David Aebischer G 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Chris Gratton C 11 0 0 0 27 -1 0 0 0 Tommy Salo G 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Kurt Sauer D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% David Aebischer 662 11 6 5 23 2.08 1 295 272 .922 Tommy Salo 27 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 7 7 1.000 Team: 689 11 6 5 23 2.00 1 302 279 .924

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;

Draft picks

Colorado'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	63	David Liffiton	Canada	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
4	131	David Svagrovsky	Czech Republic	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
5	146	Mark McCutcheon	United States	New England Junior Falcons (EJHL)
5	163	Brad Richardson	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
7	204	Linus Videll	Sweden	Sodertalje SK (Sweden)
7	225	Brett Hemingway	Canada	Coquitlam Express (BCHL)
8	257	Darryl Yacboski	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
9	288	David Jones	Canada	Coquitlam Express (BCHL)

See also

• 2003–04 NHL season

References

• "2003–04 Colorado Avalanche Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.