2003–04 Montreal Canadiens season

2003–04 Montreal Canadiens
Division 4th Northeast
Conference 7th Eastern
2003–04 record 41–30–7
Home record 23–13–4–1
Road record 18–17–3–3
Goals for 208
Goals against 192
Team information
General Manager Bob Gainey
Coach Claude Julien
Captain Saku Koivu
Arena Bell Centre
Team leaders
Goals Richard Zednik (26)
Assists Mike Ribeiro (45)
Points Mike Ribeiro (65)
Penalties in minutes Darren Langdon (135)
Plus/minus Patrice Brisebois (+17)
Wins Jose Theodore (33)
Goals against average Jose Theodore
Mathieu Garon (2.27)
<2002–03 2004–05>

The 2003–04 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 95th season of play, 87th in the National Hockey League. The Canadiens returned to the playoffs this season and made it to the Eastern Conference Semi-finals after winning the Eastern Conference Quarter-finals against the Boston Bruins, 4–3, before being eliminated by the eventual Stanley Cup champions, the Tampa Bay Lightning, 4–0.

Regular season

Heritage Classic

The Heritage Classic was an outdoor ice hockey game played on November 22, 2003, in Edmonton, Alberta, between the Edmonton Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens. It was the second NHL outdoor game and the first regular season outdoor game in the history of the NHL, and was modeled after the success of the "cold war" game between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University in 2001.[1]

The first NHL game to be played outdoors was in 1991 when the Los Angeles Kings played the New York Rangers in an exhibition game outside Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.[2] The event took place in Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium in front of a crowd of 57,167, the largest number of people to ever watch a live NHL game, despite temperatures of close to -18 °C, -30 °C (-22 °F) with wind chill. It was held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Edmonton Oilers joining the NHL in 1979.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) television broadcast also set the record for most viewers of a single NHL game with 2.747 million nationwide. This was the first NHL game broadcast in HDTV on CBC.

Final standings

Northeast Division[3]
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
12Boston Bruins 82 41 19 15 7 209 188 104
24Toronto Maple Leafs 82 45 24 10 3 242 204 103
35Ottawa Senators 82 43 23 10 6 262 189 102
47Montreal Canadiens 82 41 30 7 4 208 192 93
59Buffalo 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[4]
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

Regular season results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Points
1LOctober 9, 20032–5 @ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 0–1–0–00
2WOctober 11, 20034–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 1–1–0–02
3WOctober 14, 20035–1 Washington Capitals (2003–04) 2–1–0–04
4WOctober 16, 20034–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 3–1–0–06
5LOctober 18, 20030–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 3–2–0–06
6WOctober 20, 20032–1 Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 4–2–0–08
7WOctober 23, 20033–0 New York Islanders (2003–04) 5–2–0–010
8LOctober 25, 20032–6 Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 5–3–0–010
9LOctober 27, 20030–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 5–4–0–010
10LOctober 28, 20030–2 Boston Bruins (2003–04) 5–5–0–010
11WOctober 30, 20031–0 OT @ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 6–5–0–012
12LNovember 1, 20031–5 New York Rangers (2003–04) 6–6–0–012
13LNovember 4, 20032–4 Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 6–7–0–012
14LNovember 7, 20031–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 6–8–0–012
15WNovember 8, 20033–0 Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 7–8–0–014
16TNovember 11, 20031–1 OT Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 7–8–1–015
17LNovember 13, 20031–3 @ New York Islanders (2003–04) 7–9–1–015
18WNovember 15, 20033–2 @ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 8–9–1–017
19OTLNovember 18, 20034–5 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 8–9–1–118
20LNovember 20, 20031–2 @ Calgary Flames (2003–04) 8–10–1–118
21WNovember 22, 20034–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 9–10–1–120
22LNovember 25, 20032–5 Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 9–11–1–120
23WNovember 28, 20035–3 @ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 10–11–1–122
24TNovember 29, 20031–1 OT Florida Panthers (2003–04) 10–11–2–123
25WDecember 2, 20033–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 11–11–2–125
26TDecember 5, 20031–1 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 11–11–3–126
27WDecember 6, 20033–1 Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 12–11–3–128
28LDecember 8, 20032–3 Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 12–12–3–128
29WDecember 10, 20032–1 @ New York Rangers (2003–04) 13–12–3–130
30LDecember 12, 20032–4 @ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 13–13–3–130
31WDecember 13, 20035–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 14–13–3–132
32TDecember 16, 20031–1 OT Boston Bruins (2003–04) 14–13–4–133
33WDecember 18, 20035–4 OT Nashville Predators (2003–04) 15–13–4–135
34LDecember 20, 20032–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 15–14–4–135
35WDecember 22, 20034–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 16–14–4–137
36LDecember 23, 20032–3 @ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 16–15–4–137
37OTLDecember 27, 20031–2 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 16–15–4–238
38WDecember 29, 20032–1 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 17–15–4–240
39TDecember 31, 20031–1 OT @ Dallas Stars (2003–04) 17–15–5–241
40WJanuary 3, 20045–1 Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 18–15–5–243
41WJanuary 4, 20044–1 Washington Capitals (2003–04) 19–15–5–245
42WJanuary 6, 20043–1 Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 20–15–5–247
43LJanuary 8, 20041–4 Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 20–16–5–247
44WJanuary 10, 20048–0 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 21–16–5–249
45WJanuary 13, 20045–2 St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 22–16–5–251
46WJanuary 14, 20042–1 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 23–16–5–253
47TJanuary 17, 20042–2 OT New York Rangers (2003–04) 23–16–6–254
48WJanuary 20, 20044–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 24–16–6–256
49LJanuary 23, 20040–2 @ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 24–17–6–256
50LJanuary 24, 20041–4 Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 24–18–6–256
51LJanuary 27, 20041–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 24–19–6–256
52WJanuary 29, 20043–2 OT @ Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 25–19–6–258
53LJanuary 31, 20040–1 Boston Bruins (2003–04) 25–20–6–258
54WFebruary 1, 20046–4 Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 26–20–6–260
55WFebruary 3, 20044–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 27–20–6–262
56WFebruary 5, 20042–1 New York Islanders (2003–04) 28–20–6–264
57LFebruary 10, 20041–2 @ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 28–21–6–264
58LFebruary 12, 20043–5 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 28–22–6–264
59LFebruary 14, 20042–5 @ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 28–23–6–264
60LFebruary 17, 20041–4 Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 28–24–6–264
61WFebruary 19, 20044–1 Calgary Flames (2003–04) 29–24–6–266
62LFebruary 21, 20044–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 29–25–6–266
63WFebruary 23, 20044–1 @ New York Rangers (2003–04) 30–25–6–268
64WFebruary 24, 20044–2 Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 31–25–6–270
65WFebruary 26, 20043–2 OT @ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 32–25–6–272
66WFebruary 28, 20041–0 OT Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 33–25–6–274
67WMarch 1, 20042–1 New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 34–25–6–276
68LMarch 3, 20043–4 @ San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 34–26–6–276
69WMarch 5, 20044–3 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 35–26–6–278
70WMarch 6, 20044–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 36–26–6–280
71WMarch 8, 20045–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) 37–26–6–282
72OTLMarch 11, 20042–3 OT Florida Panthers (2003–04) 37–26–6–383
73WMarch 13, 20044–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 38–26–6–385
74WMarch 16, 20044–2 Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 39–26–6–387
75TMarch 19, 20041–1 OT @ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 39–26–7–388
76WMarch 20, 20043–2 New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 40–26–7–390
77LMarch 24, 20041–2 @ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 40–27–7–390
78LMarch 25, 20040–4 Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 40–28–7–390
79OTLMarch 27, 20042–3 OT @ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 40–28–7–491
80LMarch 31, 20041–5 @ New York Islanders (2003–04) 40–29–7–491
81LApril 1, 20040–2 Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 40–30–7–491
82WApril 3, 20046–3 Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 41–30–7–493

Playoffs

Montréal canadiens -vs- Bruins april 7 match no.1 canadiens 0, bruins 3 april 9 match no.2 canadiens 1, bruins 2 april 11 match no.3 canadiens 3, bruins 2 april 13 match no.4 canadiens 3, bruins 4 april 15 match no.5 canadiens 5, bruins 1 april 17 match no.6 canadiens 5, bruins 2 april 19 match no.7 canadiens 2, bruins 0

Montéal canadiens -vs- Lightning april 23 match no.1 canadiens 0, lightning 4 april 25 match no.2 canadiens 1, lightning 3 april 27 match no.3 canadiens 3, lightning 4 april 29 match no.4 canadiens 1, lightning 3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Ribeiro, MikeMike Ribeiro C 81 20 45 65 3415705
Ryder, MichaelMichael Ryder RW 81 25 38 63 26101004
Koivu, SakuSaku Koivu C 68 14 41 55 52-5503
Zednik, RichardRichard Zednik RW 81 26 24 50 635709
Souray, SheldonSheldon Souray D 63 15 20 35 1044613
Perreault, YanicYanic Perreault C 69 16 15 31 40-10503
Brisebois, PatricePatrice Brisebois D 71 4 27 31 2217200
Bulis, JanJan Bulis C 72 13 17 30 30-8114
Markov, AndreiAndrei Markov D 69 6 22 28 20-2200
Dagenais, PierrePierre Dagenais RW 50 17 10 27 2415403
Sundstrom, NiklasNiklas Sundstrom RW 66 8 12 20 183002
Bouillon, FrancisFrancis Bouillon D 73 2 16 18 701000
Begin, SteveSteve Begin C 52 10 5 15 416011
Juneau, JoeJoe Juneau C 70 5 10 15 20-4211
Ward, JasonJason Ward RW 53 5 7 12 213201
Dackell, AndreasAndreas Dackell RW 60 4 8 12 108000
Rivet, CraigCraig Rivet D 80 4 8 12 98-1201
Audette, DonaldDonald Audette RW 23 3 5 8 16-4000
Quintal, StephaneStephane Quintal D 73 3 5 8 8210000
Dowd, JimJim Dowd C 14 3 2 5 66010
Kilger, ChadChad Kilger LW 36 2 2 4 142000
Komisarek, MikeMike Komisarek D 46 0 4 4 344000
Kovalev, AlexeiAlexei Kovalev RW 12 1 2 3 12-4001
Langdon, DarrenDarren Langdon LW 64 0 3 3 135-2000
Theodore, JoseJose Theodore G 67 0 3 3 40000
Hainsey, RonRon Hainsey D 11 1 1 2 43000
Hossa, MarcelMarcel Hossa LW 15 1 1 2 8-3000
Gratton, BenoitBenoit Gratton C 4 0 1 1 40000
Balej, JozefJozef Balej RW 4 0 0 0 0-1000
Dwyer, GordieGordie Dwyer LW 2 0 0 0 70000
Dykhuis, KarlKarl Dykhuis D 9 0 0 0 2-2000
Garon, MathieuMathieu Garon G 19 0 0 0 20000
Higgins, ChristopherChristopher Higgins C 2 0 0 0 00000
Plekanec, TomasTomas Plekanec LW 2 0 0 0 00000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Theodore, JoseJose Theodore 3961 67 33 28 5 150 2.27 618601710.919
Garon, MathieuMathieu Garon 1003 19 8 6 2 38 2.27 0480442.921
Team: 4964 82 41 34 7 188 2.27 623402152.920

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
Koivu, SakuSaku Koivu C 11 3 8 11 10200
Kovalev, AlexeiAlexei Kovalev RW 11 6 4 10 8101
Zednik, RichardRichard Zednik RW 11 3 3 6 2001
Markov, AndreiAndrei Markov D 11 1 4 5 8001
Rivet, CraigCraig Rivet D 11 1 4 5 2100
Perreault, YanicYanic Perreault C 9 2 2 4 0001
Brisebois, PatricePatrice Brisebois D 11 2 1 3 4100
Ribeiro, MikeMike Ribeiro C 11 2 1 3 18000
Ryder, MichaelMichael Ryder RW 11 1 2 3 4000
Bulis, JanJan Bulis C 11 1 1 2 4000
Dowd, JimJim Dowd C 11 0 2 2 2000
Souray, SheldonSheldon Souray D 11 0 2 2 39000
Theodore, JoseJose Theodore G 11 0 2 2 0000
Ward, JasonJason Ward RW 5 0 2 2 2000
Langdon, DarrenDarren Langdon LW 9 1 0 1 6000
Sundstrom, NiklasNiklas Sundstrom RW 4 1 0 1 2000
Begin, SteveSteve Begin C 9 0 1 1 10000
Dagenais, PierrePierre Dagenais RW 8 0 1 1 6000
Juneau, JoeJoe Juneau C 11 0 1 1 4000
Bouillon, FrancisFrancis Bouillon D 11 0 0 0 7000
Garon, MathieuMathieu Garon G 1 0 0 0 0000
Komisarek, MikeMike Komisarek D 7 0 0 0 8000
Quintal, StephaneStephane Quintal D 4 0 0 0 2000
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Theodore, JoseJose Theodore 678 11 4 7 27 2.39 1333306.919
Garon, MathieuMathieu Garon 12 1 0 0 0 0.00 0661.000
Team: 690 11 4 7 27 2.35 1339312.920

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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;

Roster

Forwards:
11 - Saku Koivu
15 - Darren Langdon
17 - Jason Ward
20 - Richard Zednik
22 - Steve Bégin
24 - Andreas Dackell
25 - Chad Kilger
26 - Pierre Dagenais
27 - Alex Kovalev
32 - Gordie Dwyer
34 - Jim Dowd
35 - Tomas Plekanec
37 - Niklas Sundstrom
38 - Jan Bulis
46 - Benoit Gratton
71 - Mike Ribeiro
73 - Michael Ryder
76 - Jozef Balej
81 - Marcel Hossa
82 - Donald Audette
88 - Christopher Higgins
90 - Joé Juneau
94 - Yanic Perreault

Defencemen:
5 - Stephane Quintal
8 - Mike Komisarek
28 - Karl Dykhuis
43 - Patrice Brisebois
44 - Sheldon Souray
51 - Francis Bouillon
52 - Craig Rivet
65 - Ron Hainsey
79 - Andrei Markov

Goaltenders:
30 - Mathieu Garon
60 - José Théodore

Draft picks

Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team
1 10 Andrei Kostitsyn (RW)  Belarus CSKA Moscow (RSL)
2 40 Cory Urquhart (C)  Canada Montreal Rocket (QMJHL)
2 61 Maxim Lapierre (C)  Canada Montreal Rocket (QMJHL)
3 79 Ryan O'Byrne (D)  Canada Calgary Hitmen (WHL)

See also

References

  1. Edmonton Oilers Heritage Website - Heritage Classic
  2. "Not exactly the first time". CBC News. Archived from the original on 15 November 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2007.
  3. "2003-2004 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  4. "2003–2004 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  5. "2003-04 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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