2003–04 Boston Bruins season

2003–04 Boston Bruins
Division	1st Northeast
Conference	2nd Eastern Conference
2003–04 record	41–19–15–7
Goals for	209
Goals against	188
Team information
Coach	Mike Sullivan
Captain	Joe Thornton
Arena	Fleet Center
Team leaders
Goals	Glen Murray
Assists	Joe Thornton
Points	Joe Thornton
Penalty minutes	Doug Doull
Wins	Andrew Raycroft
Goals against average	Andrew Raycroft

The 2003–04 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' eightieth season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

Final 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 losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

Regular season schedule

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton	C	77	23	50	73	98	18	4	0	6
Murray, GlenGlen Murray	RW	81	32	28	60	56	17	11	0	9
Rolston, BrianBrian Rolston	C/RW	82	19	29	48	40	9	3	2	3
Knuble, MikeMike Knuble	RW	82	21	25	46	32	19	4	0	3
Samsonov, SergeiSergei Samsonov	LW	58	17	23	40	4	12	3	0	5
Bergeron, PatricePatrice Bergeron	C	71	16	23	39	22	5	7	0	2
Boynton, NickNick Boynton	D	81	6	24	30	98	17	1	1	1
McGillis, DanDan McGillis	D	80	5	23	28	65	-1	1	0	2
Lapointe, MartinMartin Lapointe	RW	78	15	10	25	67	-5	9	0	2
Axelsson, P.J.P.J. Axelsson	LW	68	6	14	20	42	2	0	0	1
Slegr, JiriJiri Slegr	D	36	4	15	19	27	5	0	0	1
Green, TravisTravis Green	C	64	11	5	16	67	-6	2	0	2
Jillson, JeffJeff Jillson	D	50	4	10	14	35	-1	1	0	1
Nylander, MichaelMichael Nylander	C	15	1	11	12	14	3	0	0	1
Donato, TedTed Donato	LW	63	6	5	11	18	2	0	3	1
O'Donnell, SeanSean O'Donnell	D	82	1	10	11	110	10	0	0	0
Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar	D	15	4	5	9	12	6	2	0	0
Zamuner, RobRob Zamuner	LW	57	4	5	9	16	3	0	0	0
Gill, HalHal Gill	D	82	2	7	9	99	16	0	0	0
Morrisonn, ShaoneShaone Morrisonn	D	30	1	7	8	10	10	0	0	0
Grosek, MichalMichal Grosek	LW	33	3	2	5	33	1	0	0	0
Moran, IanIan Moran	D	35	1	4	5	28	3	0	0	0
McCarthy, SandySandy McCarthy	RW	37	3	1	4	28	0	0	0	1
MacDonald, CraigCraig MacDonald	LW	18	0	3	3	8	0	0	0	0
Corazzini, CarlCarl Corazzini	C	12	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0
Hilbert, AndyAndy Hilbert	C/LW	18	2	0	2	9	1	0	0	0
Raycroft, AndrewAndrew Raycroft	G	57	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Doull, DougDoug Doull	LW	35	0	1	1	132	2	0	0	0
Zinovjev, SergeiSergei Zinovjev	C/LW	10	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Huml, IvanIvan Huml	LW	7	0	0	0	6	-3	0	0	0
Kutlak, ZdenekZdenek Kutlak	D	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Leahy, PatrickPatrick Leahy	RW	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Orr, ColtonColton Orr	RW	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Potvin, FelixFelix Potvin	G	28	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0
Samuelsson, MartinMartin Samuelsson	RW	6	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Stock, P.J.P.J. Stock	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vernarsky, KrisKris Vernarsky	C	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Raycroft, AndrewAndrew Raycroft	3420	57	29	18	9	117	2.05	3	1586	1469	.926
Potvin, FelixFelix Potvin	1605	28	12	8	6	67	2.50	4	690	623	.903
Team:	5025	82	41	26	15	184	2.20	7	2276	2092	.919

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Samsonov, SergeiSergei Samsonov	LW	7	2	5	7	0	2	0	0	0
Nylander, MichaelMichael Nylander	C	6	3	3	6	0	2	0	0	0
Gonchar, SergeiSergei Gonchar	D	7	1	4	5	4	-4	1	0	1
Bergeron, PatricePatrice Bergeron	C	7	1	3	4	0	5	0	0	1
Murray, GlenGlen Murray	RW	7	2	1	3	8	-2	0	0	1
Knuble, MikeMike Knuble	RW	7	2	0	2	0	-5	1	0	0
Slegr, JiriJiri Slegr	D	7	1	1	2	0	-1	0	0	0
Boynton, NickNick Boynton	D	7	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
Hilbert, AndyAndy Hilbert	C/LW	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rolston, BrianBrian Rolston	C/RW	7	1	0	1	8	-5	0	0	0
Gill, HalHal Gill	D	7	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Green, TravisTravis Green	C	7	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
Axelsson, P.J.P.J. Axelsson	LW	7	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
Donato, TedTed Donato	LW	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lapointe, MartinMartin Lapointe	RW	7	0	0	0	14	-2	0	0	0
MacDonald, CraigCraig MacDonald	LW	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
McGillis, DanDan McGillis	D	7	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
O'Donnell, SeanSean O'Donnell	D	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Raycroft, AndrewAndrew Raycroft	G	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Thornton, JoeJoe Thornton	C	7	0	0	0	14	-6	0	0	0
Zamuner, RobRob Zamuner	LW	7	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Raycroft, AndrewAndrew Raycroft	447	7	3	4	16	2.15	1	210	194	.924
Team:	447	7	3	4	16	2.15	1	210	194	.924

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

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Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)

See also

• 2003–04 NHL season