2003–04 Chicago Blackhawks season

2003–04 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	5th Central
2003–04 record	20–43–11
Goals for	188
Goals against	259
Team information
Coach	Brian Sutter
Captain	Alexei Zhamnov (Oct-Feb) Vacant (Feb-Apr)

Regular season

Final standings

Central Division

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.

Game log

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Arnason, TylerTyler Arnason	C	82	22	33	55	16	-13	6	0	2
Berard, BryanBryan Berard	D	58	13	34	47	53	-24	6	0	0
Bell, MarkMark Bell	C	82	21	24	45	106	-14	2	0	1
Ruutu, TuomoTuomo Ruutu	C/LW	82	23	21	44	58	-31	10	0	3
Sullivan, SteveSteve Sullivan	RW	56	15	28	43	36	-7	4	2	4
Calder, KyleKyle Calder	LW	66	21	18	39	29	-18	10	0	1
McLean, BrettBrett McLean	C	76	11	20	31	54	-11	5	1	0
Dempsey, NathanNathan Dempsey	D	58	8	17	25	30	-5	2	0	1
Nichol, ScottScott Nichol	C	75	7	11	18	145	-16	0	0	1
Zhamnov, AlexAlex Zhamnov	C	23	6	12	18	14	-8	1	0	1
Korolev, IgorIgor Korolev	C	62	3	10	13	22	-15	0	0	1
Nieminen, VilleVille Nieminen	LW	60	2	11	13	40	-15	1	0	0
Robidas, StephaneStephane Robidas	D	45	2	10	12	33	6	0	1	1
Vandermeer, JimJim Vandermeer	D	23	2	10	12	58	-6	1	1	0
Daze, EricEric Daze	RW	19	4	7	11	0	-7	1	0	0
Quint, DeronDeron Quint	D	51	4	7	11	18	-26	2	0	0
Radulov, IgorIgor Radulov	LW	36	4	7	11	18	-2	0	0	0
Yakubov, MikhailMikhail Yakubov	C	30	1	7	8	8	-12	0	0	0
Karpovtsev, AlexanderAlexander Karpovtsev	D	24	0	7	7	14	-17	0	0	0
Moen, TravisTravis Moen	LW	82	4	2	6	142	-17	0	0	2
Henry, BurkeBurke Henry	D	23	2	4	6	24	0	0	0	0
VandenBussche, RyanRyan VandenBussche	RW	65	4	1	5	120	-10	2	0	0
Keith, MattMatt Keith	RW	20	2	3	5	10	-5	1	0	0
Poapst, SteveSteve Poapst	D	53	2	2	4	26	-16	0	0	1
McCarthy, SteveSteve McCarthy	D	25	1	3	4	8	-9	0	0	0
Strudwick, JasonJason Strudwick	D	54	1	3	4	73	-16	0	0	0
Vorobiev, PavelPavel Vorobiev	RW	18	1	3	4	4	1	1	0	1
Nickulas, EricEric Nickulas	RW	21	1	1	2	8	-6	0	0	0
Babchuk, AntonAnton Babchuk	D	5	0	2	2	2	-1	0	0	0
Leighton, MichaelMichael Leighton	G	34	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Thornton, ShawnShawn Thornton	RW	8	1	0	1	23	2	0	0	0
Aitken, JohnathanJohnathan Aitken	D	41	0	1	1	70	-9	0	0	0
Barinka, MichalMichal Barinka	D	9	0	1	1	6	-5	0	0	0
Ellison, MattMatt Ellison	RW	10	0	1	1	0	-3	0	0	0
Klemm, JonJon Klemm	D	19	0	1	1	20	6	0	0	0
Kukkonen, LasseLasse Kukkonen	D	10	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0	0
Laing, QuintinQuintin Laing	LW	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Anderson, CraigCraig Anderson	G	21	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Munro, AdamAdam Munro	G	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Passmore, SteveSteve Passmore	G	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thibault, JocelynJocelyn Thibault	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Underhill, MattMatt Underhill	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Anderson, CraigCraig Anderson	1205	21	6	14	0	57	2.84	1	602	545	.905
Leighton, MichaelMichael Leighton	1988	34	6	18	8	99	2.99	2	987	888	.900
Thibault, JocelynJocelyn Thibault	821	14	5	7	2	39	2.85	1	450	411	.913
Passmore, SteveSteve Passmore	478	9	2	6	0	23	2.89	0	221	198	.896
Munro, AdamAdam Munro	426	7	1	5	1	26	3.66	0	217	191	.880
Underhill, MattMatt Underhill	61	1	0	1	0	4	3.93	0	33	29	.879
Team:	4979	82	20	51	11	248	2.99	4	2510	2262	.901

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;

See also

• 2003–04 NHL season

References

• 2003–04 Chicago Blackhawks Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.