2003–04 Colorado Avalanche season

2003–04 Colorado Avalanche
Division	2nd Northwest
2003–04 record	40–22–13
Goals for	236
Goals against	198
Team information
Coach	Tony Granato
Captain	Joe Sakic

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.

Game log

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	L	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	L	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	L	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	L	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	L	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	L	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	L	April 4, 2004	1–2 OT	Nashville Predators (2003–04)	40–22–13–7

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic C 81 33 54 87 42 11 13 1 3 Tanguay, AlexAlex Tanguay LW 69 25 54 79 42 30 7 0 5 Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk RW 82 35 40 75 20 19 16 0 6 Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg C 39 18 37 55 30 16 3 1 5 Blake, RobRob Blake D 74 13 33 46 61 6 8 0 3 Konowalchuk, SteveSteve Konowalchuk LW 76 19 20 39 70 2 3 0 3 Kariya, PaulPaul Kariya LW 51 11 25 36 22 -5 5 1 1 Liles, John-MichaelJohn-Michael Liles D 79 10 24 34 28 7 2 0 1 Selanne, TeemuTeemu Selanne RW 78 16 16 32 32 2 6 1 4 Foote, AdamAdam Foote D 73 8 22 30 87 13 5 0 1 Morris, DerekDerek Morris D 69 6 22 28 47 4 2 0 1 Skoula, MartinMartin Skoula D 58 2 14 16 30 2 0 0 0 Skrastins, KarlisKarlis Skrastins D 82 5 8 13 26 18 0 1 1 Moore, SteveSteve Moore C 57 5 7 12 37 -5 0 0 1 Nikolishin, AndreiAndrei Nikolishin C 49 5 7 12 24 3 1 0 0 Hinote, DanDan Hinote RW 59 4 7 11 57 -6 0 2 0 Barnaby, MatthewMatthew Barnaby RW 13 4 5 9 37 3 1 0 2 Brigley, TravisTravis Brigley LW 36 3 4 7 10 0 1 0 0 McCormick, CodyCody McCormick C/RW 44 2 3 5 73 -4 0 0 1 Worrell, PeterPeter Worrell LW 49 3 1 4 179 2 0 0 0 Larsen, BradBrad Larsen LW 26 2 2 4 11 2 0 0 0 Hendrickson, DarbyDarby Hendrickson C 20 1 3 4 6 -8 0 0 0 Gratton, ChrisChris Gratton C 13 2 1 3 18 1 0 0 0 Cummins, JimJim Cummins RW 55 1 2 3 147 -5 0 0 1 Svatos, MarekMarek Svatos RW 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 Clark, BrettBrett Clark D 12 1 1 2 6 3 0 0 0 Stephens, CharlieCharlie Stephens C/RW 6 0 2 2 4 -1 0 0 0 Aebischer, DavidDavid Aebischer G 62 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 Battaglia, BatesBates Battaglia LW 4 0 1 1 4 -1 0 0 0 Hahl, RikuRiku Hahl C 28 0 1 1 12 -7 0 0 0 Sauer, KurtKurt Sauer D 14 0 1 1 19 -3 0 0 0 Bonvie, DennisDennis Bonvie RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Boughner, BobBob Boughner D 11 0 0 0 8 -1 0 0 0 Krestanovich, JordanJordan Krestanovich LW 14 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 Kuleshov, MikhailMikhail Kuleshov LW 3 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 McAllister, ChrisChris McAllister D 34 0 0 0 62 -2 0 0 0 Salo, TommyTommy Salo G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sauve, PhilippePhilippe Sauve G 17 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Vaananen, OssiOssi 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% Aebischer, DavidDavid Aebischer 3703 62 32 19 9 129 2.09 4 1703 1574 .924 Sauve, PhilippePhilippe Sauve 986 17 7 7 3 50 3.04 0 479 429 .896 Salo, TommyTommy 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 Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic C 11 7 5 12 8 0 1 1 2 Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg C 11 4 7 11 12 6 1 0 1 Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk RW 11 5 2 7 0 6 2 0 0 Svatos, MarekMarek Svatos RW 11 1 5 6 2 3 0 0 1 Blake, RobRob Blake D 9 0 5 5 6 0 0 0 0 Konowalchuk, SteveSteve Konowalchuk LW 11 4 0 4 12 -4 4 0 1 Tanguay, AlexAlex Tanguay LW 8 2 2 4 2 1 1 0 1 Boughner, BobBob Boughner D 11 0 4 4 6 5 0 0 0 Foote, AdamAdam Foote D 11 0 4 4 10 -2 0 0 0 Selanne, TeemuTeemu Selanne RW 10 0 3 3 2 -2 0 0 0 Barnaby, MatthewMatthew Barnaby RW 11 0 2 2 27 -3 0 0 0 Nikolishin, AndreiAndrei Nikolishin C 11 0 2 2 4 -3 0 0 0 Skrastins, KarlisKarlis Skrastins D 11 0 2 2 2 -2 0 0 0 Hahl, RikuRiku Hahl C 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 Hendrickson, DarbyDarby Hendrickson C 6 1 0 1 2 -1 0 0 0 Hinote, DanDan Hinote RW 11 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 Kariya, PaulPaul Kariya LW 1 0 1 1 0 -1 0 0 0 Liles, John-MichaelJohn-Michael Liles D 11 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 Vaananen, OssiOssi Vaananen D 11 0 1 1 18 3 0 0 0 Aebischer, DavidDavid Aebischer G 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Gratton, ChrisChris Gratton C 11 0 0 0 27 -1 0 0 0 Salo, TommyTommy Salo G 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Sauer, KurtKurt Sauer D 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Aebischer, DavidDavid Aebischer 662 11 6 5 23 2.08 1 295 272 .922 Salo, TommyTommy 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; 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 Colorado Avalanche Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.