2003–04 New York Islanders season

2003–04 New York Islanders
Division	3rd Atlantic
2003–04 record	38–29–11
Goals for	237
Goals against	210
Team information
Coach	Steve Stirling
Captain	Michael Peca

The 2003–04 New York Islanders season was the thirty-second season in the franchise's history.

Regular season

Final standings

Atlantic Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	40	21	15	6	229	186	101
2	6	New Jersey Devils	82	43	25	12	2	213	164	100
3	8	New York Islanders	82	38	29	11	4	237	210	91
4	13	New York Rangers	82	27	40	7	8	206	250	69
5	15	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	23	47	8	4	190	303	58

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	L	October 9, 2003	1–6	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)	0–1–0–0
2	W	October 11, 2003	6–0	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	1–1–0–0
3	T	October 14, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	1–1–1–0
4	W	October 18, 2003	2–1	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	2–1–1–0
5	W	October 20, 2003	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	3–1–1–0
6	L	October 23, 2003	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	3–2–1–0
7	W	October 25, 2003	7–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	4–2–1–0
8	L	October 28, 2003	0–4	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	4–3–1–0
9	T	October 29, 2003	4–4 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	4–3–2–0
10	W	November 1, 2003	4–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	5–3–2–0
11	W	November 3, 2003	6–3	Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	6–3–2–0
12	W	November 6, 2003	4–1	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	7–3–2–0
13	L	November 8, 2003	3–4	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	7–4–2–0
14	L	November 11, 2003	1–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	7–5–2–0
15	W	November 13, 2003	3–1	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	8–5–2–0
16	L	November 15, 2003	3–4	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)	8–6–2–0
17	W	November 19, 2003	4–1	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	9–6–2–0
18	L	November 20, 2003	2–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	9–7–2–0
19	L	November 22, 2003	1–2	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	9–8–2–0
20	L	November 26, 2003	0–2	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	9–9–2–0
21	L	November 28, 2003	0–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	9–10–2–0
22	L	November 29, 2003	1–5	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	9–11–2–0
23	L	December 2, 2003	1–4	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	9–12–2–0
24	L	December 4, 2003	2–4	New York Rangers (2003–04)	9–13–2–0
25	W	December 6, 2003	5–2	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	10–13–2–0
26	W	December 9, 2003	5–2	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	11–13–2–0
27	L	December 10, 2003	0–1 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	11–13–2–1
28	W	December 13, 2003	4–0	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	12–13–2–1
29	W	December 16, 2003	5–4	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	13–13–2–1
30	L	December 18, 2003	3–4	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	13–14–2–1
31	L	December 20, 2003	1–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	13–15–2–1
32	W	December 21, 2003	5–4	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)	14–15–2–1
33	W	December 23, 2003	4–2	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	15–15–2–1
34	W	December 26, 2003	4–3 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	16–15–2–1
35	W	December 27, 2003	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	17–15–2–1
36	W	December 29, 2003	3–1	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	18–15–2–1
37	W	December 31, 2003	6–1	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	19–15–2–1
38	L	January 1, 2004	0–1	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	19–16–2–1
39	T	January 3, 2004	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	19–16–3–1
40	L	January 6, 2004	2–3	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	19–17–3–1
41	W	January 8, 2004	3–2	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	20–17–3–1
42	L	January 10, 2004	2–3	New York Rangers (2003–04)	20–18–3–1
43	L	January 13, 2004	1–4	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	20–19–3–1
44	T	January 15, 2004	4–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	20–19–4–1
45	W	January 17, 2004	4–2	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	21–19–4–1
46	W	January 19, 2004	5–2	Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	22–19–4–1
47	L	January 20, 2004	0–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	22–20–4–1
48	W	January 23, 2004	3–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	23–20–4–1
49	W	January 24, 2004	3–0	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	24–20–4–1
50	T	January 27, 2004	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	24–20–5–1
51	L	January 29, 2004	1–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	24–20–5–2
52	W	January 31, 2004	4–2	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	25–20–5–2
53	W	February 3, 2004	5–4 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	26–20–5–2
54	L	February 5, 2004	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	26–21–5–2
55	T	February 10, 2004	1–1 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	26–21–6–2
56	T	February 11, 2004	4–4 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	26–21–7–2
57	W	February 13, 2004	5–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	27–21–7–2
58	T	February 16, 2004	1–1 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	27–21–8–2
59	W	February 18, 2004	4–3	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	28–21–8–2
60	L	February 19, 2004	2–6	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	28–22–8–2
61	W	February 21, 2004	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	29–22–8–2
62	T	February 24, 2004	0–0 OT	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	29–22–9–2
63	L	February 26, 2004	3–6	New York Rangers (2003–04)	29–23–9–2
64	W	February 27, 2004	4–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	30–23–9–2
65	L	February 29, 2004	2–3 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	30–23–9–3
66	T	March 2, 2004	3–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	30–23–10–3
67	L	March 4, 2004	2–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	30–24–10–3
68	L	March 6, 2004	2–4	St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	30–25–10–3
69	L	March 9, 2004	2–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	30–25–10–4
70	L	March 11, 2004	4–5	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	30–26–10–4
71	W	March 12, 2004	3–1	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	31–26–10–4
72	W	March 16, 2004	3–1	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	32–26–10–4
73	L	March 17, 2004	4–6	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	32–27–10–4
74	W	March 19, 2004	3–1	Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	33–27–10–4
75	W	March 21, 2004	3–0	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	34–27–10–4
76	W	March 23, 2004	3–0	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	35–27–10–4
77	W	March 25, 2004	4–2	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	36–27–10–4
78	L	March 27, 2004	2–3	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	36–28–10–4
79	L	March 28, 2004	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	36–29–10–4
80	W	March 31, 2004	5–1	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	37–29–10–4
81	W	April 2, 2004	6–4	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	38–29–10–4
82	T	April 4, 2004	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	38–29–11–4

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Hunter, TrentTrent Hunter	RW	77	25	26	51	16	23	4	0	7
Kvasha, OlegOleg Kvasha	LW/C	81	15	36	51	48	4	5	3	3
Czerkawski, MariuszMariusz Czerkawski	RW	81	25	24	49	16	8	9	0	2
Blake, JasonJason Blake	C	75	22	25	47	56	11	1	4	3
Aucoin, AdrianAdrian Aucoin	D	81	13	31	44	54	29	4	0	2
Peca, MichaelMichael Peca	C	76	11	29	40	71	17	0	1	0
Parrish, MarkMark Parrish	RW	59	24	11	35	18	8	6	0	6
Yashin, AlexeiAlexei Yashin	C	47	15	19	34	10	-1	3	0	1
Bates, ShawnShawn Bates	C	69	9	23	32	46	-8	0	1	1
Hamrlik, RomanRoman Hamrlik	D	81	7	22	29	68	2	2	0	2
Jonsson, KennyKenny Jonsson	D	79	5	24	29	22	25	3	0	2
Niinimaa, JanneJanne Niinimaa	D	82	9	19	28	64	12	4	0	2
Scatchard, DaveDave Scatchard	C	61	9	16	25	78	12	1	1	1
Asham, ArronArron Asham	RW	79	12	12	24	92	-12	1	0	0
Ronning, CliffCliff Ronning	C	40	9	15	24	2	3	2	0	0
Weinhandl, MattiasMattias Weinhandl	RW	55	8	12	20	26	9	4	0	2
Papineau, JustinJustin Papineau	C	64	8	5	13	8	4	5	0	2
Cairns, EricEric Cairns	D	72	2	6	8	189	-5	0	0	0
Martinek, RadekRadek Martinek	D	47	4	3	7	43	-9	0	0	1
Butenschon, SvenSven Butenschon	D	41	1	6	7	30	-3	0	0	0
Mapletoft, JustinJustin Mapletoft	C	27	1	4	5	6	-1	0	0	0
Wiemer, JasonJason Wiemer	C	13	1	3	4	24	-1	0	0	0
Bergenheim, SeanSean Bergenheim	LW	18	1	1	2	4	-4	0	1	0
Timander, MattiasMattias Timander	D	5	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	1
DiPietro, RickRick DiPietro	G	50	0	2	2	22	0	0	0	0
Manlow, EricEric Manlow	C	18	0	2	2	2	-2	0	0	0
Godard, EricEric Godard	RW	31	0	1	1	97	-2	0	0	0
Karpovtsev, AlexanderAlexander Karpovtsev	D	3	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0
Snow, GarthGarth Snow	G	39	0	1	1	28	0	0	0	0
Bekar, DerekDerek Bekar	LW	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Dubielewicz, WadeWade Dubielewicz	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hamilton, JeffJeff Hamilton	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pettinen, TomiTomi Pettinen	D	4	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Webb, SteveSteve Webb	RW	5	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
DiPietro, RickRick DiPietro	2844	50	23	18	5	112	2.36	5	1261	1149	.911
Snow, GarthGarth Snow	2015	39	14	15	5	94	2.80	1	932	838	.899
Dubielewicz, WadeWade Dubielewicz	105	2	1	0	1	3	1.71	0	50	47	.940
Team:	4964	82	38	33	11	209	2.53	6	2243	2034	.907

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Niinimaa, JanneJanne Niinimaa	D	5	1	2	3	2	-2	1	0	1
Parrish, MarkMark Parrish	RW	5	1	2	3	0	-4	0	0	0
Blake, JasonJason Blake	C	4	2	0	2	2	-2	0	0	0
Kvasha, OlegOleg Kvasha	LW/C	5	1	0	1	0	-1	1	0	0
Asham, ArronArron Asham	RW	5	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Czerkawski, MariuszMariusz Czerkawski	RW	5	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Hamrlik, RomanRoman Hamrlik	D	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Martinek, RadekRadek Martinek	D	5	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
Scatchard, DaveDave Scatchard	C	5	0	1	1	6	-3	0	0	0
Yashin, AlexeiAlexei Yashin	C	5	0	1	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Aucoin, AdrianAdrian Aucoin	D	5	0	0	0	6	-6	0	0	0
Bates, ShawnShawn Bates	C	5	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
Butenschon, SvenSven Butenschon	D	4	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Cairns, EricEric Cairns	D	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
DiPietro, RickRick DiPietro	G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hunter, TrentTrent Hunter	RW	5	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
Jonsson, KennyKenny Jonsson	D	5	0	0	0	2	-4	0	0	0
Peca, MichaelMichael Peca	C	5	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0
Ronning, CliffCliff Ronning	C	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Webb, SteveSteve Webb	RW	2	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0
Weinhandl, MattiasMattias Weinhandl	RW	5	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
DiPietro, RickRick DiPietro	303	5	1	4	11	2.18	1	120	109	.908
Team:	303	5	1	4	11	2.18	1	120	109	.908

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 New York Islanders Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.