2003–04 Phoenix Coyotes season

2003–04 Phoenix Coyotes
Division	5th Pacific
2003–04 record	22–36–18
Goals for	188
Goals against	245
Team information
Coach	Bobby Francis, Rick Bowness
Captain	Shane Doan

Regular season

Though the Coyotes finished last in their division (13th in the conference), for a remarkable span in late December and early January, the team attracted the attention of the sports world, as their goaltender, Brian Boucher, set an NHL record for consecutive shutouts. From December 31 to January 9, Boucher and the Coyotes racked up five consecutive shut-out victories, outscoring their opponents 18-0 in that span. The streak was broken on January 11 in a game against the visiting Atlanta Thrashers, when Randy Robitaille scored on Boucher at 6:16 of the first period. Boucher's record shattering streak lasted 332:01, easily surpassing Montreal Canadiens goaltender Bill Durnan's 1949 record by over 20 minutes

Final standings

Pacific Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	San Jose Sharks	82	43	21	12	6	219	183	104
2	5	Dallas Stars	82	41	26	13	2	194	175	97
3	11	Los Angeles Kings	82	28	29	16	9	205	217	81
4	12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	29	35	10	8	184	213	76
5	13	Phoenix Coyotes	82	22	36	18	6	188	245	68

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Game log

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Doan, ShaneShane Doan	RW	79	27	41	68	47	-11	9	2	1
Nagy, LadislavLadislav Nagy	LW	55	24	28	52	46	11	11	0	6
Langkow, DaymondDaymond Langkow	C	81	21	31	52	40	4	4	1	2
Mara, PaulPaul Mara	D	81	6	36	42	48	-11	1	0	0
Gratton, ChrisChris Gratton	C	68	11	18	29	93	-19	3	0	1
Hrdina, JanJan Hrdina	C	55	11	15	26	30	-10	5	0	1
Savage, BrianBrian Savage	LW	61	12	13	25	36	-5	3	0	1
Radivojevic, BrankoBranko Radivojevic	RW	53	9	14	23	36	-5	2	1	2
Suchy, RadoslavRadoslav Suchy	D	82	7	14	21	8	1	2	0	2
Hulse, CaleCale Hulse	D	82	3	17	20	123	-4	1	0	0
Taffe, JeffJeff Taffe	C	59	8	10	18	20	-8	5	0	0
Cleary, DanielDaniel Cleary	RW	68	6	11	17	42	-8	0	3	0
Comrie, MikeMike Comrie	C	28	8	7	15	16	-8	1	1	1
Sillinger, MikeMike Sillinger	C	60	8	6	14	54	-14	0	1	0
Sjostrom, FredrikFredrik Sjostrom	RW	57	7	6	13	22	-7	0	0	1
Tanabe, DavidDavid Tanabe	D	45	5	7	12	22	4	2	0	2
Kolanos, KrysKrys Kolanos	C	41	4	6	10	24	-9	1	0	1
Johnson, MikeMike Johnson	RW	11	1	9	10	10	-1	1	0	0
Nash, TysonTyson Nash	LW	69	3	5	8	110	-6	0	0	0
Vaananen, OssiOssi Vaananen	D	67	2	4	6	87	-10	0	0	1
Ference, BradBrad Ference	D	63	0	5	5	103	-19	0	0	0
Wilson, LandonLandon Wilson	RW	35	1	3	4	16	-3	0	0	0
Morris, DerekDerek Morris	D	14	0	4	4	2	-5	0	0	0
Nazarov, AndreiAndrei Nazarov	LW	33	1	2	3	125	-7	0	0	0
Novoseltsev, IvanIvan Novoseltsev	RW	17	2	0	2	6	-7	0	0	0
Westrum, ErikErik Westrum	C	15	1	1	2	20	-3	0	0	0
Burke, SeanSean Burke	G	32	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	0
Reirden, ToddTodd Reirden	D	7	0	2	2	4	-4	0	0	0
Helmer, BryanBryan Helmer	D	17	0	1	1	10	-5	0	0	0
Rupp, MikeMike Rupp	C	6	0	1	1	6	-3	0	0	0
Bezina, GoranGoran Bezina	D	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Bierk, ZacZac Bierk	G	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Boucher, BrianBrian Boucher	G	40	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jaspers, JasonJason Jaspers	C	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Johnson, BrentBrent Johnson	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pelletier, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Pelletier	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spiller, MatthewMatthew Spiller	D	51	0	0	0	54	-11	0	0	0
Stutzel, MikeMike Stutzel	LW	9	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Boucher, BrianBrian Boucher	2364	40	10	19	10	108	2.74	5	1150	1042	.906
Burke, SeanSean Burke	1795	32	10	15	5	84	2.81	1	913	829	.908
Johnson, BrentBrent Johnson	486	8	1	6	1	21	2.59	0	243	222	.914
Pelletier, Jean-MarcJean-Marc Pelletier	175	4	1	1	0	12	4.11	0	84	72	.857
Bierk, ZacZac Bierk	190	4	0	1	2	12	3.79	0	108	96	.889
Team:	5010	82	22	42	18	237	2.84	6	2498	2261	.905

Note: 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 Phoenix Coyotes Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-06.