2003–04 San Jose Sharks season

2003–04 San Jose Sharks
Division	1st Pacific
Conference	2nd Western
2003–04 record	43–21–12–6 (104 points)
Home record	24–8–7–2
Road record	19–13–5–4
Goals for	219
Goals against	183
Team information
General manager	Doug Wilson
Coach	Ron Wilson
Captain	Mike Ricci (first 10 games) Vincent Damphousse (next 20 games) Alyn McCauley (next 10 games) Patrick Marleau (last 42 games)
Arena	HP Pavilion at San Jose
Average attendance	15,836
Team leaders
Goals	Patrick Marleau (28)
Assists	Nils Ekman (33)
Points	Patrick Marleau (57)
Penalty minutes	Scott Parker (101)
Wins	Evgeni Nabokov (31)
Goals against average	Vesa Toskala (2.06)

The 2003–04 San Jose Sharks season was the franchise's 13th in the NHL. The Sharks made it to the Western Conference Finals for the first time before losing to the Calgary Flames. It was the last season before the 2004–05 lockout, which cancelled the following season.

Offseason

On May 13, 2003, the Sharks hired Doug Wilson (no relation to coach Ron Wilson) as general manager, replacing Dean Lombardi. At the Entry Draft in June, the Sharks chose Milan Michalek with their first-round pick, sixth over-all.

Regular season

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

Playoffs

San José (2) vs. St. Louis (7) Date Away Home OT April 8 St. Louis 0 1 San José OT April 10 St. Louis 1 3 San José April 12 San José 1 4 St. Louis April 13 San José 4 3 St. Louis April 15 St. Louis 1 3 San Jose San Jose wins series 4–1.

San José (2) vs. Colorado (4) Date Away Home OT April 22 Colorado 2 5 San José April 24 Colorado 1 4 San José April 26 San José 1 0 Colorado April 28 San José 0 1 Colorado OT May 1 Colorado 2 1 San José OT May 4 San José 3 1 Colorado San José wins series 4–2.

San José (2) vs. Calgary (6) Date Away Home OT May 9 Calgary 4 3 San José OT May 11 Calgary 4 1 San José May 13 San José 3 0 Calgary May 16 San José 4 2 Calgary May 17 Calgary 3 0 San José May 19 San José 1 3 Calgary Calgary wins series 4–2 and Clarence S. Campbell Bowl

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau C 80 28 29 57 24 -5 9 0 5 Ekman, NilsNils Ekman LW 82 22 33 55 34 30 1 4 5 Cheechoo, JonathanJonathan Cheechoo RW 81 28 19 47 33 5 8 0 9 McCauley, AlynAlyn McCauley C 82 20 27 47 28 23 5 0 4 Sturm, MarcoMarco Sturm LW 64 21 20 41 36 0 10 2 6 Damphousse, VincentVincent Damphousse C 82 12 29 41 66 -5 7 0 4 Stuart, BradBrad Stuart D 77 9 30 39 34 9 5 0 0 Korolyuk, AlexanderAlexander Korolyuk LW 63 19 18 37 18 20 4 0 2 Primeau, WayneWayne Primeau C 72 9 20 29 90 4 0 1 1 Thornton, ScottScott Thornton LW 80 13 14 27 84 -6 1 0 1 Ricci, MikeMike Ricci C 71 7 19 26 40 8 2 0 0 Dimitrakos, NikoNiko Dimitrakos RW 68 9 15 24 49 6 2 0 4 McLaren, KyleKyle McLaren D 64 2 22 24 60 10 0 1 0 Hannan, ScottScott Hannan D 82 6 15 21 48 10 0 0 0 Preissing, TomTom Preissing D 69 2 17 19 12 8 2 0 1 Rathje, MikeMike Rathje D 80 2 17 19 46 18 0 1 0 Ehrhoff, ChristianChristian Ehrhoff D 41 1 11 12 14 4 0 0 1 Harvey, ToddTodd Harvey RW/C 47 4 5 9 38 3 0 0 0 Brown, CurtisCurtis Brown C/LW 12 2 2 4 6 1 0 0 0 Parker, ScottScott Parker RW 50 1 3 4 101 0 0 0 0 Smith, MarkMark Smith C 36 1 3 4 72 -5 0 0 0 Davison, RobRob Davison D 55 0 3 3 92 -3 0 0 0 Fahey, JimJim Fahey D 15 0 2 2 18 -2 0 0 0 Marshall, JasonJason Marshall D 12 0 2 2 8 -2 0 0 0 Michalek, MilanMilan Michalek RW 2 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 Toskala, VesaVesa Toskala G 28 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Boyes, BradBrad Boyes C 1 0 0 0 2 -2 0 0 0 Loyns, LynnLynn Loyns LW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 Nabokov, EvgeniEvgeni Nabokov G 59 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 Rissmiller, PatrickPatrick Rissmiller LW 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Zalesak, MiroslavMiroslav Zalesak RW 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Nabokov, EvgeniEvgeni Nabokov 3456 59 31 19 8 127 2.20 9 1610 1483 .921 Toskala, VesaVesa Toskala 1541 28 12 8 4 53 2.06 1 760 707 .930 Team: 4997 82 43 27 12 180 2.16 10 2370 2190 .924

Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG Damphousse, VincentVincent Damphousse C 17 7 7 14 20 0 3 0 3 Marleau, PatrickPatrick Marleau C 17 8 4 12 6 0 4 1 2 Cheechoo, JonathanJonathan Cheechoo RW 17 4 6 10 10 4 1 0 0 Dimitrakos, NikoNiko Dimitrakos RW 15 1 8 9 8 2 0 0 1 Korolyuk, AlexanderAlexander Korolyuk LW 17 5 2 7 10 0 2 0 1 Hannan, ScottScott Hannan D 17 1 5 6 22 7 1 0 1 Rathje, MikeMike Rathje D 17 1 5 6 13 1 0 0 0 Stuart, BradBrad Stuart D 17 1 5 6 13 -4 0 0 0 Ricci, MikeMike Ricci C 17 2 3 5 4 5 0 0 0 Thornton, ScottScott Thornton LW 12 2 2 4 22 1 0 0 0 McCauley, AlynAlyn McCauley C 11 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 Harvey, ToddTodd Harvey RW/C 16 1 2 3 2 -3 0 0 0 Primeau, WayneWayne Primeau C 17 1 2 3 4 -7 0 0 0 Ekman, NilsNils Ekman LW 16 0 3 3 8 -2 0 0 0 McLaren, KyleKyle McLaren D 16 0 3 3 10 -1 0 0 0 Goc, MarcelMarcel Goc C 5 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 Brown, CurtisCurtis Brown C/LW 17 0 2 2 18 -5 0 0 0 Davison, RobRob Davison D 5 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 Smith, MarkMark Smith C 10 1 0 1 11 2 0 0 1 Marshall, JasonJason Marshall D 17 0 1 1 25 1 0 0 0 Preissing, TomTom Preissing D 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Fahey, JimJim Fahey D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nabokov, EvgeniEvgeni Nabokov G 17 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV% Nabokov, EvgeniEvgeni Nabokov 1052 17 10 7 30 1.71 3 461 431 .935 Team: 1052 17 10 7 30 1.71 3 461 431 .935

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;

Draft picks

NHL Entry Draft

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team
1	6	Milan Michalek	Left Wing	Czechoslovakia	Ceske Budejovice HC (Czech)
1	16	Steve Bernier	Right Wing	Canada	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
2	43	Josh Hennessy	Center	United States	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
2	47	Matt Carle	Defense	United States	River City Lancers (USHL)
5	139	Patrick Ehelechner	Goaltender	Germany	Hannover Scorpions (DEL)
7	201	Jonathan Tremblay	Right Wing	Canada	Acadie-Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)
7	205	Joe Pavelski	Center	United States	Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)
7	216	Kai Hospelt	Forward	Germany	Cologne Sharks (DEL)
8	236	Alexander Hult	Center	Sweden	Oskarshamn IK (Swe-1)
9	267	Brian O'Hanley	Defense	United States	Boston College High School (USHS)
9	276	Carter Lee	Forward	United States	Canterbury (USHS)