2003–04 Toronto Maple Leafs season

2003–04 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	2nd Northeast
Conference	4th Eastern
2003–04 record	45-24-10-3
Goals for	242
Goals against	204
Team information
General manager	John Ferguson, Jr.
Coach	Pat Quinn
Captain	Mats Sundin
Alternate captains	Bryan McCabe Gary Roberts
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Team leaders
Goals	Mats Sundin (31)
Assists	Mats Sundin (44)
Points	Mats Sundin (75)
Penalty minutes	Tie Domi (208)
Wins	Ed Belfour (34)
Goals against average	Ed Belfour (2.13)

The 2003–04 Toronto Maple Leafs season, the club's 87th season of existence and 77th as the Maple Leafs, saw the team finish in second place in the Northeast Division with a record of 45 wins, 24 losses, 10 ties, and 3 overtime losses for 103 points. It was the highest point total in franchise history, beating out the 100 points earned by the 1999–2000 team. The Leafs defeated their provincial rivals, the Ottawa Senators, in seven games in the Conference Quarter-finals before falling to the Philadelphia Flyers four games to two in the Conference Semi-finals.

Regular season

Season standings

Northeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Boston Bruins	82	41	19	15	7	209	188	104
2	4	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	45	24	10	3	242	204	103
3	5	Ottawa Senators	82	43	23	10	6	262	189	102
4	7	Montreal Canadiens	82	41	30	7	4	208	192	93
5	9	Buffalo Sabres	82	37	34	7	4	220	221	85

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL=Overtime losses; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

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

• Green background indicates win.
• Red background indicates regulation loss.
• White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	81	31	44	75	52	11	11	1	10
McCabe, BryanBryan McCabe	75	16	37	53	86	22	8	0	2
Nieuwendyk, JoeJoe Nieuwendyk	64	22	28	50	26	7	10	1	5
Roberts, GaryGary Roberts	72	28	20	48	84	9	11	1	7
Nolan, OwenOwen Nolan	65	19	29	48	110	4	7	2	3
Tucker, DarcyDarcy Tucker	64	21	11	32	68	4	8	1	2
Antropov, NikNik Antropov	62	13	18	31	62	7	1	1	2
Kaberle, TomasTomas Kaberle	71	3	28	31	18	16	0	0	1
Reichel, RobertRobert Reichel	69	11	19	30	30	2	2	0	2
Mogilny, AlexanderAlexander Mogilny	37	8	22	30	12	9	4	1	1
Klee, KenKen Klee	66	4	25	29	36	-1	3	0	1
Ponikarovsky, AlexeiAlexei Ponikarovsky	73	9	19	28	44	14	1	0	2
Stajan, MattMatt Stajan	69	14	13	27	22	7	0	0	0
Renberg, MikaelMikael Renberg	59	12	13	25	50	-1	2	0	1
Domi, TieTie Domi	80	7	13	20	208	-2	1	0	0
Pilar, KarelKarel Pilar	50	2	17	19	22	2	1	0	1
Fitzgerald, TomTom Fitzgerald	69	7	10	17	52	-2	1	0	1
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch	15	2	13	15	10	11	1	0	1
Francis, RonRon Francis	12	3	7	10	0	3	2	0	1
Berg, AkiAki Berg	79	2	7	9	40	-1	0	0	0
Jackman, RicRic Jackman	29	2	4	6	13	-11	1	0	1
Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson	8	0	6	6	0	5	0	0	0
Marchment, BryanBryan Marchment	75	1	3	4	106	4	0	0	0
Druken, HaroldHarold Druken	9	0	4	4	2	4	0	0	0
Berehowsky, DrakeDrake Berehowsky	9	1	2	3	17	5	0	0	0
Perrott, NathanNathan Perrott	40	1	2	3	116	-1	0	0	0
Belak, WadeWade Belak	34	1	1	2	109	0	0	0	0
Johnson, CraigCraig Johnson	10	1	1	2	6	0	0	0	0
Kilger, ChadChad Kilger	5	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	1
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	59	0	2	2	16	0	0	0	0
Kidd, TrevorTrevor Kidd	15	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Colaiacovo, CarloCarlo Colaiacovo	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Hedin, PierrePierre Hedin	3	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Holden, JoshJosh Holden	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kondratiev, MaximMaxim Kondratiev	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Leeb, BradBrad Leeb	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Tellqvist, MikaelMikael Tellqvist	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wellwood, KyleKyle Wellwood	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Wilm, ClarkeClarke Wilm	10	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	3444	59	34	19	6	122	2.13	10	1483	1361	.918
Kidd, TrevorTrevor Kidd	883	15	6	5	2	48	3.26	1	388	340	.876
Tellqvist, MikaelMikael Tellqvist	647	11	5	3	2	31	2.87	0	293	262	.894
Team:	4974	82	45	27	10	201	2.42	11	2164	1963	.907

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	9	4	5	9	8	0	0	1
Roberts, GaryGary Roberts	13	4	4	8	10	2	0	1
McCabe, BryanBryan McCabe	13	3	5	8	14	2	0	0
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch	13	0	8	8	6	0	0	0
Nieuwendyk, JoeJoe Nieuwendyk	9	6	0	6	4	1	0	2
Mogilny, AlexanderAlexander Mogilny	13	2	4	6	8	0	0	0
Domi, TieTie Domi	13	2	2	4	41	0	0	1
Ponikarovsky, AlexeiAlexei Ponikarovsky	13	1	3	4	8	0	0	1
Francis, RonRon Francis	12	0	4	4	2	0	0	0
Kilger, ChadChad Kilger	13	2	1	3	0	0	0	0
Kaberle, TomasTomas Kaberle	13	0	3	3	6	0	0	0
Tucker, DarcyDarcy Tucker	12	2	0	2	14	1	0	0
Antropov, NikNik Antropov	13	0	2	2	18	0	0	0
Reichel, RobertRobert Reichel	12	0	2	2	8	0	0	0
Pilar, KarelKarel Pilar	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wilm, ClarkeClarke Wilm	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0
Belak, WadeWade Belak	4	0	0	0	14	0	0	0
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	13	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Berg, AkiAki Berg	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Fitzgerald, TomTom Fitzgerald	10	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Kidd, TrevorTrevor Kidd	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Klee, KenKen Klee	11	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
Marchment, BryanBryan Marchment	13	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
Renberg, MikaelMikael Renberg	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Stajan, MattMatt Stajan	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Belfour, EdEd Belfour	774	13	6	7	27	2.09	3	379	352	.929
Kidd, TrevorTrevor Kidd	33	1	0	0	1	1.82	0	11	10	.909
Team:	807	13	6	7	28	2.08	3	390	362	.928

Transactions

The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2003-04 season.

Trades

February 11, 2004	To Pittsburgh Penguins Ric Jackman	To Toronto Maple Leafs Drake Berehowsky
March 3, 2004	To New York Rangers Maxim Kondratiev Jarkko Immonen 1st round pick in 2004 - Kris Chucko 2nd round pick in 2005 - Mike Sauer	To Toronto Maple Leafs Brian Leetch 4th round pick in 2004 - Roman Kukumberg
March 9, 2004	To Carolina Hurricanes 4th round pick in 2005 - Jared Boll	To Toronto Maple Leafs Ron Francis

Waivers

October 3, 2003	To Columbus Blue Jackets Travis Green
October 3, 2003	From Columbus Blue Jackets Petr Tenkrat
January 10, 2004	From Anaheim Mighty Ducks Craig Johnson
March 5, 2004	To Washington Capitals Craig Johnson
March 9, 2004	From Montreal Canadiens Chad Kilger

Free agents

Player Former Team Bryan Marchment Colorado Avalanche Joe Nieuwendyk New Jersey Devils Ken Klee Washington Capitals Kris Newbury San Jose Sharks Clarke Wilm Nashville Predators Calle Johansson Washington Capitals

Player New Team Glen Wesley Carolina Hurricanes Paul Healey New York Rangers Jonas Hoglund Florida Panthers Dwayne Hay Tampa Bay Lightning

Draft picks

Toronto's picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft in Nashville, Tennessee.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)

Roster

2003-04 Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders 20 Ed Belfour  32 Mikael Tellqvist  37 Trevor Kidd		Defensemen 2 Brian Leetch  3 Pierre Hedin  8 Aki Berg  9 Calle Johansson  15 Tomas Kaberle  22 Ken Klee  24 Bryan McCabe  - A 27 Bryan Marchment  29 Karel Pilar  34 Maxim Kondratiev  45 Carlo Colaiacovo  55 Drake Berehowsky  55 Ric Jackman		Wingers 3 Wade Belak  7 Gary Roberts  - A 11 Owen Nolan  12 Tom Fitzgerald  16 Darcy Tucker  18 Chad Kilger  19 Mikael Renberg  23 Alexei Ponikarovsky  28 Tie Domi  33 Craig Johnson  38 Brad Leeb  89 Alexander Mogilny		Centres 9 Josh Holden  10 Ron Francis  13 Mats Sundin  - C 14 Matt Stajan  18 Harold Druken  21 Robert Reichel  25 Joe Nieuwendyk  39 Clarke Wilm  42 Kyle Wellwood  80 Nik Antropov  GM: John Ferguson, Jr. Coach: Pat Quinn

See also

• 2003–04 NHL season

References

• Maple Leafs on Hockey Database