2003–04 Ottawa Senators season

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2003–04 Ottawa Senators
Division 3rd Northeast
Conference 5th Eastern
2003–04 record 43–29–10
Home record 23–8–5–5
Road record 20–15–5–1
Goals for 262
Goals against 189
Team information
General Manager John Muckler
Coach Jacques Martin
Captain Daniel Alfredsson
Alternate captains Zdeno Chara
Curtis Leschyshyn
Wade Redden
Arena Corel Centre
Average attendance 17,758 (92.7%)[1]
Team leaders
Goals Marian Hossa (36)
Assists Daniel Alfredsson (48)
Points Marian Hossa (82)
Penalties in minutes Chris Neil (194)
Plus/minus Zdeno Chara (+33)
Wins Patrick Lalime (25)
Goals against average Martin Prusek (2.12)
<2002–03 2004–05>

The 2003–04 Ottawa Senators season would see the Senators again finish with over 100 points, finishing with 102, but this was good for only third in the tightly-contested division, as the Boston Bruins would have 104 and the Toronto Maple Leafs 103. Ottawa would meet Toronto in the first-round of the playoffs for the fourth time, where the Maple Leafs would win the series 4–3 to end the Senators' playoff hopes. Ottawa would fire Head Coach Jacques Martin after the playoff round.

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Offseason

In the off-season, Eugene Melnyk would purchase the club to bring financial stability. Another change was in the general manager position. Marshall Johnston resigned and was replaced by John Muckler on June 3, 2003. Muckler had been a candidate for the positions of Ottawa head coach or GM back in 1992, but had chosen to sign on with the Buffalo Sabres instead.

On June 21, 2003, Assistant Coach Roger Neilson died after four years of battling cancer. The Senators would wear a patch on their jerseys with an illustration of his signature and a necktie. Neilson would often wear distinctive neckties and the necktie became associated with him, and also became the symbol for "Roger's House," a residence for the use of families with a family member fighting cancer while in hospital, established by him and the Senators.

Regular season

Marian Hossa lead the club in scoring with 82 points, good enough for sixth overall in the NHL.

Highlights

On February 5, 2004, the Senators were playing the Toronto Maple Leafs and were leading 4–0 in the second period. The flu started affecting players on the Senators leading the team to be down to only 15 skaters by the end of the game. The Maple Leafs took full advantage and won the game 5–4 in overtime.[2]

On March 5, 2004, in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers, a record was set for the most penalty minutes in a game by both teams, at 419 minutes. Five brawls broke out in the last two minutes of the game. It took the officials until 90 minutes after the game was over to sort out the penalties. By the end of the game, Philadelphia had 213 penalty minutes and seven men left on the bench, while Ottawa finished with 206 penalty minutes and six men left.

The Senators finished the regular season first overall in the NHL in scoring (262 goals for), power-play goals scored (80) and power-play percentage (21.62%).[3]

Division standings

Northeast Division[4]
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 loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference[5]
R Div GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 Z- Tampa Bay Lightning SE 82 46 22 8 6 245 192 106
2 Y- Boston Bruins NE 82 41 19 15 7 209 188 104
3 Y- Philadelphia Flyers AT 82 40 21 15 6 209 188 101
4 X- Toronto Maple Leafs NE 82 45 24 10 3 242 204 103
5 X- Ottawa Senators NE 82 43 23 10 6 262 189 102
6 X- New Jersey Devils AT 82 43 25 12 2 213 164 100
7 X- Montreal Canadiens NE 82 41 30 7 4 208 192 93
8 X- New York Islanders AT 82 38 29 11 4 237 210 91
8.5
9 Buffalo Sabres NE 82 37 34 7 4 220 221 85
10 Atlanta Thrashers SE 82 33 37 8 4 214 243 78
11 Carolina Hurricanes SE 82 28 34 14 6 172 209 76
12 Florida Panthers SE 82 28 35 15 4 188 221 75
13 New York Rangers AT 82 27 40 7 8 206 250 69
14 Washington Capitals SE 82 23 46 10 3 186 253 59
15 Pittsburgh Penguins AT 82 23 47 8 4 190 303 58

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z- Clinched Conference; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot


Schedule and results

Regular season schedule
No. R Date Score Opponent Record Attendance
1 W October 9, 2003 5–2 Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 1–0–0–0 18,500
2 OTL October 11, 2003 2–3 OT Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 1–0–0–1 18,500
3 L October 15, 2003 3–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 1–1–0–1 18,180
4 W October 17, 2003 3–0 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) 2–1–0–1 13,885
5 W October 18, 2003 4–1 @ San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 3–1–0–1 14,807
6 W October 23, 2003 5–1 Washington Capitals (2003–04) 4–1–0–1 18,188
7 W October 25, 2003 6–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 5–1–0–1 21,273
8 L October 30, 2003 2–3 Florida Panthers (2003–04) 5–2–0–1 17,086
9 T November 1, 2003 1–1 OT Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 5–2–1–1 15,445
10 L November 3, 2003 3–6 @ New York Islanders (2003–04) 5–3–1–1 10,957
11 T November 6, 2003 3–3 OT Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 5–3–2–1 15,216
12 L November 8, 2003 0–1 New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 5–4–2–1 18,359
13 W November 11, 2003 5–3 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 6–4–2–1 13,547
14 W November 13, 2003 5–2 Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 7–4–2–1 15,297
15 L November 15, 2003 2–3 Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 7–5–2–1 18,337
16 L November 17, 2003 1–2 Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 7–6–2–1 15,744
17 W November 20, 2003 6–1 Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 8–6–2–1 17,159
18 OTL November 22, 2003 1–2 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 8–6–2–2 11,233
19 L November 23, 2003 2–6 @ New York Rangers (2003–04) 8–7–2–2 18,200
20 W November 25, 2003 6–3 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 9–7–2–2 11,937
21 OTL November 27, 2003 2–3 OT Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 9–7–2–3 18,500
22 L November 29, 2003 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 9–8–2–3 18,500
23 W December 1, 2003 4–1 Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 10–8–2–3 16,289
24 W December 3, 2003 4–0 @ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 11–8–2–3 11,520
25 W December 4, 2003 4–1 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 12–8–2–3 15,221
26 L December 6, 2003 1–2 New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 12–9–2–3 17,931
27 T December 8, 2003 2–2 OT @ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 12–9–3–3 10,662
28 W December 11, 2003 3–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 13–9–3–3 17,256
29 L December 13, 2003 2–3 Boston Bruins (2003–04) 13–10–3–3 17,671
30 W December 18, 2003 6–1 Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 14–10–3–3 16,420
31 W December 20, 2003 3–1 New York Rangers (2003–04) 15–10–3–3 18,037
32 W December 22, 2003 3–2 OT Florida Panthers (2003–04) 16–10–3–3 17,189
33 T December 23, 2003 2–2 OT @ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 16–10–4–3 15,317
34 T December 26, 2003 3–3 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 16–10–5–3 18,316
35 W December 28, 2003 5–2 Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 17–10–5–3 18,500
36 W December 30, 2003 3–0 @ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 18–10–5–3 16,388
37 W January 1, 2004 1–0 New York Islanders (2003–04) 19–10–5–3 18,500
38 W January 3, 2004 5–2 Washington Capitals (2003–04) 20–10–5–3 17,695
39 W January 6, 2004 5–2 Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 21–10–5–3 16,890
40 W January 8, 2004 7–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 22–10–5–3 19,395
41 L January 9, 2004 2–3 @ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 22–11–5–3 18,690
42 T January 11, 2004 2–2 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 22–11–6–3 9,350
43 W January 13, 2004 4–0 @ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 23–11–6–3 11,456
44 T January 15, 2004 4–4 OT New York Islanders (2003–04) 23–11–7–3 17,197
45 W January 17, 2004 4–0 Boston Bruins (2003–04) 24–11–7–3 18,500
46 L January 19, 2004 2–5 @ New York Islanders (2003–04) 24–12–7–3 14,213
47 W January 20, 2004 3–1 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 25–12–7–3 8,810
48 W January 22, 2004 6–5 Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 26–12–7–3 16,777
49 W January 24, 2004 9–1 New York Rangers (2003–04) 27–12–7–3 18,500
50 L January 28, 2004 3–5 @ Dallas Stars (2003–04) 27–13–7–3 18,006
51 W January 29, 2004 4–1 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 28–13–7–3 13,387
52 L January 31, 2004 1–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 28–14–7–3 19,419
53 L February 3, 2004 1–2 @ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 28–15–7–3 12,304
54 OTL February 5, 2004 4–5 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 28–15–7–4 18,500
55 W February 10, 2004 3–1 St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 29–15–7–4 18,238
56 W February 12, 2004 3–2 OT Boston Bruins (2003–04) 30–15–7–4 18,364
57 W February 14, 2004 5–2 Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 31–15–7–4 18,500
58 W February 16, 2004 4–1 @ New York Rangers (2003–04) 32–15–7–4 18,200
59 T February 17, 2004 1–1 OT @ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 32–15–8–4 13,901
60 OTL February 19, 2004 2–3 OT Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 32–15–8–5 18,500
61 W February 21, 2004 2–1 Calgary Flames (2003–04) 33–15–8–5 18,500
62 W February 22, 2004 6–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 34–15–8–5 11,780
63 L February 24, 2004 2–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 34–16–8–5 21,273
64 T February 26, 2004 1–1 OT Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 34–16–9–5 18,500
65 W February 28, 2004 7–1 Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 35–16–9–5 18,500
66 L March 3, 2004 3–4 @ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 35–17–9–5 11,956
67 L March 5, 2004 3–5 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 35–18–9–5 19,539
68 W March 6, 2004 4–2 Nashville Predators (2003–04) 36–18–9–5 18,500
69 W March 8, 2004 4–1 @ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 37–18–9–5 17,776
70 L March 11, 2004 2–4 @ Calgary Flames (2003–04) 37–19–9–5 17,869
71 W March 13, 2004 2–1 @ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 38–19–9–5 18,630
72 L March 14, 2004 1–3 @ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 38–20–9–5 16,839
73 L March 16, 2004 2–5 @ Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 38–21–9–5 18,568
74 W March 18, 2004 2–0 Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 39–21–9–5 18,500
75 OTL March 20, 2004 2–3 OT Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 39–21–9–6 18,500
76 L March 23, 2004 2–4 @ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 39–22–9–6 15,887
77 W March 25, 2004 4–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 40–22–9–6 21,273
78 T March 27, 2004 2–2 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 40–22–10–6 19,480
79 W March 29, 2004 5–4 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 41–22–10–6 19,844
80 W March 31, 2004 5–4 @ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 42–22–10–6 15,876
81 W April 2, 2004 3–1 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 43–22–10–6 19,776
82 L April 3, 2004 0–6 Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 43–23–10–6 18,500

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Playoffs

In the first round of the 2004 playoffs, the Senators would lose again to the Maple Leafs for the fourth straight time. By now, Ottawa had developed a strong rivalry with their Ontario cousins and there was a great deal of pressure on the team to finally defeat the Leafs. Two days after the Senators' loss, Head Coach Jacques Martin was fired, and goaltender Patrick Lalime was later traded to the St. Louis Blues.

Martin had been coach of the Senators for eight-and-a-half years. He was well respected, earned a 341–255–96 regular season record with the Senators, had led the team to eight consecutive playoff appearances and was widely credited with changing the team into an elite NHL franchise. He also won the Jack Adams Trophy as Coach of the Year in 1999. However, after losing eight of 12 playoff series, including all four series in five years against the rival Toronto Maple Leafs, Senators ownership felt that a new coach was required for playoff success.

On June 8, 2004, Bryan Murray of nearby town Shawville, Quebec, became the team's fifth head coach, leaving the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. where he had previously been general manager.

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals

Date Away Score Home Score Notes Attendance
April 8 Ottawa 4 Toronto 2 19,535
April 10 Ottawa 0 Toronto 2 19,529
April 12 Toronto 2 Ottawa 0 18,500
April 14 Toronto 1 Ottawa 4 18,500
April 16 Ottawa 0 Toronto 2 19,584
April 18 Toronto 1 Ottawa 2 2OT 18,500
April 20 Ottawa 1 Toronto 4 19,646
Toronto wins series 4–3

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Marian Hossa RW 81 36 46 82 46 4 14 1 5
Daniel Alfredsson RW 77 32 48 80 24 12 9 0 5
Martin Havlat RW 68 31 37 68 46 12 13 0 7
Jason Spezza C 78 22 33 55 71 22 5 0 3
Bryan Smolinski C 80 19 27 46 49 22 4 0 3
Radek Bonk C 66 12 32 44 66 2 6 0 1
Wade Redden D 81 17 26 43 65 21 12 0 3
Zdeno Chara D 79 16 25 41 147 33 7 0 3
Peter Schaefer LW 81 15 24 39 26 22 2 2 3
Todd White C 53 9 20 29 22 12 1 1 2
Chris Phillips D 82 7 16 23 46 15 0 0 1
Josh Langfeld RW 38 7 10 17 16 6 2 0 2
Karel Rachunek D 60 1 16 17 29 17 0 0 0
Chris Neil RW 82 8 8 16 194 13 0 0 1
Antoine Vermette C 57 7 7 14 16 5 0 1 0
Peter Bondra RW 23 5 9 14 16 1 2 0 1
Shaun Van Allen C 73 2 10 12 80 6 0 1 0
Vaclav Varada RW 30 5 5 10 26 2 0 0 1
Mike Fisher C 24 4 6 10 39 -3 1 0 0
Brian Pothier D 55 2 6 8 24 6 1 0 1
Petr Schastlivy LW 43 2 4 6 14 -1 1 0 1
Curtis Leschyshyn D 56 1 4 5 16 13 0 0 0
Shane Hnidy D 37 0 5 5 72 2 0 0 0
Anton Volchenkov D 19 1 2 3 8 1 0 0 0
Patrick Lalime G 57 0 2 2 17 0 0 0 0
Rob Ray RW 6 1 0 1 14 0 0 0 0
Greg de Vries D 13 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0
Serge Payer C 5 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
Martin Prusek G 29 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Todd Simpson D 16 0 1 1 47 -1 0 0 0
Ray Emery G 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Denis Hamel LW 5 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0
Jody Hull RW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Kelly C/LW 4 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0
Brooks Laich C 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Julien Vauclair D 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Patrick Lalime 3324 57 25 23 7 127 2.29 5 1334 1207 .905
Martin Prusek 1528 29 16 6 3 54 2.12 3 651 597 .917
Ray Emery 126 3 2 0 0 5 2.38 0 52 47 .904
Team: 4978 82 43 29 10 186 2.24 8 2037 1851 .909

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Marian Hossa RW 7 3 1 4 0 2 1 0 2
Daniel Alfredsson RW 7 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0
Martin Havlat RW 7 0 3 3 2 -1 0 0 0
Zdeno Chara D 7 1 1 2 8 3 0 0 0
Bryan Smolinski C 7 1 1 2 4 -2 0 0 0
Vaclav Varada RW 7 1 1 2 4 0 0 0 0
Radek Bonk C 7 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
Peter Schaefer LW 7 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 0
Mike Fisher C 7 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 1
Chris Phillips D 7 1 0 1 12 2 1 0 0
Wade Redden D 7 1 0 1 2 -5 1 0 0
Todd White C 7 1 0 1 4 -1 0 0 0
Greg de Vries D 7 0 1 1 8 -2 0 0 0
Chris Neil RW 7 0 1 1 19 0 0 0 0
Antoine Vermette C 4 0 1 1 4 -1 0 0 0
Peter Bondra RW 7 0 0 0 6 -4 0 0 0
Patrick Lalime G 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Curtis Leschyshyn D 2 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0
Brian Pothier D 7 0 0 0 6 -2 0 0 0
Martin Prusek G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Spezza C 3 0 0 0 2 -1 0 0 0
Anton Volchenkov D 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Patrick Lalime 398 7 3 4 13 1.96 0 139 126 .906
Martin Prusek 40 1 0 0 1 1.50 0 15 14 .933
Team: 438 7 3 4 14 1.92 0 154 140 .909

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

September 10, 2003 To Florida Panthers
2004 draft ninth-round pick		 To Ottawa Senators
Serge Payer
October 5, 2003 To Washington Capitals
future considerations		 To Ottawa Senators
LW Denis Hamel
December 29, 2003 To Florida Panthers
D Wade Brookbank		 To Ottawa Senators
future considerations
January 6, 2004 To Atlanta Thrashers
C Daniel Corso		 To Ottawa Senators
RW Brad Tapper
January 23, 2004 To Colorado Avalanche
RW Dennis Bonvie		 To Ottawa Senators
C/RW Charlie Stephens
February 4, 2004 To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
LW Petr Schastlivy		 To Ottawa Senators
D Todd Simpson
February 18, 2004 To Washington Capitals
C Brooks Laich
Second-round draft choice, 2005 draft
future considerations		 To Ottawa Senators
RW Peter Bondra
March 9, 2004 To Nashville Predators
D Shane Hnidy		 To Ottawa Senators
Colorado Avalanche third-round pick in 2004 draft (Peter Regin)

Waivers

October 3, 2003 To Nashville Predators
Wade Brookbank
October 3, 2003 To Washington Capitals
Denis Hamel
December 19, 2003 From Vancouver Canucks
Wade Brookbank

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Roster

2003-04 Ottawa Senators
Goaltenders

Defencemen

Wingers

Centres

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Draft picks

Ottawa's draft picks from the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held on June 21 and June 22, 2003 at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Round # Player Nationality College/junior/club team (League)
1 29 Patrick Eaves  United States Boston College (Hockey East)
2 67 Igor Mirnov  Russia Dynamo Moscow (RSL)
3 100 Philippe Seydoux   Switzerland Kloten Flyers (NLA)
4 135 Matt Karlsson  Sweden Brynas IF (Elitserien)
5 142 Tim Cook  United States River City Lancers (USHL)
5 166 Sergei Gimayev  Russia Severstal Cherepovets (RSL)
7 228 Will Colbert  Canada Ottawa 67's (OHL)
8 269 Ossi Louhivaara  Finland Kookoo (Finland)
9 291 Brian Elliott  Canada University of Wisconsin–Madison (Big Ten)

Farm teams

See also

References

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