2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers season

2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers
Division	2nd Southeast
Conference	10th Eastern
2003–04 record	33–37–8–4
Home record	18–17–4–2
Road record	15–20–4–2
Goals for	214
Goals against	243
Team information
General manager	Don Waddell
Coach	Bob Hartley
Captain	Shawn McEachern
Alternate captains	Dany Heatley Vyacheslav Kozlov
Arena	Philips Arena
Average attendance	15,121
Minor league affiliate(s)	Chicago Wolves Gwinnett Gladiators
Team leaders
Goals	Ilya Kovalchuk (41)
Assists	Ilya Kovalchuk (46)
Points	Ilya Kovalchuk (87)
Penalty minutes	Francis Lessard (181)
Plus/minus	Shawn McEachern (+5)
Wins	Pasi Nurminen (25)
Goals against average	Pasi Nurminen (2.78)

The 2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers season was the Thrashers' fifth season.

Off-season

Regular season

Final standings

Southeast Division^[1]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	1	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	46	22	8	6	245	192	106
2	10	Atlanta Thrashers	82	33	37	8	4	214	243	78
3	11	Carolina Hurricanes	82	28	34	14	6	172	209	76
4	12	Florida Panthers	82	28	35	15	4	188	221	75
5	14	Washington Capitals	82	23	46	10	3	186	253	59

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^[2]

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
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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

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

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
17	Ilya Kovalchuk	LW	81	41	46	87	−10	63
19	Shawn McEachern	RW	82	17	38	55	5	76
13	Vyacheslav Kozlov	LW	76	20	32	52	−12	74
9	Marc Savard	C	45	19	33	52	−8	85
27	Patrik Stefan	C	82	14	26	40	−7	26
28	Randy Robitaille	C	69	11	26	37	−12	20
26	Ronald Petrovicky	RW	78	16	15	31	−9	123
8	Frantisek Kaberle	D	67	3	26	29	2	30
15	Dany Heatley	LW	31	13	12	25	−8	18
10	Serge Aubin	LW	66	10	15	25	0	73
16	Jeff Cowan‡	LW	58	9	15	24	2	68
25	Andy Sutton	D	65	8	13	21	0	94
36	Daniel Tjarnqvist	D	68	5	15	20	−4	20
11	J. P. Vigier	RW	70	10	8	18	−18	22
23	Ivan Majesky	D	63	3	7	10	−7	76
38	Yannick Tremblay	D	38	2	8	10	−13	13
2	Garnet Exelby	D	71	1	9	10	−10	134
4	Chris Tamer	D	38	2	5	7	−9	55
39	Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre†‡	D	27	2	2	4	−7	26
6	Shawn Heins	D	17	0	4	4	−1	16
49	Zdenek Blatny	LW	16	3	0	3	0	6
14	Ben Simon†	LW	52	3	0	3	−10	28
24	Tommi Santala	C	33	1	2	3	−7	22
20	Francis Lessard	RW	62	1	1	2	−5	181
31	Pasi Nurminen	G	64	0	2	2		35
41	Daniel Corso†	C	7	0	1	1	−2	0
47	Kurtis Foster	D	3	0	1	1	0	0
41	Simon Gamache‡	C	2	0	1	1	0	0
21	Derek MacKenzie	C	12	0	1	1	0	10
22	Kamil Piros‡	C	14	0	1	1	−3	4
48	Kyle Rossiter†	D	2	0	1	1	1	0
42	Karl Stewart	LW	5	0	1	1	0	4
29	Brian Swanson	C	2	0	1	1	0	0
39	Kip Brennan†	LW	5	0	0	0	0	17
34	Byron Dafoe	G	18	0	0	0		2
5	Tomas Kloucek†	D	37	0	0	0	−8	25
29	Brad Larsen†	LW	6	0	0	0	−2	2
32	Kari Lehtonen	G	4	0	0	0		0
12	Bill Lindsay	RW	24	0	0	0	−6	25
43	Mike Weaver	D	1	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
31	Pasi Nurminen	64	25	30	7	1792	173	2.78	.903	3	3738
34	Byron Dafoe	18	4	11	1	499	51	3.14	.898	0	973
32	Kari Lehtonen	4	4	0	0	106	5	1.25	.953	1	240

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL Second All-Star Team	Ilya Kovalchuk (Left wing)	[4]
	Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy	Ilya Kovalchuk[a]	[5]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Ilya Kovalchuk[b]	[7]
	NHL Offensive Player of the Month	Ilya Kovalchuk (October)	[8]
	NHL Offensive Player of the Week	Ilya Kovalchuk (October 20)	[9]
		Ilya Kovalchuk (October 27)	[10]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Garnet Exelby[c]	[12]
Team	Community Service Award	Andy Sutton	[13]
	Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy	Garnet Exelby	[14]
	Players' Player Award	Pasi Nurminen	[15]
	Team MVP	Ilya Kovalchuk	[16]
	Three Stars of the Game Award	Ilya Kovalchuk	[15]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Tommi Santala	October 9, 2003	[17]
	Karl Stewart	November 7, 2003
	Kari Lehtonen	March 19, 2004

Transactions

The Thrashers were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2003, the day after the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2004, the day of the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.^[18]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 21, 2003 (2003-06-21)	To Florida Panthers 2nd-round pick in 2003	To Atlanta Thrashers Ivan Majesky	[19]
September 15, 2003 (2003-09-15)	To Los Angeles Kings Milan Hnilicka	To Atlanta Thrashers Future considerations	[20]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)	To Carolina Hurricanes 4th-round pick in 2004	To Atlanta Thrashers Jani Hurme	[21]
December 2, 2003 (2003-12-02)	To Nashville Predators Simon Gamache Kirill Safronov	To Atlanta Thrashers Tomas Kloucek Ben Simon	[22]
December 31, 2003 (2003-12-31)	To Columbus Blue Jackets Future considerations	To Atlanta Thrashers Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre	[23]
January 6, 2004 (2004-01-06)	To Ottawa Senators Brad Tapper	To Atlanta Thrashers Daniel Corso	[24]
March 8, 2004 (2004-03-08)	To Florida Panthers Kamil Piros	To Atlanta Thrashers Kyle Rossiter	[25]
March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09)	To Los Angeles Kings Jeff Cowan	To Atlanta Thrashers Kip Brennan	[26]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24)	Brian Swanson	Edmonton Oilers		Free agency	[27]
August 12, 2003 (2003-08-12)	Eric Healey	Manchester Monarchs (AHL)		Free agency	[28]
	Randy Robitaille	New York Islanders		Free agency	[28]
August 25, 2003 (2003-08-25)	Bill Lindsay	Montreal Canadiens		Free agency	[29]
September 10, 2003 (2003-09-10)	Shawn Heins	Pittsburgh Penguins		Free agency	[30]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)	Serge Aubin	Colorado Avalanche		Waiver draft	[21]
	Shawn Heins	New York Rangers		Waiver draft	[21]
	Ronald Petrovicky	New York Rangers		Waiver draft	[21]
February 25, 2004 (2004-02-25)	Brad Larsen	Colorado Avalanche		Waivers	[31]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[d]	Ref
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	Yuri Butsayev	HC CSKA Moscow (RSL)	Free agency (II)[e]	[34]
	Mark Hartigan	Columbus Blue Jackets[f]	Buyout	[36]
	Damian Rhodes[g]		Contract expiration (III)	[32]
July 14, 2003 (2003-07-14)	Ben Simon	Nashville Predators	Free agency (VI)	[38]
July 18, 2003 (2003-07-18)	Andreas Karlsson	EHC Basel (NLA)	Free agency (UFA)	[39]
July 21, 2003 (2003-07-21)	Per Svartvadet	Modo Hockey (SHL)	Free agency (UFA)	[40]
July 28, 2003 (2003-07-28)	Jeff Farkas		Retirement (VI)	[41]
August 6, 2003 (2003-08-06)	Dallas Eakins	Vancouver Canucks	Free agency (UFA)	[42]
August 7, 2003 (2003-08-07)	Jeff Odgers		Retirement (III)	[43]
September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30)	Shawn Heins	New York Rangers	Waivers	[44]
November 2, 2003 (2003-11-02)	Lubos Bartecko	HC Sparta Praha (ELH)	Free agency (UFA)	[45]
November 4, 2003 (2003-11-04)	Tony Hrkac	Nashville Predators	Free agency (III)	[46]
March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09)	Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre	Washington Capitals	Waivers	[26]
	Bill Lindsay	Washington Capitals	Waivers[h]	[26]
April 20, 2004 (2004-04-20)	Brian Swanson	Kassel Huskies (DEL)	Free agency	[49]
April 26, 2004 (2004-04-26)	Randy Robitaille	ZSC Lions (NLA)	Free agency	[50]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 18, 2003 (2003-06-18)	Byron Dafoe	1-year	Option exercised	[51]
July 11, 2003 (2003-07-11)	Tommi Santala		Entry-level	[52]
July 17, 2003 (2003-07-17)	Ivan Majesky		Re-signing	[53]
	Andy Sutton		Re-signing	[53]
July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24)	Kamil Piros		Re-signing	[27]
July 26, 2003 (2003-07-26)	Vyacheslav Kozlov		Re-signing	[54]
August 11, 2003 (2003-08-11)	Pasi Nurminen	1-year[i]	Re-signing	[55][56]
August 13, 2003 (2003-08-13)	Marc Savard	1-year	Re-signing	[57][56]
August 20, 2003 (2003-08-20)	Stephen Baby		Entry-level	[58]
September 15, 2003 (2003-09-15)	Joe DiPenta		Re-signing	[59]
June 2, 2004 (2004-06-02)	Lane Manson		Entry-level	[60]
	Brad Schell		Entry-level	[60]
	Brian Sipotz		Entry-level	[60]

Draft picks

Atlanta's draft picks at the 2003 NHL entry draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.^[61]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	8	Braydon Coburn	Canada	Portland Winterhawks (WHL)
4	110	Jim Sharrow	United States	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
4	116	Guillaume Desbiens	Canada	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
4	136	Michael Vannelli	United States	Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
5	145	Brett Sterling	United States	Colorado College (NCAA)
6	175	Mike Hamilton	Canada	Merritt Centennials (BCHL)
7	203	Denis Loginov	Russia	Ak Bars Kazan (Russia)
8	239	Tobias Enstrom	Sweden	Modo Hockey (Sweden)
9	269	Rylan Kaip	Canada	Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL)

Notes

1. Shared with Jarome Iginla of the Calgary Flames and Rick Nash of the Columbus Blue Jackets
2. Kovalchuk was voted to the starting lineup, receiving more votes than any other player.^[6]
3. Exelby did not play and was replaced by Matt Stajan of the Toronto Maple Leafs.^[11]
4. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[32]
5. The Thrashers retained Butsayev’s NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.^[33]
6. Hartigan signed with Columbus on July 15.^[35]
7. Rhodes retired.^[37]
8. Claim rescinded due to the severity of the throat injury Lindsay suffered during a January 3 game.^[47][48]
9. Club option for a second year.

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