2003–04 Washington Capitals season

The 2003–04 Washington Capitals season was the Capitals's thirtieth season of play. The team finished in fifth and last-place in the Southeast Division, and fourteenth overall in the Eastern Conference to miss the playoffs.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W	October 9, 2003 	6–1 	New York Islanders (2003–04) 	1–0–0–0
2 	L	October 11, 2003 	3–4 	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 	1–1–0–0
3 	T	October 13, 2003 	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	1–1–1–0
4 	L	October 14, 2003 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	1–2–1–0
5 	L	October 17, 2003 	2–4 	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04) 	1–3–1–0
6 	L	October 18, 2003 	1–4 	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 	1–4–1–0
7 	L	October 23, 2003 	1–5 	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	1–5–1–0
8 	L	October 25, 2003 	1–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	1–6–1–0
9 	L	October 29, 2003 	2–4 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	1–7–1–0
10 	W	October 31, 2003 	2–1 	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 	2–7–1–0
11 	L	November 1, 2003 	1–2 	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 	2–8–1–0
12 	W	November 4, 2003 	5–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	3–8–1–0
13 	L	November 6, 2003 	2–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	3–9–1–0
14 	L	November 8, 2003 	2–3 	San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 	3–10–1–0
15 	L	November 10, 2003	2–3 	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 	3–11–1–0
16 	W	November 12, 2003	7–1 	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	4–11–1–0
17 	L	November 14, 2003	2–5 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	4–12–1–0
18 	W	November 15, 2003	2–1 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	5–12–1–0
19 	L	November 20, 2003	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	5–13–1–0
20 	L	November 22, 2003	2–3 OT	Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	5–13–1–1
21 	W	November 24, 2003	4–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 	6–13–1–1
22 	L	November 26, 2003	2–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	6–14–1–1
23 	L	November 28, 2003	3–5 	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	6–15–1–1
24 	W	November 29, 2003	5–3 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	7–15–1–1
25 	W	December 2, 2003 	4–1 	@ New York Islanders (2003–04) 	8–15–1–1
26 	L	December 4, 2003 	0–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	8–16–1–1
27 	L	December 6, 2003 	3–7 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 	8–17–1–1
28 	L	December 8, 2003 	1–4 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 	8–18–1–1
29 	W	December 11, 2003	6–5 	Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	9–18–1–1
30 	L	December 13, 2003	1–5 	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 	9–19–1–1
31 	W	December 16, 2003	5–0 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 	10–19–1–1
32 	T	December 17, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	10–19–2–1
33 	T	December 19, 2003	2–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	10–19–3–1
34 	L	December 21, 2003	4–5 	New York Islanders (2003–04) 	10–20–3–1
35 	W	December 23, 2003	3–2 	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	11–20–3–1
36 	L	December 27, 2003	1–3 	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	11–21–3–1
37 	L	December 29, 2003	1–3 	Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	11–22–3–1
38 	L	December 31, 2003	1–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	11–23–3–1
39 	T	January 1, 2004 	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	11–23–4–1
40 	L	January 3, 2004 	2–5 	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	11–24–4–1
41 	L	January 4, 2004 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	11–25–4–1
42 	L	January 7, 2004 	0–3 	Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 	11–26–4–1
43 	W	January 9, 2004 	4–1 	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	12–26–4–1
44 	W	January 11, 2004 	1–0 	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 	13–26–4–1
45 	T	January 14, 2004 	3–3 OT	Calgary Flames (2003–04) 	13–26–5–1
46 	L	January 17, 2004 	1–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	13–26–5–2
47 	W	January 18, 2004 	4–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	14–26–5–2
48 	L	January 21, 2004 	2–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	14–27–5–2
49 	L	January 23, 2004 	1–4 	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	14–28–5–2
50 	L	January 25, 2004 	1–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	14–29–5–2
51 	W	January 28, 2004 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (2003–04) 	15–29–5–2
52 	W	January 29, 2004 	5–3 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	16–29–5–2
53 	L	January 31, 2004 	1–6 	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 	16–30–5–2
54 	W	February 3, 2004 	2–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	17–30–5–2
55 	L	February 4, 2004 	1–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	17–31–5–2
56 	T	February 12, 2004	3–3 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	17–31–6–2
57 	L	February 13, 2004	2–5 	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04) 	17–32–6–2
58 	W	February 15, 2004	4–0 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 	18–32–6–2
59 	T	February 17, 2004	1–1 OT	Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	18–32–7–2
60 	W	February 19, 2004	3–1 	New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	19–32–7–2
61 	T	February 21, 2004	2–2 OT	Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	19–32–8–2
62 	L	February 23, 2004	3–6 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	19–33–8–2
63 	L	February 25, 2004	1–2 	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	19–34–8–2
64 	W	February 27, 2004	4–1 	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	20–34–8–2
65 	L	February 28, 2004	2–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	20–35–8–2
66 	L	March 2, 2004 	0–1 	Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	20–36–8–2
67 	L	March 5, 2004 	2–3 	@ New York Rangers (2003–04) 	20–37–8–2
68 	W	March 6, 2004 	2–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	21–37–8–2
69 	L	March 8, 2004 	1–4 	Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	21–38–8–2
70 	L	March 10, 2004 	0–6 	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	21–39–8–2
71 	L	March 12, 2004 	3–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 	21–40–8–2
72 	L	March 13, 2004 	2–5 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 	21–41–8–2
73 	L	March 16, 2004 	1–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	21–42–8–2
74 	W	March 18, 2004 	4–3 OT	New York Rangers (2003–04) 	22–42–8–2
75 	T	March 20, 2004 	2–2 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 	22–42–9–2
76 	L	March 23, 2004 	0–3 	@ New York Islanders (2003–04) 	22–43–9–2
77 	L	March 24, 2004 	2–3 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 	22–44–9–2
78 	L	March 27, 2004 	1–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	22–45–9–2
79 	W	March 30, 2004 	4–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	23–45–9–2
80 	T	April 1, 2004 	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	23–45–10–2
81 	L	April 3, 2004 	2–3 OT	New York Rangers (2003–04) 	23–45–10–3
82 	L	April 4, 2004 	3–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	23–46–10–3
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	63	29	45	74 	24 	2 	10 	0 	2
 	D 	56	7 	42	49 	44 	-20	4 	0 	0
 	C 	79	19	27	46 	56 	-21	7 	0 	2
 	RW 	46	16	29	45 	26 	-4 	6 	0 	1
 	RW 	54	21	14	35 	22 	-17	12 	0 	4
 	C 	66	9 	22	31 	8 	-10	6 	0 	2
 	C 	54	12	15	27 	38 	-16	6 	1 	2
 	LW 	52	10	12	22 	36 	-2 	4 	0 	2
 	RW 	68	8 	12	20 	32 	-19	1 	1 	0
 	RW 	49	10	5 	15 	18 	-7 	1 	1 	1
 	D 	37	2 	12	14 	30 	-10	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	71	7 	5 	12 	37 	-9 	1 	0 	1
 	D 	80	6 	6 	12 	89 	-28	2 	0 	0
 	D 	72	2 	10	12 	123	-22	0 	0 	0
 	C 	44	6 	5 	11 	14 	-2 	0 	1 	2
 	D 	65	2 	9 	11 	105	-12	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	19	5 	5 	10 	6 	2 	2 	0 	2
 	LW 	66	4 	6 	10 	38 	-23	0 	0 	1
 	C 	41	1 	5 	6 	8 	-9 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	65	0 	6 	6 	108	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	0 	6 	6 	8 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	64	5 	0 	5 	90 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	D 	41	0 	4 	4 	45 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	D 	35	0 	3 	3 	18 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	30	2 	0 	2 	28 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	7 	1 	1 	2 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	0 	2 	2 	8 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	37	0 	2 	2 	135	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	1 	0 	1 	14 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	1 	0 	1 	6 	-1 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	63	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	6 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-5 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	0 	1 	1 	17 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	0 	1 	1 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0 	1 	1 	9 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	3 	0 	0 	0 	14 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3738	63	19	35	9 	180	2.89	2 	1958	1778	.908
 	365 	6 	2 	3 	1 	19 	3.12	1 	210 	191 	.910
 	211 	6 	1 	2 	0 	11 	3.13	0 	100 	89 	.890
 	258 	5 	1 	3 	0 	13 	3.02	0 	141 	128 	.908
 	369 	7 	0 	6 	0 	21 	3.41	0 	168 	147 	.875
Team: 	4941	82	23	49	10 	244	2.96	3 	2577	2333	.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; 
==Farm teams==
The Capitals main American Hockey League affiliate was the Portland Pirates. Though they had no direct ECHL affiliate, players were sent from time to time between the Dayton Bombers and Reading Royals.
==See also==
*2003–04 NHL season
==References==
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==External links==
Category:Washington Capitals seasons
Category:2003 in hockey
Category:2004 in hockey