2003-04 Atlanta Thrashers season

2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers	2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers
Division 	2nd Southeast
Conference 	10th Eastern
2003–04 record 	33–37–8
Team information 	Team information
Coach 	Bob Hartley
Captain 	Shawn McEachern
Arena 	Philips Arena
Team leaders 	Team leaders
Goals 	Ilya Kovalchuk (41)
Assists 	Ilya Kovalchuk (46)
Points 	Ilya Kovalchuk (87)
==Regular season==
=== Final standings===
Southeast Division
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
[1] 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.
=== Game log===
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No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	W 	October 9, 2003 	2–1 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 	1–0–0–0
2 	W 	October 11, 2003 	4–3 	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 	2–0–0–0
3 	T 	October 14, 2003 	2–2 OT 	New York Islanders (2003–04) 	2–0–1–0
4 	T 	October 16, 2003 	0–0 OT 	@ New York Rangers (2003–04) 	2–0–2–0
5 	W 	October 18, 2003 	7–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 	3–0–2–0
6 	L 	October 21, 2003 	2–3 OT 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	3–0–2–1
7 	W 	October 23, 2003 	4–2 	Nashville Predators (2003–04) 	4–0–2–1
8 	L 	October 25, 2003 	2–3 	Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	4–1–2–1
9 	W 	October 27, 2003 	3–2 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	5–1–2–1
10 	L 	October 30, 2003 	2–3 	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 	5–2–2–1
11 	L 	October 31, 2003 	1–2 	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 	5–3–2–1
12 	T 	November 2, 2003 	2–2 OT 	San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 	5–3–3–1
13 	W 	November 5, 2003 	7–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	6–3–3–1
14 	L 	November 7, 2003 	2–4 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	6–4–3–1
15 	W 	November 8, 2003 	4–3 	@ New York Islanders (2003–04) 	7–4–3–1
16 	L 	November 11, 2003 	3–5 	Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	7–5–3–1
17 	L 	November 13, 2003 	1–5 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	7–6–3–1
18 	L 	November 15, 2003 	0–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	7–7–3–1
19 	W 	November 16, 2003 	5–2 	Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	8–7–3–1
20 	W 	November 19, 2003 	5–4 OT 	Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	9–7–3–1
21 	W 	November 21, 2003 	6–3 	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	10–7–3–1
22 	W 	November 23, 2003 	1–0 	Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 	11–7–3–1
23 	L 	November 25, 2003 	3–6 	Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	11–8–3–1
24 	L 	November 27, 2003 	1–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	11–9–3–1
25 	W 	November 29, 2003 	2–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	12–9–3–1
26 	L 	December 1, 2003 	3–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	12–10–3–1
27 	L 	December 3, 2003 	4–6 	Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	12–11–3–1
28 	W 	December 5, 2003 	6–2 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	13–11–3–1
29 	W 	December 6, 2003 	4–3 OT 	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	14–11–3–1
30 	W 	December 10, 2003 	4–3 OT 	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 	15–11–3–1
31 	W 	December 12, 2003 	6–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	16–11–3–1
32 	L 	December 13, 2003 	0–4 	@ New York Islanders (2003–04) 	16–12–3–1
33 	L 	December 16, 2003 	0–5 	Washington Capitals (2003–04) 	16–13–3–1
34 	L 	December 18, 2003 	0–3 	New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	16–14–3–1
35 	W 	December 20, 2003 	7–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	17–14–3–1
36 	W 	December 21, 2003 	4–1 	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	18–14–3–1
37 	W 	December 26, 2003 	3–1 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	19–14–3–1
38 	L 	December 28, 2003 	2–5 	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	19–15–3–1
39 	L 	December 29, 2003 	1–2 	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	19–16–3–1
40 	L 	December 31, 2003 	5–6 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 	19–16–3–2
41 	L 	January 3, 2004 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	19–17–3–2
42 	L 	January 8, 2004 	1–2 	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04) 	19–18–3–2
43 	L 	January 10, 2004 	2–5 	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 	19–19–3–2
44 	T 	January 11, 2004 	1–1 OT 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 	19–19–4–2
45 	L 	January 14, 2004 	1–2 	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	19–20–4–2
46 	L 	January 16, 2004 	3–4 	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	19–21–4–2
47 	W 	January 18, 2004 	5–2 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	20–21–4–2
48 	W 	January 20, 2004 	4–1 	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	21–21–4–2
49 	T 	January 22, 2004 	1–1 OT 	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 	21–21–5–2
50 	L 	January 24, 2004 	0–3 	New York Islanders (2003–04) 	21–22–5–2
51 	L 	January 25, 2004 	2–3 	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	21–23–5–2
52 	T 	January 28, 2004 	1–1 OT 	St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 	21–23–6–2
53 	L 	January 30, 2004 	1–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	21–24–6–2
54 	L 	January 31, 2004 	2–5 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	21–25–6–2
55 	L 	February 3, 2004 	4–5 	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	21–26–6–2
56 	L 	February 5, 2004 	1–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	21–27–6–2
57 	L 	February 10, 2004 	2–5 	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04) 	21–28–6–2
58 	L 	February 11, 2004 	1–5 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 	21–29–6–2
59 	W 	February 13, 2004 	4–1 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 	22–29–6–2
60 	L 	February 16, 2004 	2–7 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	22–30–6–2
61 	W 	February 17, 2004 	4–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	23–30–6–2
62 	W 	February 19, 2004 	3–2 OT 	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	24–30–6–2
63 	L 	February 21, 2004 	4–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	24–31–6–2
64 	L 	February 25, 2004 	2–4 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	24–32–6–2
65 	W 	February 27, 2004 	3–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	25–32–6–2
66 	W 	February 29, 2004 	3–2 	New York Rangers (2003–04) 	26–32–6–2
67 	W 	March 2, 2004 	4–3 	@ New York Rangers (2003–04) 	27–32–6–2
68 	L 	March 5, 2004 	2–3 OT 	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	27–32–6–3
69 	T 	March 6, 2004 	2–2 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	27–32–7–3
70 	L 	March 9, 2004 	0–2 	New York Rangers (2003–04) 	27–33–7–3
71 	L 	March 12, 2004 	2–4 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	27–34–7–3
72 	W 	March 13, 2004 	5–2 	Washington Capitals (2003–04) 	28–34–7–3
73 	W 	March 15, 2004 	1–0 OT 	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	29–34–7–3
74 	L 	March 17, 2004 	3–4 OT 	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	29–34–7–4
75 	W 	March 19, 2004 	3–2 	Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	30–34–7–4
76 	T 	March 20, 2004 	2–2 OT 	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 	30–34–8–4
77 	W 	March 24, 2004 	3–2 	Washington Capitals (2003–04) 	31–34–8–4
78 	L 	March 26, 2004 	0–5 	New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	31–35–8–4
79 	W 	March 27, 2004 	3–0 	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	32–35–8–4
80 	L 	March 29, 2004 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	32–36–8–4
81 	L 	April 2, 2004 	2–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	32–37–8–4
82 	W 	April 3, 2004 	2–1 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	33–37–8–4
== Player stats==
=== Regular season===
;Scoring
Player 	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ilya Kovalchuk 	LW 	81	41	46	87 	63 	-10	16 	1 	6
Shawn McEachern 	RW 	82	17	38	55 	76 	5 	5 	1 	3
Vyacheslav Kozlov 	LW 	76	20	32	52 	74 	-12	6 	0 	1
Marc Savard 	C 	45	19	33	52 	85 	-8 	6 	1 	3
Patrik Stefan 	C 	82	14	26	40 	26 	-7 	3 	2 	2
Randy Robitaille 	C 	69	11	26	37 	20 	-12	5 	0 	2
Ronald Petrovicky 	RW 	78	16	15	31 	123	-9 	0 	0 	1
Frantisek Kaberle 	D 	67	3 	26	29 	30 	2 	2 	0 	1
Dany Heatley 	LW 	31	13	12	25 	18 	-8 	5 	0 	3
Serge Aubin 	LW 	66	10	15	25 	73 	0 	1 	0 	2
Jeff Cowan 	LW 	58	9 	15	24 	68 	2 	1 	0 	1
Andy Sutton 	D 	65	8 	13	21 	94 	0 	7 	1 	1
Daniel Tjarnqvist 	D 	68	5 	15	20 	20 	-4 	0 	2 	1
J.P. Vigier 	RW 	70	10	8 	18 	22 	-18	2 	2 	3
Ivan Majesky 	D 	63	3 	7 	10 	76 	-7 	0 	0 	0
Yannick Tremblay 	D 	38	2 	8 	10 	13 	-13	1 	0 	1
Garnet Exelby 	D 	71	1 	9 	10 	134	-10	0 	0 	0
Chris Tamer 	D 	38	2 	5 	7 	55 	-9 	0 	0 	1
Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre	D 	27	2 	2 	4 	26 	-7 	0 	1 	0
Shawn Heins 	D 	17	0 	4 	4 	16 	-1 	0 	0 	0
Zdenek Blatny 	LW 	16	3 	0 	3 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
Ben Simon 	LW 	52	3 	0 	3 	28 	-10	0 	0 	0
Tommi Santala 	C 	33	1 	2 	3 	22 	-7 	0 	0 	1
Francis Lessard 	RW 	62	1 	1 	2 	181	-5 	0 	0 	0
Pasi Nurminen 	G 	64	0 	2 	2 	35 	0 	0 	0 	0
lDaniel Corso 	C 	7 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-2 	0 	0 	0
Kurtis Foster 	D 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Simon Gamache 	C 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
kDerek MacKenzie 	C 	12	0 	1 	1 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
lKamil Piros 	C 	14	0 	1 	1 	4 	-3 	0 	0 	0
Kyle Rossiter 	D 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0
Karl Stewart 	LW 	5 	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
Brian Swanson 	C 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Kip Brennan 	LW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	17 	0 	0 	0 	0
Byron Dafoe 	G 	18	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
Tomas Kloucek 	D 	37	0 	0 	0 	25 	-8 	0 	0 	0
Brad Larsen 	LW 	6 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
iKari Lehtonen 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
Bill Lindsay 	RW 	24	0 	0 	0 	25 	-6 	0 	0 	0
Mike Weaver 	D 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player 	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
Pasi Nurminen	3738	64	25	30	7 	173	2.78	3 	1792	1619	.903
Byron Dafoe 	973 	18	4 	11	1 	51 	3.14	0 	499 	448 	.898
Kari Lehtonen	240 	4 	4 	0 	0 	5 	1.25	1 	106 	101 	.953
Team: 	4951	82	33	41	8 	229	2.78	4 	2397	2168	.904
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