2003–04 Detroit Red Wings season

The 2003–04 Detroit Red Wings season was the 78th National Hockey League season in Detroit, Michigan. Despite multiple injuries to key players, the Wings found themselves once again winning the Presidents' Trophy for having the best regular season record in the NHL, scoring 109 points. In the postseason, they advanced to the Western Conference Semi-Finals, where they were eliminated by the Calgary Flames in six games.
Two Red Wings were named to the roster for the 2004 All Star Game: defenceman Nicklas Lidstrom and center Pavel Datsyuk. Lidstrom was voted into his eighth appearance at the All-Star game by fans, and Datsyuk was selected to the roster for his first appearance.Perreault, Selanne among all-stars, tsn.ca, September 6, 2007
The Red Wings sold out all 41 home games in 2003–04 as 20,066 fans packed Joe Louis Arena for every regular season and playoff game played in Detroit.
==Goaltending controversy==
Detroit's early exit from the 2002-03 Stanley Cup playoffs left Curtis Joseph to be heavily scrutinized by the media as to whether or not he was up to task to start for Detroit. During the subsequent offseason, Dominik Hasek shocked the hockey world when he announced he was coming out of retirement and fulfilling his contractual obligation to the Red Wings. Given their previous success with Hasek, the Red Wings welcomed him back to the team. 
With the Wings appearing to favor Hasek as their starting goaltender, Joseph opted to have surgery to repair his ankle prior to the start of the season; resulting with the Red Wings using Hasek and Manny Legace as their goaltending tandem. When Joseph returned from injury and subsequent conditioning assignment in the minors, anger quickly grew on and off the ice between Hasek and Joseph. Detroit's General Manager Ken Holland tried to move Joseph to alleviate the situation, but Holland wasn't able to find a trade or give Joseph up via the waiver wire because of his contract (the contract had two years remaining with an annual salary of $8 Million USD and included a no-trade clause, allowing Joseph to control who was traded to.) Unable to continue holding three goaltenders on roster, Detroit elected to send Joseph to Detroit's minor league affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins, on a permanent basis following a poor performance against the Washington Capitals. 
While Hasek assumed the starting role, he didn't do so with ease. Hasek was not conditioned properly to handle the competition at the NHL level and was wrought with inconsistent play and injuries. By December 2003, both Hasek and Legace went down with injuries and Joseph was recalled from the minors along with Joey MacDonald. While MacDonald was returned to the minors when Legace returned from injury, Joseph remained with the Red Wings as Hasek opted to remain on the injured reserve and did not return for the remainder of the season.
Joseph and Legace would find themselves in a platoon until Joseph injured his ankle in a contest against the San Jose Sharks. The Red Wings recalled Marc Lamothe from the Griffins to support Legace. Lamothe would appear in two games during his time with Detroit, making him the fifth goaltender to dress for Detroit and the fourth to play for them that season (MacDonald did not play in any games while on roster.) Lamothe was returned to the minors once Joseph returned from injury.
Despite being viewed by many as Detroit's "third" goaltender, Manny Legace ended up the de facto starting goaltender for the season, leading the other goaltenders on the team in Games Played, Wins, and Shutouts (at the time, those were also career records for Legace.) Legace also had a better Save Percentage and Goals Against Average than either Hasek or Joseph. Based on his regular season play, Legace was named the starting goaltender going into the playoffs. During the opening round against the Nashville Predators, Legace won the first two games, but was pulled after the fourth game following consecutive 3-goal losses. 
Joseph took over the starting duties and responded admirably, posting a .3 GAA, .977 Save Percentage, and one shutout for the remainder of the series. While Joseph had a strong performance against Calgary (1.83 GAA and .928 Save Percentage), Detroit suffered an offensive drought and, with the series tied at two games a piece, were shut out the final two games of the series, eliminating Detroit from the playoffs. 
Joseph never appeared for the Wings again because the last year of his contract was nullified by the 2004-05 NHL Lockout. Instead, Joseph signed with the Phoenix Coyotes once the lockout was resolved. Legace went on to assume the starting role for Detroit, but was released after the season following another disappointing playoff exit. Hasek appeared with the Ottawa Senators during the 2005-06 season, but returned to Detroit for what would be his last two seasons as a professional goaltender.
== Regular season ==
=== Season standings ===
For complete final standings, see 2003–04 NHL season
===Game log===
====October====
Record: 5–5–0–0; Home: 4–1–0–0; Road: 1–4–0–0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1 	October 9 	Los Angeles	2 – 3	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	1–0–0 	2
2 	October 11	Detroit 	3 – 2	Ottawa 	OT	Hasek 	18,500 	2–0–0 	4
3 	October 16	Vancouver 	2 – 3	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	3–0–0 	6
4 	October 18	Detroit 	3 – 4	Pittsburgh	 	Hasek 	13,421 	3–1–0 	6
5 	October 20	Detroit 	1 – 2	Montreal 	 	Hasek 	19,407 	3–2–0 	6
6 	October 22	Columbus 	1 – 4	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	4–2–0 	8
7 	October 24	Dallas 	0 – 4	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	5–2–0 	10
8 	October 25	Detroit 	1 – 3	NY Rangers	 	Hasek 	18,200 	5–3–0 	10
9 	October 29	St. Louis 	6 – 5	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	5–4–0 	10
10	October 30	Detroit 	3 – 5	Nashville 	 	Joseph 	12,322 	5–5–0 	10
====November====
Record: 9–4–2–0; Home: 4–2–0–0; Road: 5–2–2–0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
11	November 1 	Detroit 	4 – 4	Edmonton 	OT	Legace 	16,839 	5–5–1–0 	11
12	November 3 	Detroit 	1 – 5	Vancouver	 	Legace 	18,630 	5–6–1–0 	11
13	November 4 	Detroit 	3 – 0	Calgary 	 	Joseph 	15,259 	6–6–1–0 	13
14	November 8 	Nashville 	4 – 3	Detroit 	 	Joseph 	20,066 	6–7–1–0 	13
15	November 10	Chicago 	0 – 3	Detroit 	 	Hasek 	20,066 	7–7–1–0 	15
16	November 12	Detroit 	6 – 2	Dallas 	 	Hasek 	18,532 	8–7–1–0 	17
17	November 14	Detroit 	4 – 3	Chicago 	OT	Hasek 	21,856 	9–7–1–0 	19
18	November 15	Detroit 	1 – 1	Minnesota	OT	Hasek 	18,568 	9–7–2–0 	20
19	November 19	Columbus 	1 – 5	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	10–7–2–0	22
20	November 20	Detroit 	0 – 3	Columbus 	 	Legace 	18,136 	10–8–2–0	22
21	November 22	Detroit 	5 – 2	Minnesota	 	Joseph 	18,568 	11–8–2–0	24
22	November 24	Washington 	4 – 1	Detroit 	 	Joseph 	20,066 	11–9–2–0	24
23	November 26	Edmonton 	1 – 7	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	12–9–2–0	26
24	November 28	NY Islanders	0 – 6	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	13–9–2–0	28
25	November 29	Detroit 	2 – 1	St. Louis	 	Legace 	20,006 	14–9–2–0	30
====December====
Record: 9–3–2–1; Home: 7–0–1–0; Road: 2–3–1–1
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
26	December 3 	Anaheim 	2 – 7	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	15–9–2–0 	32
27	December 4 	Detroit 	4 – 4	St. Louis 	OT	Hasek 	18,504 	15–9–3–0 	33
28	December 6 	Detroit 	2 – 5	Toronto 	 	Legace 	19,470 	15–10–3–0	33
29	December 8 	Los Angeles	2 – 3	Detroit 	OT	Hasek 	20,066 	16–10–3–0	35
30	December 10	Detroit 	7 – 2	Buffalo 	 	Joseph 	16,283 	17–10–3–0	37
31	December 11	Detroit 	3 – 4	Chicago 	OT	Joseph 	18,489 	17–10–3–1	38
32	December 13	Detroit 	5 – 1	Washington	 	Joseph 	18,277 	18–10–3–1	40
33	December 15	Florida 	1 – 4	Detroit 	 	Joseph 	20,066 	19–10–3–1	42
34	December 17	San Jose 	2 – 2	Detroit 	OT	Joseph 	20,066 	20–10–3–1	44
35	December 19	Chicago 	2 – 3	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	21–10–3–1	46
36	December 20	Detroit 	0 – 1	Nashville 	 	Joseph 	17,113 	21–11–3–1	46
37	December 22	St. Louis 	1 – 2	Detroit 	 	Joseph 	20,066 	22–11–3–1	48
38	December 26	Minnesota 	2 – 2	Detroit 	OT	Joseph 	20,066 	22–11–4–1	49
39	December 28	Detroit 	0 – 3	Chicago 	 	Legace 	21,122 	22–12–4–1	49
40	December 31	Atlanta 	5 – 6	Detroit 	OT	Joseph 	20,066 	23–12–4–1	51
====January====
Record: 6–3–4–1; Home: 4–1–2–0; Road: 2–2–2–1
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
41	January 2 	Detroit 	4 – 1	Carolina 	 	Joseph 	17,053 	24–12–4–1	53
42	January 3 	Anaheim 	1 – 3	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	25–12–4–1	55
43	January 5 	Nashville 	0 – 6	Detroit 	 	Joseph 	20,066 	26–12–4–1	57
44	January 7 	Boston 	3 – 0	Detroit 	 	Joseph 	20,066 	26–13–4–1	57
45	January 10	Detroit 	1 – 2	Boston 	OT	Joseph 	17,565 	26–13–4–2	58
46	January 14	Chicago 	2 – 4	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	27–13–4–2	60
47	January 16	Phoenix 	3 – 3	Detroit 	OT	Joseph 	20,066 	27–13–5–2	61
48	January 19	Detroit 	1 – 2	San Jose 	 	Joseph 	17,361 	27–14–5–2	61
49	January 21	Detroit 	2 – 2	Anaheim 	OT	Legace 	17,174 	27–14–6–2	62
50	January 22	Detroit 	5 – 4	Los Angeles	 	Joseph 	18,118 	28–14–6–2	64
51	January 24	Detroit 	2 – 5	Phoenix 	 	Joseph 	19,019 	28–15–6–2	64
52	January 26	Detroit 	2 – 2	Dallas 	OT	Legace 	18,532 	28–15–7–2	65
53	January 29	New Jersey	2 – 5	Detroit 	 	Joseph 	20,066 	29–15–7–2	67
54	January 31	Carolina 	4 – 4	Detroit 	OT	Legace 	20,066 	30–15–8–2	68
====February====
Record: 8–2–1–0; Home: 5–1–0–0; Road: 3–1–1–0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
55	February 3 	Detroit 	4 – 1	Nashville	 	Legace 	15,134 	30–15–8–2	70
56	February 5 	Detroit 	3 – 2	Colorado 	OT	Joseph 	18,007 	31–15–8–2	72
57	February 11	San Jose 	2 – 4	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	32–15–8–2	74
58	February 14	Colorado 	5 – 2	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	32–16–8–2	74
59	February 16	Edmonton 	1 – 2	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	33–16–8–2	76
60	February 18	Phoenix 	2 – 5	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	34–16–8–2	78
61	February 20	St. Louis 	1 – 5	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	35–16–8–2	80
62	February 23	Detroit 	1 – 1	Edmonton 	OT	Lamothe 	16,839 	35–16–9–2	81
63	February 24	Detroit 	2 – 4	Vancouver	 	Legace 	18,630 	35–17–9–2	81
64	February 26	Detroit 	2 – 1	Calgary 	 	Legace 	17,862 	36–17–9–2	83
65	February 29	Philadelphia	2 – 4	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	37–17–9–2	85
====March====
Record: 10–3–2–0; Home: 6–1–1–0; Road: 4–2–1–0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
66	March 3 	Calgary 	1 – 2	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	38–17–9–2 	87
67	March 5 	Vancouver	1 – 3	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	39–17–9–2 	89
68	March 8 	Tampa Bay	1 – 1	Detroit 	OT	Legace 	20,066 	39–17–10–2	90
69	March 11	Detroit 	4 – 2	Columbus 	 	Joseph 	18,136 	40–17–10–2	92
70	March 13	Dallas 	0 – 3	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	41–17–10–2	94
71	March 14	Nashville	2 – 3	Detroit 	OT	Joseph 	20,066 	42–17–10–2	96
72	March 16	Calgary 	4 – 1	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	42–18–10–2	96
73	March 18	Detroit 	1 – 1	Phoenix 	OT	Joseph 	18,704 	42–18–11–2	97
74	March 20	Detroit 	4 – 2	Los Angeles	 	Joseph 	18,118 	43–18–11–2	99
75	March 21	Detroit 	6 – 8	Anaheim 	 	Joseph 	17,174 	43–19–11–2	99
76	March 23	Detroit 	2 – 5	San Jose 	 	Legace 	17,496 	43–20–11–2	99
77	March 25	Detroit 	3 – 1	Colorado 	 	Legace 	18,007 	44–20–11–2	101
78	March 27	Colorado 	0 – 2	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	45–20–11–2	103
79	March 29	Minnesota	3 – 5	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	46–20–11–2	105
80	March 31	Detroit 	3 – 2	Columbus 	 	Legace 	18,136 	47–20–11–2	107
====April====
Record: 1–1–0–0; Home: 0–1–0–0; Road: 1–0–0–0
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
81	April 1	Detroit 	3 – 2	St. Louis	 	Lamothe 	20,018 	48–20–11–2	109
82	April 3	Columbus	4 – 1	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	48–21–11–2	109
*Green background indicates win.
*Red background indicates regulation loss.
*Yellow background indicates tie.
*White background indicates overtime loss.
==Playoffs==
The Detroit Red Wings ended the 2003–04 regular season as the Western Conference's first seed and played Nashville in the first round. They defeated Nashville in six games and met Calgary in the second round. Calgary would go on to defeat Detroit and reach the Stanley Cup Finals, losing in Game 7 to the Tampa Bay Lightning.
====Western Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (8) Nashville Predators====
Detroit wins series 4–2
Game	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1 	April 7 	Nashville	1 – 3	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	1 – 0
2 	April 10	Nashville	1 – 2	Detroit 	 	Legace 	20,066 	2 – 0
3 	April 11	Detroit 	1 – 3	Nashville	 	Legace 	17,113 	2 – 1
4 	April 13	Detroit 	0 – 3	Nashville	 	Legace 	17,113 	2 – 2
5 	April 15	Nashville	1 – 4	Detroit 	 	Joseph 	20,066 	3 – 2
6 	April 17	Detroit 	2 – 0	Nashville	 	Joseph 	17,329 	4 – 2
====Western Conference Semi-finals: vs. (6) Calgary Flames====
Calgary Flames win series 4–2
Game	Date 	Visitor	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series
1 	April 22	Calgary	2 – 1	Detroit	OT	Joseph 	20,066 	0 – 1
2 	April 24	Calgary	2 – 5	Detroit	 	Joseph 	20,066 	1 – 1
3 	April 27	Detroit	2 – 3	Calgary	 	Joseph 	19,289 	1 – 2
4 	April 29	Detroit	4 – 2	Calgary	 	Joseph 	19,289 	2 – 2
5 	May 1 	Calgary	1 – 0	Detroit	 	Joseph 	20,066 	2 – 3
6 	May 3 	Detroit	0 – 1	Calgary	OT	Joseph 	19,289 	2 – 4
*Green background indicates win. 
*Red background indicates loss. 
==Player stats ==
====Skaters====
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
  	 	 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Player 	Pos 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	+/- 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	+/- 	PIM
Pavel Datsyuk 	C 	 	75 	30 	38 	68 	-2 	35 	 	12 	0 	6 	6 	+1 	2
Brett Hull 	RW 	 	81 	25 	43 	68 	-4 	12 	 	12 	3 	2 	5 	0 	4
Brendan Shanahan 	LW 	 	82 	25 	28 	53 	+15 	117 	 	12 	1 	5 	6 	+4 	20
Steve Yzerman 	C 	 	75 	18 	33 	51 	+10 	46 	 	11 	3 	2 	5 	-1 	0
Mathieu Schneider 	D 	 	78 	14 	32 	46 	+22 	56 	 	12 	1 	2 	3 	+2 	8
Henrik Zetterberg 	LW 	 	61 	15 	28 	43 	+15 	14 	 	12 	2 	2 	4 	0 	4
Ray Whitney 	LW 	 	67 	14 	29 	43 	+7 	22 	 	12 	1 	3 	4 	-4 	4
Kris Draper 	C 	 	67 	24 	16 	40 	+22 	31 	 	12 	1 	3 	4 	+1 	6
Nicklas Lidstrom 	D 	 	81 	10 	28 	38 	+19 	18 	 	12 	2 	5 	7 	+4 	4
Kirk Maltby 	LW 	 	79 	14 	19 	33 	+24 	80 	 	12 	1 	3 	4 	+2 	11
Tomas Holmstrom 	LW 	 	67 	15 	15 	30 	+8 	38 	 	12 	2 	2 	4 	0 	10
Steve Thomas 	RW 	 	44 	10 	12 	22 	+8 	25 	 	6 	0 	1 	1 	+1 	2
Chris Chelios 	D 	 	69 	2 	19 	21 	+12 	61 	 	8 	0 	1 	1 	+1 	4
Jiri Fischer 	D 	 	81 	4 	15 	19 	0 	75 	 	11 	1 	0 	1 	-2 	16
Jason Woolley 	D 	 	55 	4 	15 	19 	+19 	28 	 	6 	0 	1 	1 	-4 	6
Boyd Devereaux 	C 	 	61 	6 	9 	15 	-1 	20 	 	4 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0
Jason Williams 	C 	 	49 	6 	7 	13 	+1 	15 	 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
Mathieu Dandenault	D 	 	65 	3 	9 	12 	+9 	40 	 	12 	1 	1 	2 	-1 	6
Darren McCarty 	RW 	 	43 	6 	5 	11 	+2 	50 	 	12 	0 	1 	1 	0 	7
Mark Mowers 	RW 	 	52 	3 	8 	11 	+3 	4 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Jamie Rivers 	D 	 	50 	3 	4 	7 	+9 	41 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2
Niklas Kronwall 	D 	 	20 	1 	4 	5 	+5 	16 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Robert Lang* 	C 	 	6 	1 	4 	5 	+2 	0 	 	12 	4 	5 	9 	-1 	6
Derian Hatcher 	D 	 	15 	0 	4 	4 	+4 	8 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Jiri Hudler 	C 	 	12 	1 	2 	3 	-1 	10 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Kevin Miller 	C 	 	4 	0 	2 	2 	+2 	0 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Darryl Bootland 	RW 	 	22 	1 	1 	2 	-3 	74 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Anders Myrvold 	D 	 	8 	0 	1 	1 	-1 	2 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Nathan Robinson 	LW 	 	5 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	2 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Ryan Barnes 	LW 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
*Stats reflect games played with Detroit only.
====Goaltending====
Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average
  	 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Player 	 	GP 	TOI 	W 	L 	T 	GA 	SO 	SV% 	GAA 	 	GP 	TOI 	W 	L 	GA 	SO 	SV% 	GAA
Manny Legace 	 	41 	2325 	23 	10 	5 	82 	3 	.920 	2.12 	 	4 	220 	2 	2 	8 	0 	.905 	2.18
Curtis Joseph	 	31 	1708 	16 	10 	3 	68 	2 	.909 	2.39 	 	9 	518 	4 	4 	12 	1 	.939 	1.39
Dominik Hasek	 	14 	817 	8 	3 	2 	30 	2 	.907 	2.20 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Marc Lamothe 	 	2 	125 	1 	0 	1 	3 	0 	.948 	1.45 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Awards and records==
===Trophies and awards===
*Presidents' Trophy: Detroit Red Wings
*Frank J. Selke Trophy: Kris Draper
===Records===
===Milestones===
==Transactions==
The Red Wings were involved in the following transactions during the 2003–04 season.2003 Who's In, Who's Out: NHL Roster Changes In The Summer of 2003, proicehockey.about.com, accessed September 4, 2007
===Trades===
February 27, 2004	To Detroit Red Wings Robert Lang	To Washington Capitals Tomas Fleischmann First-round pick in 2004 Draft Fourth-round pick in 2006 Draft
===Free agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player signed 	Former team
G Dominik Hasek 	Return from Retirement
D Derian Hatcher	Dallas Stars
D Jamie Rivers 	Florida Panthers
D Ray Whitney 	Columbus Blue Jackets
RW Kevin Miller 	Playing in Switzerland
===Draft picks===
Detroit's picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft in Nashville, Tennessee. The Red Wings were slated to pick 27th overall but traded their first pick to the Los Angeles Kings.
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2 	64 	Jimmy Howard (G) 	 	University of Maine (NCAA)
4 	132	Kyle Quincey (D) 	 	London Knights (OHL)
5 	164	Ryan Oulahen (C) 	 	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
6 	170	Andreas Sundin (LW) 	 	Linköpings HC (SWE)
6 	194	Stefan Blom (D) 	 	Hammarby IF Hockey (SWE)
9 	289	Mikael Johansson (C)	 	Arvika (SWE)
==Farm teams==
===Grand Rapids Griffins===
The Griffins were Detroit's top affiliate in the American Hockey League in 2003–04.
=== Toledo Storm ===
The Storm were the Red Wings' ECHL affiliate for the 2003–04 season.
== See also ==
* 2003–04 NHL season
== References ==
* Player stats: Detroit Red Wings player stats on espn.com
* Game log: Detroit Red Wings game log on espn.com, game log on detroitredwings.com & game log on databasehockey.com
* Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons
Category:2003 in hockey
Category:2004 in hockey