2003–04 Pittsburgh Penguins season

The 2003–04 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 37th season of play. For the third season in a row, the club placed last in the Atlantic Division and did not qualify for the playoffs. In a 18- game losing streak, they went 17-1 (1 OTL) and coming into the final 20 games of the season, they were 11-42-5-4, the lowest record by a team in the final 20 games in the season, an also had a low 31 points. In their final 20 games they were 12-5-3-0 finishing with a 23-47-8-4 record for last place.
==Offseason==
Head coach Rick Kehoe resigned as coach during the offseason, and former team broadcaster Ed Olczyk was hired to replace Kehoe.
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
# 	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 10, 2003 	0–3 	Los Angeles Kings (season) 	0–1–0–0
2 	T	October 11, 2003 	3–3 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (season) 	0–1–1–0
3 	L	October 16, 2003 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (season) 	0–2–1–0
4 	W	October 18, 2003 	4–3 	Detroit Red Wings (season) 	1–2–1–0
5 	T	October 22, 2003 	1–1 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (season) 	1–2–2–0
6 	L	October 24, 2003 	1–2 	New Jersey Devils (season) 	1–3–2–0
7 	L	October 25, 2003 	2–7 	@ New York Islanders (season) 	1–4–2–0
8 	T	October 29, 2003 	4–4 OT	New York Islanders (season) 	1–4–3–0
9 	W	October 30, 2003 	1–0 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (season) 	2–4–3–0
10	W	November 1, 2003 	3–2 OT	Boston Bruins (season) 	3–4–3–0
11	L	November 4, 2003 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (season) 	3–5–3–0
12	L	November 7, 2003 	3–6 	@ Florida Panthers (season) 	3–6–3–0
13	L	November 8, 2003 	0–9 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (season) 	3–7–3–0
14	L	November 12, 2003	2–6 	@ New York Rangers (season) 	3–8–3–0
15	W	November 14, 2003	2–1 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (season) 	4–8–3–0
16	L	November 15, 2003	2–3 	Florida Panthers (season) 	4–9–3–0
17	L	November 19, 2003	2–6 	Minnesota Wild (season) 	4–10–3–0
18	L	November 21, 2003	1–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (season) 	4–10–3–1
19	W	November 22, 2003	2–1 OT	Ottawa Senators (season) 	5–10–3–1
20	T	November 26, 2003	1–1 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (season) 	5–10–4–1
21	L	November 28, 2003	1–4 	New York Rangers (season) 	5–11–4–1
22	L	November 29, 2003	3–4 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (season) 	5–12–4–1
23	W	December 1, 2003 	4–3 	Atlanta Thrashers (season) 	6–12–4–1
24	L	December 3, 2003 	2–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (season) 	6–13–4–1
25	L	December 6, 2003 	3–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (season) 	6–14–4–1
26	L	December 7, 2003 	1–6 	@ Calgary Flames (season) 	6–15–4–1
27	L	December 9, 2003 	3–4 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (season) 	6–15–4–2
28	L	December 12, 2003	3–6 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (season) 	6–16–4–2
29	W	December 13, 2003	5–3 	Columbus Blue Jackets (season) 	7–16–4–2
30	W	December 16, 2003	2–1 	Buffalo Sabres (season) 	8–16–4–2
31	L	December 18, 2003	1–2 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (season) 	8–16–4–3
32	L	December 20, 2003	4–7 	Atlanta Thrashers (season) 	8–17–4–3
33	L	December 22, 2003	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (season) 	8–18–4–3
34	T	December 26, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (season) 	8–18–5–3
35	L	December 27, 2003	0–2 	New Jersey Devils (season) 	8–19–5–3
36	W	December 29, 2003	1–0 	Chicago Blackhawks (season) 	9–19–5–3
37	L	December 31, 2003	1–6 	New York Islanders (season) 	9–20–5–3
38	L	January 1, 2004 	2–3 	@ Nashville Predators (season) 	9–21–5–3
39	L	January 3, 2004 	1–4 	New York Rangers (season) 	9–22–5–3
40	L	January 5, 2004 	0–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (season) 	9–23–5–3
41	W	January 7, 2004 	4–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (season) 	10–23–5–3
42	L	January 8, 2004 	1–3 	@ Boston Bruins (season) 	10–24–5–3
43	L	January 10, 2004 	0–8 	Montreal Canadiens (season) 	10–25–5–3
44	W	January 12, 2004 	2–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (season) 	11–25–5–3
45	L	January 13, 2004 	1–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (season) 	11–26–5–3
46	L	January 16, 2004 	2–4 	@ Minnesota Wild (season) 	11–27–5–3
47	L	January 18, 2004 	3–4 	@ Washington Capitals (season) 	11–28–5–3
48	L	January 20, 2004 	0–3 	New Jersey Devils (season) 	11–29–5–3
49	L	January 22, 2004 	5–6 	@ Ottawa Senators (season) 	11–30–5–3
50	L	January 24, 2004 	3–5 	Colorado Avalanche (season) 	11–31–5–3
51	L	January 27, 2004 	2–6 	Tampa Bay Lightning (season) 	11–32–5–3
52	L	January 29, 2004 	1–5 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (season) 	11–33–5–3
53	L	January 31, 2004 	3–5 	Philadelphia Flyers (season) 	11–34–5–3
54	L	February 1, 2004 	1–4 	@ Boston Bruins (season) 	11–35–5–3
55	L	February 3, 2004 	3–4 	Montreal Canadiens (season) 	11–36–5–3
56	L	February 10, 2004	3–6 	Boston Bruins (season) 	11–37–5–3
57	L	February 12, 2004	1–5 	@ Florida Panthers (season) 	11–38–5–3
58	L	February 14, 2004	2–3 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (season) 	11–38–5–4
59	L	February 16, 2004	4–8 	Toronto Maple Leafs (season) 	11–39–5–4
60	L	February 18, 2004	3–4 	@ New York Islanders (season) 	11–40–5–4
61	L	February 20, 2004	0–2 	Florida Panthers (season) 	11–41–5–4
62	L	February 22, 2004	3–6 	Ottawa Senators (season) 	11–42–5–4
63	W	February 25, 2004	4–3 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (season) 	12–42–5–4
64	L	February 27, 2004	2–4 	@ San Jose Sharks (season) 	12–43–5–4
65	W	February 29, 2004	3–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (season) 	13–43–5–4
66	T	March 2, 2004 	3–3 OT	New York Islanders (season) 	13–43–6–4
67	L	March 4, 2004 	4–9 	Nashville Predators (season) 	13–44–6–4
68	W	March 6, 2004 	2–1 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (season)	14–44–6–4
69	W	March 7, 2004 	7–4 	@ New York Rangers (season) 	15–44–6–4
70	W	March 9, 2004 	4–0 	Dallas Stars (season) 	16–44–6–4
71	W	March 11, 2004 	3–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (season) 	17–44–6–4
72	T	March 14, 2004 	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (season) 	17–44–7–4
73	W	March 16, 2004 	4–1 	Washington Capitals (season) 	18–44–7–4
74	L	March 17, 2004 	1–6 	@ New Jersey Devils (season) 	18–45–7–4
75	W	March 19, 2004 	4–3 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (season) 	19–45–7–4
76	W	March 21, 2004 	4–3 OT	New York Rangers (season) 	20–45–7–4
77	W	March 23, 2004 	5–2 	@ New York Rangers (season) 	21–45–7–4
78	L	March 26, 2004 	1–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (season) 	21–46–7–4
79	T	March 27, 2004 	2–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (season) 	21–46–8–4
80	L	March 30, 2004 	2–4 	@ Washington Capitals (season) 	21–47–8–4
81	W	April 2, 2004 	3–2 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (season) 	22–47–8–4
82	W	April 4, 2004 	4–3 	Washington Capitals (season) 	23–47–8–4
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	D 	80	16	36	52 	38 	-37	12 	0 	0
 	RW 	75	16	34	50 	24 	-24	8 	0 	5
 	LW 	81	22	21	43 	64 	-23	5 	3 	4
 	C 	66	19	21	40 	18 	-22	6 	0 	1
 	RW 	73	16	18	34 	54 	-46	6 	2 	1
 	RW 	82	9 	20	29 	30 	-30	2 	0 	3
 	D 	25	7 	17	24 	14 	-5 	6 	0 	1
 	C 	47	11	12	23 	16 	-8 	3 	0 	1
 	RW 	60	9 	13	22 	67 	-14	2 	1 	1
 	C 	61	6 	15	21 	38 	-27	1 	1 	1
 	D 	47	5 	16	21 	50 	-16	3 	0 	0
 	C 	82	4 	15	19 	40 	-18	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	82	7 	9 	16 	65 	-27	0 	0 	1
 	D 	44	3 	11	14 	38 	-11	0 	0 	0
 	C 	13	6 	6 	12 	0 	3 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	22	4 	8 	12 	16 	-16	1 	0 	0
 	RW 	25	3 	7 	10 	20 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	79	1 	9 	10 	127	-36	0 	0 	0
 	D 	52	1 	8 	9 	27 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	10	1 	8 	9 	6 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	82	3 	5 	8 	62 	-17	0 	0 	0
 	D 	16	3 	4 	7 	8 	-16	3 	0 	0
 	RW 	19	5 	1 	6 	31 	0 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	16	3 	2 	5 	27 	-5 	2 	0 	1
 	D 	52	2 	3 	5 	105	-23	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	2 	3 	5 	6 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	RW 	71	1 	3 	4 	109	-19	0 	0 	0
 	C 	3 	2 	1 	3 	0 	-1 	2 	0 	0
 	LW 	49	1 	2 	3 	85 	-10	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	1 	2 	3 	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	18	1 	1 	2 	14 	-6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	1 	1 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	22	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-7 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	40	0 	0 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	21	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	17 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-3 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2213	40	9 	24	5 	138	3.74	1 	1179	1041	.883
 	1067	22	7 	9 	0 	53 	2.98	1 	574 	521 	.908
 	1154	21	4 	14	2 	70 	3.64	1 	675 	605 	.896
 	486 	8 	3 	4 	1 	28 	3.46	0 	260 	232 	.892
 	33 	1 	0 	0 	0 	1 	1.82	0 	19 	18 	.947
Team: 	4953	82	23	51	8 	290	3.51	3 	2707	2417	.893
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; 
==Awards and records==
Player 	Award
Kelly Buchberger	Player's Player Award
Rico Fata 	Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award
Mario Lemieux 	Star on Canada's Walk of Fame
Ryan Malone 	A.T. Caggiano Booster Club AwardMichel Briere Memorial Rookie of the Year Award
Steve McKenna 	Edward J. DeBartolo Community Service Award
Brooks Orpik 	Baz Bastien Memorial "Good Guy" Award
Dick Tarnstrom 	Leading Point Scorer AwardMost Valuable Player Award
Landon Wilson 	Pittsburgh Penguins Masterton Nominee
==Transactions==
==Personnel==
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*Chairman - Mario Lemieux
*President - Mario Lemieux
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*Head coach - Ed Olczyk
*Assistant coaches - Joe Mullen, Randy Hillier
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The AHL's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins finished third in the East Division with a 34-28-10-8 record. They defeated the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Philadelphia Phantoms, and the Hartford Wolf Pack to win the Richard F. Canning Trophy as Eastern Conference Champions. They were swept by the Milwaukee Admirals in the Calder Cup Finals.
The ECHL's Wheeling Nailers won the Northern Division and the Eastern Conference with a record of 51-17-4. They lost to the Reading Royals in the first round of the playoffs. Pat Bingham won the John Brophy Award as the ECHL's coach of the year.
==References==
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