2003–04 Buffalo Sabres season

==Offseason==
==Regular season==
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 9, 2003 	0–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	0–1–0–0
2 	L	October 11, 2003 	0–6 	New York Islanders (2003–04) 	0–2–0–0
3 	W	October 13, 2003 	4–3 	Dallas Stars (2003–04) 	1–2–0–0
4 	L	October 16, 2003 	1–4 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 	1–3–0–0
5 	W	October 18, 2003 	2–0 	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04) 	2–3–0–0
6 	L	October 20, 2003 	1–6 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 	2–4–0–0
7 	W	October 23, 2003 	5–1 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 	3–4–0–0
8 	W	October 24, 2003 	5–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	4–4–0–0
9 	W	October 26, 2003 	3–1 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 	5–4–0–0
10 	L	October 28, 2003 	1–3 	Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 	5–5–0–0
11 	W	October 30, 2003 	5–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	6–5–0–0
12 	T	November 1, 2003 	1–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	6–5–1–0
13 	L	November 5, 2003 	4–7 	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 	6–6–1–0
14 	W	November 7, 2003 	2–1 	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	7–6–1–0
15 	L	November 8, 2003 	0–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	7–7–1–0
16 	T	November 12, 2003	2–2 OT	New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	7–7–2–0
17 	L	November 14, 2003	1–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	7–7–2–1
18 	W	November 17, 2003	2–1 	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	8–7–2–1
19 	L	November 19, 2003	1–4 	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	8–8–2–1
20 	W	November 21, 2003	5–0 	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	9–8–2–1
21 	L	November 22, 2003	1–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	9–9–2–1
22 	L	November 24, 2003	1–2 	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	9–10–2–1
23 	W	November 26, 2003	5–2 	Washington Capitals (2003–04) 	10–10–2–1
24 	W	November 28, 2003	4–3 	Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	11–10–2–1
25 	L	November 29, 2003	1–4 	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04) 	11–11–2–1
26 	W	December 3, 2003 	3–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 	12–11–2–1
27 	L	December 4, 2003 	2–3 	Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 	12–12–2–1
28 	L	December 6, 2003 	1–3 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	12–13–2–1
29 	L	December 10, 2003	2–7 	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 	12–14–2–1
30 	L	December 12, 2003	1–3 	New York Rangers (2003–04) 	12–15–2–1
31 	L	December 13, 2003	2–3 	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 	12–16–2–1
32 	L	December 16, 2003	1–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	12–17–2–1
33 	L	December 19, 2003	2–5 	New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	12–18–2–1
34 	T	December 23, 2003	2–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	12–18–3–1
35 	W	December 26, 2003	3–1 	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	13–18–3–1
36 	W	December 27, 2003	3–1 	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 	14–18–3–1
37 	L	December 29, 2003	1–2 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	14–19–3–1
38 	W	December 31, 2003	7–1 	Washington Capitals (2003–04) 	15–19–3–1
39 	W	January 2, 2004 	5–2 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) 	16–19–3–1
40 	T	January 3, 2004 	3–3 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	16–19–4–1
41 	L	January 6, 2004 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	16–20–4–1
42 	T	January 7, 2004 	1–1 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	16–20–5–1
43 	W	January 9, 2004 	3–2 	Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	17–20–5–1
44 	L	January 12, 2004 	3–4 	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	17–21–5–1
45 	W	January 13, 2004 	6–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	18–21–5–1
46 	L	January 15, 2004 	0–1 	Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	18–22–5–1
47 	L	January 17, 2004 	2–4 	@ New York Islanders (2003–04) 	18–23–5–1
48 	L	January 20, 2004 	1–4 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 	18–24–5–1
49 	W	January 22, 2004 	3–2 	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	19–24–5–1
50 	L	January 24, 2004 	1–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	19–25–5–1
51 	W	January 25, 2004 	4–2 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	20–25–5–1
52 	W	January 27, 2004 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	21–25–5–1
53 	W	January 30, 2004 	3–1 	@ New York Rangers (2003–04) 	22–25–5–1
54 	W	January 31, 2004 	3–1 	New York Rangers (2003–04) 	23–25–5–1
55 	L	February 5, 2004 	2–6 	Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	23–26–5–1
56 	W	February 10, 2004	2–1 	San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 	24–26–5–1
57 	W	February 13, 2004	8–3 	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 	25–26–5–1
58 	W	February 14, 2004	6–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	26–26–5–1
59 	W	February 16, 2004	7–2 	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 	27–26–5–1
60 	T	February 18, 2004	1–1 OT	Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	27–26–6–1
61 	W	February 20, 2004	4–3 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	28–26–6–1
62 	L	February 21, 2004	1–4 	@ New York Islanders (2003–04) 	28–27–6–1
63 	L	February 25, 2004	2–8 	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	28–28–6–1
64 	L	February 27, 2004	2–4 	New York Islanders (2003–04) 	28–29–6–1
65 	L	February 28, 2004	1–7 	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	28–30–6–1
66 	W	March 3, 2004 	4–3 	Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	29–30–6–1
67 	W	March 6, 2004 	5–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	30–30–6–1
68 	L	March 7, 2004 	1–5 	St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 	30–31–6–1
69 	W	March 10, 2004 	6–0 	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 	31–31–6–1
70 	L	March 11, 2004 	2–3 OT	Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	31–31–6–2
71 	L	March 13, 2004 	2–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	31–31–6–3
72 	L	March 15, 2004 	5–6 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	31–31–6–4
73 	W	March 17, 2004 	4–3 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 	32–31–6–4
74 	L	March 18, 2004 	1–3 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	32–32–6–4
75 	W	March 20, 2004 	2–1 	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	33–32–6–4
76 	W	March 24, 2004 	2–1 	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	34–32–6–4
77 	W	March 26, 2004 	5–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	35–32–6–4
78 	T	March 27, 2004 	2–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	35–32–7–4
79 	W	March 29, 2004 	6–0 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 	36–32–7–4
80 	W	March 31, 2004 	4–3 	@ New York Rangers (2003–04) 	37–32–7–4
81 	L	April 2, 2004 	0–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	37–33–7–4
82 	L	April 3, 2004 	3–6 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	37–34–7–4
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	82	28	37	65 	70 	-7 	11 	0 	3
 	LW 	82	29	28	57 	30 	-15	11 	1 	5
 	RW 	77	22	31	53 	40 	-9 	10 	0 	1
 	C 	76	18	35	53 	68 	8 	5 	1 	2
 	LW 	64	15	37	52 	49 	17 	2 	1 	0
 	D 	77	10	24	34 	42 	0 	2 	1 	4
 	RW 	73	17	14	31 	57 	-4 	3 	0 	4
 	D 	68	4 	24	28 	102	-13	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	62	15	11	26 	41 	-1 	2 	0 	3
 	C/LW	68	9 	12	21 	30 	2 	2 	1 	2
 	LW 	63	8 	12	20 	25 	-7 	1 	2 	4
 	C 	81	6 	14	20 	146	-3 	1 	0 	1
 	C 	49	9 	10	19 	12 	-8 	1 	0 	4
 	C 	54	6 	6 	12 	22 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	60	4 	7 	11 	44 	-5 	2 	0 	2
 	D 	55	4 	7 	11 	12 	11 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	53	3 	8 	11 	12 	-8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	72	1 	9 	10 	26 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	23	1 	8 	9 	18 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	14	1 	8 	9 	4 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	37	2 	5 	7 	29 	-5 	2 	0 	0
 	D 	43	2 	3 	5 	41 	6 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	19	2 	1 	3 	14 	0 	1 	0 	0
 	LW 	44	1 	2 	3 	110	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	14	0 	3 	3 	19 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	42	2 	0 	2 	151	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	52	0 	2 	2 	10 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	13	0 	2 	2 	12 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	35	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	19 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	0 	0 	4 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	2972	52	26	18	5 	125	2.52	2 	1442	1317	.913
 	1796	35	11	17	2 	77 	2.57	2 	821 	744 	.906
 	178 	3 	0 	3 	0 	15 	5.06	0 	73 	58 	.795
Team: 	4946	82	37	38	7 	217	2.63	4 	2336	2119	.907
Note: Pos = Position; 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; 
==See also==
*2003–04 NHL season
==References==
category:Buffalo Sabres seasons
Category:2003 in hockey
Category:2004 in hockey