2003–04 Minnesota Wild season

The 2003–04 Minnesota Wild season was the Wild's fourth season.
==Offseason==
===NHL draft===
The 2003 NHL Entry Draft was held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee. After finishing the 2002–03 NHL season with a 42–29–10–1 record, the Wild were awarded the 20th pick in the draft. Despite figuring 4th in the league for the previous season with only 178 goals allowed, and scoring only 198 goals, GM Doug Risebrough selected defenceman Brent Burns in the first round.
Rnd	Pick	Player 	Nationality	Pos	Team (league)
1 	20 	Brent Burns 	 	D 	Brampton Battalion (OHL)
2 	56 	Patrick O'Sullivan	 	C 	Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
3 	78 	Danny Irmen 	 	C 	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
5 	157 	Marcin Kolusz 	 	F 		Podhale Nowy Targ (POL)
6 	187 	Miroslav Kopriva 	 	G 	HC Rabat Kladno (CZE)
7 	207 	Grigory Misharin 	 	D 	Yekaterinburg (RUS)
7 	219 	Adam Courchaine 	 	C 	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
9 	281 	Jean-Michel Bolduc	 	D 	Quebec Remparts (QMJHL)
==Regular season==
===All-Star Game===
The 54th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place during the 2003–04 NHL season and was held on February 8, 2004, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, official arena of the NHL's Minnesota Wild. The Eastern Conference defeated the Western Conference 6–4.
===Final standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 8, 2003 	0–1 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 	0–1–0–0
2 	W	October 10, 2003 	5–3 	New York Rangers (2003–04) 	1–1–0–0
3 	L	October 12, 2003 	2–3 	San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 	1–2–0–0
4 	L	October 16, 2003 	2–5 	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 	1–3–0–0
5 	T	October 18, 2003 	2–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 	1–3–1–0
6 	L	October 19, 2003 	1–3 	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04) 	1–4–1–0
7 	L	October 21, 2003 	2–3 	Calgary Flames (2003–04) 	1–5–1–0
8 	W	October 24, 2003 	4–3 	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	2–5–1–0
9 	L	October 25, 2003 	2–3 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	2–6–1–0
10 	W	October 28, 2003 	3–1 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	3–6–1–0
11 	W	October 30, 2003 	3–2 	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 	4–6–1–0
12 	W	November 1, 2003 	2–1 	Washington Capitals (2003–04) 	5–6–1–0
13 	T	November 4, 2003 	4–4 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 	5–6–2–0
14 	W	November 7, 2003 	3–0 	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04) 	6–6–2–0
15 	L	November 8, 2003 	3–4 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 	6–7–2–0
16 	W	November 11, 2003	1–0 	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 	7–7–2–0
17 	L	November 13, 2003	0–2 	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 	7–8–2–0
18 	T	November 15, 2003	1–1 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 	7–8–3–0
19 	W	November 19, 2003	6–2 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	8–8–3–0
20 	L	November 20, 2003	1–3 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	8–9–3–0
21 	L	November 22, 2003	2–5 	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 	8–10–3–0
22 	L	November 26, 2003	1–3 	Dallas Stars (2003–04) 	8–11–3–0
23 	L	November 28, 2003	1–2 	San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 	8–12–3–0
24 	T	November 30, 2003	1–1 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) 	8–12–4–0
25 	W	December 3, 2003 	1–0 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 	9–12–4–0
26 	L	December 5, 2003 	1–2 	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04) 	9–13–4–0
27 	T	December 6, 2003 	1–1 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 	9–13–5–0
28 	W	December 9, 2003 	2–1 	Calgary Flames (2003–04) 	10–13–5–0
29 	L	December 11, 2003	0–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	10–14–5–0
30 	W	December 13, 2003	3–2 	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	11–14–5–0
31 	W	December 15, 2003	5–2 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 	12–14–5–0
32 	W	December 17, 2003	3–2 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 	13–14–5–0
33 	T	December 18, 2003	1–1 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 	13–14–6–0
34 	W	December 20, 2003	5–2 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 	14–14–6–0
35 	T	December 23, 2003	3–3 OT	Nashville Predators (2003–04) 	14–14–7–0
36 	T	December 26, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 	14–14–8–0
37 	T	December 29, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04) 	14–14–9–0
38 	T	December 30, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 	14–14–10–0
39 	L	January 2, 2004 	1–2 	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 	14–15–10–0
40 	L	January 4, 2004 	1–3 	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 	14–16–10–0
41 	T	January 5, 2004 	1–1 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 	14–16–11–0
42 	W	January 7, 2004 	7–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 	15–16–11–0
43 	L	January 9, 2004 	0–2 	Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 	15–17–11–0
44 	T	January 12, 2004 	3–3 OT	Nashville Predators (2003–04) 	15–17–12–0
45 	T	January 14, 2004 	2–2 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 	15–17–13–0
46 	W	January 16, 2004 	4–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	16–17–13–0
47 	T	January 17, 2004 	2–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 	16–17–14–0
48 	L	January 19, 2004 	0–2 	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04) 	16–18–14–0
49 	W	January 21, 2004 	4–2 	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 	17–18–14–0
50 	L	January 23, 2004 	2–6 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	17–19–14–0
51 	L	January 24, 2004 	0–4 	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 	17–20–14–0
52 	T	January 26, 2004 	2–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 	17–20–15–0
53 	L	January 29, 2004 	2–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	17–20–15–1
54 	L	January 31, 2004 	1–2 OT	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 	17–20–15–2
55 	W	February 2, 2004 	4–0 	St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 	18–20–15–2
56 	W	February 4, 2004 	4–3 	@ New York Rangers (2003–04) 	19–20–15–2
57 	L	February 10, 2004	1–3 	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 	19–21–15–2
58 	W	February 13, 2004	3–0 	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 	20–21–15–2
59 	L	February 15, 2004	1–2 	Calgary Flames (2003–04) 	20–22–15–2
60 	T	February 17, 2004	4–4 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	20–22–16–2
61 	W	February 19, 2004	6–2 	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 	21–22–16–2
62 	L	February 22, 2004	1–3 	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 	21–23–16–2
63 	L	February 26, 2004	0–4 	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04) 	21–24–16–2
64 	L	February 27, 2004	1–3 	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04) 	21–25–16–2
65 	T	February 29, 2004	3–3 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	21–25–17–2
66 	L	March 3, 2004 	0–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	21–26–17–2
67 	T	March 4, 2004 	1–1 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 	21–26–18–2
68 	T	March 7, 2004 	1–1 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 	21–26–19–2
69 	W	March 9, 2004 	4–3 	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 	22–26–19–2
70 	T	March 10, 2004 	1–1 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 	22–26–20–2
71 	W	March 14, 2004 	3–2 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 	23–26–20–2
72 	W	March 16, 2004 	5–2 	Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	24–26–20–2
73 	W	March 18, 2004 	2–0 	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	25–26–20–2
74 	L	March 19, 2004 	1–3 	@ New York Islanders (2003–04) 	25–27–20–2
75 	L	March 22, 2004 	2–3 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 	25–27–20–3
76 	L	March 24, 2004 	0–2 	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 	25–28–20–3
77 	W	March 25, 2004 	8–2 	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 	26–28–20–3
78 	W	March 28, 2004 	2–1 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) 	27–28–20–3
79 	L	March 29, 2004 	3–5 	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 	27–29–20–3
80 	W	March 31, 2004 	5–4 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 	28–29–20–3
81 	W	April 2, 2004 	4–2 	Dallas Stars (2003–04) 	29–29–20–3
82 	W	April 4, 2004 	3–0 	St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 	30–29–20–3
==Player stats==
===Forwards===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-
Alexandre Daigle 	78	20	31	51 	14 	-4
Andrew Brunette 	82	15	34	49 	12 	3
Marian Gaborik 	65	18	22	40 	20 	10
Antti Laaksonen 	77	12	14	26 	20 	0
Pascal Dupuis 	59	11	15	26 	32 	5
Wes Walz 	57	12	13	25 	28 	0
Richard Park 	73	13	12	25 	28 	0
Pierre-Marc Bouchard	61	4 	18	22 	22 	-7
Marc Chouinard 	45	11	10	21 	17 	4
Stephane Veilleux 	19	2 	8 	10 	20 	0
Jeremy Stevenson 	53	5 	4 	9 	103	-2
Rickard Wallin 	15	5 	4 	9 	14 	1
Christoph Brandner 	35	4 	5 	9 	8 	-2
Matt Johnson 	57	7 	1 	8 	177	4
Jim Dowd 	14	3 	2 	5 	6 	6
Darby Hendrickson 	20	1 	3 	4 	6 	-8
Jason Wiemer 	13	1 	3 	4 	6 	-8
Eric Chouinard 	17	3 	0 	3 	0 	-3
Sergei Zholtok 	11	1 	1 	2 	0 	-2
Kyle Wanvig 	6 	0 	1 	1 	20 	-2
===Defencemen===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes
Player 	GP	G	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-
Filip Kuba 	77	5	19	24 	28 	-7
Andrei Zyuzin 	65	8	13	21 	48 	4
Nick Schultz 	79	6	10	16 	16 	12
Willie Mitchell	70	1	13	14 	83 	12
Alex Henry 	71	2	4 	6 	106	4
Brent Burns 	36	1	5 	6 	12 	-10
Brad Brown 	13	0	2 	2 	12 	3
Jason Marshall 	12	0	2 	2 	8 	-1
Zbynek Michalek	22	1	1 	2 	4 	-7
Travis Roche 	5 	0	1 	1 	0 	-3
Brad Bombardir 	13	0	0 	0 	4 	1
===Goaltending===
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average
Player 	GP	W 	L 	T 	SO	GAA 	SV%
Dwayne Roloson 	48	19	11	11	5 	1.88	.933
Manny Fernandez	37	11	14	9 	2 	2.49	.915
==References==
* Wild on Hockey Database
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