2003–04 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 2003–04 Toronto Maple Leafs season, the club's 87th season of existence and 77th as the Maple Leafs, saw the team finish in second place in the Northeast Division with a record of 45 wins, 24 losses, 10 ties, and 3 overtime losses for 103 points. It was the highest point total in franchise history, beating out the 100 points earned by the 1999–2000 team. The Leafs defeated their provincial rivals, the Ottawa Senators, in seven games in the Conference Quarter-finals before falling to the Philadelphia Flyers four games to two in the Conference Semi-finals.
==Regular season==
===Season standings===
===Game log===
No.	R	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L	October 11, 2003 	0–4 	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	0–1–0–0
2 	T	October 13, 2003 	2–2 OT	Washington Capitals (2003–04) 	0–1–1–0
3 	T	October 16, 2003 	2–2 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	0–1–2–0
4 	W	October 18, 2003 	1–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	1–1–2–0
5 	L	October 20, 2003 	2–5 	@ New York Islanders (2003–04) 	1–2–2–0
6 	W	October 22, 2003 	3–1 	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04) 	2–2–2–0
7 	W	October 23, 2003 	5–4 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 	3–2–2–0
8 	W	October 25, 2003 	4–1 	Washington Capitals (2003–04) 	4–2–2–0
9 	L	October 27, 2003 	2–3 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 	4–2–2–1
10 	L	October 30, 2003 	3–5 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	4–3–2–1
11 	L	November 1, 2003 	1–7 	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	4–4–2–1
12 	W	November 2, 2003 	2–1 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	5–4–2–1
13 	W	November 4, 2003 	4–2 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	6–4–2–1
14 	T	November 7, 2003 	1–1 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	6–4–3–1
15 	W	November 8, 2003 	4–1 	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 	7–4–3–1
16 	L	November 12, 2003	1–5 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	7–5–3–1
17 	T	November 13, 2003	4–4 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 	7–5–4–1
18 	T	November 15, 2003	2–2 OT	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 	7–5–5–1
19 	L	November 18, 2003	2–3 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04) 	7–5–5–2
20 	L	November 20, 2003	2–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 	7–6–5–2
21 	W	November 22, 2003	5–3 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 	8–6–5–2
22 	W	November 24, 2003	2–1 	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 	9–6–5–2
23 	W	November 27, 2003	3–1 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 	10–6–5–2
24 	W	November 29, 2003	2–1 	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	11–6–5–2
25 	W	November 30, 2003	4–2 	@ New York Rangers (2003–04) 	12–6–5–2
26 	W	December 2, 2003 	5–4 	New York Rangers (2003–04) 	13–6–5–2
27 	W	December 4, 2003 	6–0 	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	14–6–5–2
28 	W	December 6, 2003 	5–2 	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 	15–6–5–2
29 	L	December 9, 2003 	2–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 	15–6–5–3
30 	W	December 11, 2003	1–0 	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 	16–6–5–3
31 	W	December 13, 2003	3–1 	New York Rangers (2003–04) 	17–6–5–3
32 	W	December 16, 2003	3–0 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	18–6–5–3
33 	T	December 19, 2003	2–2 OT	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 	18–6–6–3
34 	W	December 20, 2003	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	19–6–6–3
35 	W	December 23, 2003	5–2 	Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	20–6–6–3
36 	W	December 26, 2003	6–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (2003–04) 	21–6–6–3
37 	L	December 27, 2003	1–3 	@ New York Islanders (2003–04) 	21–7–6–3
38 	T	December 29, 2003	4–4 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	21–7–7–3
39 	L	January 1, 2004 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	21–8–7–3
40 	T	January 3, 2004 	3–3 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	21–8–8–3
41 	W	January 5, 2004 	5–0 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	22–8–8–3
42 	W	January 6, 2004 	2–1 	Nashville Predators (2003–04) 	23–8–8–3
43 	L	January 8, 2004 	1–7 	Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	23–9–8–3
44 	L	January 10, 2004 	0–1 	New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	23–10–8–3
45 	W	January 13, 2004 	4–1 	Calgary Flames (2003–04) 	24–10–8–3
46 	L	January 16, 2004 	1–4 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	24–11–8–3
47 	L	January 17, 2004 	0–4 	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	24–12–8–3
48 	W	January 20, 2004 	2–0 	New York Islanders (2003–04) 	25–12–8–3
49 	W	January 21, 2004 	3–2 	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 	26–12–8–3
50 	W	January 24, 2004 	4–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	27–12–8–3
51 	L	January 27, 2004 	0–2 	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	27–13–8–3
52 	W	January 30, 2004 	4–1 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 	28–13–8–3
53 	W	January 31, 2004 	5–1 	Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	29–13–8–3
54 	L	February 3, 2004 	1–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 	29–14–8–3
55 	W	February 5, 2004 	5–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	30–14–8–3
56 	T	February 10, 2004	4–4 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	30–14–9–3
57 	W	February 12, 2004	4–1 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 	31–14–9–3
58 	L	February 14, 2004	4–6 	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	31–15–9–3
59 	W	February 16, 2004	8–4 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	32–15–9–3
60 	L	February 17, 2004	2–5 	Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	32–16–9–3
61 	W	February 19, 2004	2–1 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	33–16–9–3
62 	W	February 21, 2004	5–4 	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	34–16–9–3
63 	L	February 23, 2004	1–2 	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	34–17–9–3
64 	L	February 25, 2004	0–4 	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	34–18–9–3
65 	L	February 26, 2004	3–4 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	34–19–9–3
66 	W	February 28, 2004	3–0 	New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	35–19–9–3
67 	W	March 2, 2004 	3–2 	Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	36–19–9–3
68 	W	March 4, 2004 	6–2 	New York Islanders (2003–04) 	37–19–9–3
69 	L	March 6, 2004 	1–5 	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	37–20–9–3
70 	W	March 9, 2004 	5–0 	Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	38–20–9–3
71 	L	March 11, 2004 	2–3 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	38–21–9–3
72 	L	March 13, 2004 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 	38–22–9–3
73 	W	March 15, 2004 	6–5 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	39–22–9–3
74 	L	March 16, 2004 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	39–23–9–3
75 	W	March 18, 2004 	3–2 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	40–23–9–3
76 	W	March 20, 2004 	5–2 	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 	41–23–9–3
77 	L	March 23, 2004 	2–7 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	41–24–9–3
78 	W	March 25, 2004 	3–0 	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	42–24–9–3
79 	T	March 27, 2004 	2–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	42–24–10–3
80 	W	March 29, 2004 	4–2 	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 	43–24–10–3
81 	W	April 2, 2004 	2–0 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	44–24–10–3
82 	W	April 3, 2004 	6–0 	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	45–24–10–3
*Green background indicates win.
*Red background indicates regulation loss.
*White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.
==Playoffs==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	81	31	44	75 	52 	11 	11 	1 	10
 	75	16	37	53 	86 	22 	8 	0 	2
 	64	22	28	50 	26 	7 	10 	1 	5
 	72	28	20	48 	84 	9 	11 	1 	7
 	65	19	29	48 	110	4 	7 	2 	3
 	64	21	11	32 	68 	4 	8 	1 	2
 	62	13	18	31 	62 	7 	1 	1 	2
 	71	3 	28	31 	18 	16 	0 	0 	1
 	69	11	19	30 	30 	2 	2 	0 	2
 	37	8 	22	30 	12 	9 	4 	1 	1
 	66	4 	25	29 	36 	-1 	3 	0 	1
 	73	9 	19	28 	44 	14 	1 	0 	2
 	69	14	13	27 	22 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	59	12	13	25 	50 	-1 	2 	0 	1
 	80	7 	13	20 	208	-2 	1 	0 	0
 	50	2 	17	19 	22 	2 	1 	0 	1
 	69	7 	10	17 	52 	-2 	1 	0 	1
 	15	2 	13	15 	10 	11 	1 	0 	1
 	12	3 	7 	10 	0 	3 	2 	0 	1
 	79	2 	7 	9 	40 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	29	2 	4 	6 	13 	-11	1 	0 	1
 	8 	0 	6 	6 	0 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	75	1 	3 	4 	106	4 	0 	0 	0
 	9 	0 	4 	4 	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	9 	1 	2 	3 	17 	5 	0 	0 	0
 	40	1 	2 	3 	116	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	34	1 	1 	2 	109	0 	0 	0 	0
 	10	1 	1 	2 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	5 	1 	1 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	59	0 	2 	2 	16 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	15	0 	2 	2 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	1 	1 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	3 	0 	1 	1 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	7 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	11	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	10	0 	0 	0 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3444	59	34	19	6 	122	2.13	10	1483	1361	.918
 	883 	15	6 	5 	2 	48 	3.26	1 	388 	340 	.876
 	647 	11	5 	3 	2 	31 	2.87	0 	293 	262 	.894
Team: 	4974	82	45	27	10	201	2.42	11	2164	1963	.907
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	9 	4	5	9 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	13	4	4	8 	10 	2 	0 	1
 	13	3	5	8 	14 	2 	0 	0
 	13	0	8	8 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	9 	6	0	6 	4 	1 	0 	2
 	13	2	4	6 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	13	2	2	4 	41 	0 	0 	1
 	13	1	3	4 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	12	0	4	4 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	13	2	1	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	13	0	3	3 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	12	2	0	2 	14 	1 	0 	0
 	13	0	2	2 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	12	0	2	2 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	1	0	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	5 	0	1	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	4 	0	0	0 	14 	0 	0 	0
 	13	0	0	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	10	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	10	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	11	0	0	0 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	13	0	0	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0	0	0 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	3 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	774	13	6	7	27	2.09	3 	379	352	.929
 	33 	1 	0	0	1 	1.82	0 	11 	10 	.909
Team: 	807	13	6	7	28	2.08	3 	390	362	.928
==Awards and records==
===Records===
===Milestones===
==Transactions==
The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 2003-04 season.
===Trades===
February 11, 2004	To Pittsburgh PenguinsRic Jackman 	To Toronto Maple LeafsDrake Berehowsky
March 3, 2004 	To New York RangersMaxim Kondratiev Jarkko Immonen 1st round pick in 2004 - Kris Chucko 2nd round pick in 2005 - Mike Sauer	To Toronto Maple LeafsBrian Leetch 4th round pick in 2004 - Roman Kukumberg
March 9, 2004 	To Carolina Hurricanes4th round pick in 2005 - Jared Boll 	To Toronto Maple LeafsRon Francis
===Waivers===
October 3, 2003 	To Columbus Blue JacketsTravis Green
October 3, 2003 	From Columbus Blue JacketsPetr Tenkrat
January 10, 2004	From Anaheim Mighty DucksCraig Johnson
March 5, 2004 	To Washington CapitalsCraig Johnson
March 9, 2004 	From Montreal CanadiensChad Kilger
===Free agents===
{|class="wikitable"	
Player 	Former Team
Bryan Marchment	Colorado Avalanche
Joe Nieuwendyk 	New Jersey Devils
Ken Klee 	Washington Capitals
Kris Newbury 	San Jose Sharks
Clarke Wilm 	Nashville Predators
Calle Johansson	Washington Capitals
==Draft picks==
Toronto's picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft in Nashville, Tennessee.
 
Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
==Farm teams==
=== American Hockey League ===
===ECHL===
==Roster==
						
Goaltenders
* 
* 
*		
Defensemen
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* - A
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
*		
Wingers
* 
* - A
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
*		
Centres
* 
* 
* - C
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
* 
*GM: John Ferguson, Jr.
*Coach: Pat Quinn
==See also==
*2003–04 NHL season
==References==
* Maple Leafs on Hockey Database
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Category:2003 in hockey
Category:2004 in hockey