2003–04 Montreal Canadiens season

The 2003–04 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 95th season of play, 87th in the National Hockey League. The Canadiens returned to the playoffs this season and made i to the Eastern Conference semi-finals after winning Conference quarter-finals against Boston Bruins 4 games to 3 before being eliminated by the Tampa Bay Lightning 4 games to 0.
==Regular season==
===Heritage Classic===
The Heritage Classic was an outdoor ice hockey game played on November 22, 2003, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, between the Edmonton Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens. It was the second NHL outdoor game and the first regular season outdoor game in the history of the National Hockey League, and was modeled after the success of the "cold war" game between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University in 2001.Edmonton Oilers Heritage Website - Heritage Classic
The first NHL game to be played outdoors was in 1991 when the Los Angeles Kings played the New York Rangers in an exhibition game outside Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The event took place in Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium in front of a crowd of 57,167, the largest number of people to ever watch a live NHL game, despite temperatures of close to -18 °C, -30 °C (-22 °F) with wind chill. It was held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Edmonton Oilers joining the NHL in 1979.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television broadcast also set the record for most viewers of a single NHL game with 2.747 million nationwide. This was the first NHL game broadcast in HDTV on CBC.
===Final standings===
===Game log===
Regular season results	Regular season results	Regular season results	Regular season results	Regular season results 	Regular season results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	L 	October 9, 2003 	2–5 	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	0–1–0–0
2 	W 	October 11, 2003 	4–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	1–1–0–0
3 	W 	October 14, 2003 	5–1 	Washington Capitals (2003–04) 	2–1–0–0
4 	W 	October 16, 2003 	4–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	3–1–0–0
5 	L 	October 18, 2003 	0–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	3–2–0–0
6 	W 	October 20, 2003 	2–1 	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 	4–2–0–0
7 	W 	October 23, 2003 	3–0 	New York Islanders (2003–04) 	5–2–0–0
8 	L 	October 25, 2003 	2–6 	Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	5–3–0–0
9 	L 	October 27, 2003 	0–5 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	5–4–0–0
10 	L 	October 28, 2003 	0–2 	Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	5–5–0–0
11 	W 	October 30, 2003 	1–0 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	6–5–0–0
12 	L 	November 1, 2003 	1–5 	New York Rangers (2003–04) 	6–6–0–0
13 	L 	November 4, 2003 	2–4 	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 	6–7–0–0
14 	L 	November 7, 2003 	1–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	6–8–0–0
15 	W 	November 8, 2003 	3–0 	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	7–8–0–0
16 	T 	November 11, 2003 	1–1 OT 	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 	7–8–1–0
17 	L 	November 13, 2003 	1–3 	@ New York Islanders (2003–04) 	7–9–1–0
18 	W 	November 15, 2003 	3–2 	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	8–9–1–0
19 	L 	November 18, 2003 	4–5 OT 	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 	8–9–1–1
20 	L 	November 20, 2003 	1–2 	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04) 	8–10–1–1
21 	W 	November 22, 2003 	4–3 	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 	9–10–1–1
22 	L 	November 25, 2003 	2–5 	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 	9–11–1–1
23 	W 	November 28, 2003 	5–3 	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 	10–11–1–1
24 	T 	November 29, 2003 	1–1 OT 	Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	10–11–2–1
25 	W 	December 2, 2003 	3–2 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	11–11–2–1
26 	T 	December 5, 2003 	1–1 OT 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	11–11–3–1
27 	W 	December 6, 2003 	3–1 	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	12–11–3–1
28 	L 	December 8, 2003 	2–3 	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	12–12–3–1
29 	W 	December 10, 2003 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (2003–04) 	13–12–3–1
30 	L 	December 12, 2003 	2–4 	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	13–13–3–1
31 	W 	December 13, 2003 	5–2 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	14–13–3–1
32 	T 	December 16, 2003 	1–1 OT 	Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	14–13–4–1
33 	W 	December 18, 2003 	5–4 OT 	Nashville Predators (2003–04) 	15–13–4–1
34 	L 	December 20, 2003 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	15–14–4–1
35 	W 	December 22, 2003 	4–1 	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	16–14–4–1
36 	L 	December 23, 2003 	2–3 	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 	16–15–4–1
37 	L 	December 27, 2003 	1–2 OT 	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	16–15–4–2
38 	W 	December 29, 2003 	2–1 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 	17–15–4–2
39 	T 	December 31, 2003 	1–1 OT 	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04) 	17–15–5–2
40 	W 	January 3, 2004 	5–1 	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 	18–15–5–2
41 	W 	January 4, 2004 	4–1 	Washington Capitals (2003–04) 	19–15–5–2
42 	W 	January 6, 2004 	3–1 	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	20–15–5–2
43 	L 	January 8, 2004 	1–4 	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	20–16–5–2
44 	W 	January 10, 2004 	8–0 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	21–16–5–2
45 	W 	January 13, 2004 	5–2 	St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 	22–16–5–2
46 	W 	January 14, 2004 	2–1 	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 	23–16–5–2
47 	T 	January 17, 2004 	2–2 OT 	New York Rangers (2003–04) 	23–16–6–2
48 	W 	January 20, 2004 	4–1 	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	24–16–6–2
49 	L 	January 23, 2004 	0–2 	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	24–17–6–2
50 	L 	January 24, 2004 	1–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	24–18–6–2
51 	L 	January 27, 2004 	1–4 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	24–19–6–2
52 	W 	January 29, 2004 	3–2 OT 	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 	25–19–6–2
53 	L 	January 31, 2004 	0–1 	Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	25–20–6–2
54 	W 	February 1, 2004 	6–4 	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 	26–20–6–2
55 	W 	February 3, 2004 	4–3 	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 	27–20–6–2
56 	W 	February 5, 2004 	2–1 	New York Islanders (2003–04) 	28–20–6–2
57 	L 	February 10, 2004 	1–2 	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	28–21–6–2
58 	L 	February 12, 2004 	3–5 	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 	28–22–6–2
59 	L 	February 14, 2004 	2–5 	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	28–23–6–2
60 	L 	February 17, 2004 	1–4 	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 	28–24–6–2
61 	W 	February 19, 2004 	4–1 	Calgary Flames (2003–04) 	29–24–6–2
62 	L 	February 21, 2004 	4–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	29–25–6–2
63 	W 	February 23, 2004 	4–1 	@ New York Rangers (2003–04) 	30–25–6–2
64 	W 	February 24, 2004 	4–2 	Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	31–25–6–2
65 	W 	February 26, 2004 	3–2 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	32–25–6–2
66 	W 	February 28, 2004 	1–0 OT 	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 	33–25–6–2
67 	W 	March 1, 2004 	2–1 	New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	34–25–6–2
68 	L 	March 3, 2004 	3–4 	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 	34–26–6–2
69 	W 	March 5, 2004 	4–3 	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 	35–26–6–2
70 	W 	March 6, 2004 	4–2 	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 	36–26–6–2
71 	W 	March 8, 2004 	5–2 	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	37–26–6–2
72 	L 	March 11, 2004 	2–3 OT 	Florida Panthers (2003–04) 	37–26–6–3
73 	W 	March 13, 2004 	4–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 	38–26–6–3
74 	W 	March 16, 2004 	4–2 	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 	39–26–6–3
75 	T 	March 19, 2004 	1–1 OT 	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	39–26–7–3
76 	W 	March 20, 2004 	3–2 	New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 	40–26–7–3
77 	L 	March 24, 2004 	1–2 	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	40–27–7–3
78 	L 	March 25, 2004 	0–4 	Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 	40–28–7–3
79 	L 	March 27, 2004 	2–3 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 	40–28–7–4
80 	L 	March 31, 2004 	1–5 	@ New York Islanders (2003–04) 	40–29–7–4
81 	L 	April 1, 2004 	0–2 	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 	40–30–7–4
82 	W 	April 3, 2004 	6–3 	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 	41–30–7–4
== Playoffs ==
==Player stats==
===Regular season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	81	20	45	65 	34 	15 	7 	0 	5
 	RW 	81	25	38	63 	26 	10 	10 	0 	4
 	C 	68	14	41	55 	52 	-5 	5 	0 	3
 	RW 	81	26	24	50 	63 	5 	7 	0 	9
 	D 	63	15	20	35 	104	4 	6 	1 	3
 	C 	69	16	15	31 	40 	-10	5 	0 	3
 	D 	71	4 	27	31 	22 	17 	2 	0 	0
 	C 	72	13	17	30 	30 	-8 	1 	1 	4
 	D 	69	6 	22	28 	20 	-2 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	50	17	10	27 	24 	15 	4 	0 	3
 	RW 	66	8 	12	20 	18 	3 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	73	2 	16	18 	70 	1 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	52	10	5 	15 	41 	6 	0 	1 	1
 	C 	70	5 	10	15 	20 	-4 	2 	1 	1
 	RW 	53	5 	7 	12 	21 	3 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	60	4 	8 	12 	10 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	80	4 	8 	12 	98 	-1 	2 	0 	1
 	RW 	23	3 	5 	8 	16 	-4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	73	3 	5 	8 	82 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	14	3 	2 	5 	6 	6 	0 	1 	0
 	LW 	36	2 	2 	4 	14 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	46	0 	4 	4 	34 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	12	1 	2 	3 	12 	-4 	0 	0 	1
 	LW 	64	0 	3 	3 	135	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	67	0 	3 	3 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	1 	1 	2 	4 	3 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	15	1 	1 	2 	8 	-3 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0 	1 	1 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0 	-1 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	7 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	9 	0 	0 	0 	2 	-2 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	19	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T/OT	GA 	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	3961	67	33	28	5 	150	2.27	6 	1860	1710	.919
 	1003	19	8 	6 	2 	38 	2.27	0 	480 	442 	.921
Team: 	4964	82	41	34	7 	188	2.27	6 	2340	2152	.920
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
 	C 	11	3	8	11 	10 	2 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	6	4	10 	8 	1 	0 	1
 	RW 	11	3	3	6 	2 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	11	1	4	5 	8 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	11	1	4	5 	2 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	2	2	4 	0 	0 	0 	1
 	D 	11	2	1	3 	4 	1 	0 	0
 	C 	11	2	1	3 	18 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	11	1	2	3 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	1	1	2 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	0	2	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0	2	2 	39 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	11	0	2	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	5 	0	2	2 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	9 	1	0	1 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	4 	1	0	1 	2 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	9 	0	1	1 	10 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	8 	0	1	1 	6 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	11	0	1	1 	4 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	11	0	0	0 	7 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	7 	0	0	0 	8 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0	0	0 	2 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO	SA 	SV 	SV%
 	678	11	4	7	27	2.39	1 	333	306	.919
 	12 	1 	0	0	0 	0.00	0 	6 	6 	1.000
Team: 	690	11	4	7	27	2.35	1 	339	312	.920
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==
==Transactions==
==Roster==
==Draft picks==
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1 	10	Andrei Kostitsyn (RW)	 	CSKA Moscow (RUS)
2 	40	Cory Urquhart (C) 	 	Montreal Rocket (QMJHL)
2 	61	Maxim Lapierre (C) 	 	Montreal Rocket (QMJHL)
3 	79	Ryan O'Byrne (D) 	 	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
==See also==
* 2003–04 NHL season
==References==
*Canadiens on Hockey Database
*Canadiens on NHL Reference
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