2003–04 Nashville Predators season

The 2003–04 Nashville Predators season was the Nashville Predators' 6th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in franchise history, losing to the Detroit Red Wings in the first round.

2003–04 Nashville Predators
Division	3rd Central
Conference	8th Western
2003–04 record	38–29–11–4
Goals for	216
Goals against	217
Team information
General manager	David Poile
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Greg Johnson

Regular season

The Predators had the most power-play opportunities of all 30 teams in the League, with 428.[1]

Final standings

Central Division[2]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	82	48	21	11	2	255	189	109
2	7	St. Louis Blues	82	39	30	11	2	191	198	91
3	8	Nashville Predators	82	38	29	11	4	216	217	91
4	14	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	25	45	8	4	177	238	62
5	15	Chicago Blackhawks	82	20	43	11	8	188	259	59

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P- Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	48	21	11	2	255	189	109
2	Y- San Jose Sharks	PA	82	43	21	12	6	255	183	104
3	Y- Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	43	24	10	5	235	194	101
4	X- Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	40	22	13	7	236	198	100
5	X- Dallas Stars	PA	82	41	26	13	2	194	175	97
6	X- Calgary Flames	NW	82	42	30	7	3	200	176	94
7	X- St. Louis Blues	CE	82	39	30	11	2	191	198	91
8	X- Nashville Predators	CE	82	38	29	11	4	216	217	91
8.5
9	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	36	29	12	5	221	208	89
10	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	30	29	20	3	188	183	83
11	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	28	29	16	9	205	217	81
12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PA	82	29	35	10	8	184	213	76
13	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	22	36	18	6	188	245	68
14	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	25	45	8	4	177	238	62
15	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	20	43	11	8	188	259	59

Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Game log

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 9, 2003	3–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	1–0–0–0
2	L	October 11, 2003	1–3	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	1–1–0–0
3	W	October 16, 2003	4–1	St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	2–1–0–0
4	W	October 18, 2003	3–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	3–1–0–0
5	L	October 19, 2003	1–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	3–2–0–0
6	L	October 23, 2003	2–4	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	3–3–0–0
7	L	October 25, 2003	3–5	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	3–4–0–0
8	L	October 28, 2003	0–1	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	3–5–0–0
9	W	October 30, 2003	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	4–5–0–0
10	T	November 1, 2003	1–1 OT	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	4–5–1–0
11	L	November 2, 2003	3–7	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	4–6–1–0
12	L	November 5, 2003	3–4	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	4–7–1–0
13	L	November 7, 2003	1–2	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	4–8–1–0
14	W	November 8, 2003	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	5–8–1–0
15	W	November 13, 2003	4–1	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	6–8–1–0
16	W	November 15, 2003	4–3	New York Islanders (2003–04)	7–8–1–0
17	L	November 19, 2003	0–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	7–9–1–0
18	W	November 21, 2003	4–3 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	8–9–1–0
19	L	November 22, 2003	1–3	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	8–10–1–0
20	W	November 24, 2003	3–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	9–10–1–0
21	W	November 26, 2003	4–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	10–10–1–0
22	W	November 28, 2003	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	11–10–1–0
23	W	November 29, 2003	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	12–10–1–0
24	W	December 3, 2003	2–1 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	13–10–1–0
25	W	December 4, 2003	4–2	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	14–10–1–0
26	L	December 6, 2003	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	14–11–1–0
27	L	December 11, 2003	1–4	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	14–12–1–0
28	T	December 13, 2003	2–2 OT	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	14–12–2–0
29	OTL	December 16, 2003	1–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	14–12–2–1
30	OTL	December 18, 2003	4–5 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	14–12–2–2
31	W	December 20, 2003	1–0	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	15–12–2–2
32	T	December 22, 2003	3–3 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	15–12–3–2
33	T	December 23, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	15–12–4–2
34	L	December 26, 2003	1–2	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	15–13–4–2
35	W	December 27, 2003	3–1	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	16–13–4–2
36	L	December 29, 2003	2–5	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	16–14–4–2
37	W	January 1, 2004	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	17–14–4–2
38	W	January 3, 2004	3–2	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	18–14–4–2
39	L	January 5, 2004	0–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	18–15–4–2
40	L	January 6, 2004	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	18–16–4–2
41	W	January 8, 2004	4–3 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	19–16–4–2
42	W	January 10, 2004	3–1	St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	20–16–4–2
43	T	January 12, 2004	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	20–16–5–2
44	T	January 13, 2004	0–0 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	20–16–6–2
45	W	January 15, 2004	4–3	Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	21–16–6–2
46	W	January 17, 2004	2–1	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	22–16–6–2
47	W	January 19, 2004	2–0	Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	23–16–6–2
48	L	January 22, 2004	0–4	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)	23–17–6–2
49	W	January 24, 2004	4–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	24–17–6–2
50	L	January 25, 2004	1–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	24–18–6–2
51	W	January 29, 2004	6–4	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	25–18–6–2
52	W	January 31, 2004	3–2 OT	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	26–18–6–2
53	L	February 3, 2004	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	26–19–6–2
54	L	February 5, 2004	2–5	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	26–20–6–2
55	L	February 11, 2004	2–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	26–21–6–2
56	W	February 13, 2004	5–2	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	27–21–6–2
57	T	February 15, 2004	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	27–21–7–2
58	L	February 16, 2004	2–4	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	27–22–7–2
59	W	February 18, 2004	7–3	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	28–22–7–2
60	W	February 20, 2004	3–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	29–22–7–2
61	W	February 21, 2004	8–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	30–22–7–2
62	L	February 23, 2004	0–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	30–23–7–2
63	W	February 26, 2004	4–0	Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	31–23–7–2
64	W	February 28, 2004	2–1 OT	New York Rangers (2003–04)	32–23–7–2
65	T	March 1, 2004	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	32–23–8–2
66	L	March 3, 2004	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	32–24–8–2
67	W	March 4, 2004	9–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	33–24–8–2
68	L	March 6, 2004	2–4	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	33–25–8–2
69	L	March 9, 2004	2–3	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	33–26–8–2
70	T	March 11, 2004	1–1 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	33–26–9–2
71	T	March 13, 2004	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	33–26–10–2
72	OTL	March 14, 2004	2–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	33–26–10–3
73	T	March 16, 2004	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	33–26–11–3
74	L	March 19, 2004	4–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	33–27–11–3
75	W	March 20, 2004	3–1	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)	34–27–11–3
76	L	March 23, 2004	1–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	34–28–11–3
77	W	March 25, 2004	4–2	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	35–28–11–3
78	OTL	March 27, 2004	2–3 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	35–28–11–4
79	W	March 30, 2004	5–2	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	36–28–11–4
80	W	April 1, 2004	3–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	37–28–11–4
81	L	April 3, 2004	1–4	St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	37–29–11–4
82	W	April 4, 2004	2–1 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	38–29–11–4

Playoffs

(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Nashville Predators

Game 1- Detroit 3 Nashville 1

Game 2- Detroit 2 Nashville 1

Game 3- Nashville 3 Detroit 1

Game 4- Nashville 3 Detroit 0

Game 5- Detroit 4 Nashville 1

Game 6- Nashville 0 Detroit 2

Detroit wins series 4-2

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Scott Walker	RW	75	25	42	67	94	4	9	3	3
Marek Zidlicky	D	82	14	39	53	82	-16	9	0	4
Martin Erat	RW	76	16	33	49	38	10	4	0	2
David Legwand	C	82	18	29	47	46	9	5	1	5
Kimmo Timonen	D	77	12	32	44	52	-7	8	0	1
Vladimir Orszagh	RW	82	16	21	37	74	-4	2	2	3
Scott Hartnell	LW	59	18	15	33	87	-5	5	0	3
Greg Johnson	C	82	14	18	32	33	-21	1	4	4
Steve Sullivan	RW	24	9	21	30	12	8	7	0	0
Adam Hall	RW	79	13	14	27	37	-8	6	0	1
Andreas Johansson	C	47	12	15	27	26	-2	3	1	1
Dan Hamhuis	D	80	7	19	26	57	-12	2	0	4
Denis Arkhipov	C	72	9	12	21	22	-2	3	0	3
Rem Murray	C/LW	39	8	9	17	12	-1	0	2	1
Jason York	D	67	2	13	15	64	-4	0	0	1
Mark Eaton	D	75	4	9	13	26	16	0	0	1
Jeremy Stevenson	LW	53	5	4	9	103	-2	3	0	0
Andrew Hutchinson	D	18	4	4	8	4	1	2	0	1
Jordin Tootoo	RW	70	4	4	8	137	-6	2	0	0
Wyatt Smith	C	18	3	1	4	2	2	0	1	0
Jim McKenzie	LW	61	1	3	4	88	-13	0	0	0
Jamie Allison	D	47	0	3	3	76	-7	0	0	0
Robert Schnabel	D	20	0	3	3	34	6	0	0	0
Sergei Zholtok	C	11	1	1	2	0	-2	0	0	0
Shane Hnidy	D	9	0	2	2	10	3	0	0	0
Jason Morgan	C	6	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Tomas Vokoun	G	73	0	2	2	35	0	0	0	0
Simon Gamache	C	7	1	0	1	0	-3	1	0	0
Tomas Kloucek	D	5	0	1	1	10	3	0	0	0
Stan Neckar	D	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
Scottie Upshall	LW	7	0	1	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Brad Bombardir	D	13	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
Wade Brookbank	LW	9	0	0	0	38	-4	0	0	0
Mathieu Darche	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Mike Farrell	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vernon Fiddler	C	17	0	0	0	23	-6	0	0	0
Chris Mason	G	17	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Libor Pivko	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Timofei Shishkanov	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Tomas Vokoun	4221	73	34	29	10	178	2.53	3	1958	1780	.909
Chris Mason	744	17	4	4	1	27	2.18	1	365	338	.926
Team:	4965	82	38	33	11	205	2.48	4	2323	2118	.912

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Adam Hall	RW	6	2	1	3	2	3	0	0	1
Scott Hartnell	LW	6	1	2	3	2	3	0	0	0
Greg Johnson	C	6	1	2	3	0	4	0	0	0
Jason York	D	6	0	3	3	4	2	0	0	0
Vladimir Orszagh	RW	6	2	0	2	4	-2	0	0	0
Steve Sullivan	RW	6	1	1	2	6	-4	0	0	1
Dan Hamhuis	D	6	0	2	2	6	-2	0	0	0
David Legwand	C	6	1	0	1	8	1	0	1	0
Sergei Zholtok	C	6	1	0	1	0	-3	1	0	0
Brad Bombardir	D	6	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Martin Erat	RW	6	0	1	1	6	-2	0	0	0
Scott Walker	RW	6	0	1	1	6	-3	0	0	0
Mark Eaton	D	6	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Shane Hnidy	D	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Andreas Johansson	C	6	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
Jim McKenzie	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Stevenson	LW	6	0	0	0	8	-1	0	0	0
Kimmo Timonen	D	6	0	0	0	10	-3	0	0	0
Jordin Tootoo	RW	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Tomas Vokoun	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marek Zidlicky	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Tomas Vokoun	356	6	2	4	12	2.02	1	197	185	.939
Team:	356	6	2	4	12	2.02	1	197	185	.939

[4]

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;

Draft picks

Nashville's draft picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	7	Ryan Suter	United States	US Nat'l U-18 (NAHL)
2	35	Konstantin Glazachev	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
2	37	Kevin Klein	Canada	Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
2	49	Shea Weber	Canada	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
3	76	Richard Stehlik	Slovakia	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
3	89	Paul Brown	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
3	92	Alexander Sulzer	Germany	Hamburg Freezers (Germany)
3	98	Grigory Shafigulin	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
4	117	Teemu Lassila	Finland	TPS (Finland)
4	133	Rustam Sidikov	Russia	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
7	210	Andrei Mukhachyov	Russia	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
7	213	Miroslav Hanuljak	Czech Republic	HC Litvinov Jr. (Czech Republic)
9	268	Lauris Darzins	Latvia	Lukko Jr. (Finland)

See also

• 2003–04 NHL season

References

• Podnieks, Andrew (2000). The NHL All-Star Game: 50 years of the great tradition. Toronto: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-200058-X.

1. https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2004.html
2. "2003-2004 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
3. "2003–2004 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
4. "2003–04 Nashville Predators Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

• "2003–04 Nashville Predators Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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