2003–04 St. Louis Blues season

The 2003–04 St. Louis Blues season was the 37th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues qualified for the NHL Playoffs for the 25th consecutive time, the team's final playoff appearance until 2009. After finishing the regular-season with a record of 39 wins, 30 losses, 11 ties and two overtime losses, the Blues lost the Western Conference Quarter-finals to the San Jose Sharks in five games.

Offseason

Chris Pronger resigns the team captaincy, in favour of veteran defenceman Al MacInnis.

Regular season

Final standings

Central Division^[1]
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^[2]
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	11	2	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

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

**San José (2) vs. St. Louis (7)**
Date	Away	Home	OT
April 8	St. Louis 0	1 San José	OT
April 10	St. Louis 1	3 San José
April 12	San José 1	4 St. Louis
April 13	San José 4	3 St. Louis
April 15	St. Louis 1	3 San Jose
San Jose wins series 4–1.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Tkachuk, KeithKeith Tkachuk	LW	75	33	38	71	83	8	18	0	8
Weight, DougDoug Weight	C	75	14	51	65	37	-3	6	0	5
Demitra, PavolPavol Demitra	LW	68	23	35	58	18	1	8	0	5
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger	D	80	14	40	54	88	-1	7	0	3
Drake, DallasDallas Drake	RW	79	13	22	35	65	10	3	2	1
Mellanby, ScottScott Mellanby	RW	68	14	17	31	76	-7	6	0	3
Cajanek, PetrPetr Cajanek	RW	70	12	14	26	16	12	3	0	4
Rycroft, MarkMark Rycroft	RW	71	9	12	21	32	2	0	0	0
Nickulas, EricEric Nickulas	RW	44	7	11	18	44	-2	1	0	1
Backman, ChristianChristian Backman	D	66	5	13	18	16	3	1	0	0
Danton, MikeMike Danton	C	68	7	5	12	141	-8	0	1	0
Mayers, JamalJamal Mayers	RW	80	6	5	11	91	-19	0	1	3
Johnson, RyanRyan Johnson	C	69	4	7	11	8	-2	0	1	1
Boguniecki, EricEric Boguniecki	C	27	6	4	10	20	-1	2	0	2
Sillinger, MikeMike Sillinger	C	16	5	5	10	14	4	0	1	0
Khavanov, AlexanderAlexander Khavanov	D	48	3	7	10	18	2	2	0	0
Weinrich, EricEric Weinrich	D	26	2	8	10	14	1	1	0	0
Salvador, BryceBryce Salvador	D	69	3	5	8	47	-4	0	0	1
Savage, BrianBrian Savage	LW	13	4	3	7	2	-3	1	0	1
Baron, MurrayMurray Baron	D	80	1	5	6	61	-6	0	0	0
Sejna, PeterPeter Sejna	LW	20	2	2	4	4	-9	2	0	0
Rheaume, PascalPascal Rheaume	C	25	1	3	4	4	-3	0	0	0
Heerema, JeffJeff Heerema	RW	22	1	2	3	4	-5	0	0	1
Jackman, BarretBarret Jackman	D	15	1	2	3	41	-1	0	0	0
Low, ReedReed Low	RW	57	0	2	2	141	-6	0	0	0
MacInnis, AlAl MacInnis	D	3	0	2	2	6	-1	0	0	0
Martins, SteveSteve Martins	C	25	1	0	1	22	-7	0	1	0
Finley, JeffJeff Finley	D	53	0	1	1	34	-9	0	0	0
Laflamme, ChristianChristian Laflamme	D	16	0	1	1	20	-3	0	0	0
Walker, MattMatt Walker	D	14	0	1	1	25	0	0	0	0
Brimanis, ArisAris Brimanis	D	13	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Divis, ReinhardReinhard Divis	G	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Johnson, BrentBrent Johnson	G	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
McLaren, SteveSteve McLaren	D	6	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood	G	67	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0
Pellerin, ScottScott Pellerin	LW	2	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0	0
Pohl, JohnJohn Pohl	C	1	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0
Pollock, JameJame Pollock	D	9	0	0	0	6	-1	0	0	0
Stuart, MikeMike Stuart	D	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yablonski, JeremyJeremy Yablonski	LW	1	0	0	0	5	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood	3861	67	31	25	8	144	2.24	3	1604	1460	.910
Divis, ReinhardReinhard Divis	629	13	4	4	2	29	2.77	0	291	262	.900
Johnson, BrentBrent Johnson	493	10	4	3	1	20	2.43	1	203	183	.901
Team:	4983	82	39	32	11	193	2.32	4	2098	1905	.908

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Sillinger, MikeMike Sillinger	C	5	3	1	4	6	5	0	1	0
Weight, DougDoug Weight	C	5	2	1	3	6	-4	1	1	0
Drake, DallasDallas Drake	RW	5	1	1	2	2	-1	0	0	1
Savage, BrianBrian Savage	LW	5	1	1	2	0	-3	0	0	0
Backman, ChristianChristian Backman	D	5	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	0
Cajanek, PetrPetr Cajanek	RW	5	0	2	2	2	3	0	0	0
Tkachuk, KeithKeith Tkachuk	LW	5	0	2	2	10	-1	0	0	0
Danton, MikeMike Danton	C	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0
Demitra, PavolPavol Demitra	LW	5	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0
Mellanby, ScottScott Mellanby	RW	4	0	1	1	2	-4	0	0	0
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood	G	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger	D	5	0	1	1	16	1	0	0	0
Weinrich, EricEric Weinrich	D	5	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0
Baron, MurrayMurray Baron	D	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Boguniecki, EricEric Boguniecki	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Divis, ReinhardReinhard Divis	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finley, JeffJeff Finley	D	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Johnson, RyanRyan Johnson	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Martins, SteveSteve Martins	C	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Mayers, JamalJamal Mayers	RW	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Rheaume, PascalPascal Rheaume	C	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Rycroft, MarkMark Rycroft	RW	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Salvador, BryceBryce Salvador	D	5	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Walker, MattMatt Walker	D	4	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%
Osgood, ChrisChris Osgood	287	5	1	4	12	2.51	109	97	.890
Divis, ReinhardReinhard Divis	18	1	0	0	0	0.00	8	8	1.000
Team:	305	5	1	4	12	2.36	117	105	.897

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Farm teams

2003–04 NHL season

References

↑ "2003-2004 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
↑ "2003–2004 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
↑ "2003-04 St. Louis Blues Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

"2003–04 St. Louis Blues Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

External links

St. Louis Blues

Founded in 1967 Based in St. Louis, Missouri

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	1967 expansion Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner(s) SLB Acquisition Holdings LLC (Tom Stillman, chairman) General manager Doug Armstrong Head coach Ken Hitchcock Team captain Alex Pietrangelo Current roster

Arenas	St. Louis Arena Scottrade Center

Rivalries	Chicago Blackhawks

Affiliates	AHL Chicago Wolves

General managers	Patrick Bowman Abel Catto Ehman Ball Francis Caron Keenan Caron Pleau Armstrong

Head coaches	Patrick Bowman Arbour Bowman Abel McCreary, Sr. Arbour Talbot Angotti Patrick Young Patrick Boivin Francis Boivin Plager Berenson Francis Plager Demers Martin Sutter Plager Berry Keenan Roberts Quenneville Kitchen Murray Payne Hitchcock

Media	TV FS Midwest Radio KMOX Newsradio (1120 AM)

Culture and lore	The Monday Night Miracle Louie the Bear Saint Louis Blues (song) "When the Blues Go Marching In" Dan Kelly 2017 NHL Winter Classic

St. Louis Blues seasons

1960s	1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

2003–04 NHL season

Atlantic	New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins

Northeast	Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Toronto Maple Leafs

Southeast	Atlanta Thrashers Carolina Hurricanes Florida Panthers Tampa Bay Lightning Washington Capitals

Central	Chicago Blackhawks Columbus Blue Jackets Detroit Red Wings Nashville Predators St. Louis Blues

Northwest	Calgary Flames Colorado Avalanche Edmonton Oilers Minnesota Wild Vancouver Canucks

Pacific	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Dallas Stars Los Angeles Kings Phoenix Coyotes San Jose Sharks

See also	Draft NHL Challenge All-Star Game Heritage Classic Bertuzzi–Moore incident Flyers–Senators brawl West Coast Express Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

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