2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers
Division	2nd Southeast
Conference	10th Eastern
2003–04 record	33–37–8
Team information
Coach	Bob Hartley
Captain	Shawn McEachern
Arena	Philips Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Ilya Kovalchuk (41)
Assists	Ilya Kovalchuk (46)
Points	Ilya Kovalchuk (87)

Contents 1 Regular season 1.1 Final standings 1.2 Game log 2 Player stats 2.1 Regular season

Regular seasonEdit

Final standingsEdit

Southeast Division

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	1	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	46	22	8	6	245	192	106
2	10	Atlanta Thrashers	82	33	37	8	4	214	243	78
3	11	Carolina Hurricanes	82	28	34	14	6	172	209	76
4	12	Florida Panthers	82	28	35	15	4	188	221	75
5	14	Washington Capitals	82	23	46	10	3	186	253	59

^[1] 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.

Game logEdit

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

Player statsEdit

Regular seasonEdit

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Ilya Kovalchuk	LW	81	41	46	87	63	-10	16	1	6
Shawn McEachern	RW	82	17	38	55	76	5	5	1	3
Vyacheslav Kozlov	LW	76	20	32	52	74	-12	6	0	1
Marc Savard	C	45	19	33	52	85	-8	6	1	3
Patrik Stefan	C	82	14	26	40	26	-7	3	2	2
Randy Robitaille	C	69	11	26	37	20	-12	5	0	2
Ronald Petrovicky	RW	78	16	15	31	123	-9	0	0	1
Frantisek Kaberle	D	67	3	26	29	30	2	2	0	1
Dany Heatley	LW	31	13	12	25	18	-8	5	0	3
Serge Aubin	LW	66	10	15	25	73	0	1	0	2
Jeff Cowan	LW	58	9	15	24	68	2	1	0	1
Andy Sutton	D	65	8	13	21	94	0	7	1	1
Daniel Tjarnqvist	D	68	5	15	20	20	-4	0	2	1
J.P. Vigier	RW	70	10	8	18	22	-18	2	2	3
Ivan Majesky	D	63	3	7	10	76	-7	0	0	0
Yannick Tremblay	D	38	2	8	10	13	-13	1	0	1
Garnet Exelby	D	71	1	9	10	134	-10	0	0	0
Chris Tamer	D	38	2	5	7	55	-9	0	0	1
Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre	D	27	2	2	4	26	-7	0	1	0
Shawn Heins	D	17	0	4	4	16	-1	0	0	0
Zdenek Blatny	LW	16	3	0	3	6	0	0	0	0
Ben Simon	LW	52	3	0	3	28	-10	0	0	0
Tommi Santala	C	33	1	2	3	22	-7	0	0	1
Francis Lessard	RW	62	1	1	2	181	-5	0	0	0
Pasi Nurminen	G	64	0	2	2	35	0	0	0	0
lDaniel Corso	C	7	0	1	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Kurtis Foster	D	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Simon Gamache	C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
kDerek MacKenzie	C	12	0	1	1	10	0	0	0	0
lKamil Piros	C	14	0	1	1	4	-3	0	0	0
Kyle Rossiter	D	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Karl Stewart	LW	5	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0
Brian Swanson	C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kip Brennan	LW	5	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0
Byron Dafoe	G	18	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Tomas Kloucek	D	37	0	0	0	25	-8	0	0	0
Brad Larsen	LW	6	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
iKari Lehtonen	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Lindsay	RW	24	0	0	0	25	-6	0	0	0
Mike Weaver	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Pasi Nurminen	3738	64	25	30	7	173	2.78	3	1792	1619	.903
Byron Dafoe	973	18	4	11	1	51	3.14	0	499	448	.898
Kari Lehtonen	240	4	4	0	0	5	1.25	1	106	101	.953
Team:	4951	82	33	41	8	229	2.78	4	2397	2168	.904