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2003–04 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2003–04
year	2003
Team	Boston Bruins
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	2nd
DivisionWin	Yes
Division	Northeast
DivisionRank	1st
Record	41–19–15–7
HomeRecord	18–12–9–2
RoadRecord	23–7–6–5
GoalsFor	209
GoalsAgainst	188
GeneralManager	Mike O'Connell
Coach	Mike Sullivan
Captain	Joe Thornton
AltCaptain	Martin Lapointe
Sean O'Donnell
Arena	Fleet Center
MinorLeague	Providence Bruins
Attendance	15,133 (86.2%)
GoalsLeader	Glen Murray (32)
AssistsLeader	Joe Thornton (50)
PointsLeader	Joe Thornton (73)
PlusMinusLeader	Mike Knuble (+19)
PIMLeader	Doug Doull (132)
WinsLeader	Andrew Raycroft (29)
GAALeader	Andrew Raycroft (2.05)

Sean O'Donnell The 2003–04 Boston Bruins season was the team's 80th season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Off-season

Mike Sullivan was named the team’s new head coach on June 23, 2003.

Regular season

The Bruins had the fewest power-play opportunities of any team in the League, with just 300.

Final standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 8, 2003||3–3 OT|| align="left"| New Jersey Devils (2003–04) ||0–0–1–0 || |- |2||October 10, 2003||1–5 || align="left"| @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) ||0–1–1–0 || |- |3||October 11, 2003||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Florida Panthers (2003–04) ||0–1–2–0 || |- |4||October 15, 2003||2–0 || align="left"| @ Dallas Stars (2003–04) ||1–1–2–0 || |- |5||October 18, 2003||4–3 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) ||2–1–2–0 || |- |6||October 19, 2003||4–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) ||3–1–2–0 || |- |7||October 21, 2003||4–1 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) ||4–1–2–0 || |- |8||October 23, 2003||0–2 || align="left"| Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) ||4–2–2–0 || |- |9||October 25, 2003||5–2 || align="left"| @ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) ||5–2–2–0 || |- |10||October 28, 2003||2–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) ||6–2–2–0 || |- |11||October 30, 2003||0–1 OT|| align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) ||6–2–2–1 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 7 || Montreal || 3–0 || Boston || || Raycroft || 17,565 || Boston leads 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 9 || Montreal || 2–1 || Boston || OT || Raycroft || 17,565 || Boston leads 2–0 || |- | 3 || April 11 || Boston || 3–2 || Montreal || || Raycroft || 21,273 || Boston leads 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 13 || Boston || 3–4 || Montreal || OT || Raycroft || 21,273 || Boston leads 3–1 || |- | 5 || April 15 || Montreal || 1–5 || Boston || || Raycroft || 17,565 || Boston leads 3–2 || |- | 6 || April 17 || Boston || 2–5 || Montreal || || Raycroft || 21,273 || Series tied 3–3 || |- | 7 || April 19 || Montreal || 2–0 || Boston || || Raycroft || 17,565 || Montreal wins 4–3 ||

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Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
- = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
19	C	77	23	50	73	18	98	7	0	0	0	−6	14
27	RW	81	32	28	60	17	56	7	2	1	3	−2	8
12	C	82	19	29	48	9	40	7	1	0	1	−5	8
26	RW	82	21	25	46	19	32	7	2	0	2	−5	0
14	LW	58	17	23	40	12	4	7	2	5	7	2	0
37	C	71	16	23	39	5	22	7	1	3	4	5	0
44	D	81	6	24	30	17	98	7	0	2	2	1	2
6	D	80	5	23	28	−1	65	7	0	0	0	−3	2
20	RW	78	15	10	25	−5	67	7	0	0	0	−2	14
11	LW	68	6	14	20	2	42	7	0	0	0	−2	4
71	D	36	4	15	19	5	27	7	1	1	2	−1	0
39	C	64	11	5	16	−6	67	7	0	1	1	0	8
23	D	50	4	10	14	−1	35
92	C	15	1	11	12	3	14	6	3	3	6	2	0
40	LW	63	6	5	11	2	18	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	D	82	1	10	11	10	110	7	0	0	0	1	0
55	D	15	4	5	9	6	12	7	1	4	5	−4	4
17	LW	57	4	5	9	3	16	7	0	0	0	−1	0
25	D	82	2	7	9	16	99	7	0	1	1	−2	4
28	D	30	1	7	8	10	10
22	LW	33	3	2	5	1	33
18	D	35	1	4	5	3	28
10	RW	37	3	1	4	0	28
33	LW	18	0	3	3	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0
52	C	12	2	0	2	2	0
16	C	18	2	0	2	1	9	5	1	0	1	0	0
1	G	57	0	2	2		0	7	0	0	0		2
56	LW	35	0	1	1	2	132
54	C	10	0	1	1	1	2
36	LW	7	0	0	0	−3	6
41	D	2	0	0	0	−1	0
55	RW	6	0	0	0	1	0
75	RW	1	0	0	0	−1	0
29	G	28	0	0	0		8
43	RW	6	0	0	0	−1	0
42	C	1	0	0	0	0	0
76	C	3	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
1	Andrew Raycroft	57	29	18	9	1586	117	2.05	.926	3	3420	7	3	4	210	16	2.15	.924	1	447
29	Felix Potvin	28	12	8	6	690	67	2.50	.903	4	1605	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)	Team
Calder Memorial Trophy	Andrew Raycroft
NHL All-Rookie Team	Andrew Raycroft (Goaltender)
[NHL All-Star Game](2004-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Nick Boynton
Glen Murray
Joe Thornton
NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Andrew Raycroft (February 2)	last1=Scully	first1=Brian J.	title=Daily Scoop (2/2/04)	url=http://www.bostonbruins.com/pressbox/pressreleases.asp?id=1143	website=Boston Bruins	access-date=August 11, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040613170521/http://www.bostonbruins.com/pressbox/pressreleases.asp?id=1143	archive-date=June 13, 2004	date=February 2, 2004}}
NHL Offensive Player of the Week	Glen Murray (February 2)
NHL Rookie of the Month	Andrew Raycroft (January)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Patrice Bergeron
Andrew Raycroft
Eddie Shore Award	Andrew Raycroft	last1=Scully	first1=Brian J.	title=Devils beat Bruins, 5-2	url=http://www.bostonbruins.com/pressbox/pressreleases.asp?id=1214	website=Boston Bruins	access-date=August 8, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040606073055/http://www.bostonbruins.com/pressbox/pressreleases.asp?id=1214	archive-date=June 6, 2004	date=April 3, 2004}}
Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy	Andrew Raycroft
John P. Bucyk Award	Martin Lapointe
Seventh Player Award	Andrew Raycroft
Three Stars Awards	Andrew Raycroft (1st)
Joe Thornton (2nd)
Glen Murray (3rd)

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Patrice Bergeron	October 8, 2003
Sergei Zinovjev	October 25, 2003
Pat Leahy	December 6, 2003
Doug Doull	December 11, 2003
Colton Orr	January 8, 2004
Carl Corazzini	January 15, 2004

Transactions

The Bruins were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2003, the day after the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2004, the day of the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.

Trades

Date	Details	Ref
To [Los Angeles Kings](2003-04-los-angeles-kings-season)	To Boston Bruins
To [San Jose Sharks](2003-04-san-jose-sharks-season)	To Boston Bruins
To [Columbus Blue Jackets](2003-04-columbus-blue-jackets-season)	To Boston Bruins
To [Florida Panthers](2003-04-florida-panthers-season)	To Boston Bruins
To [Vancouver Canucks](2003-04-vancouver-canucks-season)	To Boston Bruins
To [Washington Capitals](2003-04-washington-capitals-season)	To Boston Bruins
To Washington Capitals	To Boston Bruins
To San Jose Sharks	To Boston Bruins	title=Bruins acquire Boyes, Delmore	url=http://www.bostonbruins.com/pressbox/pressreleases.asp?id=1184	website=Boston Bruins	access-date=May 10, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040613052533/http://www.bostonbruins.com/pressbox/pressreleases.asp?id=1184	archive-date=June 13, 2004	date=March 9, 2004}}
To San Jose Sharks	To Boston Bruins

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Ted Donato
Doug Doull
Pat Leahy
Robert Liscak
Ed Campbell
Sandy McCarthy
Felix Potvin
Craig MacDonald

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref	N/A
Marty McInnis
Krzysztof Oliwa	Calgary Flames
Jeff Hackett	Philadelphia Flyers
Brantt Myhres
Don Sweeney	Dallas Stars
Sean Brown	New Jersey Devils
Lee Goren	Florida Panthers
Bryan Berard	Chicago Blackhawks
Chris Kelleher	Krefeld Pinguine (DEL)
Sandy McCarthy	New York Rangers
Zdenek Kutlak	HC Karlovy Vary (ELH)
Tim Thomas	Jokerit (Liiga)

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
P. J. Stock
Darren Van Oene
Hannu Toivonen
Sergei Zinovjev
P. J. Axelsson
Jonathan Girard
Michal Grosek
Hal Gill
Ian Moran
Zdenek Kutlak
Andrew Raycroft
Brian Rolston
Tim Thomas
Carl Corazzini
Sergei Samsonov
Nick Boynton
Patrice Bergeron

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	21	Mark Stuart	Colorado College (WCHA)
2	45	Patrice Bergeron	Acadie–Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)
2	66	Masi Marjamaki	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
4	107	Byron Bitz	Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL)
4	118	Frank Rediker	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
4	129	Patrik Valcak	HC Vítkovice Jr. (Czech Republic)
5	153	Mike Brown	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
6	183	Nate Thompson	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
8	247	Benoit Mondou	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
9	277	Kevin Regan	Saint Sebastian's School (USHS-MA)

Notes

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