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2003–04 Buffalo Sabres season

NHL hockey team season

Miroslav Satan (Oct.) Chris Drury (Nov., Mar.–Apr.) James Patrick (Dec.) Jean-Pierre Dumont (Jan.) Daniel Briere (Feb.) The 2003–04 Buffalo Sabres season was the 34th season of operation for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. The Sabres failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season.

Regular season

On March 17, 2004, Derek Roy scored just 15 seconds into the overtime period to give the Sabres a 4–3 road win over the Atlanta Thrashers. Roy tied the Blackhawks' Mark Bell, who had also scored 15 seconds into the overtime period in Chicago's 4–3 home win over the Detroit Red Wings on December 11, 2003. Both goals would end up being the fastest overtime goals scored during the 2003-04 NHL regular season.

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 9, 2003||0–2 || align="left"| @ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) ||0–1–0–0 || |- |2||October 11, 2003||0–6 || align="left"| New York Islanders (2003–04) ||0–2–0–0 || |- |3||October 13, 2003||4–3 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (2003–04) ||1–2–0–0 || |- |4||October 16, 2003||1–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) ||1–3–0–0 || |- |5||October 18, 2003||2–0 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (2003–04) ||2–3–0–0 || |- |6||October 20, 2003||1–6 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) ||2–4–0–0 || |- |7||October 23, 2003||5–1 || align="left"| @ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) ||3–4–0–0 || |- |8||October 24, 2003||5–2 || align="left"| @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) ||4–4–0–0 || |- |9||October 26, 2003||3–1 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) ||5–4–0–0 || |- |10||October 28, 2003||1–3 || align="left"| Minnesota Wild (2003–04) ||5–5–0–0 || |- |11||October 30, 2003||5–3 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) ||6–5–0–0 ||

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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 Sabres only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
48	C	82	28	37	65	−7	70
81	LW	82	29	28	57	−15	30
17	RW	77	22	31	53	−9	40
23	C	76	18	35	53	8	68
55	LW	64	15	37	52	17	49
45	D	77	10	24	34	0	42
61	RW	73	17	14	31	−4	57
44	D	68	4	24	28	−13	102
12	RW	62	15	11	26	−1	41
37	C	68	9	12	21	2	30
24	LW	63	8	12	20	−7	25
22	C	81	6	14	20	−3	146
9	C	49	9	10	19	−8	12
16	C	54	6	6	12	−2	22
8	D	60	4	7	11	−5	44
3	D	55	4	7	11	11	12
51	D	53	3	8	11	−8	12
10	D	72	1	9	10	5	26
15	RW	23	1	8	9	1	18
25	RW	14	1	8	9	10	4
5	D	37	2	5	7	−5	29
74	D	43	2	3	5	6	41
28	LW	19	2	1	3	0	14
26	LW	44	1	2	3	−2	110
34	D	14	0	3	3	−3	19
76	LW	42	2	0	2	−3	151
43	G	52	0	2	2		10
4	D	13	0	2	2	3	12
35	G	35	1	0	1		0
33	D	4	0	0	0	0	19
30	G	3	0	0	0		0
19	RW	2	0	0	0	0	2
38	C	4	0	0	0	−1	4
29	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
43	Martin Biron	52	26	18	5	1442	125	2.52	.913	2	2972
35	Mika Noronen	35	11	17	2	821	77	2.57	.906	2	1796
30	Ryan Miller	3	0	3	0	73	15	5.06	.795	0	178

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)
NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Martin Biron (October 27)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Derek Roy

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Andrew Peters	October 9, 2003
Derek Roy	December 13, 2003
Jason Pominville	December 27, 2003

Transactions

The Sabres 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 [Nashville Predators](2003-04-nashville-predators-season)	To Buffalo Sabres
To [Colorado Avalanche](2003-04-colorado-avalanche-season)	To Buffalo Sabres	title=SABRES ACQUIRE CHRIS DRURY FROM CALGARY FLAMES	url=http://www.sabres.com/news/archives03/drury_begin_6303.html	website=Buffalo Sabres	access-date=May 11, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031010233619/http://www.sabres.com/news/archives03/drury_begin_6303.html	archive-date=October 10, 2003	date=July 3, 2003}}
To [Calgary Flames](2003-04-calgary-flames-season)	To Buffalo Sabres
To [Minnesota Wild](2003-04-minnesota-wild-season)	To Buffalo Sabres
To [San Jose Sharks](2003-04-san-jose-sharks-season)	To Buffalo Sabres
To [Washington Capitals](2003-04-washington-capitals-season)	To Buffalo Sabres

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Joel Bouchard
Domenic Pittis
David Cullen
Brian Chapman
Rick Mrozik
Scott Ricci

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Radoslav Hecl
Denis Hamel
Peter Ratchuk
Francois Methot
Doug Houda
Steve Begin
Joel Bouchard
Domenic Pittis

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Brian Campbell
Rory Fitzpatrick
Jason Botterill
Chris Taylor
Steve Begin
Tim Connolly
Dmitri Kalinin
Adam Mair
Taylor Pyatt
Eric Boulton
Henrik Tallinder
Tom Askey
Andrew Peters
Curtis Brown
Ales Kotalik
Chris Drury
Norm Milley
Jay McKee
Miroslav Satan
Nathan Paetsch

Draft picks

Buffalo'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	5	Thomas Vanek	University of Minnesota (NCAA)
2	65	Branislav Fabry	Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
3	74	Clarke MacArthur	Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
4	106	Jan Hejda	Slavia Praha (Czech Republic)
4	114	Denis Ezhov	Lada Togliatti (Russia)
5	150	Thomas Morrow	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
6	172	Pavel Voroshnin	Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
7	202	Nathan Paetsch	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
8	235	Jeff Weber	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
9	266	Louis-Philippe Martin	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)

Notes

References

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(March 18, 2004). "Archives".
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(March 9, 2004). "Sabres Trade for Jillson".
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(July 12, 2003). "SABRES SIGN FREE AGENT DEFENSEMAN JOEL BOUCHARD".
(July 14, 2003). "Former AHL scoring champion Domenic Pittis to return to the Rochester Americans".
(July 15, 2003). "Buffalo Sabres Sign Defenseman David Cullen".
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(August 19, 2003). "TRANSACTION".
{{hockey-reference. h/houdado01. Doug Houda, retrieved May 11, 2022
(October 4, 2003). "SABRES WAIVE GOODBYE TO BEGIN, BOUCHARD".
(April 5, 2004). "Zwei Kanadier für die Kloten Flyers".
(June 30, 2003). "SABRES EXTEND QUALIFYING OFFERS TO 14 PLAYERS".
(July 3, 2003). "Buffalo-bound: Drury goes to Sabres in three-way deal".
(July 10, 2003). "Taylor and Botterill re-sign with Buffalo".
(July 31, 2003). "THREE SABRES ACCEPT QUALIFYING OFFERS".
(July 31, 2003). "SABRES SIGN ADAM MAIR TO MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT".
(August 1, 2003). "SABRES SIGN ERIC BOULTON TO MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT".
(August 1, 2003). "SABRES DEFENSEMAN HENRIK TALLINDER ACCEPTS QUALIFYING OFFER".
(August 7, 2003). "Sabres Sign Askey and Peters".
(August 8, 2003). "Sabres Sign Curtis Brown".
(August 8, 2003). "Sabres Sign Ales Kotalik".
(August 25, 2003). "Sabres Ink Chris Drury".
"NORM MILLEY".
(September 24, 2003). "SABRES AGREE TO TERMS WITH JAY McKEE ON MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT".
(September 29, 2003). "Sabres sign Miroslav Satan to two-year contract".
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