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2003–04 Los Angeles Kings season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2003–04
year	2003
Team	Los Angeles Kings
Record	28–29–16–9
HomeRecord	15–16–9–1
RoadRecord	13–13–7–8
Division	Pacific
DivisionRank	3rd
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	11th
GoalsFor	205
GoalsAgainst	217
GeneralManager	Dave Taylor
Coach	Andy Murray
Captain	Mattias Norstrom
AltCaptain	Ian Laperriere
Zigmund Palffy
Luc Robitaille
Arena	Staples Center
Attendance	17,889
MinorLeague	Manchester Monarchs
Reading Royals
GoalsLeader	Alexander Frolov (24)
AssistsLeader	Luc Robitaille (29)
Jozef Stumpel (29)
PointsLeader	Luc Robitaille (51)
PIMLeader	Sean Avery (261)
PlusMinusLeader	Zigmund Palffy (+18)
WinsLeader	Roman Cechmanek (18)
GAALeader	Cristobal Huet (2.43)

Zigmund Palffy Luc Robitaille Reading Royals Jozef Stumpel (29) The 2003–04 Los Angeles Kings season was their 37th National Hockey League season. The Kings placed third in their division, 11th overall in their conference, and failed to qualify for the playoffs due to a season-ending, 11-game losing streak.

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

|- |1||October 9, 2003||2–3 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) ||0–1–0–0 || |- |2||October 10, 2003||3–0 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) ||1–1–0–0 || |- |3||October 12, 2003||4–2 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) ||2–1–0–0 || |- |4||October 15, 2003||4–3 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (2003–04) ||3–1–0–0 || |- |5||October 18, 2003||3–4 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (2003–04) ||3–2–0–0 || |- |6||October 21, 2003||4–0 || align="left"| Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) ||4–2–0–0 || |- |7||October 23, 2003||1–5 || align="left"| Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) ||4–3–0–0 || |- |8||October 25, 2003||2–3 || align="left"| Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) ||4–4–0–0 || |- |9||October 30, 2003||1–3 || align="left"| Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) ||4–5–0–0 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
20	LW	80	22	29	51	4	56
24	LW	77	24	24	48	8	24
26	RW	82	17	26	43	2	46
33	RW	35	16	25	41	18	12
15	C	64	8	29	37	5	16
7	C	57	14	21	35	4	33
25	C	81	13	20	33	−16	44
44	D	79	5	27	32	11	44
17	D	58	8	21	29	8	26
19	C	76	9	19	28	2	261
27	D	72	8	17	25	7	36
22	RW	62	10	12	22	−4	58
13	C	31	9	6	15	1	20
82	C	32	6	8	14	−9	4
14	D	74	1	13	14	−3	44
43	LW	48	6	7	13	0	27
62	C	19	5	6	11	3	4
12	C	57	3	8	11	−9	12
10	D	17	4	3	7	−7	2
29	C	53	3	4	7	−3	30
42	D	47	0	7	7	1	21
53	D	52	3	3	6	5	24
21	RW	34	1	5	6	−4	33
5	D	15	2	3	5	−4	12
23	LW	31	1	4	5	0	16
8	LW	13	2	1	3	−1	24
3	D	35	1	2	3	−3	32
8	D	5	2	0	2	1	8
55	RW	2	1	1	2	1	0
37	LW	18	1	0	1	−1	79
11	RW	15	0	1	1	−5	0
39	LW	2	0	1	1	1	0
38	D	4	0	1	1	−4	0
6	D	16	0	1	1	−5	20
2	D	2	0	1	1	1	2
63	D	20	0	1	1	−1	77
52	C	8	0	1	1	0	4
32	G	49	0	0	0		2
46	G	1	0	0	0		0
1	G	2	0	0	0		0
35	G	41	0	0	0		4
11	C	3	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
32	Roman Cechmanek	49	18	21	6	1198	113	2.51	.906	5	2701
35	Cristobal Huet	41	10	16	10	961	89	2.43	.907	3	2199
46	Mathieu Chouinard	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00	1.000	0	3
1	Milan Hnilicka	2	0	1	0	42	5	3.75	.881	0	80

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)	Team
[NHL All-Star Game](2004-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Mattias Norstrom
Ace Bailey Memorial Award	Luc Robitaille
Bill Libby Memorial Award	Luc Robitaille
Defensive Player	Mattias Norstrom
Jim Fox Community Service	Ian Laperriere
Leading Scorer	Luc Robitaille
Mark Bavis Memorial Award	Trent Klatt
Most Popular Player	Alexander Frolov
Outstanding Defenseman	Lubomir Visnovsky
Unsung Hero	Trent Klatt

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	25th shutout
Dustin Brown	October 9, 2003
Tim Gleason
Esa Pirnes
Martin Strbak	October 10, 2003
Noah Clarke	December 16, 2003
Denis Grebeshkov	February 28, 2004
Mathieu Chouinard	February 29, 2004
Roman Cechmanek	January 13, 2004

Transactions

The Kings 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	To [Boston Bruins](2003-04-boston-bruins-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Nashville Predators](2003-04-nashville-predators-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Columbus Blue Jackets](2003-04-columbus-blue-jackets-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Atlanta Thrashers](2003-04-atlanta-thrashers-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Pittsburgh Penguins](2003-04-pittsburgh-penguins-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Chicago Blackhawks](2003-04-chicago-blackhawks-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To [Washington Capitals](2003-04-washington-capitals-season)
To Los Angeles Kings	To Atlanta Thrashers

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Mathieu Chouinard
Trent Klatt
Luc Robitaille
Bryan Muir
John Tripp

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Ken Belanger
Steve Heinze
Erik Rasmussen
Travis Scott
Felix Potvin
Mikko Eloranta
Craig Johnson
Derek Bekar
Chris McAlpine
Jamie Storr
Mike Pudlick
Greg Koehler
Brad Norton
Jon Sim
John Tripp
Steve Kelly
Pavel Rosa
Milan Hnilicka
Maxim Kuznetsov

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Petr Kanko
Chris Schmidt
Richard Seeley
Denis Grebeshkov
Esa Pirnes
Martin Strbak
Jon Sim
Adam Deadmarsh
Ryan Flinn
Steve Kelly
Maxim Kuznetsov
Brad Norton
Joe Rullier
Kip Brennan
Jerred Smithson
Jozef Stumpel
Sean Avery
Scott Barney
Dustin Brown
Derek Armstrong
Gregory Hogeboom
Esa Pirnes
Nathan Dempsey
George Parros

Draft picks

Los Angeles' picks of the 2003 NHL entry draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee on June 21, 2003.

Round	#	Player	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	13	Dustin Brown	Guelph Storm (OHL)
1	26	Brian Boyle	Saint Sebastian's School (USHS-MA)
1	27	Jeff Tambellini	University of Michigan (NCAA)
2	44	Konstantin Pushkarev	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan)
3	82	Ryan Munce	Sarnia Sting (OHL)
5	152	Brady Murray	Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)
6	174	Esa Pirnes	Tappara (Finland)
8	231	Matt Zaba	Vernon (BCHL)
8	244	Mike Sullivan	Stouffville Spirit (OPJRA)
9	274	Marty Guerin	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)

Notes

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