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2003–04 Nashville Predators season

Professional ice hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2003–04
year	2003
Team	Nashville Predators
Record	38–29–11–4
HomeRecord	22–10–7–2
RoadRecord	16–19–4–2
Division	Central
DivisionRank	3rd
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	8th
GoalsFor	216
GoalsAgainst	217
GeneralManager	David Poile
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Greg Johnson
AltCaptain	Kimmo Timonen
Scott Walker
Arena	Gaylord Entertainment Center
Attendance	13,157
MinorLeague	Milwaukee Admirals
Toledo Storm
GoalsLeader	Scott Walker (25)
AssistsLeader	Scott Walker (42)
PointsLeader	Scott Walker (67)
PIMLeader	Jordin Tootoo (137)
PlusMinusLeader	Mark Eaton (+16)
WinsLeader	Tomas Vokoun (34)
GAALeader	Tomas Vokoun (2.53)

Scott Walker Toledo Storm The 2003–04 Nashville Predators season was the Nashville Predators' sixth season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in franchise history, losing to the Detroit Red Wings in the first round.

Regular season

The Predators had the most power-play opportunities of all 30 teams in the League, with 428.

Final standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 9, 2003||3–1 || align="left"| Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) ||1–0–0–0 || |- |2||October 11, 2003||1–3 || align="left"| Dallas Stars (2003–04) ||1–1–0–0 || |- |3||October 16, 2003||4–1 || align="left"| St. Louis Blues (2003–04) ||2–1–0–0 || |- |4||October 18, 2003||3–2 || align="left"| Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) ||3–1–0–0 || |- |5||October 19, 2003||1–3 || align="left"| @ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) ||3–2–0–0 || |- |6||October 23, 2003||2–4 || align="left"| @ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) ||3–3–0–0 || |- |7||October 25, 2003||3–5 || align="left"| Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) ||3–4–0–0 || |- |8||October 28, 2003||0–1 || align="left"| @ St. Louis Blues (2003–04) ||3–5–0–0 || |- |9||October 30, 2003||5–3 || align="left"| Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) ||4–5–0–0 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 7 || Nashville || 1–3 || Detroit || || Legace || 20,066 || Red Wings lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 10 || Nashville || 1–2 || Detroit || || Legace || 20,066 || Red Wings lead 2–0 || |- | 3 || April 11 || Detroit || 1–3 || Nashville || || Legace || 17,113 || Red Wings lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 13 || Detroit || 0–3 || Nashville || || Legace || 17,113 || Series tied 2–2 || |- | 5 || April 15 || Nashville || 1–4 || Detroit || || Joseph || 20,066 || Red Wings lead 3–2 || |- | 6 || April 17 || Detroit || 2–0 || Nashville || || Joseph || 17,329 || Red Wings win 4–2 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
24	RW	75	25	42	67	4	94	6	0	1	1	−3	6
3	D	82	14	39	53	−16	82	1	0	0	0	0	0
10	RW	76	16	33	49	10	38	6	0	1	1	−2	6
11	C	82	18	29	47	9	46	6	1	0	1	1	8
44	D	77	12	32	44	−7	52	6	0	0	0	−3	10
33	RW	82	16	21	37	−4	74	6	2	0	2	−2	4
17	LW	59	18	15	33	−5	87	6	1	2	3	3	2
22	C	82	14	18	32	−21	33	6	1	2	3	4	0
26	RW	24	9	21	30	8	12	6	1	1	2	−4	6
18	RW	79	13	14	27	−8	37	6	2	1	3	3	2
21	C	47	12	15	27	−2	26	6	0	0	0	−3	0
2	D	80	7	19	26	−12	57	6	0	2	2	−2	6
25	C	72	9	12	21	−2	22
15	LW	39	8	9	17	−1	12
27	D	67	2	13	15	−4	64	6	0	3	3	2	4
4	D	75	4	9	13	16	26	6	0	0	0	−2	2
28	LW	53	5	4	9	−2	103	6	0	0	0	−1	8
42	D	18	4	4	8	1	4
55	RW	70	4	4	8	−6	137	5	0	0	0	0	4
46	C	18	3	1	4	2	2
19	LW	61	1	3	4	−13	88	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	D	47	0	3	3	−7	76
36	D	20	0	3	3	6	34
9	C	11	1	1	2	−2	0	6	1	0	1	−3	0
34	D	9	0	2	2	3	10	5	0	0	0	0	6
45	C	6	0	2	2	0	2
29	G	73	0	2	2		35	6	0	0	0		0
20	C	7	1	0	1	−3	0
5	D	5	0	1	1	3	10
6	D	1	0	1	1	2	0
7	LW	7	0	1	1	−2	0
5	D	13	0	0	0	1	4	6	0	1	1	1	2
26	LW	9	0	0	0	−4	38
32	LW	2	0	0	0	−1	0
40	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0
38	C	17	0	0	0	−6	23
30	G	17	0	0	0		4
47	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0
16	LW	2	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
29	Tomas Vokoun	73	34	29	10	1958	178	2.53	.909	3	4221	6	2	4	197	12	2.02	.939	1	356
30	Chris Mason	17	4	4	1	365	27	2.18	.926	1	744	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(in-season)
[NHL All-Star Game](2004-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Kimmo Timonen
Tomas Vokoun
NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Tomas Vokoun (December 1)
NHL Offensive Player of the Week	Scott Walker (December 30)
Steve Sullivan (February 23)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Dan Hamhuis

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Wade Brookbank	October 9, 2003
Dan Hamhuis
Jordin Tootoo
Marek Zidlicky
Andrew Hutchinson	October 18, 2003
Libor Pivko	November 24, 2003
Timofei Shishkanov	December 23, 2003

Transactions

The Predators 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 [Colorado Avalanche](2003-04-colorado-avalanche-season)	To Nashville Predators
To [Anaheim Mighty Ducks](2003-04-mighty-ducks-of-anaheim-season)	To Nashville Predators	title=All-Time Transactions	url=http://www.nashvillepredators.com/history/transactions.html	website=Nashville Predators	access-date=May 24, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040803085902/http://www.nashvillepredators.com/history/transactions.html	archive-date=August 3, 2004}}
To [Los Angeles Kings](2003-04-los-angeles-kings-season)	To Nashville Predators
To [Minnesota Wild](2003-04-minnesota-wild-season)	To Nashville Predators
To [Buffalo Sabres](2003-04-buffalo-sabres-season)	To Nashville Predators
To Colorado Avalanche	To Nashville Predators
To [Washington Capitals](2003-04-washington-capitals-season)	To Nashville Predators
To [Atlanta Thrashers](2003-04-atlanta-thrashers-season)	To Nashville Predators
To [Vancouver Canucks](2003-04-vancouver-canucks-season)	To Nashville Predators
To [Chicago Blackhawks](2003-04-chicago-blackhawks-season)	To Nashville Predators
To [Tampa Bay Lightning](2003-04-tampa-bay-lightning-season)	To Nashville Predators
To Minnesota Wild	To Nashville Predators
To [Ottawa Senators](2003-04-ottawa-senators-season)	To Nashville Predators	title=Preds deal for Hnidy	url=http://www.nashvillepredators.com/pressbox/pressreleases.html?item_id=4734	website=Nashville Predators	access-date=May 24, 2022	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040812004930/http://www.nashvillepredators.com/pressbox/pressreleases.html?item_id=4734	archive-date=August 12, 2004	date=March 9, 2004}}
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To Nashville Predators

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Ben Simon
Ray Schultz
Jim McKenzie
Jamie Allison
Mathieu Darche
Wade Brookbank
Chris Mason
Jeremy Stevenson
Tony Hrkac
Stanislav Neckar
Jason Morgan
Jeremy Yablonski

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Oleg Petrov
Brent Gilchrist
Bill Houlder
Cale Hulse
Domenic Pittis
Jason Beckett
Reid Simpson
Erik Anderson
Bryan Lundbohm
Vitali Yachmenev
Denis Pederson
Todd Warriner
Clarke Wilm
Jan Lasak
Jason Morgan
Jonas Andersson
Robert Schnabel
Curtis Murphy

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Mark Eaton
Tomas Kloucek
Libor Pivko
Timofei Shishkanov
Andreas Johansson
Rem Murray
Curtis Murphy
Marek Zidlicky
Scott Hartnell
Denis Platonov
Denis Arkhipov
Wade Flaherty
Robert Schnabel
Andrei Mukhachev
Mike Farrell
Kimmo Timonen
David Legwand
Brandon Segal
Scott Walker
Chris Mason

Draft picks

Nashville'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	7	Ryan Suter	US Nat'l U-18 (NAHL)
2	35	Konstantin Glazachev	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
2	37	Kevin Klein	Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
2	49	Shea Weber	Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
3	76	Richard Stehlik	Sherbrooke Castors (QMJHL)
3	89	Paul Brown	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
3	92	Alexander Sulzer	Hamburg Freezers (Germany)
3	98	Grigory Shafigulin	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
4	117	Teemu Lassila	TPS (Finland)
4	133	Rustam Sidikov	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
7	210	Andrei Mukhachyov	CSKA Moscow (Russia)
7	213	Miroslav Hanuljak	HC Litvinov Jr. (Czech Republic)
9	268	Lauris Darzins	Lukko Jr. (Finland)

Farm teams

Milwaukee Admirals (AHL)
Toledo Storm (ECHL)

Notes

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