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2003–04 St. Louis Blues season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2003–04
year	2003
Team	St. Louis Blues
Record	39–30–11–2
HomeRecord	23–11–7–0
RoadRecord	16–19–4–2
Conference	Western
ConferenceRank	7th
Division	Central
DivisionRank	2nd
GoalsFor	191
GoalsAgainst	198
GeneralManager	Larry Pleau
Coach	Joel Quenneville (Oct.–Feb.)
Mike Kitchen (Feb.–Apr.)
Captain	Al MacInnis
AltCaptain	Scott Mellanby
Keith Tkachuk
Doug Weight
Arena	Savvis Center
Attendance	18,560
MinorLeague	Worcester IceCats
Peoria Rivermen
GoalsLeader	Keith Tkachuk (33)
AssistsLeader	Doug Weight (51)
PointsLeader	Keith Tkachuk (71)
PIMLeader	Mike Danton (141)
Reed Low (141)
PlusMinusLeader	Petr Cajanek (+12)
WinsLeader	Chris Osgood (31)
GAALeader	Chris Osgood (2.24)

Mike Kitchen (Feb.–Apr.) Keith Tkachuk Doug Weight Peoria Rivermen Reed Low (141) The 2003–04 St. Louis Blues season was the 37th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the 25th straight seasons, the team's final playoff appearance until 2009. After finishing the regular season with a record of 39 wins, 30 losses, 11 ties and two overtime losses, the Blues were eliminated in the Western Conference Quarterfinals in five games by the San Jose Sharks.

Off-season

Chris Pronger resigned the team captaincy in favor of veteran defenseman Al MacInnis.

Regular season

On February 24, 2004, head coach Joel Quenneville was fired and replaced by assistant coach Mike Kitchen.

Final standings

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 10, 2003||1–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) ||0–0–0–1 || |- |2||October 12, 2003||2–1 || align="left"| @ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) ||1–0–0–1 || |- |3||October 16, 2003||1–4 || align="left"| @ Nashville Predators (2003–04) ||1–1–0–1 || |- |4||October 18, 2003||4–1 || align="left"| Washington Capitals (2003–04) ||2–1–0–1 || |- |5||October 21, 2003||6–4 || align="left"| @ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) ||3–1–0–1 || |- |6||October 22, 2003||2–3 || align="left"| @ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) ||3–2–0–1 || |- |7||October 24, 2003||2–1 || align="left"| @ Calgary Flames (2003–04) ||4–2–0–1 || |- |8||October 28, 2003||1–0 || align="left"| Nashville Predators (2003–04) ||5–2–0–1 || |- |9||October 29, 2003||6–5 || align="left"| @ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) ||6–2–0–1 ||

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 8 || St. Louis || 0–1 || San Jose || OT || Osgood || 17,496 || Sharks lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 10 || St. Louis || 1–3 || San Jose || || Osgood || 17,496 || Sharks lead 2–0 || |- | 3 || April 12 || San Jose || 1–4 || St. Louis || || Osgood || 19,023 || Sharks lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 13 || San Jose || 4–3 || St. Louis || || Osgood || 19,452 || Sharks lead 3–1 || |- | 5 || April 15 || St. Louis || 1–3 || San Jose || || Osgood || 17,496 || Sharks win 4–1 ||

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

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
7	LW	75	33	38	71	8	83	5	0	2	2	−1	10
39	C	75	14	51	65	−3	37	5	2	1	3	−4	6
38	LW	68	23	35	58	1	18	5	1	0	1	1	4
44	D	80	14	40	54	−1	88	5	0	1	1	1	16
10	RW	79	13	22	35	10	65	5	1	1	2	−1	2
19	RW	68	14	17	31	−7	76	4	0	1	1	−4	2
26	RW	70	12	14	26	12	16	5	0	2	2	3	2
42	RW	71	9	12	21	2	32	3	0	0	0	−1	2
20	RW	44	7	11	18	−2	44
55	D	66	5	13	18	3	16	5	0	2	2	2	4
22	C	68	7	5	12	−8	141	5	1	0	1	1	2
21	RW	80	6	5	11	−19	91	5	0	0	0	1	0
17	C	69	4	7	11	−2	8	3	0	0	0	0	0
33	C	27	6	4	10	−1	20	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	C	16	5	5	10	4	14	5	3	1	4	5	6
29	D	48	3	7	10	2	18
6	D	26	2	8	10	1	14	5	0	1	1	−1	0
27	D	69	3	5	8	−4	47	5	0	0	0	−2	2
49	LW	13	4	3	7	−3	2	5	1	1	2	−3	0
23	D	80	1	5	6	−6	61	5	0	0	0	0	6
15	LW	20	2	2	4	−9	4
25	C	25	1	3	4	−3	4	3	0	0	0	−1	2
9	RW	22	1	2	3	−5	4
5	D	15	1	2	3	−1	41
34	RW	57	0	2	2	−6	141
2	D	3	0	2	2	−1	6
12	C	25	1	0	1	−7	22	1	0	0	0	−1	0
37	D	53	0	1	1	−9	34	1	0	0	0	0	2
46	D	16	0	1	1	−3	20
28	D	14	0	1	1	0	25	4	0	0	0	−2	0
32	D	13	0	0	0	0	4
50	G	13	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0		0
35	G	10	0	0	0		0
80	D	6	0	0	0	0	25
30	G	67	0	0	0		10	5	0	1	1		0
18	LW	2	0	0	0	−3	2
25	C	1	0	0	0	−2	0
9	D	9	0	0	0	−1	6
43	D	2	0	0	0	0	0
70	LW	1	0	0	0	−1	5

Goaltending

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

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
30	Chris Osgood	67	31	25	8	1604	144	2.24	.910	3	3861	5	1	4	109	12	2.51	.890	0	287
50	Reinhard Divis	13	4	4	2	291	29	2.77	.900	0	629	1	0	0	8	0	0.00	1.000	0	18
35	Brent Johnson	10	4	3	1	203	20	2.43	.901	1	493	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)
NHL Second All-Star Team	Chris Pronger (Defense)
[NHL All-Star Game](2004-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Chris Pronger
Keith Tkachuk
NHL Defensive Player of the Month	Chris Osgood (March)
NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Chris Pronger (January 19)

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	400th goal scored	First game	600th assist
Keith Tkachuk	October 12, 2003
Mike Stuart	October 24, 2003
John Pohl	November 1, 2003
Steve McLaren	December 16, 2003
Jeremy Yablonski	December 30, 2003
Jame Pollock	January 15, 2004
Doug Weight	March 27, 2004

Transactions

The Blues 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 [Phoenix Coyotes](2003-04-phoenix-coyotes-season)	To St. Louis Blues
To [Tampa Bay Lightning](2003-04-tampa-bay-lightning-season)	To St. Louis Blues
To [New Jersey Devils](2003-04-new-jersey-devils-season)	To St. Louis Blues
To Tampa Bay Lightning	To St. Louis Blues
To [Philadelphia Flyers](2003-04-philadelphia-flyers-season)	To St. Louis Blues
To Phoenix Coyotes	To St. Louis Blues
To Phoenix Coyotes	To St. Louis Blues
To Phoenix Coyotes	To St. Louis Blues
To [Vancouver Canucks](2003-04-vancouver-canucks-season)	To St. Louis Blues

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Murray Baron
Jeff Heerema
Scott Pellerin
Jeremy Yablonski
Pascal Rheaume

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Valeri Bure
Steve Dubinsky
Rich Pilon
Jason Dawe
Martin Rucinsky
Daniel Corso
Greg Davis
Daniel Tkaczuk
Steve Bancroft
Shjon Podein
Jeff Heerema
Jeremy Yablonski
Eric Nickulas
Jame Pollock
Christian Laflamme

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Chris Osgood
Aris Brimanis
Reinhard Divis
Jeff Panzer
Sergei Varlamov
Mike Danton
Brent Johnson
Ryan Johnson
Tom Koivisto
Christian Laflamme
Steve Martins
Bryce Salvador
Reed Low
Matt Walker
Marc Brown
Cody Rudkowsky
Pavol Demitra
Trevor Byrne
Colin Hemingway
Aaron MacKenzie

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	30	Shawn Belle		Tri-City Americans (WHL)
2	62	David Backes		Lincoln Stars (USHL)
3	84	Konstantin Barulin		Rubin Tyumen (Russia)
3	88	Zack Fitzgerald		Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
3	101	Konstantin Zakharov	Belarus	Yunost Minsk (Belarus)
4	127	Alexandre Bolduc		Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
5	148	Lee Stempniak		Dartmouth College (NCAA)
5	159	Chris Beckford-Tseu		Oshawa Generals (OHL)
6	189	Jonathan Lehun		St. Cloud State University (NCAA)
7	221	Evgeny Skachkov		Kapitan Stupino Jr. (Russia)
8	253	Andrei Pervyshin		Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
9	284	Juhamatti Aaltonen		Karpat (Finland)

Notes

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(July 16, 2003). "St. Louis Blues Sign Defenseman Tom Koivisto And Forward Mike Danton".
(July 16, 2003). "St. Louis Blues Re-Sign Goaltender Brent Johnson And Defenseman Bryce Salvador".
(July 16, 2003). "St. Louis Blues Re-Sign Defenseman Christian Laflamme And Forwards Steve Martins And Ryan Johnson".
(July 25, 2003). "St. Louis Blues Re-Sign Forward Reed Low And Defenseman Matt Walker".
(July 31, 2003). "St. Louis Blues Re-Sign Goaltender Cody Rudkowsky And Forward Marc Brown".
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