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2003–04 Tampa Bay Lightning season

National Hockey League team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2003–04
year	2003
Team	Tampa Bay Lightning
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	1st
Division	Southeast
DivisionRank	1st
Record	46–22–8–6
HomeRecord	24–10–4–3
RoadRecord	22–12–4–3
GoalsFor	245
GoalsAgainst	192
GeneralManager	Jay Feaster
Coach	John Tortorella
Captain	Dave Andreychuk
AltCaptain	Vincent Lecavalier
Fredrik Modin
Arena	St. Pete Times Forum
Attendance	17,820 (92.79%)
MinorLeague	Hamilton Bulldogs
Hershey Bears
Pensacola Ice Pilots
GoalsLeader	Martin St. Louis (38)
AssistsLeader	Martin St. Louis (56)
PointsLeader	Martin St. Louis (94)
PIMLeader	Chris Dingman (140)
PlusMinusLeader	Martin St. Louis (+35)
WinsLeader	Nikolai Khabibulin (28)
GAALeader	John Grahame (2.06)
StanleyCup	yes
ConferenceWin	yes
DivisionWin	yes

Fredrik Modin Hershey Bears Pensacola Ice Pilots

The 2003–04 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 12th National Hockey League season in Tampa, Florida. The Lightning won their first Stanley Cup over the Calgary Flames this season, after the Flames were attempting to be the first Canadian team to win a Stanley Cup since the 1993 Montreal Canadiens.

The Lightning's 1st Stanley Cup championship came just a year after their NFL (National Football League) counterparts, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, won Super Bowl XXXVII, also their 1st championship.

Offseason

The Lightning did not have a first-round pick. For their first pick, they chose Mike Egener in the second round, 35th overall.

Regular season

On Saturday, December 27, 2003, the Lightning scored three short-handed goals in a 4–2 win over the Boston Bruins.

The Lightning finished the regular season having tied the Detroit Red Wings for the most short-handed goals scored, with 15.

Season standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- | 1 || October 10 || Boston Bruins || 5–1 || || Khabibulin || St. Pete Times Forum || 20,454 || 1–0–0–0 || 2 || |- | 2 || October 16 || Phoenix Coyotes || 5–1 || || Khabibulin || St. Pete Times Forum || 12,784 || 2–0–0–0 || 4 || |- | 3 || October 18 || @ New Jersey Devils || 3–2 || || Khabibulin || Continental Airlines Arena || 15,590 || 3–0–0–0 || 6 || |- | 4 || October 21 || Atlanta Thrashers || 3–2 || OT || Khabibulin || St. Pete Times Forum || 14,822 || 4–0–0–0 || 8 || |- | 5 || October 23 || @ Columbus Blue Jackets || 1–0 || || Grahame || Nationwide Arena || 16,542 || 5–0–0–0 || 10 || |- | 6 || October 25 || Minnesota Wild || 3–2 || || Khabibulin || St. Pete Times Forum || 16,223 || 6–0–0–0 || 12 || |- | 7 || October 30 || San Jose Sharks || 2–2 || OT || Khabibulin || St. Pete Times Forum || 17,609 || 6–0–1–0 || 13 ||

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Legend:

Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 8 || New York Islanders || 3–0 || || Khabibulin || St. Pete Times Forum || 18,536 || Lightning lead 1–0 || |- | 2 || April 10 || New York Islanders || 0–3 || || Khabibulin || St. Pete Times Forum || 19,982 || Series tied 1–1 || |- | 3 || April 12 || @ New York Islanders || 3–0 || || Khabibulin || Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum || 16,234 || Lightning lead 2–1 || |- | 4 || April 14 || @ New York Islanders || 3–0 || || Khabibulin || Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum || 16,234 || Lightning lead 3–1 || |- | 5 || April 16 || New York Islanders || 3–2 || 4:07 OT || Khabibulin || St. Pete Times Forum || 20,927 || Lightning 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 Lightning only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Lightning only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
26	RW	82	38	56	94	35	24	23	9	15	24	6	14
61	LW	81	25	55	80	18	36	21	2	5	7	2	15
19	C	82	26	53	79	14	12	23	12	14	26	5	4
4	C	81	32	34	66	23	52	23	9	7	16	−2	25
33	LW	82	29	28	57	31	32	23	8	11	19	7	10
25	RW	82	21	18	39	−9	42	23	1	13	14	−2	14
17	LW	77	17	22	39	14	30	22	12	2	14	0	14
22	D	78	9	30	39	23	60	23	2	8	10	7	16
13	D	81	17	18	35	9	85	22	0	4	4	0	50
27	C	82	7	15	22	−5	25	23	2	3	5	−2	31
37	D	79	5	14	19	29	24	18	0	2	2	4	6
21	D	82	3	16	19	5	89	23	0	2	2	1	25
29	RW	71	6	10	16	−4	12	23	1	2	3	−3	6
7	RW	66	2	8	10	5	50	5	0	0	0	0	0
8	C	63	2	7	9	−1	30	6	0	1	1	0	0
5	D	79	2	5	7	8	58	11	0	2	2	7	6
55	D	31	1	6	7	3	6	23	0	6	6	−4	9
11	LW	74	1	5	6	−9	140	23	1	1	2	1	63
24	RW	12	0	6	6	1	2
44	D	58	1	3	4	11	42	20	0	0	0	0	8
16	C	11	0	3	3	0	4
36	RW	33	1	1	2	−5	78	21	1	2	3	3	61
9	C	4	0	0	0	−1	0	12	0	1	1	0	6
38	D	5	0	0	0	−2	2
35	G	55	0	2	2		12	23	0	0	0		0
47	G	29	0	0	0		4	1	0	0	0		0
2	D							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
35	Nikolai Khabibulin	55	28	19	7	1414	127	2.33	.910	3	3274	23	16	7	598	40	1.71	.933	5	1401
47	John Grahame	29	18	9	1	664	58	2.06	.913	1	1688	1	0	0	17	2	3.53	.882	0	34

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)
Art Ross Trophy	Martin St. Louis
Conn Smythe Trophy	Brad Richards
Hart Memorial Trophy	Martin St. Louis
Jack Adams Award	John Tortorella
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy	Brad Richards
Lester B. Pearson Award	Martin St. Louis
NHL First All-Star Team	Martin St. Louis (Right wing)
NHL Plus-Minus Award	Martin St. Louis
[NHL All-Star Game](2004-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Pavel Kubina
Martin St. Louis
NHL Defensive Player of the Month	Nikolai Khabibulin (October)
NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Jassen Cullimore & Cory Sarich (November 24)
Nikolai Khabibulin (March 8)
NHL Offensive Player of the Month	Martin St. Louis (January)
Martin St. Louis (February)
NHL Offensive Player of the Week	Vincent Lecavalier (February 16)

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game
Eric Perrin	March 27, 2004

Transactions

The Lightning 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 [Florida Panthers](2003-04-florida-panthers-season)	To Tampa Bay Lightning
To [St. Louis Blues](2003-04-st-louis-blues-season)	To Tampa Bay Lightning
To [Philadelphia Flyers](2003-04-philadelphia-flyers-season)	To Tampa Bay Lightning
To St. Louis Blues	To Tampa Bay Lightning
To [Columbus Blue Jackets](2003-04-columbus-blue-jackets-season)	To Tampa Bay Lightning
To [Nashville Predators](2003-04-nashville-predators-season)	To Tampa Bay Lightning
To Nashville Predators	To Tampa Bay Lightning

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Eric Perrin
Pascal Trepanier
Dwayne Hay
Sheldon Keefe

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Kristian Kudroc
Boyd Kane
Vaclav Prospal
Ryan Tobler
Corey Foster
Sheldon Keefe
Matt Elich
Kenton Smith
Harlan Pratt
Janne Laukkanen
Stan Neckar

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Dave Andreychuk
Gerard Dicaire
Ryan Craig
Andreas Holmqvist
Evgeny Artyukhin
Brad Lukowich
Andre Roy
Darren Rumble
Fredrik Modin
John Grahame
Ben Clymer
Dmitri Afanasenkov
Martin Cibak
Sheldon Keefe
Shane Willis
Janne Laukkanen
Cory Stillman
Nolan Pratt
Dan Boyle
Brad Richards
Adam Henrich
Paul Ranger
Darren Reid

Draft picks

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

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/junior/club team
2	34	Mike Egener	Defense	Germany	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
2	41	Matt Smaby	Defense	United States	Shattuck-Saint Mary's (Midget Major AAA)
3	96	Jonathan Boutin	Goalie	Canada	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
6	192	Doug O'Brien	Defense	Canada	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
7	224	Gerald Coleman	Goalie	United States	London Knights (OHL)
7	227	Jay Rosehill	Left wing	Canada	Olds Grizzlys (AJHL)
8	255	Raimonds Danilics	Forward	Latvia	Stalkers (LHL)
8	256	Brady Greco	Defense	United States	Chicago Steel (USHL)
9	273	Albert Vishnyakov	Left wing	Russia	Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)
9	286	Zbynek Hrdel	Center	Czech Republic	Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
9	287	Nick Tarnasky	Center	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)

Notes

References

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(August 16, 2003). "LIGHTNING RE-SIGN DEFENSEMAN NOLAN PRATT".
(August 20, 2003). "LIGHTNING RE-SIGN DEFENSEMAN DAN BOYLE".
(August 27, 2003). "LIGHTNING RE-SIGN CENTER BRAD RICHARDS".
(June 1, 2004). "Lightning sign prospects Darren Reid, dam Henrich and Paul Ranger".
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