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2003–04 Toronto Maple Leafs season

NHL hockey team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	2003–04
year	2003
Team	Toronto Maple Leafs
Conference	Eastern
ConferenceRank	4th
Division	Northeast
DivisionRank	2nd
Record	45–24–10–3
HomeRecord	22–14–3–2
RoadRecord	23–10–7–1
GoalsFor	242
GoalsAgainst	204
GeneralManager	John Ferguson, Jr.
Coach	Pat Quinn
Captain	Mats Sundin
AltCaptain	Bryan McCabe
Gary Roberts
Arena	Air Canada Centre
Attendance	19,376
MinorLeague	St. John's Maple Leafs
Memphis RiverKings
GoalsLeader	Mats Sundin (31)
AssistsLeader	Mats Sundin (44)
PointsLeader	Mats Sundin (75)
PIMLeader	Tie Domi (208)
PlusMinusLeader	Bryan McCabe (+22)
WinsLeader	Ed Belfour (34)
GAALeader	Ed Belfour (2.13)

Gary Roberts Memphis RiverKings

The 2003–04 Toronto Maple Leafs season, the club's 87th season of existence and 77th as the Maple Leafs, saw the team finish in second place in the Northeast Division with a record of 45 wins, 24 losses, 10 ties and three overtime losses for 103 points. It was the highest point total in franchise history, beating out the 100 points earned by the 1999–2000 team. In the playoffs, the Leafs defeated their provincial rivals, the Ottawa Senators, in seven games in the Conference Quarterfinals before falling to the Philadelphia Flyers four games to two in the Conference Semifinals. The Leafs did not qualify for the playoffs again until the 2012–13 season, did not qualify for the playoffs again in a full season until the 2016-17 season, and would not win another playoff series until the 2022–23 season. This season currently remains the last where the franchise has won a Game 7 in a playoff series.

Offseason

On June 27, 2003, it was announced Pat Quinn would relinquish his dual roles as the team’s general manager and head coach and solely focus on coaching. John Ferguson Jr. was named the team’s new general manager on August 29.

Regular season

Season standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

|- |1||October 11, 2003||0–4 || style="text-align:left;"| Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) ||0–1–0–0|| 0 || |- |2||October 13, 2003||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (2003–04) ||0–1–1–0|| 1 || |- |3||October 16, 2003||2–2 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| @ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) ||0–1–2–0|| 2 || |- |4||October 18, 2003||1–0 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) ||1–1–2–0|| 4 || |- |5||October 20, 2003||2–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ New York Islanders (2003–04) ||1–2–2–0|| 4 || |- |6||October 22, 2003||3–1 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Dallas Stars (2003–04) ||2–2–2–0|| 6 || |- |7||October 23, 2003||5–4 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) ||3–2–2–0|| 8 || |- |8||October 25, 2003||4–1 || style="text-align:left;"| Washington Capitals (2003–04) ||4–2–2–0|| 10 || |- |9||October 27, 2003||2–3 OT|| style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) ||4–2–2–1|| 11 || |- |10||October 30, 2003||3–5 || style="text-align:left;"| @ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) ||4–3–2–1|| 11 ||

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† Hockey Hall of Fame Game

Playoffs

|- |1|| April 8 || Ottawa || 4–2 || Toronto || || 19,535 || Senators lead 1–0 || |- |2|| April 10 || Ottawa || 0–2 || Toronto || || 19,529 || Series tied 1–1 || |- |3|| April 12 || Toronto || 2–0 || Ottawa || || 18,500 || Maple Leafs lead 2–1 || |- |4|| April 14 || Toronto || 1–4 || Ottawa || || 18,500 || Series tied 2–2 || |- |5|| April 16 || Ottawa || 0–2 || Toronto || || 19,584 || Maple Leafs lead 3–2 || |- |6|| April 18 || Toronto || 1–2 || Ottawa || 2OT || 18,500 || Series tied 3–3 || |- |7|| April 20 || Ottawa || 1–4 || Toronto || || 19,646 || Maple Leafs win 4–3 ||

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Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; 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 Maple Leafs only.*
- = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Maple Leafs only.*

No.	Pos	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts
13	C	81	31	44	75	11	52	9	4	5	9	−2	8
24	D	75	16	37	53	22	86	13	3	5	8	0	14
25	C	64	22	28	50	7	26	9	6	0	6	0	4
7	LW	72	28	20	48	9	84	13	4	4	8	−3	10
11	RW	65	19	29	48	4	110
16	LW	64	21	11	32	4	68	12	2	0	2	−3	14
80	C	62	13	18	31	7	62	13	0	2	2	1	18
15	D	71	3	28	31	16	18	13	0	3	3	1	6
21	C	69	11	19	30	2	30	12	0	2	2	4	8
89	RW	37	8	22	30	9	12	13	2	4	6	−1	8
22	D	66	4	25	29	−1	36	11	0	0	0	−1	6
23	LW	73	9	19	28	14	44	13	1	3	4	−1	8
14	C	69	14	13	27	7	22	3	0	0	0	0	2
19	LW	59	12	13	25	−1	50	2	0	0	0	0	4
28	RW	80	7	13	20	−2	208	13	2	2	4	4	41
29	D	50	2	17	19	2	22	1	1	0	1	1	0
12	C	69	7	10	17	−2	52	10	0	0	0	0	6
2	D	15	2	13	15	11	10	13	0	8	8	1	6
10	C	12	3	7	10	3	0	12	0	4	4	0	2
8	D	79	2	7	9	−1	40	10	0	0	0	−3	2
55	D	29	2	4	6	−11	13
9	D	8	0	6	6	5	0	4	0	0	0	−1	2
27	D	75	1	3	4	4	106	13	0	0	0	0	8
18	C	9	0	4	4	4	2
55	D	9	1	2	3	5	17
26	RW	40	1	2	3	−1	116
3	D	34	1	1	2	0	109	4	0	0	0	0	14
33	C	10	1	1	2	0	6
18	LW	5	1	1	2	2	2	13	2	1	3	0	0
20	G	59	0	2	2		16	13	0	0	0		8
37	G	15	0	2	2		2	1	0	0	0		0
45	D	2	0	1	1	1	2
3	D	3	0	1	1	−1	0
9	C	1	0	0	0	0	0
34	D	7	0	0	0	0	2
38	RW	1	0	0	0	−1	0
32	G	11	0	0	0		0
42	C	1	0	0	0	−1	0
39	C	10	0	0	0	0	7	5	0	1	1	−1	2

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season	Playoffs	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%
20	Ed Belfour	59	34	19	6	1483	122	2.13	.918	10	3444	13	6	7	379	27	2.09	.929	3	774
37	Trevor Kidd	15	6	5	2	388	48	3.26	.876	1	883	1	0	0	11	1	1.82	.909	0	33
32	Mikael Tellqvist	11	5	3	2	293	31	2.87	.894	0	647	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref	League
(annual)	League
(in-season)	Team
NHL Second All-Star Team	Bryan McCabe (Defence)
Mats Sundin (Centre)
[NHL All-Star Game](2004-national-hockey-league-all-star-game) selection	Pat Quinn (coach)
Gary Roberts
Mats Sundin
NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Ed Belfour (January 26)
Ed Belfour (April 5)
NHL Offensive Player of the Week	Brian Leetch (March 22)
NHL YoungStars Game selection	Matt Stajan
Molson Cup	Ed Belfour

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref	First game	600th assist	1,000th game played	1,000th point
Maxim Kondratiev	October 11, 2003
Kyle Wellwood	January 8, 2004
Pierre Hedin	January 13, 2004
Mats Sundin	December 16, 2003
Tom Fitzgerald	January 13, 2004	title=HKN: Toronto 4, Calgary 1	url=https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2004/01/13/HKN-Toronto-4-Calgary-1/79451074053359/	website=UPI	access-date=August 12, 2022	date=January 13, 2004	quote=Toronto's Gary Roberts and Tom Fitzgerald became the first pair of teammates to play in their 1,000th NHL game on the same night.}}
Gary Roberts	January 13, 2004
Alexander Mogilny	March 15, 2004

Transactions

The Maple Leafs 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 [Minnesota Wild](2003-04-minnesota-wild-season)	To Toronto Maple Leafs
To [Pittsburgh Penguins](2003-04-pittsburgh-penguins-season)	To Toronto Maple Leafs
To [New York Rangers](2003-04-new-york-rangers-season)	To Toronto Maple Leafs
To [Carolina Hurricanes](2003-04-carolina-hurricanes-season)	To Toronto Maple Leafs

Players acquired

Date		Player		Former team		Term		Via		Ref
Bryan Marchment
Joe Nieuwendyk
Ken Klee
Petr Tenkrat
Clarke Wilm
Craig Johnson
Calle Johansson
Chad Kilger
Ben Ondrus
Andy Wozniewski
Chris St. Jacques

Players lost

Date		Player		New team		Via		Ref
Jyrki Lumme
Glen Wesley
Doug Doull
Paul Healey
Jonas Hoglund
Robert Svehla
Doug Gilmour
Craig Mills
Travis Green
Ryan Bonni
Dmitri Yakushin
Phil Housley
Craig Johnson
Mikael Renberg

Signings

Date		Player		Term		Contract type		Ref
Maxim Kondratiev
Nathan Perrott
Ric Jackman
Wade Belak
Jamie Hodson
Alexei Ponikarovsky
Harold Druken
Josh Holden
Bryan McCabe
Nik Antropov
Brad Leeb
Karel Pilar
Jeremy Williams
Dominic D'Amour
Todd Ford

Draft picks

Toronto'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)
2	57	John Doherty	Phillips Academy (USHS-MA)
3	91	Martin Sagat	Dukla Trenčín (Slovakia)
4	125	Konstantin Volkov	Dynamo Moscow (Russia)
5	158	John Mitchell	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
7	220	Jeremy Williams	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
8	237	Shaun Landolt	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)

Farm teams

St. John's Maple Leafs (AHL)
Memphis RiverKings (CHL)

Notes

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