2003–04 Nashville Predators season

For the first time in Nashville history, they qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, losing to the Detroit Red Wings in the first round.

2003–04 Nashville Predators
Division	3rd Central
Conference	8th Western
2003–04 record	38–29–11
Goals for	216
Goals against	217
Team information
General Manager	David Poile
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Greg Johnson
Team leaders
<2002–03 2004–05>

Regular season

The Predators had the most power-play opportunities of all 30 teams in the League, with 428.^[1]

Final standings

Central Division^[2]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	82	48	21	11	2	255	189	109
2	7	St. Louis Blues	82	39	30	11	2	191	198	91
3	8	Nashville Predators	82	38	29	11	4	216	217	91
4	14	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	25	45	8	4	177	238	62
5	15	Chicago Blackhawks	82	20	43	11	8	188	259	59

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference^[3]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P- Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	48	21	11	2	255	189	109
2	Y- San Jose Sharks	PA	82	43	21	11	2	255	183	104
3	Y- Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	43	24	10	5	235	194	101
4	X- Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	40	22	13	7	236	198	100
5	X- Dallas Stars	PA	82	41	26	13	2	194	175	97
6	X- Calgary Flames	NW	82	42	30	7	3	200	176	94
7	X- St. Louis Blues	CE	82	39	30	11	2	191	198	91
8	X- Nashville Predators	CE	82	38	29	11	4	216	217	91
8.5
9	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	36	29	12	5	221	208	89
10	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	30	29	20	3	188	183	83
11	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	28	29	16	9	205	217	81
12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PA	82	29	35	10	8	184	213	76
13	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	22	36	18	6	188	245	68
14	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	25	45	8	4	177	238	62
15	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	20	43	11	8	188	259	59

Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest

P- Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot

Game log

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 9, 2003	3–1	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	1–0–0–0
2	L	October 11, 2003	1–3	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	1–1–0–0
3	W	October 16, 2003	4–1	St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	2–1–0–0
4	W	October 18, 2003	3–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	3–1–0–0
5	L	October 19, 2003	1–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	3–2–0–0
6	L	October 23, 2003	2–4	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	3–3–0–0
7	L	October 25, 2003	3–5	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	3–4–0–0
8	L	October 28, 2003	0–1	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	3–5–0–0
9	W	October 30, 2003	5–3	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	4–5–0–0
10	T	November 1, 2003	1–1 OT	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	4–5–1–0
11	L	November 2, 2003	3–7	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	4–6–1–0
12	L	November 5, 2003	3–4	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	4–7–1–0
13	L	November 7, 2003	1–2	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	4–8–1–0
14	W	November 8, 2003	4–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	5–8–1–0
15	W	November 13, 2003	4–1	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	6–8–1–0
16	W	November 15, 2003	4–3	New York Islanders (2003–04)	7–8–1–0
17	L	November 19, 2003	0–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	7–9–1–0
18	W	November 21, 2003	4–3 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	8–9–1–0
19	L	November 22, 2003	1–3	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	8–10–1–0
20	W	November 24, 2003	3–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	9–10–1–0
21	W	November 26, 2003	4–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	10–10–1–0
22	W	November 28, 2003	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)	11–10–1–0
23	W	November 29, 2003	4–1	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	12–10–1–0
24	W	December 3, 2003	2–1 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	13–10–1–0
25	W	December 4, 2003	4–2	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	14–10–1–0
26	L	December 6, 2003	1–4	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	14–11–1–0
27	L	December 11, 2003	1–4	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	14–12–1–0
28	T	December 13, 2003	2–2 OT	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	14–12–2–0
29	L	December 16, 2003	1–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	14–12–2–1
30	L	December 18, 2003	4–5 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	14–12–2–2
31	W	December 20, 2003	1–0	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	15–12–2–2
32	T	December 22, 2003	3–3 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	15–12–3–2
33	T	December 23, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	15–12–4–2
34	L	December 26, 2003	1–2	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	15–13–4–2
35	W	December 27, 2003	3–1	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	16–13–4–2
36	L	December 29, 2003	2–5	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	16–14–4–2
37	W	January 1, 2004	3–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	17–14–4–2
38	W	January 3, 2004	3–2	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	18–14–4–2
39	L	January 5, 2004	0–6	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	18–15–4–2
40	L	January 6, 2004	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	18–16–4–2
41	W	January 8, 2004	4–3 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	19–16–4–2
42	W	January 10, 2004	3–1	St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	20–16–4–2
43	T	January 12, 2004	3–3 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	20–16–5–2
44	T	January 13, 2004	0–0 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	20–16–6–2
45	W	January 15, 2004	4–3	Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	21–16–6–2
46	W	January 17, 2004	2–1	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	22–16–6–2
47	W	January 19, 2004	2–0	Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	23–16–6–2
48	L	January 22, 2004	0–4	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)	23–17–6–2
49	W	January 24, 2004	4–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	24–17–6–2
50	L	January 25, 2004	1–4	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	24–18–6–2
51	W	January 29, 2004	6–4	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	25–18–6–2
52	W	January 31, 2004	3–2 OT	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	26–18–6–2
53	L	February 3, 2004	1–4	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	26–19–6–2
54	L	February 5, 2004	2–5	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	26–20–6–2
55	L	February 11, 2004	2–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	26–21–6–2
56	W	February 13, 2004	5–2	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	27–21–6–2
57	T	February 15, 2004	2–2 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	27–21–7–2
58	L	February 16, 2004	2–4	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	27–22–7–2
59	W	February 18, 2004	7–3	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	28–22–7–2
60	W	February 20, 2004	3–2 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	29–22–7–2
61	W	February 21, 2004	8–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	30–22–7–2
62	L	February 23, 2004	0–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	30–23–7–2
63	W	February 26, 2004	4–0	Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	31–23–7–2
64	W	February 28, 2004	2–1 OT	New York Rangers (2003–04)	32–23–7–2
65	T	March 1, 2004	2–2 OT	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	32–23–8–2
66	L	March 3, 2004	2–5	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	32–24–8–2
67	W	March 4, 2004	9–4	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	33–24–8–2
68	L	March 6, 2004	2–4	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	33–25–8–2
69	L	March 9, 2004	2–3	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	33–26–8–2
70	T	March 11, 2004	1–1 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	33–26–9–2
71	T	March 13, 2004	4–4 OT	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	33–26–10–2
72	L	March 14, 2004	2–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	33–26–10–3
73	T	March 16, 2004	2–2 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	33–26–11–3
74	L	March 19, 2004	4–5	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	33–27–11–3
75	W	March 20, 2004	3–1	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)	34–27–11–3
76	L	March 23, 2004	1–4	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	34–28–11–3
77	W	March 25, 2004	4–2	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	35–28–11–3
78	L	March 27, 2004	2–3 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	35–28–11–4
79	W	March 30, 2004	5–2	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	36–28–11–4
80	W	April 1, 2004	3–1	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	37–28–11–4
81	L	April 3, 2004	1–4	St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	37–29–11–4
82	W	April 4, 2004	2–1 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	38–29–11–4

Playoffs

Western Conference Quarterfinals

(1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (8) Nashville Predators

Game 1- Detroit 3 Nashville 1

Game 2- Detroit 2 Nashville 1

Game 3- Nashville 3 Detroit 1

Game 4- Nashville 3 Detroit 0

Game 5- Detroit 4 Nashville 1

Game 6- Nashville 0 Detroit 2

Detroit wins series 4-2

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Walker, ScottScott Walker	RW	75	25	42	67	94	4	9	3	3
Zidlicky, MarekMarek Zidlicky	D	82	14	39	53	82	-16	9	0	4
Erat, MartinMartin Erat	RW	76	16	33	49	38	10	4	0	2
Legwand, DavidDavid Legwand	C	82	18	29	47	46	9	5	1	5
Timonen, KimmoKimmo Timonen	D	77	12	32	44	52	-7	8	0	1
Orszagh, VladimirVladimir Orszagh	RW	82	16	21	37	74	-4	2	2	3
Hartnell, ScottScott Hartnell	LW	59	18	15	33	87	-5	5	0	3
Johnson, GregGreg Johnson	C	82	14	18	32	33	-21	1	4	4
Sullivan, SteveSteve Sullivan	RW	24	9	21	30	12	8	7	0	0
Hall, AdamAdam Hall	RW	79	13	14	27	37	-8	6	0	1
Johansson, AndreasAndreas Johansson	C	47	12	15	27	26	-2	3	1	1
Hamhuis, DanDan Hamhuis	D	80	7	19	26	57	-12	2	0	4
Arkhipov, DenisDenis Arkhipov	C	72	9	12	21	22	-2	3	0	3
Murray, RemRem Murray	C/LW	39	8	9	17	12	-1	0	2	1
York, JasonJason York	D	67	2	13	15	64	-4	0	0	1
Eaton, MarkMark Eaton	D	75	4	9	13	26	16	0	0	1
Stevenson, JeremyJeremy Stevenson	LW	53	5	4	9	103	-2	3	0	0
Hutchinson, AndrewAndrew Hutchinson	D	18	4	4	8	4	1	2	0	1
Tootoo, JordinJordin Tootoo	RW	70	4	4	8	137	-6	2	0	0
Smith, WyattWyatt Smith	C	18	3	1	4	2	2	0	1	0
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie	LW	61	1	3	4	88	-13	0	0	0
Allison, JamieJamie Allison	D	47	0	3	3	76	-7	0	0	0
Schnabel, RobertRobert Schnabel	D	20	0	3	3	34	6	0	0	0
Zholtok, SergeiSergei Zholtok	C	11	1	1	2	0	-2	0	0	0
Hnidy, ShaneShane Hnidy	D	9	0	2	2	10	3	0	0	0
Morgan, JasonJason Morgan	C	6	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0
Vokoun, TomasTomas Vokoun	G	73	0	2	2	35	0	0	0	0
Gamache, SimonSimon Gamache	C	7	1	0	1	0	-3	1	0	0
Kloucek, TomasTomas Kloucek	D	5	0	1	1	10	3	0	0	0
Neckar, StanStan Neckar	D	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
Upshall, ScottieScottie Upshall	LW	7	0	1	1	0	-2	0	0	0
Bombardir, BradBrad Bombardir	D	13	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0
Brookbank, WadeWade Brookbank	LW	9	0	0	0	38	-4	0	0	0
Darche, MathieuMathieu Darche	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Farrell, MikeMike Farrell	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiddler, VernonVernon Fiddler	C	17	0	0	0	23	-6	0	0	0
Mason, ChrisChris Mason	G	17	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Pivko, LiborLibor Pivko	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shishkanov, TimofeiTimofei Shishkanov	LW	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Vokoun, TomasTomas Vokoun	4221	73	34	29	10	178	2.53	3	1958	1780	.909
Mason, ChrisChris Mason	744	17	4	4	1	27	2.18	1	365	338	.926
Team:	4965	82	38	33	11	205	2.48	4	2323	2118	.912

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Hall, AdamAdam Hall	RW	6	2	1	3	2	3	0	0	1
Hartnell, ScottScott Hartnell	LW	6	1	2	3	2	3	0	0	0
Johnson, GregGreg Johnson	C	6	1	2	3	0	4	0	0	0
York, JasonJason York	D	6	0	3	3	4	2	0	0	0
Orszagh, VladimirVladimir Orszagh	RW	6	2	0	2	4	-2	0	0	0
Sullivan, SteveSteve Sullivan	RW	6	1	1	2	6	-4	0	0	1
Hamhuis, DanDan Hamhuis	D	6	0	2	2	6	-2	0	0	0
Legwand, DavidDavid Legwand	C	6	1	0	1	8	1	0	1	0
Zholtok, SergeiSergei Zholtok	C	6	1	0	1	0	-3	1	0	0
Bombardir, BradBrad Bombardir	D	6	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0
Erat, MartinMartin Erat	RW	6	0	1	1	6	-2	0	0	0
Walker, ScottScott Walker	RW	6	0	1	1	6	-3	0	0	0
Eaton, MarkMark Eaton	D	6	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
Hnidy, ShaneShane Hnidy	D	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Johansson, AndreasAndreas Johansson	C	6	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0
McKenzie, JimJim McKenzie	LW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stevenson, JeremyJeremy Stevenson	LW	6	0	0	0	8	-1	0	0	0
Timonen, KimmoKimmo Timonen	D	6	0	0	0	10	-3	0	0	0
Tootoo, JordinJordin Tootoo	RW	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Vokoun, TomasTomas Vokoun	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zidlicky, MarekMarek Zidlicky	D	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Vokoun, TomasTomas Vokoun	356	6	2	4	12	2.02	1	197	185	.939
Team:	356	6	2	4	12	2.02	1	197	185	.939

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T/OT = Ties/overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

See also

• 2003–04 NHL season

References

• Podnieks, Andrew (2000). The NHL All-Star Game: 50 years of the great tradition. Toronto: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-200058-X.

1. http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2004.html
2. "2003-2004 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
3. "2003–2004 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
4. "2003–04 Nashville Predators Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-15.

• "2003–04 Nashville Predators Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-06.

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