2003–04 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season

Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
2003–04 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Division	4th Pacific
Conference	12th Western
2003–04 record	29–35–10-8
Goals for	184
Goals against	213
	Team information
General Manager	Bryan Murray
Coach	Mike Babcock
Captain	Steve Rucchin
Arena	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim
Average attendance	14,988 (87.3%); Total: 614,504
	Team leaders
<2002–03	2004–05>

The 2003–04 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim season was the team's 11th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). After making it to the 2003 Stanley Cup Final and losing in the seventh game, the team placed fourth in the Pacific Division and 12th in the Western Conference, thus failing to qualify for the 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Offseason

In the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, the Ducks selected Ryan Getzlaf with their first first-round pick, 19th overall, and Corey Perry with their second first-round pick, 28th overall.

Forward Steve Rucchin was named team captain following Paul Kariya's departure via free agency.

Regular season

Final standings

Pacific Division^[1]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	San Jose Sharks	82	43	21	12	6	219	183	104
2	5	Dallas Stars	82	41	26	13	2	194	175	97
3	11	Los Angeles Kings	82	28	29	16	9	205	217	81
4	12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	82	29	35	10	8	184	213	76
5	13	Phoenix Coyotes	82	22	36	18	6	188	245	68

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^[2]
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

Schedule and results

2003–04 regular season

October: 4–5–1–1 (Home: 1–3–1–1; Road: 3–2–0–0)

No.	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Attendance	Record	Arena	Box	Points
1	October 8, 2003	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	4–1		18,532	0–1–0–0	American Airlines Center	L1	0
2	October 9, 2003	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)	3–1		16,684	0–2–0–0	Gaylord Entertainment Center	L2	0
3	October 12, 2003	Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	2–0		17,174	0–3–0–0	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim	L3	0
4	October 17, 2003	Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	3–0		13,885	0–4–0–0	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim	L4	0
5	October 19, 2003	Boston Bruins (2003–04)	4–3	OT	13,120	0–4–0–1	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim	O1	1
6	October 21, 2003	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	2–0		14,362	1–4–0–1	HP Pavilion at San Jose	W1	3
7	October 22, 2003	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	4–3	OT	12,737	2–4–0–1	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim	W2	5
8	October 24, 2003	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	5–2		14,186	2–5–0–1	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim	L1	5
9	October 26, 2003	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	1–1	OT	12,845	2–5–1–1	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim	T1	6
10	October 28, 2003	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	3–1		17,902	3–5–1–1	Madison Square Garden	W1	8
11	October 29, 2003	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)	4–2		13,350	4–5–1–1	MCI Center	W2	10

November: 4–2–3–4 (Home: 4–0–1–1; Road: 0–2–2–3)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
12	L	November 1, 2003	1–4	@ New York Islanders (2003–04)	4–6–1–1
13	L	November 2, 2003	1–3	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	4–7–1–1
14	L	November 4, 2003	1–2 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	4–7–1–2
15	L	November 8, 2003	3–4 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	4–7–1–3
16	W	November 9, 2003	2–1 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	5–7–1–3
17	W	November 12, 2003	5–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	6–7–1–3
18	W	November 16, 2003	4–3	St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	7–7–1–3
19	L	November 18, 2003	1–2 OT	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	7–7–1–4
20	T	November 19, 2003	3–3 OT	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	7–7–2–4
21	L	November 21, 2003	3–4 OT	Nashville Predators (2003–04)	7–7–2–5
22	T	November 26, 2003	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	7–7–3–5
23	W	November 28, 2003	4–3	Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	8–7–3–5
24	T	November 30, 2003	1–1 OT	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	8–7–4–5

December: 5–8–0–0 (Home: 3–2–0–0; Road: 2–6–0–0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
25	L	December 2, 2003	1–2	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	8–8–4–5
26	L	December 3, 2003	2–7	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	8–9–4–5
27	L	December 5, 2003	2–6	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	8–10–4–5
28	W	December 7, 2003	4–0	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	9–10–4–5
29	W	December 10, 2003	3–2	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	10–10–4–5
30	L	December 13, 2003	0–2	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	10–11–4–5
31	L	December 14, 2003	2–3	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	10–12–4–5
32	W	December 19, 2003	1–0	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	11–12–4–5
33	L	December 21, 2003	1–2	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	11–13–4–5
34	L	December 22, 2003	1–2	@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	11–14–4–5
35	L	December 27, 2003	2–3	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	11–15–4–5
36	W	December 29, 2003	2–0	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	12–15–4–5
37	W	December 31, 2003	3–1	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	13–15–4–5

January: 3–7–4–1 (Home: 2–2–4–1; Road: 1–5–0–0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
38	L	January 2, 2004	2–5	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	13–16–4–5
39	L	January 3, 2004	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	13–17–4–5
40	T	January 5, 2004	2–2 OT	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	13–17–5–5
41	T	January 7, 2004	4–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	13–17–6–5
42	L	January 9, 2004	2–5	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	13–18–6–5
43	T	January 11, 2004	2–2 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	13–18–7–5
44	L	January 13, 2004	1–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	13–19–7–5
45	L	January 15, 2004	0–1	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	13–20–7–5
46	W	January 17, 2004	2–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	14–20–7–5
47	L	January 19, 2004	1–5	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	14–21–7–5
48	T	January 21, 2004	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	14–21–8–5
49	W	January 23, 2004	6–2	Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	15–21–8–5
50	L	January 24, 2004	2–4	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	15–22–8–5
51	L	January 28, 2004	3–4 OT	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	15–22–8–6
52	W	January 30, 2004	4–3 OT	Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	16–22–8–6

February: 7–4–1–2 (Home: 6–0–0–1; Road: 1–4–1–1)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
53	L	February 1, 2004	4–6	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)	16–23–8–6
54	L	February 2, 2004	1–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	16–23–8–7
55	W	February 4, 2004	3–2	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	17–23–8–7
56	W	February 11, 2004	5–3	Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	18–23–8–7
57	L	February 13, 2004	1–2	@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)	18–24–8–7
58	W	February 14, 2004	2–1	@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	19–24–8–7
59	W	February 16, 2004	3–1	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	20–24–8–7
60	W	February 18, 2004	3–1	Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	21–24–8–7
61	L	February 20, 2004	2–3 OT	Nashville Predators (2003–04)	21–24–8–8
62	L	February 22, 2004	0–4	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	21–25–8–8
63	T	February 23, 2004	1–1 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	21–25–9–8
64	W	February 25, 2004	4–2	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	22–25–9–8
65	L	February 28, 2004	1–2	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	22–26–9–8
66	W	February 29, 2004	6–3	Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	23–26–9–8

March: 5–9–1–0 (Home: 2–4–1–0; Road: 3–5–0–0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
67	W	March 3, 2004	2–0	Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	24–26–9–8
68	W	March 5, 2004	5–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	25–26–9–8
69	L	March 6, 2004	1–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	25–27–9–8
70	L	March 8, 2004	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	25–28–9–8
71	L	March 12, 2004	1–3	New York Islanders (2003–04)	25–29–9–8
72	L	March 14, 2004	1–5	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	25–30–9–8
73	W	March 16, 2004	3–2 OT	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	26–30–9–8
74	T	March 17, 2004	1–1 OT	St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	26–30–10–8
75	L	March 19, 2004	2–4	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	26–31–10–8
76	W	March 21, 2004	8–6	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	27–31–10–8
77	W	March 23, 2004	4–1	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)	28–31–10–8
78	L	March 25, 2004	2–3	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	28–32–10–8
79	L	March 26, 2004	1–3	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	28–33–10–8
80	L	March 28, 2004	1–2	@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	28–34–10–8
81	L	March 31, 2004	1–2	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	28–35–10–8

April: 1–0–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0–0)

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
82	W	April 4, 2004	2–1	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	29–35–10–8

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Playoffs

The Ducks missed the playoffs, despite making it to the Stanley Cup Finals the previous year against the eventual champions, the New Jersey Devils.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Sergei Fedorov	80	31	34	65	42
Vaclav Prospal	82	19	35	54	54
Petr Sykora	81	23	29	52	34
Steve Rucchin	82	20	23	43	12
Joffrey Lupul	75	13	21	34	28
Andy McDonald	79	9	21	30	24
Rob Niedermayer	55	12	16	28	34
Niclas Havelid	79	6	20	26	28
Samuel Pahlsson	82	8	14	22	52
Jason Krog	80	6	12	18	16
Stanislav Chistov	56	2	16	18	26
Vitaly Vishnevski	73	6	10	16	51
Sandis Ozolinsh	36	5	11	16	24
Ruslan Salei	82	4	11	15	110
Martin Skoula	21	2	7	9	2
Todd Simpson	46	4	3	7	105
Keith Carney	69	2	5	7	42
Chris Kunitz	21	0	6	6	12
Kurt Sauer	55	1	4	5	32
Mike Leclerc	10	1	3	4	4
Lance Ward	46	0	4	4	94
Cam Severson	31	3	0	3	50
Garrett Burnett	39	1	2	3	184
Craig Johnson	39	1	2	3	14
Michael Holmqvist	21	2	0	2	25
Petr Schastlivy	22	2	0	2	4
Tony Martensson	6	1	1	2	0
Jean-Sebastien Giguere	55	0	2	2	4
Chris Armstrong	4	0	1	1	0
Alexei Smirnov	8	0	1	1	2
Ilya Bryzgalov	1	0	0	0	0
Dan Bylsma	11	0	0	0	0
Martin Gerber	32	0	0	0	4
Casey Hankinson	4	0	0	0	4
Mark Popovic	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Jean-Sebastien Giguere	3210	55	17	31	6	140	2.62	1623	1483	.914	3
Martin Gerber	1698	32	11	12	4	64	2.26	785	721	.918	2
Ilya Bryzgalov	60	1	1	0	0	2	2.00	28	26	.929	0
Team:	4968	82	29	43	10	206	2.49	2436	2230	.915	5

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