2003–04 Buffalo Sabres season

The 2003–04 Buffalo Sabres season was the 34th season of operation for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.^[1]

Regular season

On March 17, 2004, Derek Roy scored just 15 seconds into the overtime period to give the Sabres a 4–3 road win over the Atlanta Thrashers.^[2] Roy tied the Blackhawks' Mark Bell, who had also scored 15 seconds into the overtime period in Chicago's 4–3 home win over the Detroit Red Wings on December 11, 2003.^[3] Both goals would end up being the fastest overtime goals scored during the 2003-04 NHL regular season.^[4]

Final standings

Northeast Division^[5]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	2	Boston Bruins	82	41	19	15	7	209	188	104
2	4	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	45	24	10	3	242	204	103
3	5	Ottawa Senators	82	43	23	10	6	262	189	102
4	7	Montreal Canadiens	82	41	30	7	4	208	192	93
5	9	Buffalo Sabres	82	37	34	7	4	220	221	85

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.

Eastern Conference^[6]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	46	22	8	6	245	192	106
2	Y- Boston Bruins	NE	82	41	19	15	7	209	188	104
3	Y- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	40	21	15	6	209	188	101
4	X- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	45	24	10	3	242	204	103
5	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	43	23	10	6	262	189	102
6	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	43	25	12	2	213	164	100
7	X- Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	41	30	7	4	208	192	93
8	X- New York Islanders	AT	82	38	29	11	4	237	210	91
8.5
9	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	37	34	7	4	220	221	85
10	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	33	37	8	4	214	243	78
11	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	28	34	14	6	172	209	76
12	Florida Panthers	SE	82	28	35	15	4	188	221	75
13	New York Rangers	AT	82	27	40	7	8	206	250	69
14	Washington Capitals	SE	82	23	46	10	3	186	253	59
15	Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	23	47	8	4	190	303	58

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z- Clinched Conference; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

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

Playoffs

The Sabres failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Briere, DanielDaniel Briere	C	82	28	37	65	70	-7	11	0	3
Satan, MiroslavMiroslav Satan	LW	82	29	28	57	30	-15	11	1	5
Dumont, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Dumont	RW	77	22	31	53	40	-9	10	0	1
Drury, ChrisChris Drury	C	76	18	35	53	68	8	5	1	2
Hecht, JochenJochen Hecht	LW	64	15	37	52	49	17	2	1	0
Kalinin, DmitriDmitri Kalinin	D	77	10	24	34	42	0	2	1	4
Afinogenov, MaximMaxim Afinogenov	RW	73	17	14	31	57	-4	3	0	4
Zhitnik, AlexeiAlexei Zhitnik	D	68	4	24	28	102	-13	2	0	0
Kotalik, AlesAles Kotalik	RW	62	15	11	26	41	-1	2	0	3
Brown, CurtisCurtis Brown	C/LW	68	9	12	21	30	2	2	1	2
Pyatt, TaylorTaylor Pyatt	LW	63	8	12	20	25	-7	1	2	4
Mair, AdamAdam Mair	C	81	6	14	20	146	-3	1	0	1
Roy, DerekDerek Roy	C	49	9	10	19	12	-8	1	0	4
Taylor, ChrisChris Taylor	C	54	6	6	12	22	-2	0	0	0
Fitzpatrick, RoryRory Fitzpatrick	D	60	4	7	11	44	-5	2	0	2
Patrick, JamesJames Patrick	D	55	4	7	11	12	11	0	0	1
Campbell, BrianBrian Campbell	D	53	3	8	11	12	-8	0	0	0
Tallinder, HenrikHenrik Tallinder	D	72	1	9	10	26	5	0	0	0
Bartovic, MilanMilan Bartovic	RW	23	1	8	9	18	1	0	0	0
Grier, MikeMike Grier	RW	14	1	8	9	4	10	0	0	0
Delmore, AndyAndy Delmore	D	37	2	5	7	29	-5	2	0	0
McKee, JayJay McKee	D	43	2	3	5	41	6	0	0	1
Botterill, JasonJason Botterill	LW	19	2	1	3	14	0	1	0	0
Boulton, EricEric Boulton	LW	44	1	2	3	110	-2	0	0	0
Jillson, JeffJeff Jillson	D	14	0	3	3	19	-3	0	0	0
Peters, AndrewAndrew Peters	LW	42	2	0	2	151	-3	0	0	0
Biron, MartinMartin Biron	G	52	0	2	2	10	0	0	0	0
Brown, BradBrad Brown	D	13	0	2	2	12	3	0	0	0
Noronen, MikaMika Noronen	G	35	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Janik, DougDoug Janik	D	4	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0
Miller, RyanRyan Miller	G	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Milley, NormNorm Milley	RW	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Pittis, DomenicDomenic Pittis	C	4	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0
Pominville, JasonJason Pominville	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T/OT	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Biron, MartinMartin Biron	2972	52	26	18	5	125	2.52	2	1442	1317	.913
Noronen, MikaMika Noronen	1796	35	11	17	2	77	2.57	2	821	744	.906
Miller, RyanRyan Miller	178	3	0	3	0	15	5.06	0	73	58	.795
Team:	4946	82	37	38	7	217	2.63	4	2336	2119	.907

^[7]

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Martin Biron^[8]	NHL Defensive Player of the Week	October 20–26, 2003

References

↑ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
↑ http://articles.latimes.com/2004/mar/18/sports/sp-nhl18
↑ http://articles.latimes.com/2003/dec/12/sports/sp-nhl12
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_2004_games.html
↑ "2003-2004 Division Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
↑ "2003–2004 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
↑ "2003-04 Buffalo Sabres Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 12, 2009.
↑ "Awards and Honors". Sabres.nhl.com. NHL.com. Retrieved July 20, 2012.

Buffalo Sabres

Founded in 1970 Based in Buffalo, New York

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner Terrence Pegula President Russ Brandon General Manager Tim Murray Head coach Dan Bylsma Team captain Brian Gionta Current roster

Arenas	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium HarborCenter (practice) KeyBank Center

Affiliates	AHL Rochester Americans ECHL Elmira Jackals

Owners	Knox/Knox/Swados/Strawbridge Rigas Golisano/Quinn Pegula

General managers	Imlach Anderson Bowman Meehan Muckler Regier LaFontaine (de facto) Murray

Head coaches	Imlach Smith Crozier Smith Pronovost Inglis Bowman Neilson Roberts Bowman Schoenfeld Bowman Ramsay Sator Dudley Muckler Nolan Ruff Rolston Nolan Bylsma

Media	Sabres Hockey Network WGR 550 MSG Western New York Broadcasters

Culture and lore	"The French Connection" Ted Darling Rick Jeanneret The Fog Game No Goal 2008 NHL Winter Classic 2011 NHL Premiere Taro Tsujimoto Ronan Tynan Ryan Vinz Hockey Night Live! HarborCenter Buffalo Sabres Alumni Hockey Team Buffalo Jr. Sabres Buffalo Bandits Sabretooth Sabre Dance

Buffalo Sabres seasons

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

2003–04 NHL season

Atlantic	New Jersey Devils New York Islanders New York Rangers Philadelphia Flyers Pittsburgh Penguins

Northeast	Boston Bruins Buffalo Sabres Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Toronto Maple Leafs

Southeast	Atlanta Thrashers Carolina Hurricanes Florida Panthers Tampa Bay Lightning Washington Capitals

Central	Chicago Blackhawks Columbus Blue Jackets Detroit Red Wings Nashville Predators St. Louis Blues

Northwest	Calgary Flames Colorado Avalanche Edmonton Oilers Minnesota Wild Vancouver Canucks

Pacific	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Dallas Stars Los Angeles Kings Phoenix Coyotes San Jose Sharks

See also	Draft NHL Challenge All-Star Game Heritage Classic Bertuzzi–Moore incident Flyers–Senators brawl West Coast Express Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

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2003–04 Buffalo Sabres season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Awards and records

Awards

See also

References