2003–04 Tampa Bay Lightning season

2003–04 Tampa Bay Lightning
Stanley Cup champions
Eastern Conference champions
Southeast Division champions
Division 1st Southeast
Conference 1st Eastern
2003–04 record 46–22–8–6
Home record 24–10–4–3
Road record 22–12–4–3
Goals for 245
Goals against 192
Team information
General Manager Jay Feaster
Coach John Tortorella
Captain Dave Andreychuk
Alternate captains Vincent Lecavalier
Fredrik Modin
Arena St. Pete Times Forum
Average attendance 17,820 (92.79%)
Team leaders
Goals Martin St. Louis (38)
Assists Martin St. Louis (56)
Points Martin St. Louis (94)
Penalties in minutes Chris Dingman (140)
Wins Nikolai Khabibulin (28)
Goals against average John Grahame (2.06)

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 first Stanley Cup victory came just a year after their NFL (National Football League) counterparts, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, won Super Bowl XXXVII, also their first championship title.

Offseason

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

Regular season

On Saturday, December 27, 2003, the Lightning scored three short-handed goals in a 4-2 win over the Boston Bruins.[1]

The Lightning finished the regular season having tied the Detroit Red Wings for the most short-handed goals scored, with 15.[2]

Season standings

Southeast Division[3]
No. CR GP W L T OTL GF GA PTS
11Tampa Bay Lightning82462286245192106
210Atlanta Thrashers8233378421424378
311Carolina Hurricanes82283414617220976
412Florida Panthers82283515418822175
514Washington Capitals82234610318625359

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[4]
R Div GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts
1 Z- Tampa Bay LightningSE82462286245192106
2 Y- Boston BruinsNE824119157209188104
3 Y- Philadelphia FlyersAT824021156209188101
4 X- Toronto Maple LeafsNE824524103242204103
5 X- Ottawa SenatorsNE824323106262189102
6 X- New Jersey DevilsAT824325122213164100
7 X- Montreal CanadiensNE8241307420819293
8 X- New York IslandersAT82382911423721091
8.5
9 Buffalo SabresNE8237347422022185
10 Atlanta ThrashersSE8233378421424378
11 Carolina HurricanesSE82283414617220976
12 Florida PanthersSE82283515418822175
13 New York RangersAT8227407820625069
14 Washington CapitalsSE82234610318625359
15 Pittsburgh PenguinsAT8223478419030358

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

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

Schedule and results

Regular season

2003–04 regular season game log

Lightning score listed first;   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2004 Stanley Cup playoffs

Player stats

Forwards

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player GP G A PTS PIM
Martin St. Louis8238569424
Cory Stillman8125558036
Brad Richards8226537912
Vincent Lecavalier8132346652
Fredrik Modin8229285732
Dave Andreychuk8221183942
Ruslan Fedotenko7717223930
Tim Taylor827152225
Dmitry Afanasenkov716101612
Martin Cibak6327930
Chris Dingman74156140
Shane Willis120662
Alexandr Svitov110334
Andre Roy3311278
Eric Perrin40000

Defensemen

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; A= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Points

Player GP G A PTS PIM
Dan Boyle789303960
Pavel Kubina8117183585
Brad Lukowich795141924
Cory Sarich823161989
Ben Clymer66281050
Jassen Cullimore7925758
Darryl Sydor311676
Nolan Pratt5813442
Darren Rumble50002
Stan Neckar----------

Goaltending

Note: GP= Games played; W= Wins; L= Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals Against

Player GP W L T SO GAA
Nikolai Khabibulin552819732.33
John Grahame29189112.06

Awards and records

  • Brad Richards, Conn Smythe Trophy
  • Brad Richards, Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
  • Martin St. Louis, Art Ross Trophy
  • Martin St. Louis, Hart Memorial Trophy
  • Martin St. Louis, Lester B. Pearson Award
  • Martin St. Louis, NHL Plus/Minus Award, (shared with Marek Malik of the Vancouver Canucks)
  • John Tortorella, Jack Adams Award

Draft picks

NHL draft

Round # Player Position Nationality College/junior/club team
2 34 Mike Egener Defence  Germany Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
2 41 Matt Smaby Defence  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 Zbyněk Hrdel Center  Czech Republic Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
9 287 Nick Tarnasky Center  Canada Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)

See also

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