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2003–04 Los Angeles Kings
Division3rd Pacific
Conference11th Western
2003–04 record28–29–16–9
Team information
General managerDave Taylor
CoachAndy Murray
CaptainMattias Norstrom
Alternate captainsIan Laperriere
Zigmund Palffy
Luc Robitaille
ArenaStaples Center
Minor league affiliate(s)Manchester Monarchs
Reading Royals

The 2003–04 Los Angeles Kings season was their 37th National Hockey League season. The Kings placed third in their division, 11th overall in their conference, and failed to qualify for the playoffs due to a season-ending, 11-game losing streak.

Offseason

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 12 6 255 183 104
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

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

Player statistics

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM +/- PPG SHG GWG
Luc Robitaille LW 80 22 29 51 56 4 12 0 4
Alexander Frolov LW 77 24 24 48 24 8 5 2 3
Trent Klatt RW 82 17 26 43 46 2 6 0 2
Zigmund Palffy RW 35 16 25 41 12 18 3 3 2
Jozef Stumpel C 64 8 29 37 16 5 4 0 0
Derek Armstrong C 57 14 21 35 33 4 5 0 1
Eric Belanger C 81 13 20 33 44 -16 0 1 2
Jaroslav Modry D 79 5 27 32 44 11 1 0 1
Lubomir Visnovsky D 58 8 21 29 26 8 5 0 0
Sean Avery C 76 9 19 28 261 2 0 0 2
Joe Corvo D 72 8 17 25 36 7 0 0 3
Ian Laperriere RW 62 10 12 22 58 -4 1 0 3
Michael Cammalleri C 31 9 6 15 20 1 2 0 2
Martin Straka C 32 6 8 14 4 -9 1 1 0
Mattias Norstrom D 74 1 13 14 44 -3 0 0 0
Jon Sim LW 48 6 7 13 27 0 0 0 1
Scott Barney C 19 5 6 11 4 3 2 0 0
Esa Pirnes C 57 3 8 11 12 -9 0 1 0
Nathan Dempsey D 17 4 3 7 2 -7 1 0 0
Brad Chartrand C 53 3 4 7 30 -3 0 1 0
Tim Gleason D 47 0 7 7 21 1 0 0 0
Jason Holland D 52 3 3 6 24 5 0 0 1
John Tripp RW 34 1 5 6 33 -4 0 0 0
Tomas Zizka D 15 2 3 5 12 -4 1 0 0
Dustin Brown LW 31 1 4 5 16 0 0 0 0
Jeff Cowan LW 13 2 1 3 24 -1 1 0 0
Aaron Miller D 35 1 2 3 32 -3 0 0 0
Martin Strbak D 5 2 0 2 8 1 0 0 1
Pavel Rosa RW 2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
Kip Brennan LW 18 1 0 1 79 -1 0 0 0
Anson Carter RW 15 0 1 1 0 -5 0 0 0
Noah Clarke LW 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Denis Grebeshkov D 4 0 1 1 0 -4 0 0 0
Maxim Kuznetsov D 16 0 1 1 20 -5 0 0 0
Bryan Muir D 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0
Brad Norton D 20 0 1 1 77 -1 0 0 0
Jerred Smithson C 8 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
Roman Cechmanek G 49 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Mathieu Chouinard G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Milan Hnilicka G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cristobal Huet G 41 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Steve Kelly C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T/OT GA GAA SO SA SV SV%
Roman Cechmanek 2701 49 18 21 6 113 2.51 5 1198 1085 .906
Cristobal Huet 2199 41 10 16 10 89 2.43 3 961 872 .907
Mathieu Chouinard 3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 2 1.000
Milan Hnilicka 80 2 0 1 0 5 3.75 0 42 37 .881
Team: 4983 82 28 38 16 207 2.49 8 2203 1996 .906

[3]

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

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 2003–04 season.[4]

Trades

Date Details Ref
May 28, 2003 To Los Angeles Kings
Roman Cechmanek
To Philadelphia Flyers
2nd-round pick in 2004
[5]
June 20, 2003 To Los Angeles Kings
Jozef Stumpel
7th-round pick in 2003
To Boston Bruins
Philadelphia’s 4th-round pick in 2003
Detroit’s 2nd-round pick in 2004
[6]
June 22, 2003 To Los Angeles Kings
6th-round pick in 2003
To Nashville Predators
7th-round pick in 2003
Boston’s 7th-round pick in 2003
[7]
June 22, 2003 To Los Angeles Kings
9th-round pick in 2004
To Columbus Blue Jackets
9th-round pick in 2003
[8]
September 15, 2003 To Los Angeles Kings
Milan Hnilicka
To Atlanta Thrashers
Future considerations
[9]
November 30, 2003 To Los Angeles Kings
Martin Straka
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Sergei Anshakov
Martin Strbak
[10]
March 2, 2004 To Los Angeles Kings
Nathan Dempsey
To Chicago Blackhawks
4th-round pick in 2005
Future considerations
[11]
March 8, 2004 To Los Angeles Kings
Anson Carter
To Washington Capitals
Jared Aulin
[12]
March 9, 2004 To Los Angeles Kings
Jeff Cowan
To Atlanta Thrashers
Kip Brennan
[13]

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 7, 2003 (2003-07-07) Mathieu Chouinard Ottawa Senators 1-year Free agency [14]
Trent Klatt Vancouver Canucks 2-year Free agency [15]
July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24) Luc Robitaille Detroit Red Wings 1-year Free agency [16]
July 31, 2003 (2003-07-31) Bryan Muir Colorado Avalanche 1-year Free agency [17]
August 6, 2003 (2003-08-06) John Tripp New York Rangers 1-year Free agency [18]

Players lost

Date Player New team Via[a] Ref
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01) Ken Belanger[b] Contract expiration (UFA) [19]
July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24) Steve Heinze[c] Buyout [22]
July 25, 2003 (2003-07-25) Erik Rasmussen New Jersey Devils Free agency (UFA) [23]
August 12, 2003 (2003-08-12) Travis Scott Florida Panthers Free agency (VI) [24]
September 3, 2003 (2003-09-03) Felix Potvin Boston Bruins Free agency (III) [25]
September 5, 2003 (2003-09-05) Mikko Eloranta TPS (Liiga) Free agency (UFA) [26]
September 9, 2003 (2003-09-09) Craig Johnson Anaheim Mighty Ducks Free agency (III) [27]
September 10, 2003 (2003-09-10) Derek Bekar New York Islanders Free agency (VI) [28]
September 11, 2003 (2003-09-11) Chris McAlpine Minnesota Wild Free agency (III) [29]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03) Jamie Storr Carolina Hurricanes Free agency (UFA) [30]
October 9, 2003 (2003-10-09) Mike Pudlick Portland Pirates (AHL) Free agency (VI) [31]
October 15, 2003 (2003-10-15) Greg Koehler Elmira Jackals (UHL) Free agency (VI) [32]
March 4, 2004 (2004-03-04) Brad Norton Washington Capitals Waivers [33]
Jon Sim Pittsburgh Penguins Waivers [33]
April 20, 2004 (2004-04-20) John Tripp Adler Mannheim (DEL) Free agency [34]

Signings

Date Player Term Contract type Ref
May 30, 2003 (2003-05-30) Tim Gleason 3-year Entry-level [35]
June 26, 2003 (2003-06-26) Petr Kanko 3-year Entry-level [36]
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01) Chris Schmidt 1-year Re-signing [37]
July 8, 2003 (2003-07-08) Richard Seeley 1-year Re-signing [38]
July 15, 2003 (2003-07-15) Denis Grebeshkov 3-year Entry-level [39]
Esa Pirnes Entry-level [40]
Martin Strbak Entry-level [41]
July 16, 2003 (2003-07-16) Jon Sim 1-year Re-signing [42]
July 17, 2003 (2003-07-17) Adam Deadmarsh 1-year Re-signing [43]
Ryan Flinn Re-signing [44]
July 25, 2003 (2003-07-25) Steve Kelly Re-signing [45]
July 28, 2003 (2003-07-28) Maxim Kuznetsov 1-year Re-signing [46]
Brad Norton 1-year Re-signing [46]
July 30, 2003 (2003-07-30) Joe Rullier 1-year Re-signing [47]
July 31, 2003 (2003-07-31) Kip Brennan 1-year Re-signing [48]
Jerred Smithson 1-year Re-signing [48]
Jozef Stumpel 1-year Re-signing [49]
August 1, 2003 (2003-08-01) Sean Avery 1-year Re-signing [50]
Scott Barney 1-year Re-signing [50]
October 4, 2003 (2003-10-04) Dustin Brown 3-year Entry-level [51]
April 2, 2004 (2004-04-02) Derek Armstrong 2-year[d] Extension [52]
April 8, 2004 (2004-04-08) Gregory Hogeboom 2-year Entry-level [53]
April 27, 2004 (2004-04-27) Esa Pirnes 1-year Option exercised [54]

Draft picks

Los Angeles' picks of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee on June 21, 2003.

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 13 Dustin Brown  United States Guelph Storm (OHL)
1 26 Brian Boyle  United States Saint Sebastian's School (USHS-MA)
1 27 Jeff Tambellini  Canada University of Michigan (NCAA)
2 44 Konstantin Pushkarev  Kazakhstan Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan)
3 82 Ryan Munce  Canada Sarnia Sting (OHL)
5 152 Brady Murray  Canada Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)
6 174 Esa Pirnes  Finland Tappara (Finland)
8 231 Matt Zaba  Canada Vernon (BCHL)
8 244 Mike Sullivan  Canada Stouffville Spirit (OPJRA)
9 274 Marty Guerin  United States Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)

Farm teams

Notes

  1. ^ In parenthesis is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[19]
  2. ^ Belanger was inactive during the 2003–04 season.[20]
  3. ^ Heinze retired.[21]
  4. ^ Option for a third year.

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