2003–04 New York Rangers season

The 2003–04 New York Rangers season was their seventy-eighth in the National Hockey League. The team finished with one of the worst records in the league despite bringing in free agents like Jaromir Jagr. The team would eventually trade away most of its major acquisitions, including their longtime defensive stalwart Brian Leetch. This would prove to be the final season for team captain Mark Messier.

Regular season

Final standings

**Atlantic Division**^[1]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	3	Philadelphia Flyers	82	40	21	15	6	229	186	101
2	6	New Jersey Devils	82	43	25	12	2	213	164	100
3	8	New York Islanders	82	38	29	11	4	237	210	91
4	13	New York Rangers	82	27	40	7	8	206	250	69
5	15	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	23	47	8	4	190	303	58

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^[2]
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

2003-04 Game Log

October: 3-3-2-0 (Home: 3-1-2-0; Road: 0-2-0-0)

November: 6-5-3-2 (Home: 3-2-0-2; Road: 3-3-3-0)

December: 6-5-0-1 (Home: 2-2-0-1; Road: 4-3-0-0)

January: 4-10-2-1 (Home: 2-5-1-1; Road: 2-5-1-0)

February: 4-7-0-1 (Home: 2-5-0-0; Road: 2-2-0-1)

March: 3-10-0-3 (Home: 1-6-0-0; Road: 2-4-0-3)

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

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs, missing the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Holik, BobbyBobby Holik	82	25	31	56	4	96
Messier, MarkMark Messier	76	18	25	43	3	42
Kovalev, AlexeiAlexei Kovalev^‡	66	13	29	42	-5	54
Rucinsky, MartinMartin Rucinsky^‡	69	13	29	42	13	62
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch^‡	57	13	23	36	-5	24
Barnaby, MatthewMatthew Barnaby^‡	69	12	20	32	15	120
Lindros, EricEric Lindros	39	10	22	32	7	60
Nedved, PetrPetr Nedved^‡	65	14	17	31	-9	42
Jagr, JaromirJaromir Jagr^†	31	15	14	29	-1	12
Hlavac, JanJan Hlavac	72	5	21	26	-8	16
Poti, TomTom Poti	67	10	14	24	-1	47
Simon, ChrisChris Simon^‡	65	14	9	23	14	225
Malakhov, VladimirVladimir Malakhov^‡	56	3	15	18	-5	53
Carter, AnsonAnson Carter^‡	43	10	7	17	-12	14
Mironov, BorisBoris Mironov	75	3	13	16	1	86
de Vries, GregGreg de Vries^‡	53	3	12	15	12	37
Kasparaitis, DariusDarius Kasparaitis	44	1	9	10	11	48
Lundmark, JamieJamie Lundmark	56	2	8	10	-8	33
Bouchard, JoelJoel Bouchard	28	1	7	8	2	10
LaCouture, DanDan LaCouture	59	5	2	7	-13	82
Tyutin, FedorFedor Tyutin	25	2	5	7	-4	14
Ortmeyer, JedJed Ortmeyer	58	2	4	6	-10	16
Green, JoshJosh Green^†	14	3	2	5	0	8
Balej, JozefJozef Balej^†	13	1	4	5	0	4
Rachunek, KarelKarel Rachunek^†	12	1	3	4	-9	4
Pock, ThomasThomas Pock	6	2	2	4	-4	0
Moore, DominicDominic Moore	5	0	3	3	0	0
Purinton, DaleDale Purinton	40	1	1	2	-9	117
McCarthy, SandySandy McCarthy^†	13	1	0	1	-8	2
McAllister, ChrisChris McAllister^†	12	0	1	1	-4	12
Larose, CoryCory Larose	7	0	1	1	-2	4
Wiseman, ChadChad Wiseman	4	1	0	1	-1	0
Murray, GarthGarth Murray	20	1	0	1	-5	24
Pushor, JamieJamie Pushor^†	7	0	0	0	-3	0
Rheaume, PascalPascal Rheaume^‡	17	0	0	0	-3	5
Healey, PaulPaul Healey	4	0	0	0	0	0
Scott, RichardRichard Scott	5	0	0	0	0	23
Gernander, KenKen Gernander	2	0	0	0	-1	2
Dusablon, BenoitBenoit Dusablon	3	0	0	0	-1	2
Lampman, BryceBryce Lampman	8	0	0	0	-4	0
Siklenka, MikeMike Siklenka	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nycholat, LawrenceLawrence Nycholat	9	0	0	0	-2	6
MacDonald, JasonJason MacDonald	4	0	0	0	-1	19
Ulmer, LayneLayne Ulmer	1	0	0	0	-1	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Dunham, MikeMike Dunham	57	3148	16	30	5	159	3.03	1522	.896	2
Markkanen, JussiJussi Markkanen^‡	26	1244	8	12	1	53	2.56	611	.913	2
McLennan, JamieJamie McLennan^†	4	243	1	3	0	12	2.96	97	.876	0
LaBarbera, JasonJason LaBarbera	4	198	1	2	0	16	4.85	91	.824	0
Valiquette, SteveSteve Valiquette^†	2	119	1	1	0	6	3.00	71	.915	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Awards and records

Lester Patrick Trophy: John Davidson

Draft picks

New York's picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft in Nashville, Tennessee, at the Gaylord Entertainment Center.^[4]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	12	Hugh Jessiman	RW	United States	Dartmouth College (ECAC)
2	50^[a]	Ivan Baranka	D	Slovakia	Spartak Dubnica Jr. (Slovakia Jr.)
3	75^[b]	Ken Roche	C	United States	St. Sebastian's School (USHS–MA)
4	122^[c]	Corey Potter	D	United States	Michigan State University (CCHA)
5	149	Nigel Dawes	LW	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
6	176^[d]	Ivan Dornic	C	Slovakia	Slovan Bratislava (Slovak Extraliga)
6	179^[e]	Philippe Furrer	D	Switzerland	SC Bern (NLA)
6	180^[f]	Chris Holt	G	Canada	US National Team Development Program (USA)
7	209	Dylan Reese	D	United States	Pittsburgh Forge (NAHL)
8	243	Jan Marek	F	Czech Republic	Oceláři Třinec (Czech Extraliga)

Draft notes^[5]

The New York Rangers' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a June 21, 2003 trade that sent a 2003 second-round pick and a 2003 third-round pick to the Rangers in exchange for this pick.
^a The San Jose Sharks' second-round pick went to the New York Rangers as a result of a June 21, 2003 trade that sent a 2003 second round pick to the Sharks in exchange for a 2003 third-round pick and this pick.
^b The San Jose Sharks' third-round pick went to the New York Rangers as a result of a June 21, 2003 trade that sent a 2003 second round pick to the Sharks in exchange for a 2003 second-round pick and this pick.
The New York Rangers' third-round pick went to the Philadelphia Flyers as the result of an August 20, 2001 trade that sent Eric Lindros to the Rangers in exchange for Kim Johnsson, Pavel Brendl, Jan Hlavac and this pick.
The New York Rangers' fourth-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a March 18, 2002 trade that sent Pavel Bure and a 2002 second-round pick to the Rangers in exchange for Igor Ulanov, Filip Novak, a 2002 first round pick, a 2002 second round pick and this pick.
^c The Edmonton Oilers' fourth-round pick went to the New York Rangers as a result of a June 30, 2002 trade that sent Mike Richter to the Oilers in exchange for this pick.
^d The Calgary Flames' sixth-round pick went to the New York Rangers as a result of a January 22, 2003 trade that sent Mike Mottau to the Flames in exchange for a 2004 sixth-round pick and this pick.
^e The San Jose Sharks' sixth-round pick (originally New York Rangers) went to the New York Rangers as a result of a June 22, 2003 trade that sent previous considerations to the Sharks in exchange for this pick.
^f The Los Angeles Kings' sixth-round pick went to the New York Rangers as a result of a July 16, 2002 trade that sent Derek Armstrong to the Kings in exchange for this conditional pick.
The New York Rangers' ninth-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a June 23, 2002 trade that sent Krysztof Oliwa to the Rangers in exchange for future considerations (this pick).

References

↑ "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 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
↑ "NHL Entry Draft Year by Year Results". NHL.com. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
↑ "2003 NHL Entry Draft Pick Transactions". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved June 25, 2012.

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New York Rangers seasons

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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

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

New York Rangers

Founded in 1926
Based in New York City, New York

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: The Madison Square Garden Company (James Dolan, chairman)
President: Glen Sather
General manager: Jeff Gorton
Head coach: Alain Vigneault
Team captain: Ryan McDonagh
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: Hartford Wolf Pack

ECHL: Greenville Swamp Rabbits

General managers

Head coaches

Media

Networks

TV	MSG Network

Radio	WEPN-FM

Broadcasters

TV	Sam Rosen Joe Micheletti

Radio	Kenny Albert Dave Maloney

Culture and lore

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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