2003–04 Buffalo Sabres season

2003-04 Buffalo Sabres
Division5th Northeast
Conference9th Eastern
2003-04 record37–34–7–4
Home record21–16–4–3
Road record16–21–3–1
Goals for220
Goals against221
Team information
General managerDarcy Regier
CoachLindy Ruff
CaptainRotating
Miroslav Satan (Oct.)
Chris Drury (Nov., Mar.–Apr.)
James Patrick (Dec.)
Jean-Pierre Dumont (Jan.)
Daniel Briere (Feb.)
ArenaHSBC Arena
Average attendance15,289
Minor league affiliate(s)Rochester Americans
Team leaders
GoalsMiroslav Satan (29)
AssistsDaniel Briere and Jochen Hecht (37)
PointsDaniel Briere
Penalty minutesAndrew Peters (151)
Plus/minusJochen Hecht
WinsMartin Biron (26)
Goals against averageMartin Biron (2.52)

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

Regular season

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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

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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

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2003–04 regular season[7]
October: 6–5–0–0 (home: 2–2–0–0; road: 4–3–0–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
1 L October 9, 2003 0–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 0–1–0–0 Recap
2 L October 11, 2003 0–6 New York Islanders (2003–04) 0–2–0–0 Recap
3 W October 13, 2003 4–3 Dallas Stars (2003–04) 1–2–0–0 Recap
4 L October 16, 2003 1–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 1–3–0–0 Recap
5 W October 18, 2003 2–0 @ Calgary Flames (2003–04) 2–3–0–0 Recap
6 L October 20, 2003 1–6 @ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 2–4–0–0 Recap
7 W October 23, 2003 5–1 @ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 3–4–0–0 Recap
8 W October 24, 2003 5–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) 4–4–0–0 Recap
9 W October 26, 2003 3–1 @ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 5–4–0–0 Recap
10 L October 28, 2003 1–3 Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 5–5–0–0 Recap
11 W October 30, 2003 5–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 6–5–0–0 Recap
November: 5–6–2–1 (home: 4–1–1–1; road: 1–5–1–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
12 T November 1, 2003 1–1 OT @ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 6–5–1–0 Recap
13 L November 5, 2003 4–7 Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 6–6–1–0 Recap
14 W November 7, 2003 2–1 Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 7–6–1–0 Recap
15 L November 8, 2003 0–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 7–7–1–0 Recap
16 T November 12, 2003 2–2 OT New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 7–7–2–0 Recap
17 OTL November 14, 2003 1–2 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 7–7–2–1 Recap
18 W November 17, 2003 2–1 @ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 8–7–2–1 Recap
19 L November 19, 2003 1–4 @ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 8–8–2–1 Recap
20 W November 21, 2003 5–0 Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 9–8–2–1 Recap
21 L November 22, 2003 1–2 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 9–9–2–1 Recap
22 L November 24, 2003 1–2 @ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 9–10–2–1 Recap
23 W November 26, 2003 5–2 Washington Capitals (2003–04) 10–10–2–1 Recap
24 W November 28, 2003 4–3 Florida Panthers (2003–04) 11–10–2–1 Recap
25 L November 29, 2003 1–4 @ Nashville Predators (2003–04) 11–11–2–1 Recap
December: 4–8–1–0 (home: 2–5–1–0; road: 2–3–0–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
26 W December 3, 2003 3–2 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 12–11–2–1 Recap
27 L December 4, 2003 2–3 Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 12–12–2–1 Recap
28 L December 6, 2003 1–3 Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 12–13–2–1 Recap
29 L December 10, 2003 2–7 Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 12–14–2–1 Recap
30 L December 12, 2003 1–3 New York Rangers (2003–04) 12–15–2–1 Recap
31 L December 13, 2003 2–3 @ Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 12–16–2–1 Recap
32 L December 16, 2003 1–2 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 12–17–2–1 Recap
33 L December 19, 2003 2–5 New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 12–18–2–1 Recap
34 T December 23, 2003 2–2 OT Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 12–18–3–1 Recap
35 W December 26, 2003 3–1 Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 13–18–3–1 Recap
36 W December 27, 2003 3–1 @ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 14–18–3–1 Recap
37 L December 29, 2003 1–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 14–19–3–1 Recap
38 W December 31, 2003 7–1 Washington Capitals (2003–04) 15–19–3–1 Recap
January: 8–6–2–0 (home: 5–1–1–0; road: 3–5–1–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
39 W January 2, 2004 5–2 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) 16–19–3–1 Recap
40 T January 3, 2004 3–3 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 16–19–4–1 Recap
41 L January 6, 2004 1–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 16–20–4–1 Recap
42 T January 7, 2004 1–1 OT Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 16–20–5–1 Recap
43 W January 9, 2004 3–2 Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 17–20–5–1 Recap
44 L January 12, 2004 3–4 @ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 17–21–5–1 Recap
45 W January 13, 2004 6–2 Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 18–21–5–1 Recap
46 L January 15, 2004 0–1 Boston Bruins (2003–04) 18–22–5–1 Recap
47 L January 17, 2004 2–4 @ New York Islanders (2003–04) 18–23–5–1 Recap
48 L January 20, 2004 1–4 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 18–24–5–1 Recap
49 W January 22, 2004 3–2 @ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 19–24–5–1 Recap
50 L January 24, 2004 1–2 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 19–25–5–1 Recap
51 W January 25, 2004 4–2 @ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 20–25–5–1 Recap
52 W January 27, 2004 4–1 Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 21–25–5–1 Recap
53 W January 30, 2004 3–1 @ New York Rangers (2003–04) 22–25–5–1 Recap
54 W January 31, 2004 3–1 New York Rangers (2003–04) 23–25–5–1 Recap
February: 5–5–1–0 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 1–3–0–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
55 L February 5, 2004 2–6 Boston Bruins (2003–04) 23–26–5–1 Recap
56 W February 10, 2004 2–1 San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 24–26–5–1 Recap
57 W February 13, 2004 8–3 Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 25–26–5–1 Recap
58 W February 14, 2004 6–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 26–26–5–1 Recap
59 W February 16, 2004 7–2 Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 27–26–5–1 Recap
60 T February 18, 2004 1–1 OT Florida Panthers (2003–04) 27–26–6–1 Recap
61 W February 20, 2004 4–3 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 28–26–6–1 Recap
62 L February 21, 2004 1–4 @ New York Islanders (2003–04) 28–27–6–1 Recap
63 L February 25, 2004 2–8 @ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 28–28–6–1 Recap
64 L February 27, 2004 2–4 New York Islanders (2003–04) 28–29–6–1 Recap
65 L February 28, 2004 1–7 @ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 28–30–6–1 Recap
March: 9–2–1–3 (home: 4–1–0–2; road: 5–1–1–1)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
66 W March 3, 2004 4–3 Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 29–30–6–1 Recap
67 W March 6, 2004 5–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 30–30–6–1 Recap
68 L March 7, 2004 1–5 St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 30–31–6–1 Recap
69 W March 10, 2004 6–0 @ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 31–31–6–1 Recap
70 OTL March 11, 2004 2–3 OT Boston Bruins (2003–04) 31–31–6–2 Recap
71 OTL March 13, 2004 2–3 OT @ Boston Bruins (2003–04) 31–31–6–3 Recap
72 OTL March 15, 2004 5–6 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 31–31–6–4 Recap
73 W March 17, 2004 4–3 OT @ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 32–31–6–4 Recap
74 L March 18, 2004 1–3 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 32–32–6–4 Recap
75 W March 20, 2004 2–1 @ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 33–32–6–4 Recap
76 W March 24, 2004 2–1 Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 34–32–6–4 Recap
77 W March 26, 2004 5–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 35–32–6–4 Recap
78 T March 27, 2004 2–2 OT @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 35–32–7–4 Recap
79 W March 29, 2004 6–0 Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 36–32–7–4 Recap
80 W March 31, 2004 4–3 @ New York Rangers (2003–04) 37–32–7–4 Recap
April: 0–2–0–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 0–1–0–0)
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap
81 L April 2, 2004 0–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 37–33–7–4 Recap
82 L April 3, 2004 3–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 37–34–7–4 Recap
Legend:

  Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Player statistics

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Scoring

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  • Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
  • † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
  • ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Sabres only.
No. Player Pos Regular season
GP G A Pts +/- PIM
48 Daniel Briere C 82 28 37 65 −7 70
81 Miroslav Satan LW 82 29 28 57 −15 30
17 Jean-Pierre Dumont RW 77 22 31 53 −9 40
23 Chris Drury C 76 18 35 53 8 68
55 Jochen Hecht LW 64 15 37 52 17 49
45 Dmitri Kalinin D 77 10 24 34 0 42
61 Maxim Afinogenov RW 73 17 14 31 −4 57
44 Alexei Zhitnik D 68 4 24 28 −13 102
12 Ales Kotalik RW 62 15 11 26 −1 41
37 Curtis Brown‡ C 68 9 12 21 2 30
24 Taylor Pyatt LW 63 8 12 20 −7 25
22 Adam Mair C 81 6 14 20 −3 146
9 Derek Roy C 49 9 10 19 −8 12
16 Chris Taylor C 54 6 6 12 −2 22
8 Rory Fitzpatrick D 60 4 7 11 −5 44
3 James Patrick D 55 4 7 11 11 12
51 Brian Campbell D 53 3 8 11 −8 12
10 Henrik Tallinder D 72 1 9 10 5 26
15 Milan Bartovic RW 23 1 8 9 1 18
25 Mike Grier† RW 14 1 8 9 10 4
5 Andy Delmore‡ D 37 2 5 7 −5 29
74 Jay McKee D 43 2 3 5 6 41
28 Jason Botterill LW 19 2 1 3 0 14
26 Eric Boulton LW 44 1 2 3 −2 110
34[a] Jeff Jillson† D 14 0 3 3 −3 19
76 Andrew Peters LW 42 2 0 2 −3 151
43 Martin Biron G 52 0 2 2 10
4 Brad Brown† D 13 0 2 2 3 12
35 Mika Noronen G 35 1 0 1 0
33 Doug Janik D 4 0 0 0 0 19
30 Ryan Miller G 3 0 0 0 0
19 Norm Milley RW 2 0 0 0 0 2
38 Domenic Pittis C 4 0 0 0 −1 4
29 Jason Pominville RW 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltending

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No. Player Regular season
GP W L T SA GA GAA SV% SO TOI
43 Martin Biron 52 26 18 5 1442 125 2.52 .913 2 2972
35 Mika Noronen 35 11 17 2 821 77 2.57 .906 2 1796
30 Ryan Miller 3 0 3 0 73 15 5.06 .795 0 178

Awards and records

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Awards

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Type Award/honor Recipient Ref
League
(in-season) 		NHL Defensive Player of the Week Martin Biron (October 27) [8]
NHL YoungStars Game selection Derek Roy [9]

Milestones

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Milestone Player Date Ref
First game Andrew Peters October 9, 2003 [10]
Derek Roy December 13, 2003
Jason Pominville December 27, 2003

Transactions

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The Sabres were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2003, the day after the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2004, the day of the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.[11]

Trades

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Date Details Ref
June 27, 2003 (2003-06-27) To Nashville Predators
  • 3rd-round pick in 2004
 To Buffalo Sabres
[12]
July 3, 2003 (2003-07-03) To Colorado Avalanche
To Buffalo Sabres
[13]
To Calgary Flames
To Buffalo Sabres
[13]
March 8, 2004 (2004-03-08) To Minnesota Wild
  • 4th-round pick in 2005
 To Buffalo Sabres
[14]
March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09) To San Jose Sharks
To Buffalo Sabres
[15]
To Washington Capitals
To Buffalo Sabres
[16]

Players acquired

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Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 12, 2003 (2003-07-12) Joel Bouchard Pittsburgh Penguins 1-year Free agency [17]
July 14, 2003 (2003-07-14) Domenic Pittis Nashville Predators 1-year Free agency [18]
July 15, 2003 (2003-07-15) David Cullen Minnesota Wild 1-year Free agency [19]
August 22, 2003 (2003-08-22) Brian Chapman Manitoba Moose (AHL) 1-year Free agency [20]
Rick Mrozik Calgary Flames 1-year Free agency [20]
October 17, 2003 (2003-10-17) Scott Ricci Milwaukee Admirals (AHL) Free agency [21]

Players lost

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Date Player New team Via[b] Ref
July 2, 2003 (2003-07-02) Radoslav Hecl HC Slovan Bratislava (SVK) Free agency (UFA) [23]
July 5, 2003 (2003-07-05) Denis Hamel Ottawa Senators Free agency (UFA) [24]
August 11, 2003 (2003-08-11) Peter Ratchuk Frankfurt Lions (DEL) Free agency (VI) [25]
August 18, 2003 (2003-08-18) Francois Methot Washington Capitals Free agency (VI) [26]
August 27, 2003 (2003-08-27) Doug Houda Retirement (III) [27]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03) Steve Begin Montreal Canadiens Waiver draft [28]
Joel Bouchard New York Rangers Waiver draft [28]
April 5, 2004 (2004-04-05) Domenic Pittis Kloten Flyers (NLA) Free agency [29]

Signings

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Date Player Term Contract type Ref
June 30, 2003 (2003-06-30) Brian Campbell 1-year Option exercised [30]
July 3, 2003 (2003-07-03) Rory Fitzpatrick Re-signing [31]
July 10, 2003 (2003-07-10) Jason Botterill 1-year Re-signing [32]
Chris Taylor 1-year Re-signing [32]
July 31, 2003 (2003-07-31) Steve Begin 1-year Re-signing [33]
Tim Connolly 1-year Re-signing [33]
Dmitri Kalinin 1-year Re-signing [33]
Adam Mair 3-year Re-signing [34]
Taylor Pyatt 1-year Re-signing [33]
August 1, 2003 (2003-08-01) Eric Boulton 2-year Re-signing [35]
Henrik Tallinder 1-year Re-signing [36]
August 7, 2003 (2003-08-07) Tom Askey 2-year Re-signing [37]
Andrew Peters Re-signing [37]
August 8, 2003 (2003-08-08) Curtis Brown 1-year Re-signing [38]
Ales Kotalik 1-year[c] Re-signing [39]
August 25, 2003 (2003-08-25) Chris Drury 4-year Re-signing [40]
September 15, 2003 (2003-09-15) Norm Milley 1-year Re-signing [41]
September 24, 2003 (2003-09-24) Jay McKee multi-year Re-signing [42]
September 29, 2003 (2003-09-29) Miroslav Satan 2-year Re-signing [43]
October 17, 2003 (2003-10-17) Nathan Paetsch Entry-level [21]

Draft picks

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Buffalo's draft picks at the 2003 NHL entry draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.[44]

Round # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 5 Thomas Vanek  Austria University of Minnesota (NCAA)
2 65 Branislav Fabry  Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
3 74 Clarke MacArthur  Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
4 106 Jan Hejda  Czech Republic Slavia Praha (Czech Republic)
4 114 Denis Ezhov  Russia Lada Togliatti (Russia)
5 150 Thomas Morrow  United States Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
6 172 Pavel Voroshnin  Russia Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
7 202 Nathan Paetsch  Canada Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
8 235 Jeff Weber  Canada Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
9 266 Louis-Philippe Martin  Canada Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Jillson wore number 5 in his Sabres debut.
  2. ^ In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[22]
  3. ^ Club option for a second year.

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  41. ^ "NORM MILLEY". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on January 28, 2004. Retrieved May 11, 2022. 15-Sep-03: Re-signed by the Buffalo Sabres.
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