2003–04_Boston_Bruins_season

2003–04 Boston Bruins season

NHL team season

The 2003–04 Boston Bruins season was the team's 80th season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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2003–04 Boston Bruins
Northeast Division champions
Division	1st Northeast
Conference	2nd Eastern
2003–04 record	41–19–15–7
Home record	18–12–9–2
Road record	23–7–6–5
Goals for	209
Goals against	188
Team information
General manager	Mike O'Connell
Coach	Mike Sullivan
Captain	Joe Thornton
Alternate captains	Martin Lapointe Sean O'Donnell
Arena	Fleet Center
Average attendance	15,133 (86.2%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Providence Bruins
Team leaders
Goals	Glen Murray (32)
Assists	Joe Thornton (50)
Points	Joe Thornton (73)
Penalty minutes	Doug Doull (132)
Plus/minus	Mike Knuble (+19)
Wins	Andrew Raycroft (29)
Goals against average	Andrew Raycroft (2.05)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Off-season

Mike Sullivan was named the team’s new head coach on June 23, 2003.^[1]

Regular season

The Bruins had the fewest power-play opportunities of any team in the League, with just 300.^[2]

Final standings

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Northeast Division^[3]
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.

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Eastern Conference^[4]
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
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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

Playoffs

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Schedule and results

Regular season

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2003–04 regular season^[5]

October: 6–2–2–1 (home: 0–1–1–1; road: 6–1–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	T	October 8, 2003	3–3 OT	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	0–0–1–0	Recap
2	L	October 10, 2003	1–5	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	0–1–1–0	Recap
3	T	October 11, 2003	1–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	0–1–2–0	Recap
4	W	October 15, 2003	2–0	@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)	1–1–2–0	Recap
5	W	October 18, 2003	4–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04)	2–1–2–0	Recap
6	W	October 19, 2003	4–3 OT	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)	3–1–2–0	Recap
7	W	October 21, 2003	4–1	@ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04)	4–1–2–0	Recap
8	L	October 23, 2003	0–2	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	4–2–2–0	Recap
9	W	October 25, 2003	5–2	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	5–2–2–0	Recap
10	W	October 28, 2003	2–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	6–2–2–0	Recap
11	OTL	October 30, 2003	0–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	6–2–2–1	Recap

November: 5–2–2–3 (home: 4–1–2–0; road: 1–1–0–3)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
12	OTL	November 1, 2003	2–3 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	6–2–2–2	Recap
13	T	November 6, 2003	5–5 OT	San Jose Sharks (2003–04)	6–2–3–2	Recap
14	W	November 8, 2003	4–1	Dallas Stars (2003–04)	7–2–3–2	Recap
15	W	November 11, 2003	4–3	Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)	8–2–3–2	Recap
16	W	November 14, 2003	4–0	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)	9–2–3–2	Recap
17	W	November 15, 2003	2–1 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)	10–2–3–2	Recap
18	OTL	November 19, 2003	4–5 OT	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	10–2–3–3	Recap
19	W	November 20, 2003	3–2	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	11–2–3–3	Recap
20	L	November 22, 2003	2–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	11–3–3–3	Recap
21	OTL	November 25, 2003	3–4 OT	@ St. Louis Blues (2003–04)	11–3–3–4	Recap
22	L	November 28, 2003	1–2	Nashville Predators (2003–04)	11–4–3–4	Recap
23	T	November 30, 2003	3–3 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)	11–4–4–4	Recap

December: 3–7–5–0 (home: 0–4–3–0; road: 3–3–2–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
24	W	December 3, 2003	6–4	@ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	12–4–4–4	Recap
25	L	December 4, 2003	0–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	12–5–4–4	Recap
26	T	December 6, 2003	1–1 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	12–5–5–4	Recap
27	T	December 8, 2003	2–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	12–5–6–4	Recap
28	T	December 10, 2003	1–1 OT	@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)	12–5–7–4	Recap
29	L	December 11, 2003	5–6	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)	12–6–7–4	Recap
30	W	December 13, 2003	3–2	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	13–6–7–4	Recap
31	T	December 16, 2003	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	13–6–8–4	Recap
32	L	December 18, 2003	0–5	Calgary Flames (2003–04)	13–7–8–4	Recap
33	L	December 20, 2003	1–2	Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	13–8–8–4	Recap
34	L	December 22, 2003	2–4	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	13–9–8–4	Recap
35	T	December 23, 2003	1–1 OT	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	13–9–9–4	Recap
36	L	December 27, 2003	2–4	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	13–10–9–4	Recap
37	W	December 29, 2003	3–1	@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)	14–10–9–4	Recap
38	L	December 30, 2003	0–3	Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	14–11–9–4	Recap

January: 10–3–2–0 (home: 6–2–1–0; road: 4–1–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
39	W	January 1, 2004	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	15–11–9–4	Recap
40	T	January 3, 2004	3–3 OT	New York Islanders (2003–04)	15–11–10–4	Recap
41	W	January 7, 2004	3–0	@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	16–11–10–4	Recap
42	W	January 8, 2004	3–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	17–11–10–4	Recap
43	W	January 10, 2004	2–1 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)	18–11–10–4	Recap
44	W	January 12, 2004	4–3	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	19–11–10–4	Recap
45	W	January 15, 2004	1–0	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	20–11–10–4	Recap
46	L	January 17, 2004	0–4	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	20–12–10–4	Recap
47	W	January 19, 2004	5–2	New York Rangers (2003–04)	21–12–10–4	Recap
48	W	January 20, 2004	4–1	@ New York Rangers (2003–04)	22–12–10–4	Recap
49	L	January 22, 2004	2–3	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	22–13–10–4	Recap
50	L	January 24, 2004	1–2	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	22–14–10–4	Recap
51	T	January 27, 2004	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (2003–04)	22–14–11–4	Recap
52	W	January 29, 2004	2–1 OT	New York Islanders (2003–04)	23–14–11–4	Recap
53	W	January 31, 2004	1–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	24–14–11–4	Recap

February: 7–1–2–3 (home: 3–1–0–1; road: 4–0–2–2)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
54	W	February 1, 2004	4–1	Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	25–14–11–4	Recap
55	W	February 3, 2004	5–4	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	26–14–11–4	Recap
56	W	February 5, 2004	6–2	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	27–14–11–4	Recap
57	W	February 10, 2004	6–3	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)	28–14–11–4	Recap
58	OTL	February 12, 2004	2–3 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	28–14–11–5	Recap
59	OTL	February 14, 2004	1–2 OT	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)	28–14–11–6	Recap
60	W	February 17, 2004	5–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	29–14–11–6	Recap
61	W	February 19, 2004	4–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	30–14–11–6	Recap
62	T	February 21, 2004	3–3 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	30–14–12–6	Recap
63	L	February 23, 2004	0–2	Florida Panthers (2003–04)	30–15–12–6	Recap
64	T	February 24, 2004	0–0 OT	@ New York Islanders (2003–04)	30–15–13–6	Recap
65	OTL	February 26, 2004	2–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	30–15–13–7	Recap
66	W	February 28, 2004	3–2 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)	31–15–13–7	Recap

March: 9–3–1–0 (home: 5–2–1–0; road: 4–1–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
67	L	March 2, 2004	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	31–16–13–7	Recap
68	W	March 4, 2004	3–1	New York Rangers (2003–04)	32–16–13–7	Recap
69	T	March 6, 2004	2–2 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04)	32–16–14–7	Recap
70	W	March 9, 2004	3–2	@ Nashville Predators (2003–04)	33–16–14–7	Recap
71	W	March 11, 2004	3–2 OT	@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	34–16–14–7	Recap
72	W	March 13, 2004	3–2 OT	Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)	35–16–14–7	Recap
73	W	March 16, 2004	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	36–16–14–7	Recap
74	L	March 18, 2004	0–2	Minnesota Wild (2003–04)	36–17–14–7	Recap
75	W	March 20, 2004	5–4	Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)	37–17–14–7	Recap
76	W	March 23, 2004	4–2	Ottawa Senators (2003–04)	38–17–14–7	Recap
77	L	March 25, 2004	0–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)	38–18–14–7	Recap
78	W	March 27, 2004	3–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)	39–18–14–7	Recap
79	W	March 30, 2004	3–2	@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)	40–18–14–7	Recap

April: 1–1–1–0 (home: 0–1–1–0; road: 1–0–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
80	T	April 1, 2004	3–3 OT	Washington Capitals (2003–04)	40–18–15–7	Recap
81	L	April 3, 2004	2–5	New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	40–19–15–7	Recap
82	W	April 4, 2004	3–1	@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)	41–19–15–7	Recap

Legend:

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

Playoffs

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2004 Stanley Cup playoffs^[5]

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals vs. (7) Montreal Canadiens – Canadiens win 4–3

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Series	Recap
1	April 7	Montreal	3–0	Boston		Raycroft	17,565	Boston leads 1–0	Recap
2	April 9	Montreal	2–1	Boston	OT	Raycroft	17,565	Boston leads 2–0	Recap
3	April 11	Boston	3–2	Montreal		Theodore	21,273	Boston leads 2–1	Recap
4	April 13	Boston	3–4	Montreal	OT	Raycroft	21,273	Boston leads 3–1	Recap
5	April 15	Montreal	1–5	Boston		Theodore	17,565	Boston leads 3–2	Recap
6	April 17	Boston	2–5	Montreal		Theodore	21,273	Series tied 3–3	Recap
7	April 19	Montreal	2–0	Boston		Theodore	17,565	Montreal wins 4–3	Recap

Legend:

Win Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

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 Bruins only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Bruins only.

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			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
19	Joe Thornton	C	77	23	50	73	18	98	7	0	0	0	−6	14
27	Glen Murray	RW	81	32	28	60	17	56	7	2	1	3	−2	8
12	Brian Rolston	C	82	19	29	48	9	40	7	1	0	1	−5	8
26	Mike Knuble	RW	82	21	25	46	19	32	7	2	0	2	−5	0
14	Sergei Samsonov	LW	58	17	23	40	12	4	7	2	5	7	2	0
37	Patrice Bergeron	C	71	16	23	39	5	22	7	1	3	4	5	0
44	Nick Boynton	D	81	6	24	30	17	98	7	0	2	2	1	2
6	Dan McGillis	D	80	5	23	28	−1	65	7	0	0	0	−3	2
20	Martin Lapointe	RW	78	15	10	25	−5	67	7	0	0	0	−2	14
11	P. J. Axelsson	LW	68	6	14	20	2	42	7	0	0	0	−2	4
71	Jiri Slegr†	D	36	4	15	19	5	27	7	1	1	2	−1	0
39	Travis Green	C	64	11	5	16	−6	67	7	0	1	1	0	8
23	Jeff Jillson‡	D	50	4	10	14	−1	35	—	—	—	—	—	—
92	Michael Nylander†	C	15	1	11	12	3	14	6	3	3	6	2	0
40	Ted Donato	LW	63	6	5	11	2	18	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	Sean O'Donnell	D	82	1	10	11	10	110	7	0	0	0	1	0
55	Sergei Gonchar†	D	15	4	5	9	6	12	7	1	4	5	−4	4
17	Rob Zamuner	LW	57	4	5	9	3	16	7	0	0	0	−1	0
25	Hal Gill	D	82	2	7	9	16	99	7	0	1	1	−2	4
28	Shaone Morrisonn‡	D	30	1	7	8	10	10	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	Michal Grosek	LW	33	3	2	5	1	33	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Ian Moran	D	35	1	4	5	3	28	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Sandy McCarthy‡	RW	37	3	1	4	0	28	—	—	—	—	—	—
33	Craig MacDonald†	LW	18	0	3	3	0	8	1	0	0	0	1	0
52	Carl Corazzini	C	12	2	0	2	2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
16	Andy Hilbert	C	18	2	0	2	1	9	5	1	0	1	0	0
1	Andrew Raycroft	G	57	0	2	2		0	7	0	0	0		2
56	Doug Doull	LW	35	0	1	1	2	132	—	—	—	—	—	—
54	Sergei Zinovjev	C	10	0	1	1	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
36	Ivan Huml	LW	7	0	0	0	−3	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
41	Zdenek Kutlak	D	2	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
55	Patrick Leahy	RW	6	0	0	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
75	Colton Orr	RW	1	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Felix Potvin	G	28	0	0	0		8	—	—	—	—	—	—
43	Martin Samuelsson	RW	6	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
42	P. J. Stock	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
76	Kris Vernarsky	C	3	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

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		Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
1	Andrew Raycroft	57	29	18	9	1586	117	2.05	.926	3	3420	7	3	4	210	16	2.15	.924	1	447
29	Felix Potvin	28	12	8	6	690	67	2.50	.903	4	1605	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Calder Memorial Trophy	Andrew Raycroft	^[6]
League (annual)	NHL All-Rookie Team	Andrew Raycroft (Goaltender)	^[7]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Nick Boynton	^[8]
		Glen Murray^{[lower-alpha 1]}
		Joe Thornton^{[lower-alpha 2]}
	NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Andrew Raycroft (February 2)	^[11]
	NHL Offensive Player of the Week	Glen Murray (February 2)	^[11]
	NHL Rookie of the Month	Andrew Raycroft (January)	^[12]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Patrice Bergeron	^[13]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Andrew Raycroft	^[13]
Team	Eddie Shore Award	Andrew Raycroft	^[14]
	Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy	Andrew Raycroft	^[14]
	John P. Bucyk Award	Martin Lapointe	^[14]
	Seventh Player Award	Andrew Raycroft	^[15]
	Three Stars Awards	Andrew Raycroft (1st)	^[16]
		Joe Thornton (2nd)
		Glen Murray (3rd)

Transactions

The Bruins 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.^[17]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
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	^[18]
June 21, 2003	To San Jose Sharks 1st-round pick in 2003	To Boston Bruins 1st-round pick in 2003 2nd-round pick in 2003 4th-round pick in 2003	^[19]
October 3, 2003	To Columbus Blue Jackets 6th-round pick in 2004	To Boston Bruins Travis Green	^[20]
October 5, 2003	To Florida Panthers Steve Shields	To Boston Bruins Future considerations	^[21]
January 17, 2004	To Vancouver Canucks Future considerations	To Boston Bruins Jiri Slegr	^[22]
March 3, 2004	To Washington Capitals Shaone Morrisonn 1st-round pick in 2004 2nd-round pick in 2004	To Boston Bruins Sergei Gonchar	^[23]
March 4, 2004	To Washington Capitals 4th-round pick in 2005 Conditional draft pick in 2006^{[lower-alpha 3]}	To Boston Bruins Michael Nylander	^[24]^[25]
March 9, 2004	To San Jose Sharks Jeff Jillson	To Boston Bruins Brad Boyes	^[26]
March 9, 2004	To San Jose Sharks 9th-round pick in 2005	To Boston Bruins Andy Delmore	^[17]^[26]

Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 22, 2003 (2003-07-22)	Ted Donato	New York Rangers	1-year	Free agency	^[27]
July 28, 2003 (2003-07-28)	Doug Doull	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year	Free agency	^[28]
	Pat Leahy	Providence Bruins (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[28]
	Robert Liscak	Providence Bruins (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	^[28]
July 31, 2003 (2003-07-31)	Ed Campbell	Detroit Red Wings	1-year	Free agency	^[29]
August 12, 2003 (2003-08-12)	Sandy McCarthy	New York Rangers	1-year	Free agency	^[30]
September 3, 2003 (2003-09-03)	Felix Potvin	Los Angeles Kings	1-year	Free agency	^[31]
January 20, 2004 (2004-01-20)	Craig MacDonald	Florida Panthers		Waivers	^[32]

Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Ref
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	Jeff Hackett	Philadelphia Flyers	Free agency (III)	^[34]
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	Brantt Myhres^{[lower-alpha 5]}		Contract expiration (UFA)	^[33]
July 14, 2003 (2003-07-14)	Don Sweeney	Dallas Stars	Free agency (III)	^[36]
July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24)	Sean Brown	New Jersey Devils	Free agency (UFA)	^[37]
July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24)	Lee Goren	Florida Panthers	Free agency (VI)	^[37]
July 30, 2003 (2003-07-30)	Krzysztof Oliwa	Calgary Flames	Free agency	^[38]
August 12, 2003 (2003-08-12)	Bryan Berard	Chicago Blackhawks^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Release (II)^{[lower-alpha 7]}	^[30]
September 5, 2003 (2003-09-05)	Chris Kelleher	Krefeld Pinguine (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	^[40]
March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09)	Sandy McCarthy	New York Rangers	Waivers	^[41]
May 5, 2004 (2004-05-05)	Zdenek Kutlak	HC Karlovy Vary (ELH)	Free agency^{[lower-alpha 8]}	^[43]
May 17, 2004 (2004-05-17)	Tim Thomas	Jokerit (Liiga)	Free agency	^[44]

Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 30, 2003 (2003-06-30)	P. J. Stock	2-year	Re-signing	^[45]
June 30, 2003 (2003-06-30)	Darren Van Oene	1-year	Option exercised	^[45]
July 10, 2003 (2003-07-10)	Hannu Toivonen	3-year	Entry-level	^[46]
July 10, 2003 (2003-07-10)	Sergei Zinovjev	2-year	Entry-level	^[46]
July 14, 2003 (2003-07-14)	P. J. Axelsson	2-year	Re-signing	^[47]
July 15, 2003 (2003-07-15)	Jonathan Girard	1-year	Re-signing	^[48]
July 15, 2003 (2003-07-15)	Michal Grosek	1-year	Re-signing	^[48]
July 23, 2003 (2003-07-23)	Hal Gill	1-year	Re-signing	^[49]
July 28, 2003 (2003-07-28)	Ian Moran	1-year	Re-signing	^[28]
July 31, 2003 (2003-07-31)	Zdenek Kutlak	1-year	Re-signing	^[29]
July 31, 2003 (2003-07-31)	Andrew Raycroft	1-year	Re-signing	^[29]
August 12, 2003 (2003-08-12)	Brian Rolston	1-year	Arbitration award	^[30]
September 2, 2003 (2003-09-02)	Tim Thomas	1-year	Re-signing	^[50]
September 7, 2003 (2003-09-07)	Carl Corazzini		Re-signing	^[51]
September 11, 2003 (2003-09-11)	Sergei Samsonov	1-year	Re-signing	^[52]
September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30)	Nick Boynton	2-year	Re-signing	^[53]
October 6, 2003 (2003-10-06)	Patrice Bergeron	3-year	Entry-level	^[54]

Draft picks

Boston's draft picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.^[55]

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Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	21	Mark Stuart	United States	Colorado College (WCHA)
2	45	Patrice Bergeron	Canada	Acadie–Bathurst Titan (QMJHL)
2	66	Masi Marjamaki	Finland	Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
4	107	Byron Bitz	Canada	Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL)
4	118	Frank Rediker	United States	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
4	129	Patrik Valcak	Czech Republic	HC Vítkovice Jr. (Czech Republic)
5	153	Mike Brown	United States	Saginaw Spirit (OHL)
6	183	Nate Thompson	United States	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
8	247	Benoit Mondou	Canada	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)
9	277	Kevin Regan	United States	Saint Sebastian's School (USHS-MA)

Notes

Murray replaced an injured Marian Hossa of the Ottawa Senators.^[9]
Thornton was voted to the starting lineup.^[10]
2nd-round pick.
In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[33]
Myhres was inactive during the 2003–04 season.^[35]
Berard signed with Chicago on October 31, 2003.^[39]
Berard received a $2.51 million arbitration award on August 8. Boston elected to “walk away” from the award, making Berard an unrestricted free agent.
The Bruins retained Kutlak’s NHL rights through the 2007–08 season.^[42]

References

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"2003–04 Boston Bruins Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 8, 2022.

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