2003–04 Chicago Blackhawks season
The 2003–04 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 78th season of operation of the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League.Offseason
Regular season
On December 11, 2003, Mark Bell scored just 15 seconds into the overtime period to give the Blackhawks a 4–3 home win over the Detroit Red Wings. The Sabres' Derek Roy would match that mark in the overtime period on March 17, 2004, in a 4–3 Buffalo road win over the Atlanta Thrashers. Both goals would prove to be the fastest overtime goals scored during the 2003–04 NHL regular season.Final standings
Schedule and results
Playoffs
Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| C | 82 | 22 | 33 | 55 | 16 | -13 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 58 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 53 | -24 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 82 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 106 | -14 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| C/LW | 82 | 23 | 21 | 44 | 58 | -31 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| RW | 56 | 15 | 28 | 43 | 36 | -7 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| LW | 66 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 29 | -18 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 76 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 54 | -11 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| D | 58 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 30 | -5 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 75 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 145 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 23 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 62 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 22 | -15 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LW | 60 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 40 | -15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 45 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| D | 23 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 58 | -6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| RW | 19 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | -7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 51 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -26 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 36 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 30 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 24 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 82 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 142 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 65 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 120 | -10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 53 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 26 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 54 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 73 | -16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| RW | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 70 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LW | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| 1205 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 57 | 2.84 | 1 | 602 | 545 | .905 |
| 1988 | 34 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 99 | 2.99 | 2 | 987 | 888 | .900 |
| 821 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 39 | 2.85 | 1 | 450 | 411 | .913 |
| 478 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 2.89 | 0 | 221 | 198 | .896 |
| 426 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 3.66 | 0 | 217 | 191 | .880 |
| 61 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3.93 | 0 | 33 | 29 | .879 |
| Team: | 4979 | 82 | 20 | 51 | 11 | 248 | 2.99 | 4 | 2510 | 2262 | .901 |
Awards and records
Transactions
Roster
Draft picks
Chicago's draft picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 1 | 14 | Brent Seabrook | | Lethbridge Hurricanes |
| 2 | 52 | Corey Crawford | | Moncton Wildcats |
| 2 | 59 | Michal Barinka | | HC Ceske Budejovice |
| 5 | 151 | Lasse Kukkonen | | Karpat |
| 5 | 156 | Alexei Ivanov | | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl |
| 6 | 181 | Johan Andersson | | Troja |
| 7 | 211 | Mike Brodeur | | Camrose Kodiaks |
| 8 | 245 | Dustin Byfuglien | | Prince George Cougars |
| 9 | 275 | Michael Grenzy | | Chicago Steel |
| 9 | 282 | Chris Porter | | Lincoln Stars |
