2003–04 St. Louis Blues season
The 2003–04 St. Louis Blues season was the 37th for the franchise in St. Louis, Missouri. The Blues qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the 25th straight seasons, the team's final playoff appearance until 2009. After finishing the regular season with a record of 39 wins, 30 losses, 11 ties and two overtime losses, the Blues were eliminated in the Western Conference Quarterfinals in five games by the San Jose Sharks.
Off-season
resigned the team captaincy in favour of veteran defenceman Al MacInnis.Regular season
Final standings
Schedule and results
Playoffs
Player statistics
Regular season
;Scoring| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| LW | 75 | 33 | 38 | 71 | 83 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 8 | |
| C | 75 | 14 | 51 | 65 | 37 | -3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
| LW | 68 | 23 | 35 | 58 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | |
| D | 80 | 14 | 40 | 54 | 88 | -1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | |
| RW | 79 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 65 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| RW | 68 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 76 | -7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
| RW | 70 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| RW | 71 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 44 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 44 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 66 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 68 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 141 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| RW | 80 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 91 | -19 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| C | 69 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| C | 27 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| C | 16 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| D | 48 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 26 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 69 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 47 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 80 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 61 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| D | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 41 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 57 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 141 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| D | 53 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T/OT | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| 3861 | 67 | 31 | 25 | 8 | 144 | 2.24 | 3 | 1604 | 1460 | .910 | |
| 629 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 2.77 | 0 | 291 | 262 | .900 | |
| 493 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 2.43 | 1 | 203 | 183 | .901 | |
| Team: | 4983 | 82 | 39 | 32 | 11 | 193 | 2.32 | 4 | 2098 | 1905 | .908 |
Playoffs
;Scoring| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG |
| C | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| C | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| RW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| LW | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| RW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
;Goaltending
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO | SA | SV | SV% |
| 287 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2.51 | 0 | 109 | 97 | .890 | |
| 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | |
| Team: | 305 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2.36 | 0 | 117 | 105 | .897 |
Awards and records
Transactions
Roster
Draft picks
St. Louis'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 | 30 | Shawn Belle | Tri-City Americans | |
| 2 | 62 | David Backes | Lincoln Stars | |
| 3 | 84 | Konstantin Barulin | Rubin Tyumen | |
| 3 | 88 | Zack Fitzgerald | Seattle Thunderbirds | |
| 3 | 101 | Konstantin Zakharov | Yunost Minsk | |
| 4 | 127 | Alexandre Bolduc | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | |
| 5 | 148 | Lee Stempniak | Dartmouth College | |
| 5 | 159 | Chris Beckford-Tseu | Oshawa Generals | |
| 6 | 189 | Jonathan Lehun | St. Cloud State University | |
| 7 | 221 | Evgeny Skachkov | Kapitan Stupino Jr. | |
| 8 | 253 | Andrei Pervyshin | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | |
| 9 | 284 | Juhamatti Aaltonen | Karpat |
Farm teams
- 2003–04 NHL season