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Alex Kovalev's 2003-2004 season

Points
45
NHL#105
Goals
14
NHL#153
Assists
31
NHL#77
Plus/minus
-9
NHL#770
Games
78
95%
95% of 82

Right winger Alex Kovalev was 30 years old when the 2003-2004 season began, his 12th in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers och Montréal Canadiens. He played 78 of a possible 82 games and scored 14 goals and 31 assists for 45 points, 0.58 points per game. He moved from New York Rangers to Montréal Canadiens in March. In the playoffs he played 11 games for 10 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

2003-2004Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Alex Kovalev opens the 2003-2004 season with New York Rangers

    Alex was 30 years old when the 2003-2004 season began. It was his 9th season with the team. His 12th NHL season in all.

    • The game
      NYR3–5MIN
      L
      game 1/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG23:00TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR0–5CBJ
      L
      game 2/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG15:33TOI
    • The game
      ATL0–0NYR
      game 3/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG18:21TOI
    • The game
      CAR2–2NYR
      game 4/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG24:08TOI
    • The game
      FLA1–3NYR
      W
      game 5/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-5SOG19:48TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      DET1–3NYR
      W
      game 6/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG19:28TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      ANA3–1NYR
      L
      game 7/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-7SOG22:31TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      CAR1–4NYR
      W
      game 8/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP23:18TOI
      +1 assist
    • November 2003
    • The game
      NYR5–1MTL
      W
      game 9/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP19:52TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      COL3–2NYR
      L
      game 10/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG17:48TOI
    • The game
      DAL0–3NYR
      W
      game 11/82
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-1SOG1SHP13:04TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR3–6CAR
      L
      game 12/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -3+/-4SOG21:57TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      PHI2–1NYR
      L
      game 13/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG19:31TOI
    • The game
      EDM5–4NYR
      L
      game 14/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG20:44TOI
    • The game
      PIT2–6NYR
      W
      game 15/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP23:34TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR0–5NJD
      L
      game 16/822
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG19:59TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–2CHI
      game 17/82
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG23:38TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–2SJS
      game 18/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-6SOG20:41TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR3–4COL
      L
      game 19/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-4SOG21:16TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      OTT2–6NYR
      W
      game 20/821
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +3+/-2SOG1PPP18:27TOI
      +3 points
    • The game
      NYR2–0TBL
      W
      game 21/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP20:40TOI
      +1 assist
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 82
      16
      points
      NHL#34
      3
      goals
      NHL#172
      13
      assists
      NHL#13
      NYR
      8-7-2W-L-OT22Points
      3rd in the Atlantic·8th in the Eastern Conference·14th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR3–3FLA
      game 22/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-7SOG23:08TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYR4–1PIT
      W
      game 23/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-3SOG18:16TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TOR4–2NYR
      L
      game 24/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG23:39TOI
      +1 goal
    • December 2003
    • The game
      NYR4–5TOR
      L
      game 25/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG24:48TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–2NYI
      W
      game 26/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP24:29TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      TBL3–2NYR
      L
      game 27/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG21:41TOI
    • The game
      MTL2–1NYR
      L
      game 28/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG25:22TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–1BUF
      W
      game 29/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG18:22TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR1–3TOR
      L
      game 30/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG24:26TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      NYI3–4NYR
      W
      game 31/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG22:13TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–3OTT
      L
      game 32/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:20TOI
    • The game
      BOS2–4NYR
      W
      game 33/821
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG22:57TOI
    • The game
      TOR6–5NYR
      L
      game 34/821
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-3SOG17:59TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR3–2PHX
      W
      game 35/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG20:07TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–2LAK
      W
      game 36/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-0SOG21:58TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      NYR4–5STL
      L
      game 37/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:35TOI
    • The game
      NYR4–1PIT
      W
      game 38/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-0SOG17:40TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      CGY5–0NYR
      L
      game 39/82
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG17:47TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–3CAR
      L
      game 40/82
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-3SOG1PPP16:12TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYR3–2NYI
      W
      game 41/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-3SOG19:28TOI
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 82
      30
      points
      NHL#40
      7
      goals
      NHL#153
      23
      assists
      NHL#20
      NYR
      17-16-3W-L-OT42Points
      4th in the Atlantic·10th in the Eastern Conference·20th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      TBL2–1NYR
      L
      game 42/821
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-6SOG24:41TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NYI1–4NYR
      W
      game 43/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-5SOG1PPP21:20TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NJD3–3NYR
      game 44/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-6SOG19:15TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–2MTL
      game 45/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +2+/-1SOG17:21TOI
      +2 points
    • The game
      NYR2–5BOS
      L
      game 46/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-4SOG19:51TOI
    • The game
      BOS4–1NYR
      L
      game 47/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP16:53TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI4–2NYR
      L
      game 48/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:50TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–9OTT
      L
      game 49/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG14:23TOI
    • The game
      FLA2–5NYR
      W
      game 50/823
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-2SOG19:49TOI
    • The game
      WSH2–1NYR
      L
      game 51/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:52TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–1NYR
      L
      game 52/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG15:36TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–3BUF
      L
      game 53/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:01TOI
    • February 2004
    • The game
      VAN3–4NYR
      W
      game 54/824
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP17:07TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MIN4–3NYR
      L
      game 55/82
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG19:20TOI
    • The game
      NYR3–1NJD
      W
      game 56/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG17:20TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      PHI2–1NYR
      L
      game 57/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG17:13TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–6PHI
      L
      game 58/823
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -3+/-2SOG1PPP21:20TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      OTT4–1NYR
      L
      game 59/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:22TOI
    • The game
      NYI2–6NYR
      W
      game 60/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +2+/-5SOG16:05TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      NJD7–3NYR
      L
      game 61/82
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-3SOG20:29TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–1NYR
      L
      game 62/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-2SOG20:44TOI
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 82
      41
      points
      NHL#57
      13
      goals
      NHL#107
      28
      assists
      NHL#38
      NYR
      22-29-4W-L-OT55Points
      4th in the Atlantic·12th in the Eastern Conference·25th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      NYR6–3NYI
      W
      game 63/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG15:44TOI
    • The game
      NYR1–2NSH
      L
      game 64/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG13:39TOI
    • The game
      NYR2–3ATL
      L
      game 65/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:21TOI
    • March 2004
    • The game
      ATL4–3NYR
      L
      game 66/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG14:22TOI
      +1 assist
    • The game
      MTL4–3PHX
      W
      game 69/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG07:01TOI
    • The game
      FLA3–2MTL
      L
      game 72/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-4SOG16:58TOI
    • The game
      TOR3–4MTL
      W
      game 73/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-5SOG15:33TOI
    • The game
      COL2–4MTL
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-2SOG1PPP18:34TOI
      +2 assists
    • The game
      MTL1–1NJD
      game 75/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-4SOG16:22TOI
    • The game
      NJD2–3MTL
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG19:21TOI
      +1 goal
    • The game
      MTL1–2BUF
      L
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG17:12TOI
    • The game
      OTT4–0MTL
      L
      game 78/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:31TOI
    • The game
      MTL2–3BOS
      L
      game 79/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG14:41TOI
    • The game
      MTL1–5NYI
      L
      game 80/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG15:56TOI
    • April 2004
    • The game
      PHI2–0MTL
      L
      game 81/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG14:59TOI
    • The game
      BUF3–6MTL
      W
      game 82/821
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG14:07TOI
    The season in numbers

    Alex Kovalev closes the 2003-2004 season with 45 points

    Points
    45
    NHL#105
    Games
    78of 82
    95%
    Goals
    14
    NHL#153
    Assists
    31
    NHL#77
    P/GP
    0.58
    NHL#126
    +/-
    -9
    NHL#770
    Events
    3×
    Second star
    3×
    Third star
    7 i rad
    games with a point · 10 pts
    4 days later
    Playoffs

    Montréal Canadiens are in the playoffs

    First round

    Montréal Canadiens meet Boston Bruins

    MTLvsBOS
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    No Swedes
    Swedes on Boston Bruins
    • Game 1
      MTL0–3BOS
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG11:25TOI
    • Boston Bruinslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL1–2BOS
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG1PPP15:43TOI
      +1 assist
    • Boston Bruinslead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      BOS2–3MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      +2P+2G
      +2+/-3SOG17:33TOI
      +2 goals
    • Boston Bruinslead2–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      BOS4–3MTL
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-5SOG33:09TOI
      +1 goal
    • Boston Bruinslead3–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      MTL5–1BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG16:50TOI
      +1 goal
    • Boston Bruinslead3–2againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 6
      BOS2–5MTL
      W
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-1SOG20:17TOI
      +1 goal
    • Montréal Canadiensare3–3withBoston Bruins
    • Game 7
      MTL2–0BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG20:00TOI
      +2 assists
    First round

    Montréal Canadiens knock Boston Bruins out 4–3

    MTL4–3BOS
    Advance
    7Games8Points5Goals3Assists
    4 days later
    Second round

    Montréal Canadiens meet Tampa Bay Lightning

    MTLvsTBL
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on Tampa Bay Lightning
    • Game 1
      MTL0–4TBL
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG19:38TOI
    • Tampa Bay Lightninglead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL1–3TBL
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-5SOG1PPP22:18TOI
      +1 assist
    • Tampa Bay Lightninglead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      TBL4–3MTL
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-5SOG1PPP22:18TOI
      +1 goal
    • Tampa Bay Lightninglead3–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      TBL3–1MTL
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG22:48TOI
    Second round

    Tampa Bay Lightning knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–0

    MTL0–4TBL
    Eliminated
    4Games2Points1Goals1Assists
    The run in numbers

    Alex Kovalev ends the 2003-2004 playoffs with 10 points

    Points
    10
    NHL#19
    Games
    11
    Goals
    6
    NHL#12
    Assists
    4
    NHL#46
    P/GP
    0.91
    NHL#7
    +/-
    +2
    NHL#46
    Events
    75
    playoff points
    1×
    First star
    2×
    Third star
    6 i rad
    games with a point
    2 points
    best game
    BOS4–3→TBL0–4