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Saku Koivu's 2003-2004 season

Points
55
NHL#47
Goals
14
NHL#153
Assists
41
NHL#24
Plus/minus
-5
NHL#647
Games
68
82%
82% of 82

Centre Saku Koivu was 28 years old when the 2003-2004 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for Montréal Canadiens. He played 68 of a possible 82 games and scored 14 goals and 41 assists for 55 points, 0.81 points per game. In the playoffs he played 11 games for 11 points.

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

2003-2004Playoffs
  1. Season opener

    Saku Koivu plays the 2003-2004 season for Montréal Canadiens

    MTLMontréal Canadiens

    Saku was 28 years old when the 2003-2004 season began. It was his 9th season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.

    A late start

    Saku Koivu's season starts in game 14 of 82

    Montréal Canadiens have played 13 games13 of 82 without him
    • The game
      MTL1–2BUF
      L
      game 14/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-0SOG19:32TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF0–3MTL
      W
      game 15/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG16:35TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CBJ1–1MTL
      game 16/821
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG22:41TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–3NYI
      L
      game 17/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG18:45TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–2OTT
      W
      game 18/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG18:02TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–5VAN
      L
      game 19/826
      His night
      +3P+3A
      +1+/-2SOG19:35TOI
      +3 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–2CGY
      L
      game 20/822
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-0SOG16:45TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–3EDM
      W
      game 21/822
      His night
      No points
      +1+/-1SOG19:23TOI
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/4 into the season

      Game 21 of 828 of 21 played
      3
      points
      NHL#386
      0
      goals
      NHL#470
      3
      assists
      NHL#297
      MTL
      9-10-1W-L-OT20Points
      5th in the Northeast·10th in the Eastern Conference·18th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      VAN5–2MTL
      L
      game 22/827
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-2SOG17:53TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–3WSH
      W
      game 23/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP15:28TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA1–1MTL
      game 24/825
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG19:32TOI
      View the game
    • December 2003
    • The game
      TBL2–3MTL
      W
      game 25/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-3SOG22:08TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–1CAR
      game 26/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-1SOG20:07TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR1–3MTL
      W
      game 27/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG18:36TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      PHI3–2MTL
      L
      game 28/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG17:27TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–1NYR
      W
      game 29/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-4SOG22:20TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–4FLA
      L
      game 30/825
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -2+/-3SOG1PPP17:21TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–2TBL
      W
      game 31/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG16:48TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–1MTL
      game 32/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:50TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NSH4–5MTL
      W
      game 33/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP20:57TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–4TOR
      L
      game 34/824
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-1SOG20:28TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      PIT1–4MTL
      W
      game 35/823
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP19:59TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3WSH
      L
      game 36/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG20:41TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–2CAR
      L
      game 37/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP21:13TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    Milestone

    Saku Koivu reaches 250 career assists

    in the game against Carolina Hurricanes · December 27

    • The game
      MTL2–1ATL
      W
      game 38/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG19:46TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      ATL1–5MTL
      W
      game 40/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP19:21TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      WSH1–4MTL
      W
      game 41/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +2+/-4SOG20:04TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      1/2 into the season

      Game 41 of 8227 of 41 played
      22
      points
      NHL#94
      6
      goals
      NHL#170
      16
      assists
      NHL#59
      MTL
      19-15-2W-L-OT45Points
      3rd in the Northeast·6th in the Eastern Conference·10th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      BUF1–3MTL
      W
      game 42/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-3SOG20:04TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      TBL4–1MTL
      L
      game 43/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG16:52TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL8–0PIT
      W
      game 44/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-0SOG18:15TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      STL2–5MTL
      W
      game 45/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-2SOG20:37TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–1ATL
      W
      game 46/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG22:11TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NYR2–2MTL
      game 47/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG20:42TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–1PHI
      W
      game 48/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-0SOG1PPP17:10TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL0–2NJD
      L
      game 49/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:52TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR4–1MTL
      L
      game 50/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-1SOG17:31TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–4BUF
      L
      game 51/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      +1+/-5SOG18:27TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–2MIN
      W
      game 52/821
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG21:25TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BOS1–0MTL
      L
      game 53/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG20:11TOI
      View the game
    • February 2004
    • The game
      CHI4–6MTL
      W
      game 54/821
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-3SOG1PPP18:42TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–3PIT
      W
      game 55/822
      His night
      +1P+1G
      0+/-3SOG1PPP16:04TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • The game
      NYI1–2MTL
      W
      game 56/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-3SOG20:02TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–2FLA
      L
      game 57/824
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG22:23TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–5TBL
      L
      game 58/822
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      -1+/-2SOG1PPP19:39TOI
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–5OTT
      L
      game 59/823
      His night
      No points
      -3+/-2SOG21:12TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      ATL4–1MTL
      L
      game 60/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-2SOG18:05TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      CGY1–4MTL
      W
      game 61/822
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG16:19TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–5TOR
      L
      game 62/825
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-0SOG17:11TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Checkpoint

      3/4 into the season

      Game 62 of 8248 of 62 played
      38
      points
      NHL#75
      10
      goals
      NHL#175
      28
      assists
      NHL#35
      MTL
      29-25-2W-L-OT66Points
      4th in the Northeast·8th in the Eastern Conference·17th in the whole NHL
    • The game
      MTL4–1NYR
      W
      game 63/822
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      +2+/-1SOG1PPP20:39TOI
      +3 points
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT2–4MTL
      W
      game 64/823
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-1SOG1PPP20:37TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–2BOS
      W
      game 65/823
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG23:05TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      CAR0–1MTL
      W
      game 66/823
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG24:50TOI
      View the game
    • March 2004
    • The game
      NJD1–2MTL
      W
      game 67/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-3SOG20:29TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL3–4SJS
      L
      game 68/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG17:55TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–3PHX
      W
      game 69/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-3SOG1PPP19:51TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL4–2LAK
      W
      game 70/822
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +1+/-1SOG17:42TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL5–2ANA
      W
      game 71/824
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-2SOG19:13TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      FLA3–2MTL
      L
      game 72/824
      His night
      +1P+1A
      +1+/-1SOG20:55TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      TOR3–4MTL
      W
      game 73/822
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-2SOG18:28TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • The game
      COL2–4MTL
      W
      game 74/822
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      0+/-4SOG1PPP18:32TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–1NJD
      game 75/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG19:47TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      NJD2–3MTL
      W
      game 76/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-0SOG15:17TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–2BUF
      L
      game 77/822
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG23:26TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      OTT4–0MTL
      L
      game 78/823
      His night
      No points
      -2+/-3SOG20:36TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL2–3BOS
      L
      game 79/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-0SOG19:18TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      MTL1–5NYI
      L
      game 80/823
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG15:45TOI
      View the game
    • April 2004
    • The game
      PHI2–0MTL
      L
      game 81/824
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-1SOG17:08TOI
      View the game
    • The game
      BUF3–6MTL
      W
      game 82/821
      His night
      +1P+1A
      -1+/-0SOG1PPP16:45TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    The season in numbers

    Saku Koivu closes the 2003-2004 season with 55 points

    MTLMontréal Canadiens
    Points
    55
    NHL#47
    Games
    68of 82
    83%
    Goals
    14
    NHL#153
    Assists
    41
    NHL#24
    P/GP
    0.81
    NHL#42
    +/-
    -5
    NHL#647
    Events
    250
    career assists
    2×
    First star
    5×
    Second star
    6×
    Third star
    7 i rad
    games with a point · 8 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
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      MTL0–3BOS
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      0+/-2SOG16:05TOI
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinslead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL1–2BOS
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1A
      0+/-1SOG1PPP18:37TOI
      +1 assist
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinslead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      BOS2–3MTL
      W
      1
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +3+/-0SOG17:22TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinslead2–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      BOS4–3MTL
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-6SOG30:49TOI
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinslead3–1againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 5
      MTL5–1BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      +3P+1G+2A
      0+/-1SOG2PPP19:42TOI
      +3 points
      View the game
    • Boston Bruinslead3–2againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 6
      BOS2–5MTL
      W
      2
      His night
      +2P+1G+1A
      +1+/-1SOG19:35TOI
      +2 points
      View the game
    • Montréal Canadiensare3–3withBoston Bruins
    • Game 7
      MTL2–0BOS
      W
      2
      His night
      +2P+2A
      +2+/-4SOG21:42TOI
      +2 assists
      View the game
    First round

    Montréal Canadiens knock Boston Bruins out 4–3

    MTL4–3BOS
    Advance
    7Games10Points2Goals8Assists
    4 days later
    Second round

    Montréal Canadiens meet Tampa Bay Lightning

    MTLvsTBL
    Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
    Swedes on Tampa Bay Lightning
    View the whole round
    • Game 1
      MTL0–4TBL
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-2SOG18:36TOI
      View the game
    • Tampa Bay Lightninglead1–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 2
      MTL1–3TBL
      L
      2
      His night
      +1P+1G
      -1+/-4SOG1PPP21:08TOI
      +1 goal
      View the game
    • Tampa Bay Lightninglead2–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 3
      TBL4–3MTL
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG19:55TOI
      View the game
    • Tampa Bay Lightninglead3–0againstMontréal Canadiens
    • Game 4
      TBL3–1MTL
      L
      2
      His night
      No points
      -1+/-3SOG22:41TOI
      View the game
    Second round

    Tampa Bay Lightning knock Montréal Canadiens out 4–0

    MTL0–4TBL
    Eliminated
    4Games1Points1Goals0Assists
    The run in numbers

    Saku Koivu ends the 2003-2004 playoffs with 11 points

    MTLMontréal Canadiens
    Points
    11
    NHL#16
    Games
    11
    Goals
    3
    NHL#32
    Assists
    8
    NHL#10
    P/GP
    1.00
    NHL#4
    +/-
    +1
    NHL#67
    Events
    25
    playoff points
    3×
    Second star
    3 points
    best game
    BOS4–3→TBL0–4