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Season Almanac

2004 NHL Season

League Leaders

Led multiple categories: Martin St. Louis (A, PTS) · Martin Brodeur (W, SO)

Goals
  1. 1Ilya KovalchukAtlanta Thrashers41
  2. 2Jarome IginlaCalgary Flames41
  3. 3Rick NashColumbus Blue Jackets41
Assists
  1. 1Martin St. LouisTampa Bay Lightning56
  2. 2Scott GomezNew Jersey Devils56
  3. 3Cory StillmanTampa Bay Lightning55
Points
  1. 1Martin St. LouisTampa Bay Lightning94
  2. 2Ilya KovalchukAtlanta Thrashers87
  3. 3Joe SakicColorado Avalanche87
Goalie Wins
  1. 1Martin BrodeurNew Jersey Devils38
  2. 2Marty TurcoDallas Stars37
  3. 3Ed BelfourToronto Maple Leafs34
Shutouts
  1. 1Martin BrodeurNew Jersey Devils11
  2. 2Ed BelfourToronto Maple Leafs10
  3. 3Evgeni NabokovSan Jose Sharks9

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Martin St. LouisSKATER23.4
  2. 2Markus NaslundSKATER21.5
  3. 3Patrik EliasSKATER21.4
  4. 4Joe SakicSKATER21.3
  5. 5Ilya KovalchukSKATER21.2
  6. 6Marian HossaSKATER20.2
  7. 7Daniel AlfredssonSKATER19.8
  8. 8Brad RichardsSKATER19.7
  9. 9Jarome IginlaSKATER19.7
  10. 10Cory StillmanSKATER19.5
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Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1Patrice BergeronC266.1
  2. 2Eric StaalC259.5
  3. 3Brent BurnsD245.7
  4. 4Dustin BrownR192
  5. 5Jason PominvilleR185.8
  6. 6Marc-Andre FleuryG167.6
  7. 7Chris KunitzL167.2
  8. 8Tomas PlekanecC159.3

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Mark MessierC370.3
  2. 2Ron FrancisC349.2
  3. 3Al MacInnisD282.5
  4. 4Adam OatesC270
  5. 5Vincent DamphousseC260.2
  6. 6Scott StevensD217.7
  7. 7Steve ThomasR210.6
  8. 8Cliff RonningC199.9

Teams · 30

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
Detroit Red Wings48-23214.3Brett HullPlayoffs
Tampa Bay Lightning46-28204.5Martin St. LouisPlayoffs
Toronto Maple Leafs45-27192.1Mats SundinPlayoffs
San Jose Sharks43-27196.3Nisse EkmanPlayoffs
New Jersey Devils43-27182.8Patrik EliasPlayoffs
Boston Bruins41-26166Joe ThorntonPlayoffs
Ottawa Senators43-29201.2Marian HossaPlayoffs
Vancouver Canucks43-29194.9Markus NaslundPlayoffs
Dallas Stars41-28170.3Bill GuerinPlayoffs
Philadelphia Flyers40-27166.3Mark RecchiPlayoffs
Colorado Avalanche40-29165.7Joe SakicPlayoffs
Calgary Flames42-33170.4Jarome IginlaPlayoffs
Montréal Canadiens41-34176.3Michael RyderPlayoffs
St. Louis Blues39-32151.8Keith TkachukPlayoffs
New York Islanders38-33192.8Trent HunterPlayoffs
Nashville Predators38-33166.3Scott WalkerPlayoffs
Edmonton Oilers36-34180.3Ryan Smyth
Buffalo Sabres37-38170.2Daniel Brière
Minnesota Wild30-32142.5Alexandre Daigle
Atlanta Thrashers33-41158.2Ilya Kovalchuk
Los Angeles Kings28-38165.2Luc Robitaille
Florida Panthers28-39125.3Olli Jokinen
Carolina Hurricanes28-40136.8Josef Vasicek
Anaheim Ducks29-43149.3Sergei Fedorov
Phoenix Coyotes22-42107.4Shane Doan
New York Rangers27-4879.4Bobby Holik
Columbus Blue Jackets25-49115.1Rick Nash
Washington Capitals23-4980.3Jeff Halpern
Pittsburgh Penguins23-51107.9Dick Tarnstrom
Chicago Blackhawks20-51113.2Tyler Arnason

Record basis: summed goaltender decisions (pre-2005 ties carry no decision).