2003–04 Pittsburgh Penguins season
For the third season in a row, the club placed last in the Atlantic Division and did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs.[2] Team broadcaster and former Penguins player Eddie Olczyk was hired as his replacement on June 11.They struggled in short-handed situations, allowing the most power-play goals in the League, with 84, and finishing 30th overall in penalty-kill percentage, at 77.24%.[4] Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.They defeated the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, Philadelphia Phantoms and the Hartford Wolf Pack to win the Richard F. Canning Trophy as Eastern Conference Champions.