2004 Stanley Cup Finals

2004 Stanley Cup Finals
Teams 1 2 3 4 5* 6** 7 Games Tampa Bay Lightning  1 4 0 1 2 3 2 4 Calgary Flames  4 1 3 0 3 2 1 3 * indicates periods of overtime
Location: Tampa Bay (St. Pete Times Forum) (1,2,5,7) Calgary (Pengrowth Saddledome) (3,4,6) Format: Best-of-seven Coaches: Tampa Bay: John Tortorella Calgary: Darryl Sutter Captains: Tampa Bay: Dave Andreychuk Calgary: Jarome Iginla National anthem: Tampa Bay: Brooke Hogan Calgary: Heather Liscano Referees: Bill McCreary (1,3,5,6,7) Stephen Walkom (1,2,5,6) Kerry Fraser (3,4,7) Brad Watson (2,4) Dates: May 25 – June 7 MVP: Brad Richards Series-winning goal: Ruslan Fedotenko (14:38, second, G7) Networks: ABC, CBC, ESPN, RDS, NASN Announcers: (CBC) Bob Cole, Harry Neale (ESPN/ABC) Gary Thorne, Bill Clement, John Davidson
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The 2004 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-seven playoff series that determined the National Hockey League (NHL) champion for the 2003–04 season. As a culmination of the 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Eastern Conference champion Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Western Conference champion Calgary Flames in seven games and were awarded the Stanley Cup. It was Tampa's first-ever appearance in the final. For Calgary, it was the team's third appearance, and first since their championship season of 1989. Lightning owner William Davidson would soon become the first owner in sports history to win two championships in one year as eight days later, the other team that Davidson owned (the Detroit Pistons of the NBA) won the NBA title in five games over the Los Angeles Lakers.

Road to the Finals

See also: 2003–04 Calgary Flames season and 2003–04 Tampa Bay Lightning season

Tampa Bay defeated the New York Islanders 4-1, the Montreal Canadiens 4-0 and the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 to advance to the Finals.

Calgary beat the Western Conference's top three seeded teams, the Vancouver Canucks 4-3, the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 and the San Jose Sharks 4-2, in that order. This brought a Canadian team to the Finals for the first time in 10 years; Vancouver lost to the New York Rangers in the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals.

The series

Game one

May 25

Calgary Flames

4–1

Tampa Bay Lightning

St. Pete Times Forum

Recap

The first game, at St. Pete Times Forum, saw the Flames win the game, 4–1. Calgary only got 19 shots off against the Lightning defense, but more than one-fifth found the net. Martin Gelinas got Calgary on the board early, and they extended the lead to 3–0 in the second period on goals by Jarome Iginla, his eleventh of the postseason, and Stephane Yelle. Chris Simon added the fourth and final Calgary goal after Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis scored the lone Lightning goal.

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	CGY	Martin Gelinas (7)	Craig Conroy (11) and Andrew Ference (2)	03:02	1–0 CGY
2nd	CGY	Jarome Iginla (11) – sh	Unassisted	15:21	2–0 CGY
	CGY	Stephane Yelle (3)	Unassisted	18:08	3–0 CGY
3rd	TB	Martin St. Louis (6) – pp	Brad Richards (10) and Dan Boyle (7)	04:13	3–1 CGY
	CGY	Chris Simon (4) – pp	Oleg Saprykin (2) and Robyn Regehr (5)	19:40	4–1 CGY
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	CGY	Stephane Yelle	Interference	11:32	2:00
	TB	Pavel Kubina	Holding	18:52	2:00
2nd	CGY	Robyn Regehr	Holding	09:22	2:00
	CGY	Andrew Ference	Hooking	14:48	2:00
3rd	CGY	Ville Nieminen	Roughing	03:05	2:00
	TB	Andre Roy	Roughing	04:30	2:00
	TB	Cory Stillman	Roughing	04:30	2:00
	CGY	Shean Donovan	Roughing	04:30	2:00
	CGY	Oleg Saprykin	Unsportsmanlike conduct	07:55	2:00
	TB	Ruslan Fedotenko	Roughing	17:50	2:00
	TB	Martin St. Louis	High-sticking	19:06	2:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	Total
Calgary	5	10	4	19
Tampa Bay	10	8	6	24

Game two

May 27

Calgary Flames

1–4

Tampa Bay Lightning

St. Pete Times Forum

Recap

Game two saw the same final score, but this time, it was Tampa Bay winning a clutch game to tie the series, 1–1, headed to Calgary. Ruslan Fedotenko's 10th goal of the postseason got the Lightning on the board first, and Tampa Bay used three third-period goals, coming from Brad Richards, Dan Boyle, and St. Louis, respectively, to blast the game open. The lone Calgary goal was scored by Ville Nieminen.

These Finals would be the last until 2013 to be tied after two games. The team with home ice in games one and two held a 2-0 edge in every Final between 2006 and 2011. In 2012, the Los Angeles Kings won the first two games at New Jersey.

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	TB	Ruslan Fedotenko (10)	Jassen Cullimore (2) and Vincent Lecavalier (5)	07:10	1–0 TB
2nd	None
3rd	TB	Brad Richards (9)	Dave Andreychuk (10) and Martin St. Louis (14)	02:51	2–0 TB
	TB	Dan Boyle (2)	Brad Richards (11) and Fredrik Modin (10)	04:00	3–0 TB
	TB	Martin St. Louis (7) – pp	Vincent Lecavalier (6) and Dave Andreychuk (11)	05:58	4–0 TB
	CGY	Ville Nieminen (4) – pp	Shean Donovan (5) and Robyn Regehr (6)	12:21	4–1 TB
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	TB	Andre Roy	Interference	02:00	2:00
	TB	Dimitri Afanasenkov	Boarding	07:58	2:00
	CGY	Dave Lowry	Hooking - Obstruction	10:21	2:00
	TB	Vincent Lecavalier	High-sticking	13:33	2:00
	CGY	Shean Donovan	Holding	15:04	2:00
	TB	Bench (served by Dimitri Afanasenkov)	Too many men on the ice	16:59	2:00
2nd	TB	Fredrik Modin	Hooking - Obstruction	00:53	2:00
	CGY	Oleg Saprykin	Goaltender interference	19:22	2:00
3rd	CGY	Stephane Yelle	Cross-checking	00:37	2:00
	TB	Brad Richards	Roughing	05:50	2:00
	TB	Dan Boyle	Roughing	05:50	2:00
	TB	Cory Stillman	Fightning - Major	05:50	5:00
	CGY	Chuck Kobasew	Roughing	05:50	2:00
	CGY	Andrew Ference	Fighting - Major	05:50	5:00
	CGY	Andrew Ference	Unsportsmanlike conduct	05:50	2:00
	CGY	Chris Clark	Roughing	05:50	2:00
	CGY	Chris Simon	Cross-checking	05:50	2:00
	TB	Andre Roy	Fighting - Major	08:31	5:00
	TB	Chris Dingman	Game misconduct	08:31	10:00
	TB	Chris Dingman	Misconduct	08:31	10:00
	TB	Chris Dingman	Roughing	08:31	2:00
	TB	Chris Dingman	Roughing	08:31	2:00
	CGY	Chris Simon	Misconduct	08:31	10:00
	CGY	Chris Simon	Fighting - Major	08:31	5:00
	CGY	Chris Simon	Instigator	08:31	2:00
	TB	Tim Taylor	Holding	10:35	2:00
	CGY	Chuck Kobasew	Interference	14:27	2:00
	CGY	Robyn Regehr	Holding	15:13	2:00
	CGY	Martin Gelinas	Checking from behind - Major	19:48	5:00
	CGY	Martin Gelinas	Game misconduct	19:48	10:00
	CGY	Chuck Kobasew	Misconduct	20:00	10:00
	TB	Andre Roy	Misconduct	20:00	10:00
	TB	Pavel Kubina	Misconduct	20:00	10:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	Total
Calgary	6	9	4	19
Tampa Bay	8	10	13	31

Game three

May 29

Tampa Bay Lightning

0–3

Calgary Flames

Pengrowth Saddledome

Recap

The series shifted to the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, where Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff and the Calgary defense completely stonewalled the Tampa Bay attack, which only took 21 shots in a 3–0 Flames victory. Simon scored the first Calgary goal in the second period, and Shean Donovan and Iginla added goals to ice the game.

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	None
2nd	CGY	Chris Simon (5) – pp	Jarome Iginla (8) and Jordan Leopold (9)	13:53	1–0 CGY
	CGY	Shean Donovan (5)	Unassisted	17:09	2–0 CGY
3rd	CGY	Jarome Iginla (12) – pp	Robyn Regehr (7) and Chris Simon (2)	18:28	3–0 CGY
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	CGY	Martin Gelinas	Elbowing	00:27	2:00
	TB	Brad Lukowich	Cross-checking	03:50	2:00
	CGY	Jarome Iginla	Fighting - Major	06:17	5:00
	TB	Vincent Lecavalier	Fighting - Major	06:17	5:00
	CGY	Chris Clark	Tripping	07:10	2:00
	TB	Dan Boyle	Hooking	09:36	2:00
	CGY	Martin Gelinas	Holding the stick	17:03	2:00
2nd	TB	Brad Lukowich	Slashing	13:03	2:00
3rd	CGY	Shean Donovan	Holding	04:05	2:00
	TB	Cory Sarich	Slashing	17:23	2:00
	TB	Cory Sarich	Misconduct	19:16	10:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	Total
Tampa Bay	5	6	10	21
Calgary	2	12	4	18

Game four

May 31

Tampa Bay Lightning

1–0

Calgary Flames

Pengrowth Saddledome

Recap

With a chance to take a commanding 3–1 series lead, Calgary was shut out by Lightning goalie Nikolai Khabibulin, who recorded his fifth shutout of the postseason, a 29-save shutout, in a 1–0 Tampa Bay victory, with the game's lone goal being scored by Brad Richards three minutes into the game on a two-man advantage.

With 4:13 left in the game, Ville Nieminen checked Vincent Lecavalier into the boards from behind, drawing a five-minute major penalty for boarding, a game misconduct penalty, and an eventual Game 5 suspension. Meanwhile, fans at the Pengrowth Saddledome angrily booed referees Kerry Fraser and Brad Watson throughout most of the contest. They were originally also scheduled to work Game 6 in Calgary but the league eventually decided to replace them.

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	TB	Brad Richards (10) – pp	Dave Andreychuk (12) and Dan Boyle (8)	02:48	1–0 TB
2nd	None
3rd	None
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	CGY	Chris Clark	Cross-checking	01:52	2:00
	CGY	Mike Commodore	Holding	01:52	2:00
	TB	Vincent Lecavalier	Tripping	07:50	2:00
	TB	Dimitri Afanasenkov	Elbowing	12:52	2:00
	CGY	Chuck Kobasew	Holding	16:40	2:00
2nd	CGY	Krzysztof Oliwa	Holding	05:07	2:00
3rd	CGY	Ville Nieminen	Boarding - Major	15:47	5:00
	TB	Ville Nieminen	Game misconduct	15:47	10:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	Total
Tampa Bay	12	7	5	24
Calgary	12	5	12	29

Game five

June 3

Calgary Flames

3–2

OT

Tampa Bay Lightning

St. Pete Times Forum

Recap

The series returned to Tampa Bay tied, 2–2, for a critical game five, and Calgary pulled off a 3–2 overtime victory to move within one win from the Stanley Cup. After Gelinas and St. Louis traded goals in the first period, Iginla scored for Calgary late in the second period. However, Fredrik Modin tied the game for the Lightning 37 seconds into the third period. The 2–2 score held until after 14:40 had gone by in overtime, when Oleg Saprykin's first goal since the first round won the game for the Flames.

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	CGY	Martin Gelinas (8) – pp	Toni Lydman (1) and Steve Montador (2)	02:13	1–0 CGY
	TB	Martin St. Louis (8)	Martin Cibak (1) and Chris Dingman (1)	19:26	1–1 TIE
2nd	CGY	Jarome Iginla (13)	Unassisted	15:10	2–1 CGY
3rd	TB	Fredrik Modin (8) – pp	Brad Richards (12) and Dave Andreychuk (13)	00:37	2–2 TIE
OT	CGY	Oleg Saprykin (3)	Jarome Iginla (9) and Marcus Nilson (7)	14:40	3–2 CGY
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	TB	Fredrik Modin	High-sticking	01:43	2:00
	CGY	Dave Lowry	Interference	08:41	2:00
	TB	Andre Roy	Roughing	13:18	2:00
2nd	None
3rd	CGY	Rhett Warrener	Holding the stick	00:31	2:00
OT	None

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	Total
Calgary	11	14	4	7	36
Tampa Bay	9	3	8	8	28

Game six

June 5

Tampa Bay Lightning

3–2

2OT

Calgary Flames

Pengrowth Saddledome

Recap

Back to Calgary for game six, each team scored two second-period goals, with Richards scoring two for the Lightning and Chris Clark and Marcus Nilson for the Flames. In the third period, there was a dispute over a Martin Gelinas redirect that appeared to have gone in off of his skate. A review from one camera angle appeared to show the puck crossing the goal line before Khabibulin's pad dragged it out, though some (including Lightning assistant captain Tim Taylor) argue that the puck had not only been knocked several inches above the goal line (thus making there appear to be white ice between the puck and the goal line) in front of Khabibulin's pad, but that it was also "kicked" by Gelinas. The play was never reviewed. It was however later shown in game seven by ABC television that the NHL made the correct call via a CGI video analysis of the goal in question that proved that the puck never crossed the goal line completely. The CGI company who did the analysis of the video was based out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The game entered overtime with the Flames needing only a single goal to win the Stanley Cup. However, thirty-three seconds into the second overtime, St. Louis put in the game-winner for the Lightning to force a winner-take-all seventh game in Tampa.

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	None
2nd	TB	Brad Richards (11) – pp	Martin St. Louis (15) and Ruslan Fedotenko (2)	04:17	1–0 TB
	CGY	Chris Clark (3)	Stephane Yelle (3) and Ville Nieminen (4)	09:05	1–1 TIE
	TB	Brad Richards (11) – pp	Unassisted	10:52	2–1 TB
	CGY	Marcus Nilson (4)	Oleg Saprykin (3) and Andrew Ference (3)	17:49	2–2 TIE
3rd	None
OT	None
2OT	TB	Martin St. Louis (9) – pp	Brad Richards (13) and Tim Taylor (3)	00:33	3–2 TB
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	CGY	Andrew Ference	Hooking	11:59	2:00
	TB	Dave Andreychuk	Elbowing	11:59	2:00
	TB	Cory Sarich	Interference	16:34	2:00
	TB	Ruslan Fedotenko	Interference	19:01	2:00
2nd	CGY	Jordan Leopold	Interference	02:34	2:00
	CGY	Craig Conroy	Hooking - Obstruction	09:25	2:00
3rd	CGY	Craig Conroy	Hooking	00:45	2:00
	CGY	Chris Simon	Cross-checking	08:38	2:00
	TB	Jassen Cullimore	Interference	11:18	2:00
OT	None
2OT	None

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	2OT	Total
Tampa Bay	6	5	7	7	2	27
Calgary	6	13	7	7	0	33

Game seven

June 7

Calgary Flames

1–2

Tampa Bay Lightning

St. Pete Times Forum

Recap

In a tense game seven, Fedotenko scored goals for Tampa Bay late in the first period and late in the second period for a 2–0 lead. After Conroy scored to narrow the deficit to 2–1, Calgary barraged Khabibulin after taking only seven shots in the first two periods. After the Conroy goal, Khabibulin stopped 16 Calgary shots. The series ended as Flames center Marcus Nilson missed a last-second opportunity to force overtime. Tampa Bay won the game, 2–1, and the Stanley Cup.

Scoring summary
Period	Team	Goal	Assist(s)	Time	Score
1st	TB	Ruslan Fedotenko (11) – pp	Brad Richards (14) and Fredrik Modin (11)	13:31	1–0 TB
2nd	TB	Ruslan Fedotenko (12)	Vincent Lecavalier (7) and Cory Stillman (5)	14:38	2–0 TB
3rd	CGY	Craig Conroy (6) – pp	Jordan Leopold (10)	09:21	2–1 TB
Penalty summary
Period	Team	Player	Penalty	Time	PIM
1st	CGY	Marcus Nilson	Slashing	01:10	2:00
	CGY	Oleg Saprykin	Tripping	11:59	2:00
	TB	Jassen Cullimore	Interference	19:42	2:00
2nd	CGY	Martin Gelinas	Boarding	04:16	2:00
	CGY	Chris Clark	Tripping	18:46	2:00
3rd	TB	Nolan Pratt	Roughing	08:50	2:00
	CGY	Andrew Ference	Charging	18:59	2:00
	TB	Dave Andreychuk	Roughing	19:37	2:00

Shots by period
Team	1	2	3	Total
Calgary	3	4	10	17
Tampa Bay	6	4	5	15

Aftermath

The Tampa Bay Lightning are currently the southern-most hockey team to ever win the Stanley Cup in history. Game seven was the last NHL game played for almost a year and a half, due to the lockout.

Tampa Bay returned to the Cup at the end of the 2014-15 season, defeating a couple of heroes from the 2004 team, Martin St. Louis and Dan Boyle, in a seven-game Eastern Conference Finals with the New York Rangers in the process. Calgary has yet to return to the Finals, suffering four consecutive first round exits until beginning a five-year streak of no postseason play after the 2009-10 season. The Flames returned to the playoffs in the 2014-15 season, winning their first series in over a decade, defeating the Vancouver Canucks in the first round. Three Canadian teams (the Oilers in 2006, the Senators in 2007 and the Canucks in 2011) have made the Finals since Calgary's appearance, each losing to their American opponents, the Carolina Hurricanes, Anaheim Ducks and the Boston Bruins, respectively.

Rosters

Years indicated in boldface under the "Finals appearance" column signify that the player won the Stanley Cup in the given year.

Calgary Flames

#	Nat	Player	Position	Hand	Age	Acquired	Place of birth	Finals appearance
17		Chris Clark	RW	R	28	1994	South Windsor, Connecticut	First
2		Mike Commodore	D	R	24	2003	Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta	First
22		Craig Conroy – A	C	R	32	2001	Potsdam, New York	First
16		Shean Donovan	RW	R	29	2003	Timmins, Ontario	First
21		Andrew Ference	D	L	25	2003	Edmonton, Alberta	First
23		Martin Gelinas	LW	L	34	2002	Shawinigan, Quebec	Second (1990)
12		Jarome Iginla – C	RW	R	26	1995	Edmonton, Alberta	First
34		Miikka Kiprusoff	G	L	27	2003	Turku, Finland	First
7		Chuck Kobasew	RW	R	22	2001	Vancouver, British Columbia	First
4		Jordan Leopold	D	L	23	2000	Golden Valley, Minnesota	First
10		Dave Lowry	LW	L	39	2000	Sudbury, Ontario	Second (1996)
32		Toni Lydman	D	L	26	1996	Lahti, Finland	First
5		Steve Montador	D	R	24	2000	Vancouver, British Columbia	First
24		Ville Nieminen	LW	L	27	2004	Tampere, Finland	Second (2001)
26		Marcus Nilson	LW	R	26	2004	Bålsta, Sweden	First
33		Krzysztof Oliwa	LW	L	31	2003	Tychy, Poland	First
28		Robyn Regehr – A	D	L	24	1999	Recife, Brazil	First
19		Oleg Saprykin	LW	L	23	1999	Moscow, U.S.S.R.	First
15		Chris Simon	LW	L	32	2004	Wawa, Ontario	Second (1996)
1		Roman Turek	G	R	34	2001	Strakonice, Czechoslovakia	First
44		Rhett Warrener	D	R	28	2003	Shaunavon, Saskatchewan	Third (1996, 1999)
11		Stephane Yelle	C	L	30	2002	Ottawa, Ontario	Third (1996, 2001)

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Nat	Player	Position	Hand	Age	Acquired	Place of birth	Finals appearance
29		Dmitry Afanasenkov	LW	R	24	1998	Arkhangelsk, U.S.S.R.	First
25		Dave Andreychuk – C	LW	R	40	2001	Hamilton, Ontario	First
22		Dan Boyle	D	R	27	2002	Ottawa, Ontario	First
8		Martin Cibak	C	L	24	1998	Liptovský Mikuláš, Czechoslovakia	First
7		Ben Clymer	RW	R	26	1999	Bloomington, Minnesota	First
5		Jassen Cullimore	D	L	31	1998	Simcoe, Ontario	First
11		Chris Dingman	LW	L	27	2002	Edmonton, Alberta	Second (2001)
17		Ruslan Fedotenko	LW	L	25	2003	Kiev, U.S.S.R.	First
47		John Grahame	G	L	28	2003	Denver, Colorado	First
35		Nikolai Khabibulin	G	L	31	2001	Sverdlovsk, U.S.S.R.	First
13		Pavel Kubina	D	R	27	1996	Čeladná, Czechoslovakia	First
4		Vincent Lecavalier – A	C	L	24	1998	Île Bizard, Quebec	First
37		Brad Lukowich	D	L	27	2002	Cranbrook, British Columbia	Second (1999)
33		Fredrik Modin – A	LW	L	29	1999	Sundsvall, Sweden	First
44		Nolan Pratt	D	L	28	2001	Fort McMurray, Alberta	First
19		Brad Richards	C	L	24	1998	Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island	First
36		Andre Roy	RW	L	29	2002	Port Chester, New York	First
21		Cory Sarich	D	R	25	2000	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	First
26		Martin St. Louis	RW	L	28	2000	Laval, Quebec	First
61		Cory Stillman	LW	L	30	2003	Peterborough, Ontario	First
55		Darryl Sydor	D	L	32	2004	Edmonton, Alberta	Second (1999)
27		Tim Taylor	C	L	35	2001	Stratford, Ontario	Second (1997)

Series Quotes

"Running out of time, though. Four seconds left, IN FRONT, KHABIBULIN... THE TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING HAVE WON THEIR FIRST STANLEY CUP!"

— Gary Thorne on ESPN, calling the end of Game 7 of the Finals when the Lightning won the cup.

"KHABIBULIN KNOCKS IT AWAY, ONE SECOND LEFT, THE SHOT, WIDE OF THE NET! IT'S OVER! IT'S OVEEEEERRRR! IT'S OVEEEEERRRR! STANLEY CUP! TAMPA BAY, YES! THE LIGHTING HAS WON THE STANLEY CUP! THE LIGHTING HAS WON THE STANLEY CUP! HOW DOES THIS SOUND?! UNBELIEVABLE! THE STANLEY CUP CHAMPION, TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING!"

— Radio call by Dave Mishkin on WLFA.

Tampa Bay Lightning - 2004 Stanley Cup champions

Roster

  Centres

• 4 Vincent Lecavalier(A)
• 8 Martin Cibak
• 9 Eric Perrin†
• 19 Brad Richards
• 27 Tim Taylor

  Wingers

• 7 Ben Clymer
• 11 Chris Dingman
• 17 Ruslan Fedotenko
• 25 Dave Andreychuk (Captain)
• 26 Martin St. Louis
• 29 Dmitry Afanasenkov
• 33 Fredrik Modin(A)
• 36 Andre Roy
• 61 Cory Stillman

  Defencemen

• 2 Stanislav Neckar†
• 5 Jassen Cullimore
• 13 Pavel Kubina
• 21 Cory Sarich
• 22 Dan Boyle
• 37 Brad Lukowich
• 38 Darren Rumble†
• 44 Nolan Pratt
• 55 Darryl Sydor

  Goaltenders

• 35 Nikolai Khabibulin
• 47 John Grahame

  Coaching and administrative staff

• William Davidson (Owner), Thomas Wilson (Governor), Ronald Campbell (President)
• Jay Feaster (Vice President/General Manager), John Tortorella (Head Coach), Craig Ramsay (Associate Coach), Jeff Reese (Asst. Coach)
• Nigel Kirwan (Video Coach), Eric Lawson (Strength-Conditioning Coach), Thomas Mulligan (Medical Trainer), Adam Rambo (Asst. Medical Trainer), Ray Thill (Equipment Manager)
• Dana Heinze (Asst. Equipment Manager, Jim Pickard (Asst. Equipment Managers), Mike Griebel (Massage Therapist), Bill Barber (Director-Player Personnel), Jake Goertzen (Head Scout)
• Phil Thibodeau (Director-Team Services), Ryan Belac (Asst. General Manager), Rick Paterson (Chief Pro Scout), Kari Kettunen (Scout)
• Glen Zacharias (Scout), Steve Barker (Scout), Dave Heitz (Scout)
• Yuri Yanchenkov (Scout), Bill Wickett (Sr. Vice President-Communications), Sean Herny (Exe. Vice President-Chief Operating Officer)

Stanley Cup engraving

• Darren Rumble played only five regular season games, and did not play in the playoffs. Rumble was a healthy reserve the rest of the season.
• Eric Perrin played in four regular season games and twelve playoff games (four in the conference in finals).
• Stanislav Neckar played two games in the conference finals. Stan Neckar was on the Nashville Predators injury reserve list majority of the season, before joining Tampa Bay in a trade on March 9, 2004.
• Tampa Bay was given permission to include these players on the Stanley Cup even though they did not qualify. Rumble for spending the whole season with Tampa Bay, and Perrin and Neckar for playing in the conference finals.
• -Ruslan Fedotenko was the first player born-trained from Ukraine to win the Stanley Cup.

Broadcasting

In the United States, this was the last Stanley Cup Final to air on the ABC/ESPN family of networks, as the 2004-05 NHL lockout suspended play for the next season. NBC and Versus (formerly OLN) would pick up the NHL for the 2005–06 season. The latter was renamed the NBC Sports Network on January 2, 2012, effectively moving to the NHL on NBC banner.

In Canada, the CBC's broadcast of game seven of the Finals drew 4.862 million viewers, making it the highest-rated NHL game on the CBC since game seven of the 1994 Final, which drew 4.957 million viewers. However, those numbers include both pre-game and post-game coverage. The game itself drew 5.560 million viewers, up from 5.404 in 1994.

Notes

Preceded by New Jersey Devils 2003

Tampa Bay Lightning 2004 Stanley Cup Champions 2004

Succeeded by Carolina Hurricanes 2006