The 2003–04 Pittsburgh Penguins season was the team's 37th season of play. For the third season in a row, the club placed last in the Atlantic Division and did not qualify for the playoffs. In a 18- game losing streak, they went 17-1 (1 OTL) and coming into the final 20 games of the season, they were 11-42-5-4, the lowest record by a team in the final 20 games in the season, an also had a low 31 points. In their final 20 games they were 12-5-3-0 finishing with a 23-47-8-4 record for last place. __TOC__