which nhl team has the best record in their first 17 games of a season 2004

The Tampa Bay Lightning had the best record by a team in their first 17 games in 2003-04, with a record of 11-2-3-1.

	TEAM	REC	SEASON	PTS	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PTS%	G	GA	DIFF	PP%	PK%	S/GP	S%	SA/GP	SV%
1	Lightning	11-2-3-1	2003-04	26	17	11	2	3	1	.765	47	29	18	17.1	90.0	28.53	9.7	27.18	.937
2	Flyers	10-2-4-1	2003-04	25	17	10	2	4	1	.735	54	33	21	23.6	89.9	30.82	10.3	24.65	.921
3	Bruins	10-2-3-2	2003-04	25	17	10	2	3	2	.735	47	34	13	23.2	78.9	30.47	9.1	28.41	.930
4	Devils	10-3-4-0	2003-04	24	17	10	3	4	0	.706	44	29	15	16.9	89.8	29.82	8.7	22.82	.925
5	Blues	11-5-0-1	2003-04	23	17	11	5	0	1	.676	46	39	7	22.8	83.7	26.94	10.0	26.35	.913
6	Canucks	10-4-2-1	2003-04	23	17	10	4	2	1	.676	56	35	21	16.7	86.1	27.47	12.0	24.35	.915
7	Avalanche	10-5-1-1	2003-04	22	17	10	5	1	1	.647	56	43	13	26.8	86.3	31.82	10.4	26.94	.906
8	Kings	9-6-1-1	2003-04	20	17	9	6	1	1	.588	47	38	9	15.6	76.0	28.71	9.6	25.41	.912
9	Islanders	9-6-2-0	2003-04	20	17	9	6	2	0	.588	55	41	14	12.7	89.2	27.88	11.6	25.00	.904
10	Maple Leafs	7-5-4-1	2003-04	19	17	7	5	4	1	.559	41	48	-7	15.7	83.1	25.59	9.4	25.71	.890
11	Red Wings	9-7-1-0	2003-04	19	17	9	7	1	0	.559	54	45	9	28.4	83.6	28.65	11.1	25.12	.895
12	Senators	8-6-2-1	2003-04	19	17	8	6	2	1	.559	56	38	18	26.2	85.4	29.06	11.3	24.65	.909
13	Oilers	8-7-2-0	2003-04	18	17	8	7	2	0	.529	50	51	-1	11.4	77.3	27.82	10.6	27.65	.891
14	Thrashers	7-6-3-1	2003-04	18	17	7	6	3	1	.529	48	46	2	12.4	87.0	25.71	11.0	28.59	.905
15	Rangers	6-6-3-2	2003-04	17	17	6	6	3	2	.500	42	44	-2	10.1	85.4	28.71	8.6	31.06	.917
16	Sabres	7-7-2-1	2003-04	17	17	7	7	2	1	.500	37	47	-10	16.2	83.3	25.53	8.5	27.59	.900
17	Flames	7-8-0-2	2003-04	16	17	7	8	0	2	.471	35	42	-7	18.3	77.9	26.71	7.7	21.88	.887
18	Blackhawks	6-7-3-1	2003-04	16	17	6	7	3	1	.471	31	45	-14	13.4	81.6	27.00	6.8	32.53	.919
19	Stars	7-8-2-0	2003-04	16	17	7	8	2	0	.471	40	47	-7	18.2	83.6	26.35	8.9	22.59	.878
20	Mighty Ducks	6-7-1-3	2003-04	16	17	6	7	1	3	.471	34	43	-9	16.2	83.8	28.59	7.0	29.41	.914
21	Wild	7-8-2-0	2003-04	16	17	7	8	2	0	.471	39	40	-1	15.9	84.8	23.59	9.7	28.24	.917
22	Canadiens	7-9-1-0	2003-04	15	17	7	9	1	0	.441	32	37	-5	11.8	79.0	26.88	7.0	25.29	.914
23	Hurricanes	5-7-5-0	2003-04	15	17	5	7	5	0	.441	38	40	-2	12.8	82.7	31.94	7.0	25.65	.908
24	Predators	7-9-1-0	2003-04	15	17	7	9	1	0	.441	42	47	-5	17.2	82.6	26.00	9.5	27.41	.899
25	Sharks	3-6-6-2	2003-04	14	17	3	6	6	2	.412	41	50	-9	17.4	81.0	28.18	8.6	30.71	.904