Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yemwaka wa2003-04, Lang ainakidzwa nerimwe gore rebasa uye akarekodha rake rekutanga basa hat-trick musi waNovember 12, 2003. Akanga achitungamirira NHL mukuisa zvibodzwa paakachinjirwa kuStanley Cup-inokwikwidza Detroit Red Wings kune tarisiro Tomáš Fleischmann, wekutanga-kutenderera dhizaini (Mike Green) muna 2004
uye wechina-kutenderera kusarudzwa muna 2006. Iyi ndiyo nguva yokutanga munhoroondo yeNHL kuti mutambi akatengeswa achitungamirira NHL mumapoinzi. Nokukurumidza pashure pokutsinhanisa, akaiswa parutivi neronda rakaputsika musi waMarch 8. Akarasikirwa nemitambo gumi nematatu, akasiya nhungamiro yeNHL yekukora kuna Martin St. Louis weTampa Bay Lightning uye akapedza aine mapoinzi makumi manomwe nemapfumbamwe mumitambo makumi matanhatu nenomwe, poindi imwe inonyara yebasa rake repamusoro-soro rakagadzwa muna 2000-01 uye wepfumbamwe muLigi. (Pfungwa dzaLang pamutambo mumwe chete dzaiva 1.14 dzaiva dzakafanana nedzaSt. Louis.) Lang akadzokera kuRed Wings munguva ye2004 playoffs, asi timu yakabviswa neCalgary Flames mumutambo wechipiri. Akanyora zvibodzwa zvipfumbamwe zvebasa rake mumitambo gumi nembiri yeplayoff.