Travel Schedule

N long_name Trips KM KM/Trip 1 Chicago Blackhawks 63 63440 1007 2 New York Islanders 63 39587 628 3 New York Rangers 63 43336 688 4 Ottawa Senators 63 48097 763 5 Toronto Maple Leafs 63 49275 782 6 Pittsburgh Penguins 62 42485 685 7 Buffalo Sabres 62 43241 697 8 Atlanta Thrashers 62 60166 970 9 Tampa Bay Lightning 62 63217 1020 10 St. Louis Blues 61 65725 1077 11 Detroit Red Wings 61 59510 976 12 Columbus Blue Jackets 61 67414 1105 13 Philadelphia Flyers 61 42989 705 14 New Jersey Devils 60 38815 647 15 Florida Panthers 60 61878 1031 16 Washington Capitals 60 40934 682 17 Colorado Avalanche 59 75872 1286 18 Boston Bruins 59 42769 725 19 Montreal Canadiens 59 44683 757 20 Vancouver Canucks 58 87440 1508 21 Phoenix Coyotes 58 72693 1253 22 Los Angeles Kings 58 69915 1205 23 Carolina Hurricanes 58 44879 774 24 Nashville Predators 57 63775 1119 25 San Jose Sharks 57 68869 1208 26 Dallas Stars 57 67604 1186 27 Anaheim Ducks 57 66521 1167 28 Edmonton Oilers 56 83036 1483 29 Minnesota Wild 55 67821 1233 30 Calgary Flames 55 73180 1331

Here's the details on this season's schedule. Trips = number of days the team will be on a plane traveling between cities for an NHL game. KM = total kilometers to travel over the course of the upcoming season. KM/trip is just the average trip distance.

You can see the NHL does a pretty good job balancing the schedule. Also, there is a significant relationship between average trip length number of days on a plane.