Every NHL team travels, it's just what needs to happen when you play every team in the league. But with teams all over North America, some teams travel more than others.
Recently, Bookies.com did a study of of all 32 NHL teams and how far they were going to travel for the upcoming season. Some of the numbers may surprise you, while others will not.
For example, the Edmonton Oilers are going to travel more than any other team in the league. They will travel 54,425.60 miles and cross 36 time zones during their 14 road trips. They also own the NHL's longest road trip of the season, which will cover 7,117.4 miles and will pass through Columbus in mid-November.
The team with the fewest miles traveled is the New York Islanders, who will cover only 28,477.30 miles during their 17 road trips.
The Columbus Blue Jackets seem to always get the short end of the stick when it comes to road trips. They always seem to have to travel to California or Western Canada at the wrong times. Or so it seems.
This upcoming season, the CBJ ranks 26th on the Bookies.com list for miles traveled. They will take 18 road trips, cross 28 time zones, and travel a total of 35,515.40 miles. That's the second-fewest by any Metro team, just behind the New Jersey Devils' 34,069.20 miles.
The Metro team that will travel the furthest will be the Pittsburgh Penguins at a whopping 54,087.70 miles. The Western teams would travel further every year, but for the Pens to be second is a tad weird, to be honest.
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