from Ryan S. Clark of ESPN,

The Rangers are in a city that's relatively close to several teams within the Metropolitan Division and the Eastern Conference. Of their 12 back-to-back sets, eight have one home game and one road game while three have both games on the road. All but one of the back-to-back game sequences have at least one game in their home time zone, and their average flight time for the trips is one hour.

For the Panthers, playing in South Florida means they're the southernmost team in the NHL and have only one team -- the Tampa Bay Lightning -- that's less than an hour away by flight. Five of their eight back-to-backs are on the road, and only one has both games at home. Seven of those back-to-back sequences have at least one game in their home time zone, and their average flight time for the trips is 56 minutes.

Although the Blackhawks have a central location, they spend quite a bit of time in the air. Five of their 12 back-to-back sets have both games on the road, and six have at least one game in their home time zone. The Blackhawks' average flight time for back-to-backs is 84 minutes, which means they're going to spend nearly 30 more minutes on a plane in those situations than the Panthers and Rangers.

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