Jason Gregor gives fans an in depth look at the regular season schedule

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Finnegan Frost
September 4, 2024 (12:16)

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Hockey insider Jason Gregor gives fans a fascinating look into the 2024-2025 season.

Distance travelled this season: 50,000 miles (29th).
BTB games: 13 (T-20th).
Facing a team playing second night of BTB: 13 (T-12th).
Longest home stand: Six games from Jan 21st to Feb 1st.
Home stands by GP: One (4x), two (6x), three (2x), four (2x), five (1x) and six (1x).
Longest road trip: Five games from Feb 22nd to Mar 1st.
Road trips by GP: One (5x), two (3x), three (3x), four (4x) and five (1x).
Games by day of week: Sun (8), Mon (9), Tues (14), Wed (7), Thurs (17), Fri (6) and Sat (21).

Quirk or difficult part in schedule: None of their BTB games occur both on Saturday and Sunday, which is odd as Western teams typically have a few of those on eastern road trips. Their final 15 games are against Western Conference opponents, including 10 vs. Pacific opponents.

The NHL is talking about extending the season so they will have an equal number of games within the division. That works, but the easier change would be having 28 games in the division and only 22 vs. the other division in your conference. It is odd EDM only plays VAN and CGY three times this season while also playing every Central team three times.

The Edmonton Oilers also have the most American televised games out of any other Canadian team. ESPN will showcase 16 prime time Oilers games, with the Maple Leafs coming in a second place with 10 games thereafter.

source: Daily Faceoff
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