I was looking at Caps schedule...
They have 13 pairs of back to back games this seasons (starting tonight/tomorrow) Every single one of them with travel between cities. 5 Pairs are both away games, 5 are home/away, 3 are away/home.
4 November
4 December
1 January
1 February
0 March
1 April
November thru December they have a back to back in 7 out of 9 weeks - that's pretty grueling, all with travel
I'm sure all teams play relatively the same number of back to backs, but virtually 2 months in a row is some BS, ALL of them with travel is too.
So....I peeked at Shittsburg just to compare; they have 10 total, 2 pairs are both home games, so 8 pairs with travel (4 are both away games). 5 of the back to backs are Home for the second game
1 Oct
4 Nov
2 Dec
2 Jan
1 Feb
0 Mar
0 April
I checked the Rags for further comparison. They play a whopping 14 back to backs, two are both home/home, 4 are away/home, 5 are home/away, and 3 are away/away. They do only have one month with 4 back to back games in it (March),and not more than 2 in any other month.
Islanders: 12 total, 0 both home, 3 away/home, 3 home/away, 6 away/away, but only one month with more than 2, and thats March with 3
I would expect more isolated teams to have more of a demanding schedule so a peeked at a couple; Winnipeg and Edmonton
Winnipeg: 8 total; 1 home/home, 2 away/home, 1 home/away, 4 away/away, only November has 3, all 5 other months have only 1 back/back
Edmonton: 12 total; 0 h/h, 2 a/h, 2 h/a, 8 a/a, (3 in November, 1 or 2 in other 5 months of season)
Nobody comes close to the Caps schedule with a grueling 8 back to backs for 2 straight months, all with travel.
I am a die-hard Caps fan so I am sure I am biased, but their schedule is always more demanding in one way or another compared to most other teams.
(yes, i was bored)
