2025-26 NHL Miles Traveled: Dallas Tops List; Islanders Stay Closest To Home

By Bill Speros

Aug 6th, 2025 10:48 AM EST

The 32 NHL teams will travel nearly 1.3 million miles during the 2025-26 season while crossing 1,051 time zones.

Bookies.com examined the full 1,312-game, 2025-26 regular-season schedule and determined the miles traveled for each team by measuring the distance between the coordinates of each NHL arena using the haversine formula, which considers the curvature of the Earth. The data was compiled using AI platforms ChatGPT and Microsoft's Copilot.

The Dallas Stars travel the most miles of any NHL team this upcoming season. Their 18 road trips cover 50,601.7 miles. The team crosses 40 time zones. The only other team to break the 50,000-mile barrier is the San Jose Sharks at 50,348.2 miles.

The New York Islanders travel the fewest miles of any NHL team this season – 28,477.3 miles through 20 time zones.

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NHL Miles Traveled: Team-By-Team Breakdown

Here is the team-by-team breakdown of the miles traveled by each of the 32 NHL teams during the 2025-26 season.

Teams are listed in descending order of miles traveled with the number of road trips each team has, their total miles and the number of time zones each team crosses.

NHL Travel Miles 2025-26 Season

Team	Road Trips	Total Miles Traveled	Time Zones
1. Dallas Stars	18	50,601.70	40
2. San Jose Sharks	15	50,348.20	40
3. Vancouver Canucks	14	48,378.00	43
4. Nashville Predators	17	47,581.10	51
5. Colorado Avalanche	21	47,235.30	42
6. Vegas Golden Knights	14	46,916.60	52
7. Seattle Kraken	13	44,589.90	41
8. Edmonton Oilers	14	44,425.60	36
9. Calgary Flames	14	44,062.90	45
10. Pittsburgh Penguins	22	43,980.39	41
11. Los Angeles Kings	14	43,570.80	44
12. Winnipeg Jets	16	43,455.60	29
13. Boston Bruins	21	42,287.10	24
14. Utah Mammoth	13	42,015.70	37
15. New York Rangers	20	40,823.80	28
16. St. Louis Blues	18	40,662.60	37
17. Florida Panthers	13	39,784.90	21
18. Ottawa Senators	18	38,745.70	20
19. Anaheim Ducks	13	38,585.10	49
20. Chicago Blackhawks	19	38,258.60	35
21. Minnesota Wild	15	37,137.90	29
22. Tampa Bay Lightning	14	37,102.60	26
23. Washington Capitals	21	36,917.80	26
24. Philadelphia Flyers	19	35,994.80	26
25. Carolina Hurricanes	19	35,894.80	22
26. Columbus Blue Jackets	18	35,515.40	28
27. Montreal Canadiens	16	35,056.90	26
28. New Jersey Devils	18	34,069.20	27
29. Detroit Red Wings	18	33,446.80	20
30. Buffalo Sabres	19	32,222.20	24
31. Toronto Maple Leafs	19	32,134.20	22
32.New York Islanders	17	28,477.30	20
Total / Avg	540 / 16.875	1,290,279.67 / 40,321.24	1051 / 32.84

NHL Schedule Analysis: Season Begins Oct. 7

The NHL season begins at 5 p.m. on October 7 when the Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers play host to the Chicago Blackhawks at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise. The Oilers visit Sunrise on Nov. 22 in a rematch of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final.

Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals open at home against the Boston Bruins on October 8. Despite retirement rumors this offseason, Ovechkin seeks to add to his all-time NHL goals record this season.

The Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators face off in Sweden for a pair of games on Nov. 14-16 in Stockholm. Those teams will travel 8261.24 miles and 9,161.66 miles, respectively, for the privilege. Stockholm sits 6 hours ahead of Pittsburgh and 7 hours ahead of Nashville.

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The Long Skate: Edmonton's 7,114.4-Mile Round Trip

Edmonton owns the longest road trip without leaving North America this season. It's a 7,117.4-mile trip that takes the team from Philadelphia to Florida with stops at Columbus, Carolina, Buffalo, and Tampa Bay in between.

1. Edmonton → Philadelphia (Nov. 12) : 2012.5 mi
2. Philadelphia → Columbus (Nov. 13) : 414.9 mi
3. Columbus → Carolina (Nov. 15) : 370.5 mi
4. Raleigh → Buffalo (Nov. 17) : 488.7 mi
5. Buffalo → Washington (Nov. 19) : 291.3 mi
6. Washington → Tampa (Nov. 20) : 818.8 mi
7. Tampa → Florida (Nov. 22) : 179.8 mi
8. Fort Lauderdale → Edmonton: 2540.9 mi

Total Distance: 7,117.4 miles

The shortest road trip in the NHL features the 29-mile round journey the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers take when they face each other in Newark and at Madison Square Garden.

The NHL schedule includes two games and an 18-day break in February for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. The Games include NHL players for the first time since 2014.

All 32 teams will be playing on Oct. 11 and Oct. 28. The games on Oct. 28 will be spread out, starting with the Penguins at the Philadelphia Flyers at 6 p.m. ET and concluding with the Kings at the San Jose Sharks at 11 p.m. ET.

The Thanksgiving Showdown features two Original Six teams with the Rangers visiting the Bruins on Nov. 28.

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NHL Moves Outdoors In Florida

The Rangers and Panthers head outdoors for the 2026 Discover NHL Winter Classic on Jan. 2 at Miami’s loanDepot Park. The Boston Bruins then play the Tampa Bay Lightning at Raymond James Stadium on Feb. 1.

The NHL has special plans to keep the ice fresh for both games in the Sunshine State. They will be played at night. The roof will be opened at loanDepot Park for the puck drop.

Meanwhile, in Tampa, the NHL plans to build the ice surface under a temporary covering and remove it in the hours leading up to the game.

The NHL Olympic break runs from Feb. 5 to Feb. 25.

Correction:

An earlier version of this story incorrectly noted the mileage traveled by the Edmonton Oilers and Pittsburgh Pengsuins this season due to an error that occurred while inputing the data. The story and mileage chart has been changed to reflect the correct numbers.

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