Within that time frame the team has traveled the day after their game in Vancouver to Minnesota, where they'd have their December 14 game against Minnesota postponed. The following week their game against Boston was taken off the table temporarily due to COVID-19 issues with Boston. A game that was scheduled to be played two days later, December 23 in Ottawa, was not due to the NHL moving all cross-border games in the days leading up to the holiday break.
Flip the month to January and the team provided an unforgettable performance in their January 1 comeback over Columbus. That same trip though they were scheduled to fly from Ohio to Toronto for a game just over 48 hours later. Instead they returned to Raleigh because of attendance limitations at Scotiabank Arena.
Last week the team flew to Philadelphia, thinking they'd be taking on the Flyers. Despite the scheduled-to-be home team having enough players and even holding a team practice that morning, the game was postponed the night before, with the Canes already at the hotel in the city.
So, to recap, when the Canes' team plane touches down Monday in Massachusetts, they'll have been in five different road cities within the last 35 days, playing just one game while five others were postponed.
"It's just been crazy. We've been on the road laughs], just didn't play," Rod Brind'Amour said on the subject. "It doesn't feel like [playing one road game in the last 35 days
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