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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I kind of think the back to back game thing is a little overrated. Flames looked fine last week in Edmonton on the back half and the Panthers looked better last night than they did the day before against the Flames. In the old days playoff series were played back to back with days off only for travel and it's only in recent decades where a big deal has been made of back to back games. Players are pretty well conditioned these days.
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I think you have to look at sample size there. There are going to be annomalies but I think when you take rested vs unrested teams there is a noted difference.
http://www.tsn.ca/yost-rest-makes-a-...mance-1.120073
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The data substantiates what the eyeball test has told us for so long – teams on no rest struggle considerably relative to league norms, considerably so when those back-to-backs come on the road.
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For the record 4 of the 5 B2B for Oilers are where both games are road games. The 5th is the game this Saturday. So yeah I do think that is a factor.