With this event taking place in the middle of November, it remains to be seen the level of disruption this Global Series trip causes for the teams involved, but at least for the Leafs, their odds of making it a productive two-game business trip in the standings would seem to be improved by the fact that they’ve avoided the back-to-back games on consecutive days while playing two teams (Red Wings and Wild) who will be in the second half of their b2bs.
However, the flip side of it is that the Leafs are entering this matchup following five days off and a bunch of travel/jet lag recuperation in between games.