The Caps having to win on the road a lot recently is certainly an emphasis, but the Islanders also have had a very tough schedule based on SOS wise so far.
But its wayyyyy to early to make any judgement. Its just interesting to look at during downtime at work on a Wednesday.
NHL Relative Power Index - 2019-2020 - National Hockey League - ESPN
Strength of Schedule:
1) COL - .597
2) WAS - .596
3) NYI - .589
Tied 4) ARI - .588
Tied 4) TBL - .588
6) DET - .585
7) NJD - .584
8) FLA - .583
9) NYR - .580
tied 10) DAL - .578
tied 10) CLB - .578
The gap in SOS between the Avs + Caps and the 3rd highest team (Isles) is pretty significant.
Others of interest to the Caps:
Boston had a .566 SOS
Pittsburgh had a .571 SOS
Carolina had a .558 SOS
Toronto had a .562 SOS
But like I said its wayyyy too early, and this will definitely start to shake up as the year goes on with the pretenders and contenders moving in opposite directions.