The Most Important Games for the Avalanche are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Avalanche final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Avalanche fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Avalanche Resultant Playoff Probabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Divisional Winners | Central Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||||
| 1* First Round Home Ice Advantage |
2* First Round Home Ice Advantage |
3 | 1* First Round Home Ice Advantage |
2* First Round Home Ice Advantage |
3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||
| Avalanche (16‑8‑2) vs Flyers (14‑10‑2) |
5 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 26% | 21% | 17% | 10% | 9% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 8% | 20% | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 22% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 9% | 22% | ||
| Oilers (10‑12‑1) vs Wild (9‑11‑4) |
1 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 24% | 20% | 18% | 10% | 8% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 8% | 20% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | 24% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 8% | 20% | ||
| Bruins (17‑5‑3) vs Coyotes (13‑10‑2) |
1 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 21% | 17% | 10% | 9% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 8% | 20% | ||
| Coyotes Wins | - | - | - | 24% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 9% | 20% | ||
| Devils (13‑10‑1) vs Flames (11‑12‑3) |
1 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 24% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 8% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 8% | 20% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | 24% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 8% | 21% | ||
| Kings (16‑4‑3) vs Islanders (11‑7‑7) |
1 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | 24% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 9% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 8% | 20% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 24% | 20% | 17% | 9% | 9% | 21% | ||
| Maple Leafs (13‑6‑4) vs Predators (14‑12‑0) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 21% | 17% | 10% | 8% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 8% | 20% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | 24% | 20% | 18% | 10% | 8% | 20% | ||
| Blue Jackets (8‑15‑5) vs Blues (13‑11‑1) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 24% | 21% | 17% | 9% | 9% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 8% | 20% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 24% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 9% | 21% | ||
| Stars (15‑7‑3) vs Golden Knights (17‑5‑5) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | 24% | 21% | 17% | 10% | 9% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 8% | 20% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 24% | 21% | 17% | 9% | 8% | 20% | ||
| Hurricanes (14‑11‑1) vs Canucks (17‑9‑1) |
0 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 9% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 8% | 20% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 21% | 17% | 9% | 8% | 20% | ||
| Lightning (12‑11‑5) vs Kraken (8‑13‑6) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 24% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 8% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 8% | 20% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 24% | 21% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 20% | ||