The Most Important Games for the Blackhawks are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Blackhawks final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Blackhawks fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Blackhawks 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 | |||
| Blackhawks (1‑3‑0) vs Islanders (1‑2‑0) |
2 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Avalanche (2‑0‑0) vs Jets (2‑0‑1) |
1 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Sabres (2‑1‑0) vs Stars (1‑2‑0) |
1 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Lightning (2‑1‑0) vs Wild (2‑0‑1) |
1 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Bruins (2‑2‑0) vs Mammoth (3‑1‑0) |
1 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 59% | ||
| Ducks (2‑0‑0) vs Oilers (2‑0‑1) |
1 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Predators (1‑1‑1) vs Canadiens (1‑1‑1) |
0 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Golden Knights (3‑1‑0) vs Maple Leafs (2‑2‑0) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Hurricanes (2‑1‑1) vs Canucks (2‑2‑0) |
0 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Sharks (2‑1‑0) vs Blues (1‑2‑0) |
0 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||