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 (4‑10‑1) vs Panthers (8‑5‑2) |
3 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 82% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 85% | ||
| Blue Jackets (6‑7‑0) vs Stars (9‑5‑1) |
1 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 84% | ||
| Red Wings (7‑6‑3) vs Golden Knights (10‑5‑2) |
1 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Blues (7‑7‑1) vs Devils (10‑5‑0) |
0 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||
| Canadiens (9‑3‑3) vs Mammoth (10‑6‑0) |
0 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||
| Ducks (7‑7‑1) vs Oilers (11‑2‑3) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Avalanche (9‑6‑1) vs Predators (6‑4‑5) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||
| Sharks (7‑8‑1) vs Kings (4‑7‑2) |
0 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||
| Jets (5‑8‑3) vs Canucks (3‑13‑1) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 83% | ||
| Kraken (8‑5‑1) vs Flames (7‑8‑0) |
0 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 83% | ||