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 (12‑9‑6) vs Kings (12‑8‑7) |
6 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 57% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 12% | 10% | 60% | ||
| Canucks (10‑14‑3) vs Hockey Club (13‑12‑3) |
1 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 57% | ||
| Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 12% | 13% | 11% | 58% | ||
| Red Wings (14‑11‑3) vs Kraken (11‑8‑6) |
1 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 57% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 58% | ||
| Jets (13‑12‑1) vs Sabres (11‑12‑4) |
1 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 57% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 58% | ||
| Ducks (16‑10‑1) vs Capitals (17‑9‑2) |
1 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 57% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 58% | ||
| Devils (16‑10‑1) vs Golden Knights (12‑6‑8) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 57% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 58% | ||
| Avalanche (19‑2‑6) vs Rangers (15‑12‑2) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 57% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 58% | ||
| Predators (10‑13‑4) vs Hurricanes (16‑8‑2) |
0 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 57% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 58% | ||
| Stars (18‑5‑5) vs Sharks (13‑12‑3) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 57% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 58% | ||
| Senators (13‑10‑4) vs Blues (9‑12‑7) |
0 | Senators Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 57% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 13% | 12% | 11% | 58% | ||