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 (23‑29‑11) vs Mammoth (34‑25‑4) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Avalanche (43‑10‑9) vs Oilers (31‑25‑8) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Sabres (39‑19‑6) vs Sharks (30‑25‑6) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Blue Jackets (32‑21‑9) vs Kings (25‑23‑14) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Flames (25‑30‑7) vs Capitals (31‑26‑7) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Predators (28‑27‑8) vs Kraken (29‑24‑9) |
0 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Stars (39‑14‑10) vs Golden Knights (29‑21‑14) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Ducks (35‑25‑3) vs Jets (26‑26‑10) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Islanders (36‑23‑5) vs Blues (25‑29‑9) |
0 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Canucks (19‑36‑8) vs Senators (31‑22‑9) |
0 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||