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 (13‑15‑6) vs Senators (16‑13‑4) |
4 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 8% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 6% | 87% | ||
| Devils (19‑14‑1) vs Hockey Club (17‑16‑3) |
1 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% | ||
| Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% | ||
| Maple Leafs (15‑13‑5) vs Predators (13‑16‑4) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 85% | ||
| Oilers (17‑12‑6) vs Wild (21‑9‑5) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% | ||
| Canucks (13‑17‑3) vs Islanders (19‑12‑3) |
0 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% | ||
| Kraken (12‑14‑6) vs Sharks (17‑15‑3) |
0 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% | ||
| Avalanche (24‑2‑7) vs Jets (15‑16‑2) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% | ||
| Golden Knights (16‑6‑10) vs Flames (14‑17‑4) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% | ||
| Ducks (20‑12‑2) vs Stars (23‑7‑5) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% | ||