The Most Important Games for the Blue Jackets are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Blue Jackets final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Blue Jackets fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Blue Jackets Resultant Playoff Probabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Divisional Winners | Atlantic 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 | |||
| Lightning (50‑25‑6) vs Rangers (33‑39‑9) |
0 | Lightning Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Rangers Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Red Wings (41‑30‑10) vs Panthers (39‑38‑4) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Panthers Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Sabres (50‑23‑8) vs Stars (49‑20‑12) |
0 | Sabres Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Stars Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Senators (43‑27‑11) vs Maple Leafs (32‑35‑14) |
0 | Senators Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||