The Most Important Games for the Bruins are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Bruins final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Bruins fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Bruins 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 | |||
| Bruins (43‑25‑8) vs Lightning (47‑22‑6) |
5 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 15% | 77% | 6% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 75% | 11% | 3% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 75% | 16% | 5% | ||
| Wild (43‑21‑12) vs Red Wings (40‑28‑8) |
2 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 80% | 9% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 75% | 11% | 3% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 72% | 14% | 4% | ||
| Jets (32‑31‑12) vs Blue Jackets (38‑26‑12) |
1 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 75% | 12% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 75% | 11% | 3% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 75% | 12% | 3% | ||
| Hurricanes (48‑21‑6) vs Islanders (42‑30‑5) |
1 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 75% | 12% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 75% | 11% | 3% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 76% | 11% | 3% | ||
| Devils (39‑34‑2) vs Canadiens (44‑21‑10) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 13% | 72% | 11% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 75% | 11% | 3% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 5% | 79% | 12% | 3% | ||
| Capitals (38‑29‑9) vs Sabres (46‑22‑8) |
0 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 75% | 12% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 75% | 11% | 3% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 75% | 11% | 3% | ||
| Panthers (37‑35‑3) vs Penguins (38‑22‑16) |
0 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 75% | 12% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 75% | 11% | 3% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 76% | 12% | 3% | ||
| Kings (30‑26‑19) vs Maple Leafs (32‑31‑13) |
0 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 75% | 11% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 75% | 11% | 3% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 75% | 11% | 3% | ||