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 (1‑0‑0) vs Jets (0‑0‑0) |
1 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 45% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 45% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 46% | ||
| Hurricanes (0‑0‑1) vs Capitals (0‑0‑0) |
1 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 45% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 13% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 45% | ||
| Blue Jackets (0‑0‑0) vs Sabres (0‑0‑0) |
1 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 45% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 45% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 13% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 46% | ||
| Sharks (0‑0‑0) vs Panthers (1‑0‑0) |
1 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 45% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 45% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 45% | ||
| Flyers (0‑1‑0) vs Devils (0‑0‑0) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 14% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 45% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 45% | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 45% | ||
| Rangers (0‑1‑0) vs Lightning (0‑0‑0) |
0 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 45% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 45% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 45% | ||