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 (34‑21‑5) vs Predators (27‑26‑8) |
11 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 14% | 23% | 22% | 18% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 24% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 10% | 18% | 20% | 19% | 31% | ||
| Ducks (34‑24‑3) vs Canadiens (33‑18‑9) |
2 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 22% | 21% | 18% | 24% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 24% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 11% | 19% | 21% | 20% | 25% | ||
| Oilers (30‑24‑8) vs Hurricanes (39‑16‑6) |
2 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 23% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 24% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 20% | 22% | 19% | 25% | ||
| Flames (24‑29‑7) vs Senators (29‑22‑9) |
1 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 21% | 22% | 19% | 24% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 24% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 20% | 21% | 18% | 25% | ||
| Mammoth (32‑25‑4) vs Flyers (28‑21‑11) |
1 | Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 21% | 22% | 19% | 24% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 24% | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 20% | 21% | 18% | 25% | ||
| Lightning (38‑17‑4) vs Jets (24‑26‑10) |
1 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 12% | 21% | 22% | 19% | 24% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 24% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 25% | ||
| Panthers (30‑28‑3) vs Blue Jackets (31‑21‑8) |
1 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 21% | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 24% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 21% | 22% | 18% | 24% | ||
| Kings (24‑22‑14) vs Islanders (35‑22‑5) |
1 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 24% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 24% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 21% | 22% | 18% | 25% | ||
| Rangers (23‑29‑8) vs Maple Leafs (27‑24‑11) |
0 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 24% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 24% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 20% | 21% | 19% | 25% | ||
| Sabres (36‑19‑6) vs Penguins (31‑16‑13) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 10% | 21% | 22% | 19% | 24% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 24% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 14% | 20% | 20% | 18% | 25% | ||