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 (32‑20‑5) vs Blue Jackets (29‑20‑7) |
12 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 17% | 20% | 18% | 16% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 16% | 31% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 11% | 17% | 17% | 16% | 37% | ||
| Islanders (32‑21‑5) vs Canadiens (32‑17‑8) |
1 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 16% | 19% | 17% | 15% | 31% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 16% | 31% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 14% | 18% | 18% | 17% | 31% | ||
| Flyers (25‑20‑11) vs Capitals (29‑23‑7) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 15% | 19% | 18% | 16% | 30% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 16% | 31% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 14% | 19% | 18% | 16% | 31% | ||
| Devils (28‑27‑2) vs Sabres (32‑19‑6) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 15% | 19% | 18% | 16% | 31% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 16% | 31% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 14% | 18% | 18% | 17% | 31% | ||
| Maple Leafs (27‑21‑9) vs Lightning (37‑14‑4) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 14% | 19% | 18% | 16% | 31% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 16% | 31% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 15% | 19% | 18% | 16% | 31% | ||
| Red Wings (33‑19‑6) vs Senators (28‑22‑7) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 13% | 19% | 18% | 17% | 31% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 16% | 31% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 16% | 18% | 18% | 15% | 31% | ||