The Most Important Games for the Canadiens are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Canadiens final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Canadiens fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Canadiens 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 | |||
| Canadiens (7‑3‑0) vs Kraken (5‑2‑2) |
3 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 26% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 35% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 24% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 38% | ||
| Flames (2‑7‑1) vs Maple Leafs (4‑4‑1) |
1 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | 26% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 36% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% | ||
| Panthers (5‑5‑0) vs Ducks (4‑3‑1) |
1 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 15% | 14% | 4% | 5% | 37% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% | ||
| Golden Knights (5‑1‑3) vs Hurricanes (6‑2‑0) |
1 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 36% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 15% | 14% | 4% | 5% | 37% | ||
| Stars (5‑3‑1) vs Capitals (6‑3‑0) |
1 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% | ||
| Bruins (4‑6‑0) vs Senators (4‑4‑1) |
1 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 26% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 36% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% | ||
| Rangers (3‑5‑2) vs Canucks (5‑5‑0) |
0 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 15% | 14% | 4% | 4% | 37% | ||
| Blue Jackets (4‑4‑0) vs Sabres (4‑4‑1) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 26% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% | ||
| Blues (3‑4‑1) vs Penguins (6‑2‑1) |
0 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% | ||
| Lightning (3‑4‑2) vs Predators (4‑4‑2) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 15% | 14% | 4% | 5% | 36% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 16% | 14% | 4% | 5% | 36% | ||
| Avalanche (5‑1‑4) vs Devils (8‑1‑0) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 26% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 25% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 37% | ||