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 (6‑3‑2) vs Blues (5‑5‑1) |
3 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 10% | 13% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 10% | 12% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 51% | ||
| Sharks (6‑5‑1) vs Sabres (4‑4‑3) |
1 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 10% | 13% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 10% | 12% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 10% | 12% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 51% | ||
| Flyers (3‑7‑3) vs Blue Jackets (4‑5‑0) |
1 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 10% | 12% | 13% | 7% | 8% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 10% | 12% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 51% | ||
| Jets (4‑4‑3) vs Panthers (6‑4‑2) |
1 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | 10% | 13% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 10% | 12% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 51% | ||
| Devils (7‑4‑0) vs Stars (7‑3‑1) |
1 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 10% | 12% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 51% | ||
| Golden Knights (8‑4‑1) vs Senators (8‑4‑0) |
1 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 10% | 12% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 10% | 12% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Bruins (9‑2‑1) vs Hurricanes (9‑2‑2) |
0 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 10% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 10% | 12% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Islanders (5‑4‑2) vs Predators (4‑3‑4) |
0 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 10% | 12% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 10% | 12% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Kraken (7‑4‑1) vs Maple Leafs (7‑5‑2) |
0 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 10% | 12% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 10% | 12% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 10% | 12% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||