The Most Important Games for the Hurricanes are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Hurricanes final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Hurricanes fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Hurricanes 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 | |||
| Hurricanes (0‑0‑1) vs Capitals (0‑0‑0) |
1 | Hurricanes Wins | 11% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Capitals Wins | 9% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Rangers (0‑1‑0) vs Lightning (0‑0‑0) |
1 | Rangers Wins | 10% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Lightning Wins | 10% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Devils (0‑0‑0) vs Flyers (0‑1‑0) |
1 | Devils Wins | 11% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Flyers Wins | 10% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Sabres (0‑0‑0) vs Blue Jackets (0‑0‑0) |
1 | Sabres Wins | 10% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | 10% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Panthers (1‑0‑0) vs Sharks (0‑0‑0) |
1 | Panthers Wins | 10% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Sharks Wins | 10% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Bruins (1‑0‑0) vs Jets (0‑0‑0) |
0 | Bruins Wins | 10% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Jets Wins | 10% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||