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 (1‑1‑1) vs Canadiens (1‑0‑1) |
2 | Hurricanes Wins | 9% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | 8% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 7% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Kings (0‑1‑1) vs Panthers (1‑0‑2) |
1 | Kings Wins | 8% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Panthers Wins | 8% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Wild (2‑0‑0) vs Sabres (1‑1‑0) |
1 | Wild Wins | 9% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Sabres Wins | 8% | 11% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Devils (1‑1‑0) vs Mammoth (2‑1‑0) |
0 | Devils Wins | 8% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | 9% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Senators (1‑0‑0) vs Bruins (2‑1‑0) |
0 | Senators Wins | 9% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 6% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Bruins Wins | 9% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Islanders (1‑1‑0) vs Rangers (3‑1‑0) |
0 | Islanders Wins | 8% | 11% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Rangers Wins | 8% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Jets (1‑0‑1) vs Penguins (2‑0‑0) |
0 | Jets Wins | 9% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Penguins Wins | 8% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Predators (1‑1‑0) vs Maple Leafs (1‑2‑0) |
0 | Predators Wins | 8% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | 8% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 55% | ||
| Flyers (0‑1‑2) vs Lightning (1‑1‑0) |
0 | Flyers Wins | 9% | 11% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Lightning Wins | 8% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 55% | ||