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 (11‑2‑2) vs Jets (4‑7‑3) |
3 | Hurricanes Wins | 35% | 20% | 15% | - | - | - | 4% | 5% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | 35% | 20% | 15% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 21% | ||
| Jets Wins | 32% | 20% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 23% | ||
| Ducks (5‑7‑1) vs Senators (9‑5‑1) |
1 | Ducks Wins | 35% | 20% | 15% | - | - | - | 5% | 4% | 21% |
| Current Probabilities | 35% | 20% | 15% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 21% | ||
| Senators Wins | 35% | 20% | 15% | - | - | - | 4% | 4% | 22% | ||
| Golden Knights (9‑5‑1) vs Bruins (10‑4‑1) |
1 | Golden Knights Wins | 34% | 21% | 15% | - | - | - | 5% | 4% | 21% |
| Current Probabilities | 35% | 20% | 15% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 21% | ||
| Bruins Wins | 35% | 20% | 15% | - | - | - | 4% | 5% | 22% | ||
| Oilers (10‑2‑2) vs Rangers (7‑6‑1) |
1 | Oilers Wins | 34% | 20% | 15% | - | - | - | 4% | 5% | 21% |
| Current Probabilities | 35% | 20% | 15% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 21% | ||
| Rangers Wins | 34% | 19% | 15% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 22% | ||
| Panthers (8‑4‑2) vs Red Wings (6‑5‑3) |
0 | Panthers Wins | 34% | 20% | 15% | - | - | - | 5% | 4% | 21% |
| Current Probabilities | 35% | 20% | 15% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 21% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | 34% | 20% | 15% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 21% | ||
| Mammoth (9‑5‑0) vs Flyers (3‑8‑4) |
0 | Mammoth Wins | 34% | 20% | 15% | - | - | - | 5% | 4% | 21% |
| Current Probabilities | 35% | 20% | 15% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 21% | ||
| Flyers Wins | 35% | 20% | 15% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 21% | ||
| Wild (9‑3‑3) vs Capitals (8‑4‑0) |
0 | Wild Wins | 35% | 19% | 15% | - | - | - | 4% | 5% | 21% |
| Current Probabilities | 35% | 20% | 15% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 21% | ||
| Capitals Wins | 34% | 21% | 15% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 21% | ||