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 (8‑2‑1) vs Oilers (7‑1‑1) |
3 | Hurricanes Wins | 26% | 18% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 32% |
| Current Probabilities | 25% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 33% | ||
| Oilers Wins | 25% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 34% | ||
| Maple Leafs (5‑4‑2) vs Rangers (7‑3‑1) |
1 | Maple Leafs Wins | 26% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 33% |
| Current Probabilities | 25% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 33% | ||
| Rangers Wins | 25% | 16% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 34% | ||
| Senators (6‑3‑0) vs Panthers (5‑2‑2) |
1 | Senators Wins | 25% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 33% |
| Current Probabilities | 25% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 33% | ||
| Panthers Wins | 25% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Predators (3‑2‑3) vs Bruins (7‑2‑1) |
1 | Predators Wins | 25% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 33% |
| Current Probabilities | 25% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 33% | ||
| Bruins Wins | 25% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Canucks (2‑8‑1) vs Red Wings (3‑3‑3) |
0 | Canucks Wins | 25% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 33% |
| Current Probabilities | 25% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 33% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | 26% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 33% | ||
| Ducks (4‑5‑0) vs Devils (5‑4‑0) |
0 | Ducks Wins | 26% | 16% | 15% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 33% |
| Current Probabilities | 25% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 33% | ||
| Devils Wins | 25% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 33% | ||
| Kings (1‑4‑2) vs Islanders (5‑3‑1) |
0 | Kings Wins | 26% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 33% |
| Current Probabilities | 25% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 33% | ||
| Islanders Wins | 26% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 33% | ||
| Sabres (4‑3‑2) vs Flyers (2‑6‑3) |
0 | Sabres Wins | 25% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 33% |
| Current Probabilities | 25% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 33% | ||
| Flyers Wins | 25% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 33% | ||