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 | |||
| Flyers (0‑5‑3) vs Red Wings (1‑3‑2) |
1 | Flyers Wins | 23% | 16% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 16% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | 23% | 15% | 14% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 37% | ||
| Canucks (2‑6‑0) vs Panthers (3‑2‑2) |
1 | Canucks Wins | 23% | 15% | 14% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 35% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 16% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% | ||
| Panthers Wins | 23% | 16% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% | ||
| Islanders (3‑3‑0) vs Senators (5‑2‑0) |
1 | Islanders Wins | 23% | 16% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 16% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% | ||
| Senators Wins | 23% | 16% | 14% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% | ||
| Maple Leafs (3‑3‑1) vs Sabres (3‑3‑1) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | 23% | 16% | 14% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 16% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% | ||
| Sabres Wins | 23% | 16% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% | ||
| Penguins (3‑3‑1) vs Avalanche (4‑2‑1) |
0 | Penguins Wins | 22% | 16% | 14% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 16% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | 23% | 16% | 14% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% | ||
| Lightning (4‑2‑0) vs Kraken (5‑2‑0) |
0 | Lightning Wins | 23% | 16% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 16% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% | ||
| Kraken Wins | 23% | 16% | 14% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% | ||
| Bruins (5‑2‑0) vs Ducks (4‑2‑0) |
0 | Bruins Wins | 23% | 16% | 14% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 16% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% | ||
| Ducks Wins | 23% | 16% | 14% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% | ||
| Devils (3‑3‑0) vs Rangers (6‑2‑0) |
0 | Devils Wins | 23% | 15% | 14% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 16% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% | ||
| Rangers Wins | 23% | 16% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 36% | ||