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 | |||
| Panthers (1‑0‑1) vs Ducks (1‑0‑0) |
1 | Panthers Wins | 9% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 9% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Ducks Wins | 9% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Jets (0‑0‑1) vs Red Wings (0‑1‑0) |
0 | Jets Wins | 9% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 9% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | 9% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Mammoth (2‑0‑0) vs Rangers (2‑1‑0) |
0 | Mammoth Wins | 9% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 9% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Rangers Wins | 9% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Lightning (1‑1‑0) vs Flyers (0‑1‑2) |
0 | Lightning Wins | 9% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 9% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Flyers Wins | 9% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Bruins (2‑1‑0) vs Senators (1‑0‑0) |
0 | Bruins Wins | 9% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | 9% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Senators Wins | 9% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||