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 | |||
| Canadiens (0‑0‑0) vs Maple Leafs (0‑0‑0) |
1 | Canadiens Wins | 11% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | 11% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 52% | ||
| Penguins (0‑0‑0) vs Flyers (0‑0‑0) |
0 | Penguins Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 52% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Flyers Wins | 11% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 52% | ||
| Rangers (0‑0‑0) vs Bruins (0‑0‑0) |
0 | Rangers Wins | 11% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Bruins Wins | 11% | 12% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 52% | ||