The Most Important Games for the Panthers are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Panthers final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Panthers fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Panthers 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 | |||
| Devils (37‑33‑2) vs Blackhawks (27‑33‑13) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Flyers (36‑24‑12) vs Stars (44‑18‑11) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Islanders (42‑27‑5) vs Penguins (36‑21‑16) |
0 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Ducks (41‑28‑4) vs Maple Leafs (31‑30‑13) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Lightning (46‑21‑6) vs Canadiens (42‑21‑10) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Panthers (35‑35‑3) vs Senators (38‑25‑10) |
0 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Blue Jackets (38‑24‑12) vs Hurricanes (46‑21‑6) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||