The Most Important Games for the Penguins are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Penguins final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Penguins fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Penguins 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 | |||
| Penguins (24‑16‑9) vs Avalanche (27‑18‑3) |
10 | Penguins Wins | <1% | 4% | 20% | - | - | - | 19% | 16% | 41% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 17% | - | - | - | 17% | 16% | 46% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | <1% | 2% | 15% | - | - | - | 16% | 16% | 50% | ||
| Kraken (29‑15‑5) vs Islanders (26‑22‑5) |
2 | Kraken Wins | <1% | 3% | 18% | - | - | - | 17% | 16% | 46% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 17% | - | - | - | 17% | 16% | 46% | ||
| Islanders Wins | <1% | 3% | 17% | - | - | - | 17% | 16% | 47% | ||
| Canucks (20‑26‑4) vs Rangers (28‑14‑8) |
1 | Canucks Wins | <1% | 3% | 19% | - | - | - | 16% | 16% | 46% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 17% | - | - | - | 17% | 16% | 46% | ||
| Rangers Wins | <1% | 3% | 16% | - | - | - | 18% | 16% | 47% | ||
| Sharks (15‑25‑11) vs Lightning (32‑16‑1) |
0 | Sharks Wins | <1% | 3% | 18% | - | - | - | 18% | 16% | 46% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 17% | - | - | - | 17% | 16% | 46% | ||
| Lightning Wins | <1% | 3% | 17% | - | - | - | 17% | 16% | 46% | ||
| Oilers (28‑18‑4) vs Red Wings (21‑19‑8) |
0 | Oilers Wins | <1% | 3% | 17% | - | - | - | 17% | 16% | 46% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 17% | - | - | - | 17% | 16% | 46% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | <1% | 3% | 18% | - | - | - | 17% | 16% | 47% | ||