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 | |||
| Devils (40‑34‑3) vs Flyers (39‑26‑12) |
0 | Devils Wins | <1% | 99% | 1% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 98% | 2% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Flyers Wins | <1% | 97% | 3% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Canadiens (45‑22‑10) vs Panthers (37‑37‑3) |
0 | Canadiens Wins | <1% | 98% | 2% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 98% | 2% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Panthers Wins | <1% | 98% | 2% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Sabres (46‑23‑8) vs Lightning (48‑22‑6) |
0 | Sabres Wins | <1% | 98% | 2% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 98% | 2% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Lightning Wins | <1% | 98% | 2% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Red Wings (40‑29‑8) vs Blue Jackets (38‑27‑12) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | <1% | 98% | 2% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 98% | 2% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | <1% | 98% | 2% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Hurricanes (49‑22‑6) vs Bruins (43‑26‑9) |
0 | Hurricanes Wins | X | 98% | 2% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 98% | 2% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Bruins Wins | <1% | 98% | 2% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||