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 (31‑17‑13) vs Flyers (28‑22‑11) |
16 | Penguins Wins | 2% | 34% | 28% | - | - | - | 3% | 6% | 27% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 29% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Flyers Wins | 1% | 24% | 25% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 42% | ||
| Sharks (30‑25‑5) vs Islanders (35‑23‑5) |
3 | Sharks Wins | 2% | 32% | 26% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 33% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 29% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Islanders Wins | 2% | 26% | 28% | - | - | - | 3% | 6% | 35% | ||
| Mammoth (33‑25‑4) vs Blue Jackets (32‑21‑8) |
2 | Mammoth Wins | 2% | 31% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 33% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 29% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | 2% | 28% | 26% | - | - | - | 4% | 6% | 35% | ||
| Kraken (29‑23‑9) vs Senators (30‑22‑9) |
1 | Kraken Wins | 2% | 29% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 6% | 33% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 29% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Senators Wins | 2% | 29% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Bruins (34‑22‑5) vs Capitals (31‑25‑7) |
1 | Bruins Wins | 2% | 29% | 28% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 29% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Capitals Wins | 2% | 29% | 26% | - | - | - | 4% | 6% | 34% | ||
| Rangers (24‑29‑8) vs Devils (31‑29‑2) |
1 | Rangers Wins | 2% | 29% | 28% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 33% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 29% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Devils Wins | 2% | 29% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Lightning (38‑18‑4) vs Maple Leafs (27‑25‑11) |
0 | Lightning Wins | 2% | 29% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 29% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | 2% | 29% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Hurricanes (40‑16‑6) vs Flames (24‑30‑7) |
0 | Hurricanes Wins | 1% | 29% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 6% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 29% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Flames Wins | 2% | 28% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Sabres (37‑19‑6) vs Predators (28‑26‑8) |
0 | Sabres Wins | 2% | 29% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 29% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Predators Wins | 2% | 29% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Kings (25‑22‑14) vs Canadiens (33‑18‑10) |
0 | Kings Wins | 2% | 28% | 27% | - | - | - | 4% | 5% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | 2% | 29% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 34% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | 2% | 29% | 28% | - | - | - | 3% | 5% | 34% | ||