The Most Important Games for the Predators are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Predators final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Predators fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Predators Resultant Playoff Probabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Divisional Winners | Central 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 | |||
| Maple Leafs (7‑5‑2) vs Kraken (7‑4‑1) |
1 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Islanders (6‑4‑2) vs Wild (9‑3‑2) |
1 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 61% | ||
| Canadiens (7‑3‑2) vs Stars (7‑4‑1) |
1 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 61% | ||
| Sabres (5‑4‑3) vs Ducks (5‑6‑1) |
1 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Oilers (8‑2‑2) vs Flames (5‑6‑0) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Lightning (7‑3‑1) vs Jets (4‑5‑3) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Bruins (9‑3‑1) vs Blues (5‑6‑1) |
0 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Canucks (3‑10‑1) vs Sharks (6‑6‑1) |
0 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Red Wings (5‑4‑3) vs Blackhawks (4‑8‑0) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Penguins (5‑6‑1) vs Mammoth (8‑5‑0) |
0 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 11% | 7% | 6% | 61% | ||
| Senators (8‑5‑0) vs Kings (3‑6‑2) |
0 | Senators Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Avalanche (6‑5‑1) vs Devils (8‑4‑0) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 60% | ||