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 | |||
| Predators (10‑4‑5) vs Golden Knights (13‑5‑2) |
5 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 17% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 33% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 16% | 15% | 9% | 9% | 36% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 16% | 15% | 9% | 9% | 37% | ||
| Islanders (7‑6‑4) vs Kings (5‑9‑2) |
1 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 17% | 16% | 9% | 9% | 35% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 16% | 15% | 9% | 9% | 36% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 17% | 15% | 9% | 9% | 36% | ||
| Rangers (11‑8‑1) vs Canucks (3‑16‑1) |
1 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 15% | 9% | 9% | 36% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 16% | 15% | 9% | 9% | 36% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 15% | 9% | 9% | 37% | ||
| Kraken (9‑6‑1) vs Hurricanes (14‑3‑2) |
1 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 17% | 16% | 9% | 9% | 35% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 16% | 15% | 9% | 9% | 36% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 16% | 15% | 10% | 9% | 36% | ||
| Senators (11‑6‑2) vs Avalanche (11‑6‑2) |
0 | Senators Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 17% | 15% | 9% | 9% | 36% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 16% | 15% | 9% | 9% | 36% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 15% | 10% | 8% | 36% | ||
| Maple Leafs (8‑10‑2) vs Wild (13‑3‑4) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 16% | 15% | 9% | 8% | 36% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 16% | 15% | 9% | 9% | 36% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 17% | 15% | 9% | 9% | 36% | ||
| Mammoth (10‑8‑1) vs Blues (8‑8‑2) |
0 | Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 17% | 15% | 10% | 9% | 36% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 16% | 15% | 9% | 9% | 36% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 16% | 9% | 9% | 36% | ||
| Jets (8‑8‑3) vs Stars (10‑5‑2) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 16% | 9% | 9% | 36% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 16% | 15% | 9% | 9% | 36% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 15% | 9% | 9% | 36% | ||
| Blackhawks (4‑13‑1) vs Sabres (8‑7‑3) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 36% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 16% | 15% | 9% | 9% | 36% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 17% | 15% | 10% | 9% | 36% | ||