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 | |||
| Capitals (25‑21‑7) vs Kraken (23‑19‑9) |
2 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 3% | 9% | 15% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 73% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 14% | 75% | ||
| Lightning (32‑14‑4) vs Mammoth (27‑20‑4) |
2 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 3% | 9% | 15% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 73% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 7% | 15% | 74% | ||
| Blue Jackets (24‑20‑7) vs Kings (21‑16‑13) |
1 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 73% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 14% | 75% | ||
| Canucks (17‑30‑5) vs Sharks (26‑21‑3) |
1 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 73% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 74% | ||
| Canadiens (28‑17‑7) vs Golden Knights (25‑14‑12) |
1 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 73% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 74% | ||
| Devils (27‑23‑2) vs Jets (20‑24‑7) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 14% | 74% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 73% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 74% | ||
| Blackhawks (21‑23‑8) vs Wild (29‑14‑10) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 14% | 74% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 73% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 74% | ||
| Ducks (28‑21‑3) vs Oilers (26‑19‑8) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 74% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 73% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 74% | ||
| Stars (29‑14‑9) vs Blues (19‑24‑9) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 74% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 73% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 8% | 15% | 74% | ||