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 (2‑2‑2) vs Sharks (3‑3‑0) |
3 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Bruins (5‑2‑0) vs Ducks (4‑2‑0) |
1 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Wild (4‑2‑1) vs Blues (3‑2‑1) |
1 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Oilers (5‑0‑1) vs Mammoth (5‑2‑0) |
1 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Blackhawks (2‑5‑0) vs Jets (4‑1‑1) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Kraken (5‑2‑0) vs Lightning (4‑2‑0) |
0 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Canucks (2‑6‑0) vs Panthers (3‑2‑2) |
0 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Flames (1‑5‑0) vs Golden Knights (6‑2‑0) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 11% | 7% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Avalanche (4‑2‑1) vs Penguins (3‑3‑1) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||