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 (26‑24‑7) vs Blackhawks (22‑26‑9) |
8 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 10% | 18% | 72% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 8% | 17% | 75% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 14% | 80% | ||
| Stars (34‑14‑9) vs Kraken (27‑20‑9) |
1 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 8% | 17% | 74% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 8% | 17% | 75% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 8% | 16% | 76% | ||
| Avalanche (37‑9‑9) vs Mammoth (30‑23‑4) |
1 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 9% | 16% | 75% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 8% | 17% | 75% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 7% | 17% | 76% | ||
| Flames (23‑27‑6) vs Sharks (27‑24‑4) |
1 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 9% | 17% | 74% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 8% | 17% | 75% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 8% | 16% | 75% | ||
| Ducks (30‑23‑3) vs Oilers (28‑22‑8) |
1 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 8% | 17% | 75% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 8% | 17% | 75% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 8% | 16% | 75% | ||
| Golden Knights (27‑16‑14) vs Kings (23‑19‑14) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 8% | 17% | 75% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 8% | 17% | 75% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 8% | 16% | 75% | ||
| Jets (22‑26‑8) vs Canucks (18‑33‑6) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 8% | 17% | 75% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 8% | 17% | 75% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 8% | 16% | 75% | ||