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 (5‑4‑5) vs Hurricanes (12‑2‑2) |
4 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Blue Jackets (5‑7‑0) vs Avalanche (9‑5‑1) |
1 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Maple Leafs (8‑6‑2) vs Mammoth (9‑6‑0) |
1 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Canucks (3‑12‑1) vs Ducks (6‑7‑1) |
1 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Canadiens (9‑3‑2) vs Jets (4‑8‑3) |
1 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 8% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Capitals (8‑5‑0) vs Stars (8‑5‑1) |
1 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 8% | 61% | ||
| Sharks (7‑8‑1) vs Kings (4‑7‑2) |
1 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Rangers (7‑7‑1) vs Blues (7‑6‑1) |
0 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Panthers (8‑5‑2) vs Blackhawks (4‑10‑1) |
0 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Golden Knights (9‑5‑2) vs Penguins (5‑7‑2) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Flyers (4‑8‑4) vs Wild (10‑3‑3) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Oilers (11‑2‑2) vs Devils (9‑5‑0) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Flames (7‑8‑0) vs Kraken (8‑5‑1) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% | ||