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 (16‑16‑4) vs Blues (14‑16‑8) |
7 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 17% | 12% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 15% | 11% | 65% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 14% | 11% | 68% | ||
| Flyers (19‑10‑7) vs Kraken (15‑14‑6) |
1 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 16% | 11% | 64% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 15% | 11% | 65% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 15% | 11% | 65% | ||
| Avalanche (27‑2‑7) vs Golden Knights (17‑8‑10) |
1 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 16% | 12% | 64% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 15% | 11% | 65% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 15% | 11% | 65% | ||
| Flames (15‑18‑4) vs Oilers (19‑13‑6) |
1 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 16% | 11% | 64% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 15% | 11% | 65% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 15% | 11% | 65% | ||
| Stars (25‑7‑6) vs Blackhawks (13‑17‑6) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 16% | 11% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 15% | 11% | 65% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 15% | 11% | 65% | ||
| Canucks (15‑18‑3) vs Sharks (17‑17‑3) |
0 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 16% | 11% | 64% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 15% | 11% | 65% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 16% | 11% | 65% | ||
| Kings (15‑12‑9) vs Ducks (21‑14‑2) |
0 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 16% | 11% | 64% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 15% | 11% | 65% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 16% | 12% | 64% | ||
| Wild (22‑10‑6) vs Jets (15‑17‑3) |
0 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 7% | 16% | 12% | 64% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 15% | 11% | 65% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 9% | 15% | 11% | 64% | ||