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 (6‑4‑5) vs Avalanche (9‑6‑1) |
4 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 56% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 58% | ||
| Panthers (8‑5‑2) vs Blackhawks (4‑10‑1) |
1 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 9% | 8% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 56% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 57% | ||
| Jets (5‑8‑3) vs Canucks (3‑13‑1) |
1 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 56% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 57% | ||
| Blue Jackets (6‑7‑0) vs Stars (9‑5‑1) |
1 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 11% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 56% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 56% | ||
| Oilers (11‑2‑3) vs Ducks (7‑7‑1) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 56% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 56% | ||
| Flames (7‑8‑0) vs Kraken (8‑5‑1) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 56% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 56% | ||
| Canadiens (9‑3‑3) vs Mammoth (10‑6‑0) |
0 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 56% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 56% | ||
| Red Wings (7‑6‑3) vs Golden Knights (10‑5‑2) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 11% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 56% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 56% | ||
| Devils (10‑5‑0) vs Blues (7‑7‑1) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 56% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 56% | ||
| Sharks (7‑8‑1) vs Kings (4‑7‑2) |
0 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 56% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 56% | ||