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 (0‑1‑0) vs Stars (0‑1‑0) |
1 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 59% | ||
| Sabres (0‑1‑0) vs Blackhawks (0‑2‑0) |
1 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 59% | ||
| Blue Jackets (1‑0‑0) vs Mammoth (1‑0‑0) |
1 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Canucks (1‑1‑0) vs Flames (0‑1‑0) |
1 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 59% | ||
| Avalanche (1‑0‑0) vs Blues (1‑0‑0) |
1 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Kings (0‑1‑0) vs Sharks (1‑0‑0) |
0 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 59% | ||
| Panthers (1‑0‑1) vs Ducks (1‑0‑0) |
0 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Red Wings (0‑1‑0) vs Jets (0‑0‑1) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Bruins (2‑0‑0) vs Wild (1‑0‑0) |
0 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Kraken (1‑0‑0) vs Oilers (1‑0‑1) |
0 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 58% | ||