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 (7‑4‑5) vs Blues (7‑7‑2) |
5 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 15% | 8% | 7% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 12% | 14% | 7% | 8% | 52% | ||
| Oilers (11‑3‑3) vs Canucks (3‑14‑1) |
1 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Flames (7‑8‑1) vs Ducks (8‑7‑1) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 8% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Senators (10‑6‑1) vs Mammoth (10‑6‑1) |
0 | Senators Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Hurricanes (13‑3‑2) vs Blackhawks (4‑12‑1) |
0 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 7% | 7% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 8% | 50% | ||
| Sharks (7‑9‑1) vs Wild (11‑3‑3) |
0 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 8% | 50% | ||
| Kraken (9‑5‑1) vs Rangers (9‑7‑1) |
0 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 8% | 50% | ||
| Red Wings (7‑7‑3) vs Avalanche (9‑6‑2) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Kings (5‑7‑2) vs Penguins (5‑9‑2) |
0 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 49% | ||