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 | |||
| Kings (0‑1‑0) vs Sharks (1‑0‑0) |
1 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Oilers (1‑0‑1) vs Kraken (1‑0‑0) |
1 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Flames (0‑1‑0) vs Canucks (1‑1‑0) |
1 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Mammoth (1‑0‑0) vs Blue Jackets (1‑0‑0) |
1 | Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 59% | ||
| Ducks (0‑0‑0) vs Golden Knights (1‑0‑0) |
1 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Stars (0‑0‑0) vs Blues (0‑0‑0) |
1 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Bruins (1‑0‑0) vs Jets (0‑0‑0) |
0 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Sabres (0‑1‑0) vs Blackhawks (0‑2‑0) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||