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 (34‑26‑8) vs Sabres (33‑30‑6) |
10 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 14% | 80% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 11% | 85% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 8% | 89% | ||
| Coyotes (27‑32‑11) vs Jets (39‑29‑3) |
6 | Coyotes Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 3% | 14% | 81% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 11% | 85% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 9% | 87% | ||
| Ducks (23‑37‑10) vs Flames (31‑25‑15) |
1 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 12% | 84% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 11% | 85% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 3% | 10% | 85% | ||
| Stars (38‑19‑13) vs Kraken (38‑24‑7) |
1 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 11% | 84% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 11% | 85% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 2% | 11% | 86% | ||
| Golden Knights (43‑21‑6) vs Canucks (31‑33‑5) |
1 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 11% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 11% | 85% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 10% | 85% | ||
| Penguins (34‑26‑10) vs Avalanche (41‑22‑6) |
0 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 3% | 11% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 11% | 85% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 10% | 85% | ||
| Red Wings (30‑30‑9) vs Blues (31‑33‑5) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 11% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 11% | 85% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 11% | 85% | ||
| Devils (45‑18‑7) vs Wild (40‑22‑8) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 3% | 10% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 11% | 85% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 11% | 85% | ||