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 (26‑24‑7) vs Blackhawks (22‑26‑9) |
10 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 11% | 19% | 70% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 10% | 17% | 73% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 7% | 14% | 79% | ||
| Blues (20‑28‑9) vs Kraken (27‑21‑9) |
2 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 10% | 18% | 72% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 10% | 17% | 73% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 10% | 16% | 74% | ||
| Flames (23‑27‑6) vs Sharks (27‑24‑4) |
1 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 10% | 17% | 72% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 10% | 17% | 73% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 10% | 16% | 74% | ||
| Kings (23‑20‑14) vs Oilers (28‑23‑8) |
1 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 10% | 17% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 10% | 17% | 73% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 10% | 16% | 74% | ||
| Capitals (30‑23‑7) vs Golden Knights (28‑16‑14) |
0 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 10% | 17% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 10% | 17% | 73% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 9% | 17% | 73% | ||
| Wild (34‑14‑10) vs Avalanche (38‑9‑9) |
0 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 10% | 17% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 10% | 17% | 73% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 10% | 17% | 73% | ||
| Jets (23‑26‑8) vs Ducks (31‑23‑3) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 10% | 17% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 10% | 17% | 73% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 10% | 17% | 73% | ||