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 (4‑3‑5) vs Capitals (7‑4‑0) |
3 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Red Wings (5‑4‑3) vs Blackhawks (4‑8‑0) |
1 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Blues (5‑6‑1) vs Bruins (9‑3‑1) |
1 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Kraken (8‑4‑1) vs Flames (5‑7‑0) |
1 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Devils (8‑5‑0) vs Golden Knights (9‑4‑1) |
1 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 11% | 6% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Lightning (7‑3‑1) vs Jets (4‑5‑3) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Sharks (6‑6‑1) vs Canucks (3‑10‑1) |
0 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Sabres (5‑4‑3) vs Ducks (5‑6‑1) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Wild (9‑3‑2) vs Islanders (6‑4‑2) |
0 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Penguins (5‑6‑1) vs Mammoth (8‑5‑0) |
0 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Stars (7‑4‑1) vs Canadiens (7‑3‑2) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 11% | 6% | 7% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Senators (8‑5‑0) vs Kings (3‑6‑2) |
0 | Senators Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 61% | ||