The Most Important Games for the Red Wings are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Red Wings final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Red Wings fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Red Wings Resultant Playoff Probabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Divisional Winners | Atlantic 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 | |||
| Red Wings (35‑20‑7) vs Panthers (30‑29‑3) |
10 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 20% | 28% | 20% | 13% | 11% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 18% | 27% | 21% | 14% | 14% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 14% | 25% | 22% | 16% | 19% | ||
| Kraken (29‑23‑9) vs Senators (30‑22‑9) |
2 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 18% | 27% | 22% | 14% | 13% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 18% | 27% | 21% | 14% | 14% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 18% | 27% | 21% | 14% | 15% | ||
| Ducks (34‑24‑3) vs Canadiens (33‑18‑9) |
1 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 18% | 28% | 21% | 13% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 18% | 27% | 21% | 14% | 14% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 17% | 26% | 22% | 14% | 15% | ||
| Maple Leafs (27‑25‑11) vs Lightning (38‑18‑4) |
1 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 17% | 26% | 21% | 14% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 18% | 27% | 21% | 14% | 14% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 17% | 27% | 22% | 14% | 14% | ||
| Capitals (31‑25‑7) vs Bruins (34‑22‑5) |
1 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 19% | 28% | 20% | 12% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 18% | 27% | 21% | 14% | 14% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 17% | 26% | 22% | 15% | 14% | ||
| Mammoth (33‑25‑4) vs Blue Jackets (32‑21‑8) |
1 | Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 17% | 28% | 21% | 14% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 18% | 27% | 21% | 14% | 14% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 18% | 27% | 21% | 14% | 14% | ||
| Devils (31‑29‑2) vs Rangers (24‑29‑8) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 17% | 28% | 20% | 14% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 18% | 27% | 21% | 14% | 14% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 17% | 27% | 21% | 14% | 14% | ||
| Flyers (28‑22‑11) vs Penguins (31‑17‑13) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 18% | 27% | 22% | 14% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 18% | 27% | 21% | 14% | 14% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 18% | 27% | 21% | 14% | 14% | ||
| Hurricanes (39‑16‑6) vs Oilers (30‑24‑8) |
0 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 17% | 27% | 22% | 14% | 13% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 18% | 27% | 21% | 14% | 14% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 18% | 27% | 21% | 13% | 14% | ||
| Sabres (37‑19‑6) vs Predators (28‑26‑8) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 17% | 28% | 22% | 14% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 18% | 27% | 21% | 14% | 14% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 19% | 26% | 20% | 13% | 14% | ||