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 (1‑2‑0) vs Kraken (2‑2‑0) |
3 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 56% | ||
| Wild (2‑1‑1) vs Panthers (2‑0‑2) |
1 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Avalanche (3‑1‑0) vs Maple Leafs (2‑2‑1) |
1 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Lightning (3‑1‑0) vs Islanders (2‑2‑0) |
1 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Capitals (2‑1‑0) vs Rangers (4‑1‑0) |
1 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Mammoth (3‑2‑0) vs Sabres (2‑2‑0) |
1 | Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Hurricanes (3‑1‑1) vs Blackhawks (1‑4‑0) |
1 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Senators (3‑1‑0) vs Predators (2‑1‑1) |
0 | Senators Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Devils (1‑2‑0) vs Canucks (2‑3‑0) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Blue Jackets (1‑1‑0) vs Penguins (2‑2‑0) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Flyers (0‑3‑2) vs Bruins (3‑2‑0) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 54% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||