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 (40‑29‑8) vs Blue Jackets (38‑27‑12) |
22 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 3% | 29% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 20% | 78% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | 10% | 90% | ||
| Hurricanes (49‑21‑6) vs Senators (39‑27‑10) |
12 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 25% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 20% | 78% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 14% | 85% | ||
| Rangers (32‑36‑9) vs Capitals (39‑29‑9) |
2 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 22% | 77% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 20% | 78% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 20% | 78% | ||
| Devils (39‑34‑3) vs Canadiens (45‑21‑10) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 21% | 77% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 20% | 78% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 21% | 78% | ||
| Sabres (46‑23‑8) vs Lightning (48‑22‑6) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 20% | 78% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 20% | 78% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 20% | 78% | ||