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 (32‑18‑6) vs Avalanche (36‑8‑9) |
8 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 26% | 24% | 18% | 12% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 23% | 22% | 18% | 14% | 19% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 20% | 22% | 18% | 15% | 22% | ||
| Wild (32‑14‑10) vs Canadiens (31‑17‑7) |
1 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 23% | 22% | 17% | 13% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 23% | 22% | 18% | 14% | 19% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 22% | 18% | 14% | 20% | ||
| Capitals (27‑22‑7) vs Islanders (30‑20‑5) |
1 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 23% | 22% | 18% | 14% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 23% | 22% | 18% | 14% | 19% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 22% | 23% | 18% | 14% | 19% | ||
| Flames (22‑26‑6) vs Maple Leafs (25‑21‑9) |
1 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 22% | 22% | 18% | 14% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 23% | 22% | 18% | 14% | 19% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 22% | 22% | 18% | 14% | 20% | ||
| Senators (26‑21‑7) vs Penguins (28‑14‑11) |
0 | Senators Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 22% | 22% | 18% | 13% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 23% | 22% | 18% | 14% | 19% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 22% | 23% | 18% | 13% | 20% | ||
| Blue Jackets (27‑20‑7) vs Devils (28‑25‑2) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 22% | 23% | 19% | 14% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 23% | 22% | 18% | 14% | 19% | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 23% | 22% | 18% | 13% | 19% | ||
| Sabres (31‑18‑5) vs Panthers (28‑23‑3) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 22% | 19% | 14% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 23% | 22% | 18% | 14% | 19% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 23% | 23% | 17% | 13% | 20% | ||