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 (7‑7‑3) vs Avalanche (9‑6‑2) |
3 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 8% | 69% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 70% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 72% | ||
| Kraken (9‑5‑1) vs Rangers (9‑7‑1) |
0 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 70% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 70% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 70% | ||
| Hurricanes (13‑3‑2) vs Blackhawks (4‑12‑1) |
0 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 70% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 70% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 71% | ||
| Penguins (5‑9‑2) vs Kings (5‑7‑2) |
0 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 70% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 70% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 71% | ||
| Devils (11‑5‑0) vs Islanders (7‑6‑2) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 71% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 70% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 71% | ||
| Mammoth (10‑6‑1) vs Senators (10‑6‑1) |
0 | Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 70% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 70% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 71% | ||
| Sabres (7‑5‑3) vs Blue Jackets (7‑7‑0) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 70% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 70% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 70% | ||
| Capitals (8‑6‑0) vs Panthers (9‑5‑2) |
0 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 70% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 70% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 70% | ||
| Maple Leafs (8‑7‑2) vs Canadiens (10‑3‑3) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 70% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 70% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 70% | ||