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 (21‑19‑8) vs Oilers (28‑18‑4) |
3 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 92% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 93% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 3% | 95% | ||
| Kraken (29‑15‑5) vs Islanders (26‑22‑5) |
1 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 93% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 93% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 94% | ||
| Canucks (20‑26‑4) vs Rangers (28‑14‑8) |
0 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 4% | 93% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 93% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 93% | ||
| Avalanche (27‑18‑3) vs Penguins (24‑16‑9) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 93% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 93% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 93% | ||
| Lightning (32‑16‑1) vs Sharks (15‑25‑11) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 93% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 93% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 93% | ||