The Most Important Games for the Sabres are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Sabres final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Sabres fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Sabres 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 | |||
| Sabres (11‑13‑4) vs Rangers (14‑12‑1) |
4 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 81% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 85% | ||
| Canucks (14‑8‑5) vs Panthers (18‑9‑2) |
1 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Red Wings (11‑13‑4) vs Flyers (13‑12‑4) |
1 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 82% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Penguins (12‑14‑4) vs Canadiens (11‑14‑3) |
0 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Blackhawks (9‑17‑2) vs Islanders (11‑12‑7) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Ducks (10‑12‑4) vs Senators (12‑13‑2) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Bruins (15‑12‑3) vs Kraken (14‑14‑2) |
0 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Kings (17‑8‑3) vs Devils (18‑10‑3) |
0 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Blue Jackets (12‑13‑3) vs Capitals (19‑6‑2) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 2% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Lightning (14‑10‑2) vs Flames (14‑10‑5) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 83% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 83% | ||