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 (8‑6‑3) vs Lightning (11‑4‑2) |
4 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 60% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 8% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 62% | ||
| Oilers (12‑3‑3) vs Rangers (10‑7‑1) |
2 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 60% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 60% | ||
| Avalanche (10‑6‑2) vs Maple Leafs (8‑9‑2) |
1 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 60% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 11% | 8% | 8% | 60% | ||
| Canucks (3‑15‑1) vs Flyers (4‑10‑5) |
1 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 60% | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 60% | ||
| Sharks (7‑11‑1) vs Islanders (7‑6‑3) |
0 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 60% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 60% | ||
| Panthers (9‑7‑2) vs Blue Jackets (7‑8‑0) |
0 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 60% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 8% | 60% | ||
| Canadiens (11‑3‑3) vs Wild (12‑3‑4) |
0 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 60% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Devils (13‑5‑0) vs Jets (7‑8‑3) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 60% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 60% | ||
| Blues (7‑8‑2) vs Red Wings (7‑8‑3) |
0 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 11% | 8% | 8% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 60% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 60% | ||
| Capitals (9‑6‑0) vs Senators (11‑6‑1) |
0 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 11% | 8% | 8% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 60% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 60% | ||