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 (46‑22‑8) vs Capitals (38‑29‑9) |
2 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 38% | 48% | 14% | <1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 30% | 49% | 21% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 19% | 49% | 30% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Devils (39‑34‑2) vs Canadiens (44‑21‑10) |
1 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 32% | 54% | 14% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 30% | 49% | 21% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 29% | 44% | 27% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Bruins (43‑25‑8) vs Lightning (47‑22‑6) |
1 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 39% | 41% | 19% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 30% | 49% | 21% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 54% | 23% | <1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Senators (39‑26‑10) vs Wild (42‑21‑12) |
0 | Senators Wins | - | - | - | 30% | 48% | 21% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 30% | 49% | 21% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | 30% | 48% | 22% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Panthers (37‑35‑3) vs Penguins (38‑22‑16) |
0 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 30% | 48% | 21% | <1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 30% | 49% | 21% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 29% | 49% | 21% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Rangers (31‑36‑9) vs Red Wings (40‑27‑8) |
0 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 30% | 48% | 21% | 1% | <1% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 30% | 49% | 21% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 29% | 48% | 22% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Jets (32‑31‑12) vs Blue Jackets (38‑26‑12) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | 30% | 48% | 21% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 30% | 49% | 21% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 30% | 48% | 21% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Hurricanes (48‑21‑6) vs Islanders (42‑30‑5) |
0 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 30% | 49% | 21% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 30% | 49% | 21% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 30% | 49% | 21% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Kings (30‑26‑19) vs Maple Leafs (32‑31‑13) |
0 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | 30% | 49% | 21% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 30% | 49% | 21% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 30% | 49% | 21% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||