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 | |||
| Avalanche (27‑18‑3) vs Penguins (24‑16‑9) |
2 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 8% | 18% | 15% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 18% | 15% | 58% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 7% | 17% | 15% | 59% | ||
| Canucks (20‑26‑4) vs Rangers (28‑14‑8) |
1 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 8% | 19% | 15% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 18% | 15% | 58% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 17% | 15% | 58% | ||
| Kraken (29‑15‑5) vs Islanders (26‑22‑5) |
1 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 8% | 18% | 15% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 18% | 15% | 58% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 8% | 17% | 15% | 58% | ||
| Oilers (28‑18‑4) vs Red Wings (21‑19‑8) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 18% | 15% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 18% | 15% | 58% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 18% | 15% | 58% | ||
| Sharks (15‑25‑11) vs Lightning (32‑16‑1) |
0 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 9% | 17% | 15% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 8% | 18% | 15% | 58% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 7% | 18% | 15% | 58% | ||