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 | |||
| Blue Jackets (40‑29‑12) vs Capitals (42‑30‑9) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Bruins (44‑27‑10) vs Devils (42‑36‑3) |
0 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Flyers (42‑27‑12) vs Canadiens (48‑23‑10) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Hurricanes (52‑22‑7) vs Islanders (43‑33‑5) |
0 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Blues (35‑33‑12) vs Penguins (41‑24‑16) |
0 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Lightning (50‑25‑6) vs Rangers (33‑39‑9) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Panthers (39‑38‑4) vs Red Wings (41‑30‑10) |
0 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Sabres (50‑23‑8) vs Stars (49‑20‑12) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Senators (43‑27‑11) vs Maple Leafs (32‑35‑14) |
0 | Senators Wins | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 100% | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ^ | ||