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 (5‑4‑4) vs Blues (4‑8‑2) |
4 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 6% | 6% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 66% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 7% | 10% | 5% | 6% | 68% | ||
| Devils (9‑4‑0) vs Canadiens (9‑3‑1) |
1 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 66% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 66% | ||
| Panthers (6‑6‑1) vs Kings (6‑4‑4) |
1 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 6% | 6% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 66% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 6% | 6% | 66% | ||
| Wild (5‑6‑3) vs Hurricanes (8‑4‑0) |
1 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 6% | 6% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 66% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 6% | 6% | 66% | ||
| Capitals (7‑5‑1) vs Penguins (8‑4‑2) |
0 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 66% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 10% | 5% | 6% | 66% | ||
| Golden Knights (7‑2‑3) vs Lightning (6‑5‑2) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 6% | 6% | 66% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 66% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 6% | 6% | 66% | ||
| Senators (6‑5‑2) vs Bruins (8‑7‑0) |
0 | Senators Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 66% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 66% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 66% | ||
| Predators (5‑6‑4) vs Flyers (7‑5‑1) |
0 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 6% | 6% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 66% | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 6% | 6% | 65% | ||
| Rangers (6‑6‑2) vs Red Wings (9‑5‑0) |
0 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 6% | 6% | 66% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 5% | 6% | 66% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 6% | 6% | 66% | ||