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 | |||
| Kraken (5‑3‑1) vs Red Wings (3‑3‑2) |
1 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 56% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 56% | ||
| Flyers (1‑6‑3) vs Avalanche (5‑2‑1) |
1 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 56% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 8% | 56% | ||
| Ducks (4‑3‑0) vs Rangers (6‑3‑1) |
1 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 56% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 56% | ||
| Sharks (4‑3‑1) vs Maple Leafs (3‑4‑2) |
1 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 56% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 56% | ||
| Capitals (5‑3‑0) vs Kings (0‑4‑2) |
0 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 56% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 56% | ||
| Canucks (2‑7‑1) vs Hurricanes (7‑2‑1) |
0 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 56% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 56% | ||
| Stars (4‑3‑1) vs Bruins (7‑2‑0) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 56% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 56% | ||
| Golden Knights (8‑2‑0) vs Lightning (6‑2‑0) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 56% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 55% | ||
| Penguins (3‑5‑1) vs Mammoth (6‑3‑0) |
0 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 56% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 55% | ||