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 (33‑19‑6) vs Panthers (30‑25‑3) |
10 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 28% | 25% | 17% | 11% | 10% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 25% | 24% | 18% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 23% | 19% | 14% | 19% | ||
| Golden Knights (28‑16‑14) vs Capitals (30‑23‑7) |
1 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 24% | 24% | 19% | 13% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 25% | 24% | 18% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 24% | 24% | 18% | 13% | 16% | ||
| Maple Leafs (27‑23‑9) vs Senators (28‑22‑8) |
1 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 24% | 24% | 18% | 13% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 25% | 24% | 18% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 24% | 24% | 18% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Hurricanes (37‑15‑6) vs Red Wings (34‑19‑6) |
1 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 25% | 24% | 18% | 12% | 15% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 25% | 24% | 18% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 23% | 24% | 19% | 14% | 15% | ||
| Rangers (22‑29‑7) vs Penguins (30‑15‑12) |
1 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 25% | 24% | 19% | 13% | 15% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 25% | 24% | 18% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 24% | 24% | 18% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Flyers (26‑21‑11) vs Bruins (33‑20‑5) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 25% | 24% | 18% | 12% | 15% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 25% | 24% | 18% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 24% | 23% | 19% | 14% | 15% | ||
| Devils (28‑29‑2) vs Blues (21‑28‑9) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 25% | 23% | 18% | 13% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 25% | 24% | 18% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 25% | 23% | 18% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Blue Jackets (29‑21‑7) vs Islanders (33‑21‑5) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 25% | 24% | 18% | 13% | 15% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 25% | 24% | 18% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 24% | 24% | 18% | 13% | 15% | ||