The Most Important Games for the Senators are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Senators final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Senators fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Senators 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 | |||
| Stars (11‑6‑2) vs Panthers (12‑7‑2) |
1 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 18% | 16% | 8% | 8% | 31% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 18% | 18% | 17% | 8% | 8% | 31% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 18% | 17% | 8% | 8% | 31% | ||
| Rangers (12‑8‑1) vs Canadiens (12‑4‑4) |
1 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 19% | 17% | 8% | 8% | 31% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 18% | 18% | 17% | 8% | 8% | 31% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 19% | 16% | 8% | 8% | 31% | ||
| Oilers (15‑3‑3) vs Flyers (6‑10‑6) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 18% | 16% | 9% | 8% | 31% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 18% | 18% | 17% | 8% | 8% | 31% | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 18% | 17% | 8% | 8% | 31% | ||