The Most Important Games for the Blackhawks are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Blackhawks final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Blackhawks fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Blackhawks Resultant Playoff Probabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Divisional Winners | Central 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 | |||
| Blackhawks (5‑5‑3) vs Canucks (7‑7‑0) |
4 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 11% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 60% | ||
| Blue Jackets (7‑5‑0) vs Flames (3‑9‑2) |
1 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Panthers (6‑6‑1) vs Kings (6‑4‑4) |
1 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Capitals (6‑5‑1) vs Blues (4‑7‑2) |
1 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Maple Leafs (7‑5‑1) vs Hockey Club (9‑4‑0) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Kraken (6‑2‑4) vs Sharks (4‑6‑3) |
0 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Hurricanes (8‑4‑0) vs Wild (5‑6‑3) |
0 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Golden Knights (7‑2‑3) vs Lightning (6‑5‑2) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Flyers (7‑5‑1) vs Predators (5‑6‑4) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Ducks (8‑3‑1) vs Stars (7‑3‑3) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||