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 (26‑31‑13) vs Islanders (40‑26‑5) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Sharks (32‑30‑6) vs Predators (33‑28‑9) |
0 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Sabres (44‑20‑6) vs Ducks (38‑27‑4) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Lightning (43‑21‑4) vs Flames (28‑34‑7) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Mammoth (36‑28‑6) vs Kings (28‑25‑16) |
0 | Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Blues (28‑30‑11) vs Capitals (35‑27‑9) |
0 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Panthers (34‑32‑3) vs Kraken (31‑29‑9) |
0 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Penguins (35‑19‑16) vs Avalanche (46‑13‑10) |
0 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Jets (29‑29‑12) vs Golden Knights (32‑25‑14) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Stars (43‑16‑11) vs Devils (35‑32‑2) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||