The Most Important Games for the Predators are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Predators final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Predators fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Predators 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 | |||
| Predators (15‑16‑4) vs Wild (22‑10‑5) |
7 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 6% | 13% | 11% | 70% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 12% | 10% | 74% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 3% | 11% | 9% | 77% | ||
| Blue Jackets (14‑15‑6) vs Kings (15‑10‑9) |
1 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 12% | 10% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 12% | 10% | 74% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 4% | 12% | 9% | 75% | ||
| Avalanche (26‑2‑7) vs Hockey Club (18‑17‑3) |
1 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 12% | 10% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 12% | 10% | 74% | ||
| Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 11% | 10% | 74% | ||
| Flames (15‑17‑4) vs Oilers (18‑13‑6) |
1 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 12% | 10% | 74% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 12% | 10% | 74% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 4% | 11% | 10% | 74% | ||
| Golden Knights (16‑8‑10) vs Sharks (17‑16‑3) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 4% | 12% | 10% | 74% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 12% | 10% | 74% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 11% | 10% | 74% | ||
| Stars (25‑7‑5) vs Red Wings (21‑13‑3) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 4% | 12% | 10% | 74% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 12% | 10% | 74% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 4% | 12% | 10% | 74% | ||
| Ducks (21‑13‑2) vs Kraken (13‑14‑6) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 11% | 10% | 74% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 12% | 10% | 74% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 11% | 10% | 74% | ||
| Blues (14‑15‑8) vs Lightning (19‑13‑3) |
0 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 11% | 10% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 12% | 10% | 74% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 4% | 12% | 10% | 74% | ||
| Flyers (17‑10‑7) vs Canucks (15‑17‑3) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 11% | 10% | 74% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 12% | 10% | 74% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 12% | 10% | 74% | ||