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 (5‑6‑4) vs Flyers (7‑5‑1) |
3 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 8% | 66% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 66% | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Stars (7‑3‑3) vs Ducks (8‑3‑1) |
1 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 66% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 66% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 67% | ||
| Kraken (6‑2‑4) vs Sharks (4‑6‑3) |
1 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 67% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 66% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 67% | ||
| Lightning (6‑5‑2) vs Golden Knights (7‑2‑3) |
1 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 66% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 66% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 67% | ||
| Blues (4‑7‑2) vs Capitals (6‑5‑1) |
0 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 8% | 66% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 66% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 66% | ||
| Flames (3‑9‑2) vs Blue Jackets (7‑5‑0) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 66% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 66% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 67% | ||
| Hockey Club (9‑4‑0) vs Maple Leafs (7‑5‑1) |
0 | Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 66% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 66% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 66% | ||
| Wild (5‑6‑3) vs Hurricanes (8‑4‑0) |
0 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 8% | 66% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 66% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 66% | ||
| Panthers (6‑6‑1) vs Kings (6‑4‑4) |
0 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 66% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 66% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 66% | ||
| Blackhawks (5‑5‑3) vs Canucks (7‑7‑0) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 67% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 66% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 67% | ||