The Most Important Games for the Red Wings are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Red Wings final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Red Wings fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Red Wings 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 | |||
| Red Wings (21‑13‑3) vs Stars (25‑7‑5) |
8 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 18% | 16% | 7% | 7% | 30% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 35% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | 17% | 16% | 16% | 7% | 7% | 37% | ||
| Maple Leafs (15‑15‑5) vs Penguins (15‑11‑9) |
1 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 35% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 19% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 36% | ||
| Devils (20‑15‑1) vs Islanders (19‑13‑4) |
1 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 19% | 17% | 16% | 7% | 7% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 35% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 6% | 7% | 35% | ||
| Canucks (15‑17‑3) vs Flyers (17‑10‑7) |
1 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 19% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 35% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 35% | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 19% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 36% | ||
| Hurricanes (22‑10‑3) vs Panthers (19‑14‑2) |
1 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 35% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 35% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 19% | 16% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 35% | ||
| Sabres (17‑14‑4) vs Senators (18‑13‑4) |
1 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 35% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 35% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 36% | ||
| Blues (14‑15‑8) vs Lightning (19‑13‑3) |
1 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 6% | 6% | 35% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 35% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 19% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 36% | ||
| Blue Jackets (14‑15‑6) vs Kings (15‑10‑9) |
1 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 19% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 35% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 35% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 35% | ||
| Capitals (19‑12‑5) vs Rangers (18‑16‑4) |
0 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 35% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 35% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 35% | ||
| Canadiens (19‑12‑5) vs Bruins (20‑16‑1) |
0 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 35% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 35% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 17% | 15% | 6% | 7% | 35% | ||