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 | |||
| Flyers (24‑26‑7) vs Oilers (34‑17‑4) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Avalanche (33‑22‑2) vs Predators (19‑28‑7) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Blackhawks (17‑31‑7) vs Blue Jackets (26‑22‑8) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Jets (39‑14‑3) vs Blues (25‑26‑5) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Ducks (24‑24‑6) vs Bruins (27‑24‑6) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Kings (29‑17‑7) vs Hockey Club (24‑23‑9) |
0 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Red Wings (28‑22‑5) vs Wild (33‑19‑4) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Devils (31‑20‑6) vs Stars (35‑18‑2) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Panthers (34‑20‑3) vs Kraken (24‑29‑4) |
0 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Golden Knights (33‑17‑6) vs Canucks (26‑18‑11) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Flames (26‑21‑8) vs Sharks (15‑35‑7) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||