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 (12‑10‑6) vs Ducks (17‑10‑1) |
6 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 14% | 12% | 11% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 3% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 65% | ||
| Hurricanes (17‑8‑2) vs Sharks (13‑13‑3) |
1 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 64% | ||
| Rangers (15‑12‑3) vs Golden Knights (13‑6‑8) |
1 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 63% | ||
| Blues (10‑12‑7) vs Canadiens (15‑9‑3) |
1 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 4% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 64% | ||
| Sabres (11‑13‑4) vs Flames (11‑15‑4) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% | ||
| Kraken (11‑9‑6) vs Wild (15‑9‑5) |
0 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 9% | 63% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% | ||
| Kings (13‑8‑7) vs Hockey Club (14‑13‑3) |
0 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 63% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% | ||
| Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% | ||
| Avalanche (20‑2‑6) vs Flyers (15‑8‑3) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% | ||
| Stars (19‑5‑5) vs Penguins (14‑7‑5) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 63% | ||
| Red Wings (15‑11‑3) vs Canucks (11‑15‑3) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 63% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 63% | ||