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 (9‑5‑4) vs Flames (5‑12‑3) |
5 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 15% | 16% | 10% | 8% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 44% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 13% | 15% | 10% | 9% | 46% | ||
| Ducks (11‑6‑1) vs Hockey Club (10‑7‑1) |
1 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 15% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 44% | ||
| Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 44% | ||
| Capitals (8‑8‑2) vs Kings (10‑5‑4) |
0 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 44% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 44% | ||
| Golden Knights (8‑4‑6) vs Rangers (10‑8‑2) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 8% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 44% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 8% | 44% | ||
| Panthers (9‑8‑1) vs Canucks (9‑9‑2) |
0 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 43% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 44% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 15% | 10% | 8% | 44% | ||
| Stars (12‑4‑3) vs Islanders (10‑7‑2) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 43% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 44% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 8% | 44% | ||
| Blues (6‑9‑4) vs Maple Leafs (8‑9‑2) |
0 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 44% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 44% | ||
| Kraken (9‑4‑5) vs Red Wings (11‑7‑1) |
0 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 44% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 8% | 44% | ||
| Oilers (9‑7‑4) vs Sabres (6‑8‑4) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 44% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 14% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 44% | ||