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 | |||
| Lightning (6‑2‑0) vs Golden Knights (8‑2‑0) |
1 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Flyers (1‑6‑3) vs Avalanche (5‑2‑1) |
1 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 63% | ||
| Stars (4‑3‑1) vs Bruins (7‑2‑0) |
1 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 63% | ||
| Capitals (5‑3‑0) vs Kings (0‑4‑2) |
0 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 63% | ||
| Penguins (3‑5‑1) vs Mammoth (6‑3‑0) |
0 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Maple Leafs (3‑4‑2) vs Sharks (4‑3‑1) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 63% | ||
| Blue Jackets (3‑3‑0) vs Wild (5‑2‑1) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Ducks (4‑3‑0) vs Rangers (6‑3‑1) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Hurricanes (7‑1‑1) vs Flames (1‑6‑0) |
0 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Blues (3‑4‑1) vs Jets (4‑2‑2) |
0 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Red Wings (3‑3‑2) vs Kraken (5‑3‑1) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||