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 (3‑5‑0) vs Stars (3‑3‑1) |
2 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Blues (3‑3‑1) vs Predators (2‑2‑3) |
1 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Hurricanes (6‑1‑1) vs Jets (4‑1‑2) |
1 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Red Wings (2‑3‑2) vs Sharks (4‑3‑0) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Panthers (4‑2‑2) vs Kraken (5‑2‑1) |
0 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Ducks (4‑2‑0) vs Bruins (5‑2‑0) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Avalanche (4‑2‑1) vs Penguins (3‑3‑1) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Mammoth (6‑2‑0) vs Oilers (5‑1‑1) |
0 | Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Lightning (5‑2‑0) vs Canucks (2‑6‑1) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||