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 (21‑24‑9) vs Blue Jackets (25‑20‑7) |
2 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 96% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% | ||
| Stars (31‑14‑9) vs Mammoth (28‑22‑4) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 98% | ||
| Flames (21‑26‑6) vs Sharks (27‑21‑4) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 98% | ||
| Golden Knights (25‑14‑14) vs Kraken (25‑19‑9) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% | ||
| Panthers (28‑22‑3) vs Jets (21‑25‑7) |
0 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% | ||
| Flyers (24‑20‑9) vs Kings (22‑17‑13) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% | ||
| Red Wings (32‑17‑6) vs Avalanche (35‑8‑9) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% | ||
| Wild (31‑14‑10) vs Oilers (28‑19‑8) |
0 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% | ||
| Islanders (30‑19‑5) vs Predators (24‑23‑6) |
0 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% | ||
| Maple Leafs (24‑21‑9) vs Canucks (18‑31‑5) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 97% | ||