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 | |||
| Islanders (29‑28‑7) vs Oilers (37‑24‑4) |
0 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Jets (45‑17‑4) vs Stars (42‑20‑2) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Flames (30‑23‑11) vs Avalanche (39‑24‑3) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Ducks (28‑30‑7) vs Predators (25‑32‑7) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Kraken (28‑34‑4) vs Hockey Club (29‑25‑11) |
0 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Sabres (25‑33‑6) vs Golden Knights (39‑19‑7) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Sharks (18‑40‑9) vs Capitals (43‑15‑8) |
0 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Wild (37‑24‑5) vs Blues (31‑28‑7) |
0 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Blackhawks (20‑37‑9) vs Canucks (30‑24‑11) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||