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 (14‑18‑6) vs Islanders (21‑14‑4) |
3 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 5% | 90% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 92% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 93% | ||
| Predators (16‑17‑4) vs Hockey Club (18‑18‑3) |
1 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 92% | ||
| Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 92% | ||
| Sabres (19‑14‑4) vs Blues (15‑16‑8) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 92% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 92% | ||
| Kings (16‑12‑9) vs Avalanche (28‑2‑7) |
0 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 92% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 92% | ||
| Bruins (20‑18‑1) vs Flames (16‑18‑4) |
0 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 92% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 92% | ||
| Canucks (15‑19‑3) vs Kraken (16‑14‑6) |
0 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 92% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 92% | ||
| Ducks (21‑15‑2) vs Sharks (18‑17‑3) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 92% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 92% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 92% | ||
| Jets (15‑17‑4) vs Oilers (19‑14‑6) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 92% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 92% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 92% | ||
| Wild (23‑10‑6) vs Golden Knights (17‑8‑11) |
0 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 92% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 92% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 4% | 92% | ||