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 (19‑21‑7) vs Bruins (27‑19‑2) |
4 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 6% | 89% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 93% | ||
| Canucks (16‑26‑5) vs Oilers (23‑17‑8) |
1 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Avalanche (33‑4‑8) vs Predators (22‑20‑4) |
1 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 92% | ||
| Sabres (26‑16‑4) vs Wild (26‑13‑9) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Ducks (22‑21‑3) vs Kings (19‑16‑11) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Maple Leafs (23‑16‑8) vs Jets (19‑22‑5) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Lightning (29‑13‑3) vs Blues (18‑21‑8) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Hockey Club (24‑20‑4) vs Kraken (21‑16‑9) |
0 | Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Flames (20‑23‑4) vs Islanders (26‑16‑5) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Sharks (24‑19‑3) vs Red Wings (28‑16‑4) |
0 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 91% | ||