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 | |||
| Oilers (26‑13‑3) vs Kings (24‑11‑5) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Ducks (17‑20‑5) vs Hurricanes (26‑15‑2) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Stars (27‑13‑1) vs Senators (20‑18‑3) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Jets (29‑12‑3) vs Canucks (19‑13‑10) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Hockey Club (18‑17‑7) vs Canadiens (20‑18‑4) |
0 | Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Blackhawks (14‑27‑2) vs Flames (20‑14‑7) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Golden Knights (28‑11‑3) vs Wild (27‑12‑4) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Red Wings (19‑18‑4) vs Kraken (18‑22‑3) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Avalanche (26‑17‑1) vs Rangers (20‑20‑2) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||