The Most Important Games for the Bruins are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Bruins final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Bruins fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Bruins Resultant Playoff Probabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Divisional Winners | Atlantic 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 | |||
| Bruins (30‑34‑9) vs Red Wings (33‑33‑6) |
1 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Senators (38‑28‑5) vs Blue Jackets (33‑29‑9) |
0 | Senators Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Lightning (42‑25‑5) vs Islanders (32‑29‑10) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | 1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Ducks (31‑32‑8) vs Rangers (34‑32‑6) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Flyers (29‑36‑9) vs Sabres (30‑35‑6) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Jets (49‑19‑4) vs Devils (38‑28‑7) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Kings (40‑22‑9) vs Maple Leafs (43‑25‑4) |
0 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||