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 (34‑22‑5) vs Capitals (31‑25‑7) |
14 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 9% | 19% | 23% | 22% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 32% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 14% | 19% | 21% | 39% | ||
| Kraken (29‑23‑9) vs Senators (30‑22‑9) |
3 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 8% | 18% | 22% | 21% | 30% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 32% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 17% | 21% | 20% | 33% | ||
| Ducks (34‑24‑3) vs Canadiens (33‑18‑9) |
1 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 8% | 18% | 21% | 20% | 31% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 32% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 15% | 22% | 22% | 32% | ||
| Rangers (24‑29‑8) vs Devils (31‑29‑2) |
1 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 18% | 22% | 21% | 31% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 32% | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 16% | 21% | 21% | 32% | ||
| Flyers (28‑22‑11) vs Penguins (31‑17‑13) |
1 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 8% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 31% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 32% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 32% | ||
| Mammoth (33‑25‑4) vs Blue Jackets (32‑21‑8) |
1 | Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 17% | 22% | 22% | 31% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 32% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 8% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 31% | ||
| Predators (28‑26‑8) vs Sabres (37‑19‑6) |
1 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 8% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 32% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 32% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 32% | ||
| Panthers (30‑29‑3) vs Red Wings (35‑20‑7) |
0 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 8% | 18% | 22% | 20% | 31% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 32% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 15% | 22% | 23% | 31% | ||
| Lightning (38‑18‑4) vs Maple Leafs (27‑25‑11) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 8% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 31% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 32% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 8% | 16% | 22% | 20% | 32% | ||
| Oilers (30‑24‑8) vs Hurricanes (39‑16‑6) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 17% | 21% | 22% | 31% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 32% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 18% | 21% | 21% | 32% | ||