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 (32‑20‑4) vs Panthers (28‑24‑3) |
11 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 17% | 21% | 20% | 16% | 21% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 15% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 27% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 12% | 17% | 18% | 18% | 32% | ||
| Mammoth (29‑23‑4) vs Red Wings (33‑18‑6) |
2 | Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 17% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 25% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 15% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 27% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 15% | 19% | 19% | 17% | 27% | ||
| Lightning (35‑14‑4) vs Sabres (32‑18‑5) |
1 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 16% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 15% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 27% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 14% | 19% | 19% | 17% | 27% | ||
| Jets (22‑25‑8) vs Canadiens (31‑17‑8) |
1 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 16% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 15% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 27% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 15% | 19% | 19% | 17% | 27% | ||
| Oilers (28‑20‑8) vs Maple Leafs (26‑21‑9) |
1 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 15% | 20% | 19% | 16% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 15% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 27% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 15% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 27% | ||
| Blue Jackets (27‑20‑7) vs Devils (28‑25‑2) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 15% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 15% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 27% | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 14% | 19% | 20% | 16% | 26% | ||
| Flyers (24‑20‑10) vs Capitals (28‑22‑7) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 15% | 19% | 19% | 17% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 15% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 27% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 16% | 19% | 19% | 17% | 26% | ||
| Hurricanes (34‑15‑6) vs Senators (27‑21‑7) |
0 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 16% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 15% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 27% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 16% | 19% | 18% | 17% | 26% | ||
| Penguins (28‑15‑11) vs Islanders (30‑21‑5) |
0 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 16% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 15% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 27% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 15% | 19% | 19% | 16% | 26% | ||