The Most Important Games for the Canadiens are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Canadiens final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Canadiens fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Canadiens 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 | |||
| Canadiens (1‑1‑0) vs Blackhawks (0‑1‑1) |
2 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 10% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Panthers (2‑0‑0) vs Senators (1‑0‑0) |
1 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Bruins (2‑0‑0) vs Sabres (0‑1‑0) |
1 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 14% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Capitals (0‑1‑0) vs Islanders (0‑1‑0) |
1 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 10% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Red Wings (0‑1‑0) vs Maple Leafs (1‑0‑0) |
1 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 49% | ||
| Rangers (1‑1‑0) vs Penguins (2‑0‑0) |
1 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 10% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Hurricanes (1‑0‑0) vs Flyers (0‑1‑0) |
0 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Devils (0‑1‑0) vs Lightning (0‑1‑0) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 12% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 8% | 7% | 49% | ||
| Wild (1‑0‑0) vs Blue Jackets (0‑1‑0) |
0 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 49% | ||