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 | |||
| Blue Jackets (39‑33‑9) vs Islanders (35‑34‑12) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 100% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 100% | ^ | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 100% | ^ | ||
| Maple Leafs (51‑26‑4) vs Red Wings (39‑35‑7) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 100% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 100% | ^ | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 100% | ^ | ||
| Capitals (51‑21‑9) vs Penguins (33‑36‑12) |
0 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 100% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 100% | ^ | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 100% | ^ | ||
| Lightning (47‑26‑8) vs Rangers (38‑36‑7) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 100% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 100% | ^ | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 100% | ^ | ||
| Sabres (35‑39‑7) vs Flyers (33‑38‑10) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 100% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 100% | ^ | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 100% | ^ | ||
| Hurricanes (47‑29‑5) vs Senators (44‑30‑7) |
0 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 100% | ^ |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 100% | ^ | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 100% | ^ | ||