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 (1‑0‑1) vs Hurricanes (1‑1‑1) |
1 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 12% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 49% | ||
| Wild (2‑0‑0) vs Sabres (1‑1‑0) |
1 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 49% | ||
| Devils (1‑1‑0) vs Mammoth (2‑1‑0) |
1 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 49% | ||
| Predators (1‑1‑0) vs Maple Leafs (1‑2‑0) |
1 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 7% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 49% | ||
| Rangers (3‑1‑0) vs Islanders (1‑1‑0) |
1 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Senators (1‑0‑0) vs Bruins (2‑1‑0) |
1 | Senators Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 49% | ||
| Kings (0‑1‑1) vs Panthers (1‑0‑2) |
1 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 7% | 48% | ||
| Penguins (2‑0‑0) vs Jets (1‑0‑1) |
0 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Flyers (0‑1‑2) vs Lightning (1‑1‑0) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||