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 (37‑21‑11) vs Islanders (39‑26‑5) |
1 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 34% | 25% | 17% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 34% | 24% | 16% | 19% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 34% | 24% | 17% | 19% | ||
| Sabres (44‑20‑6) vs Ducks (38‑27‑4) |
1 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 34% | 25% | 17% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 34% | 24% | 16% | 19% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 33% | 24% | 17% | 19% | ||
| Hurricanes (44‑19‑6) vs Penguins (35‑18‑16) |
1 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 34% | 24% | 17% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 34% | 24% | 16% | 19% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 34% | 23% | 17% | 19% | ||
| Jets (28‑29‑12) vs Rangers (28‑33‑8) |
1 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 34% | 24% | 17% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 34% | 24% | 16% | 19% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 33% | 24% | 17% | 19% | ||
| Flames (28‑34‑7) vs Lightning (43‑21‑4) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 7% | 33% | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 34% | 24% | 16% | 19% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 34% | 25% | 17% | 18% | ||
| Avalanche (45‑13‑10) vs Capitals (35‑27‑8) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 34% | 24% | 17% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 34% | 24% | 16% | 19% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 34% | 23% | 17% | 19% | ||