The Most Important Games for the Devils are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Devils final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Devils fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Devils 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 | |||
| Mammoth (2‑0‑0) vs Rangers (2‑1‑0) |
0 | Mammoth Wins | 11% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Rangers Wins | 11% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 52% | ||
| Lightning (1‑1‑0) vs Flyers (0‑1‑2) |
0 | Lightning Wins | 11% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 52% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Flyers Wins | 10% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 52% | ||
| Bruins (2‑1‑0) vs Senators (1‑0‑0) |
0 | Bruins Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Senators Wins | 11% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Jets (0‑0‑1) vs Red Wings (0‑1‑0) |
0 | Jets Wins | 11% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Ducks (1‑0‑0) vs Panthers (1‑0‑1) |
0 | Ducks Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Panthers Wins | 11% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||