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 | |||
| Devils (0‑0‑0) vs Flyers (0‑1‑0) |
2 | Devils Wins | 14% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 49% | ||
| Flyers Wins | 13% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Lightning (0‑0‑0) vs Rangers (0‑1‑0) |
1 | Lightning Wins | 14% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 49% | ||
| Rangers Wins | 14% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Sabres (0‑0‑0) vs Blue Jackets (0‑0‑0) |
1 | Sabres Wins | 14% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 49% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | 14% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Panthers (1‑0‑0) vs Sharks (0‑0‑0) |
0 | Panthers Wins | 15% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 49% | ||
| Sharks Wins | 14% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 5% | 50% | ||
| Capitals (0‑0‑0) vs Hurricanes (0‑0‑1) |
0 | Capitals Wins | 14% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 5% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 49% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | 14% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 49% | ||
| Jets (0‑0‑0) vs Bruins (1‑0‑0) |
0 | Jets Wins | 15% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 49% | ||
| Bruins Wins | 14% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 50% | ||