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 (12‑5‑0) vs Maple Leafs (8‑8‑2) |
4 | Devils Wins | 30% | 22% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 22% |
| Current Probabilities | 28% | 21% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | 27% | 21% | 17% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 25% | ||
| Flames (7‑9‑1) vs Flyers (4‑10‑4) |
1 | Flames Wins | 28% | 22% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% |
| Current Probabilities | 28% | 21% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% | ||
| Flyers Wins | 28% | 22% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% | ||
| Bruins (12‑4‑1) vs Panthers (9‑6‑2) |
1 | Bruins Wins | 28% | 22% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% |
| Current Probabilities | 28% | 21% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% | ||
| Panthers Wins | 28% | 22% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% | ||
| Sabres (8‑5‑3) vs Golden Knights (11‑5‑2) |
0 | Sabres Wins | 28% | 22% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% |
| Current Probabilities | 28% | 21% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | 28% | 21% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% | ||
| Sharks (7‑11‑1) vs Islanders (7‑6‑3) |
0 | Sharks Wins | 29% | 21% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% |
| Current Probabilities | 28% | 21% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% | ||
| Islanders Wins | 28% | 21% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% | ||
| Oilers (12‑3‑3) vs Rangers (10‑7‑1) |
0 | Oilers Wins | 29% | 21% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% |
| Current Probabilities | 28% | 21% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% | ||
| Rangers Wins | 28% | 21% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% | ||
| Ducks (9‑7‑1) vs Penguins (6‑9‑2) |
0 | Ducks Wins | 28% | 22% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% |
| Current Probabilities | 28% | 21% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% | ||
| Penguins Wins | 28% | 22% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% | ||
| Jets (6‑8‑3) vs Lightning (11‑3‑2) |
0 | Jets Wins | 28% | 21% | 17% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% |
| Current Probabilities | 28% | 21% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% | ||
| Lightning Wins | 28% | 21% | 16% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 24% | ||