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 (1‑1‑0) vs Mammoth (2‑1‑0) |
2 | Devils Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | 10% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 52% | ||
| Hurricanes (1‑1‑1) vs Canadiens (1‑0‑1) |
1 | Hurricanes Wins | 11% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | 11% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 52% | ||
| Lightning (1‑1‑0) vs Flyers (0‑1‑2) |
1 | Lightning Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Flyers Wins | 11% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Sabres (1‑1‑0) vs Wild (2‑0‑0) |
1 | Sabres Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Wild Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 52% | ||
| Maple Leafs (1‑2‑0) vs Predators (1‑1‑0) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | 11% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 7% | 6% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Predators Wins | 10% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 6% | 52% | ||
| Kings (0‑1‑1) vs Panthers (1‑0‑2) |
0 | Kings Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Panthers Wins | 11% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 52% | ||
| Penguins (2‑0‑0) vs Jets (1‑0‑1) |
0 | Penguins Wins | 11% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Jets Wins | 11% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 7% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Senators (1‑0‑0) vs Bruins (2‑1‑0) |
0 | Senators Wins | 10% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 52% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Bruins Wins | 11% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 52% | ||
| Rangers (3‑1‑0) vs Islanders (1‑1‑0) |
0 | Rangers Wins | 11% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 52% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Islanders Wins | 11% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 52% | ||