The Most Important Games for the Islanders are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Islanders final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Islanders fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Islanders 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 | |||
| Islanders (27‑19‑5) vs Flyers (24‑17‑9) |
13 | Islanders Wins | 9% | 27% | 23% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 25% | 22% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 39% | ||
| Flyers Wins | 6% | 21% | 21% | - | - | - | 3% | 4% | 45% | ||
| Jets (20‑24‑7) vs Devils (27‑23‑2) |
3 | Jets Wins | 8% | 26% | 22% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 38% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 25% | 22% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 39% | ||
| Devils Wins | 8% | 24% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 4% | 41% | ||
| Kings (21‑16‑13) vs Blue Jackets (24‑20‑7) |
1 | Kings Wins | 8% | 25% | 23% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 39% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 25% | 22% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 39% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | 8% | 24% | 22% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 40% | ||
| Golden Knights (25‑14‑12) vs Canadiens (28‑17‑7) |
1 | Golden Knights Wins | 8% | 25% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 4% | 39% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 25% | 22% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 39% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | 7% | 25% | 22% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 40% | ||
| Kraken (23‑19‑9) vs Capitals (25‑21‑7) |
1 | Kraken Wins | 8% | 25% | 22% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 39% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 25% | 22% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 39% | ||
| Capitals Wins | 8% | 24% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 4% | 39% | ||
| Sabres (29‑17‑5) vs Maple Leafs (24‑19‑9) |
1 | Sabres Wins | 8% | 25% | 22% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 39% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 25% | 22% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 39% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | 8% | 24% | 22% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 40% | ||
| Rangers (21‑25‑6) vs Bruins (30‑20‑2) |
0 | Rangers Wins | 7% | 24% | 23% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 39% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 25% | 22% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 39% | ||
| Bruins Wins | 8% | 25% | 22% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 39% | ||
| Mammoth (27‑20‑4) vs Lightning (32‑14‑4) |
0 | Mammoth Wins | 7% | 25% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 4% | 39% |
| Current Probabilities | 8% | 25% | 22% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 39% | ||
| Lightning Wins | 8% | 25% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 4% | 39% | ||