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 (29‑27‑7) vs Kings (33‑20‑9) |
8 | Islanders Wins | <1% | <1% | 4% | - | - | - | 3% | 10% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 3% | - | - | - | 2% | 8% | 87% | ||
| Kings Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 90% | ||
| Canucks (29‑23‑11) vs Canadiens (30‑27‑6) |
1 | Canucks Wins | <1% | <1% | 3% | - | - | - | 3% | 8% | 86% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 3% | - | - | - | 2% | 8% | 87% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | <1% | <1% | 3% | - | - | - | 2% | 8% | 88% | ||
| Sabres (25‑32‑6) vs Red Wings (30‑28‑6) |
1 | Sabres Wins | <1% | <1% | 3% | - | - | - | 2% | 8% | 87% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 3% | - | - | - | 2% | 8% | 87% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | <1% | <1% | 2% | - | - | - | 2% | 8% | 87% | ||
| Capitals (42‑14‑8) vs Ducks (28‑28‑7) |
0 | Capitals Wins | <1% | <1% | 3% | - | - | - | 2% | 8% | 87% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | 3% | - | - | - | 2% | 8% | 87% | ||
| Ducks Wins | <1% | <1% | 3% | - | - | - | 2% | 8% | 87% | ||