The Most Important Games for the Panthers are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Panthers final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Panthers fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Panthers 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 | |||
| Panthers (30‑25‑3) vs Sabres (33‑19‑6) |
10 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 4% | 7% | 12% | 76% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 80% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 8% | 85% | ||
| Hurricanes (37‑15‑6) vs Red Wings (34‑19‑6) |
2 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 79% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 80% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 9% | 81% | ||
| Golden Knights (28‑16‑14) vs Capitals (30‑23‑7) |
1 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 80% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 80% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 9% | 81% | ||
| Flyers (26‑21‑11) vs Bruins (33‑20‑5) |
1 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 80% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 80% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 10% | 80% | ||
| Rangers (22‑29‑7) vs Penguins (30‑15‑12) |
0 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 80% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 80% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 9% | 81% | ||
| Maple Leafs (27‑23‑9) vs Senators (28‑22‑8) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 80% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 80% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 5% | 10% | 80% | ||
| Islanders (33‑21‑5) vs Blue Jackets (29‑21‑7) |
0 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 80% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 80% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 9% | 80% | ||
| Blues (21‑28‑9) vs Devils (28‑29‑2) |
0 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 80% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 80% | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 3% | 6% | 10% | 80% | ||