The Most Important Games for the Penguins are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Penguins final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Penguins fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Penguins 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 | |||
| Bruins (33‑39‑9) vs Devils (41‑32‑7) |
0 | Bruins Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Devils Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Flyers (33‑37‑10) vs Blue Jackets (38‑33‑9) |
0 | Flyers Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Sabres (35‑38‑7) vs Maple Leafs (50‑26‑4) |
0 | Sabres Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Senators (44‑30‑6) vs Blackhawks (24‑46‑11) |
0 | Senators Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Islanders (35‑33‑12) vs Capitals (50‑21‑9) |
0 | Islanders Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Capitals Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Lightning (46‑26‑8) vs Panthers (47‑30‑4) |
0 | Lightning Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Panthers Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||