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 | |||
| Penguins (30‑15‑12) vs Rangers (22‑29‑7) |
11 | Penguins Wins | 8% | 36% | 30% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 33% | 30% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 23% | ||
| Rangers Wins | 5% | 29% | 31% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 28% | ||
| Golden Knights (28‑16‑14) vs Capitals (30‑23‑7) |
2 | Golden Knights Wins | 7% | 33% | 32% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 22% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 33% | 30% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 23% | ||
| Capitals Wins | 7% | 33% | 29% | - | - | - | 3% | 4% | 24% | ||
| Sabres (33‑19‑6) vs Panthers (30‑25‑3) |
1 | Sabres Wins | 7% | 34% | 30% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 23% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 33% | 30% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 23% | ||
| Panthers Wins | 7% | 33% | 30% | - | - | - | 3% | 4% | 24% | ||
| Maple Leafs (27‑23‑9) vs Senators (28‑22‑8) |
1 | Maple Leafs Wins | 7% | 33% | 31% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 23% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 33% | 30% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 23% | ||
| Senators Wins | 7% | 33% | 30% | - | - | - | 3% | 4% | 23% | ||
| Islanders (33‑21‑5) vs Blue Jackets (29‑21‑7) |
0 | Islanders Wins | 7% | 32% | 33% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 23% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 33% | 30% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 23% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | 7% | 35% | 27% | - | - | - | 3% | 4% | 24% | ||
| Blues (21‑28‑9) vs Devils (28‑29‑2) |
0 | Blues Wins | 7% | 33% | 30% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 23% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 33% | 30% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 23% | ||
| Devils Wins | 7% | 32% | 30% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 24% | ||
| Bruins (33‑20‑5) vs Flyers (26‑21‑11) |
0 | Bruins Wins | 7% | 34% | 31% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 23% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 33% | 30% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 23% | ||
| Flyers Wins | 7% | 33% | 30% | - | - | - | 3% | 4% | 23% | ||
| Hurricanes (37‑15‑6) vs Red Wings (34‑19‑6) |
0 | Hurricanes Wins | 5% | 34% | 30% | - | - | - | 3% | 4% | 23% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 33% | 30% | - | - | - | 2% | 4% | 23% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | 9% | 32% | 29% | - | - | - | 3% | 4% | 23% | ||