The Most Important Games for the Predators are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Predators final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Predators fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Predators Resultant Playoff Probabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Divisional Winners | Central 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 | |||
| Predators (1‑0‑0) vs Hockey Club (0‑1‑0) |
2 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 15% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 18% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 15% | 13% | 6% | 7% | 43% | ||
| Ducks (0‑1‑0) vs Sharks (0‑0‑1) |
1 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 15% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 18% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 17% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Golden Knights (1‑0‑1) vs Kraken (1‑0‑0) |
1 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 18% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 17% | 15% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Flames (1‑1‑0) vs Blues (0‑1‑0) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 18% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 15% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Kings (1‑1‑0) vs Jets (0‑1‑0) |
0 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 18% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 14% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Canucks (1‑0‑0) vs Oilers (0‑0‑1) |
0 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 15% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 18% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Canadiens (1‑1‑0) vs Blackhawks (0‑1‑1) |
0 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 18% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 14% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Wild (1‑0‑0) vs Blue Jackets (0‑1‑0) |
0 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 15% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 18% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Stars (1‑0‑0) vs Avalanche (2‑0‑0) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 14% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 43% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 18% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 42% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 18% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||