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 | |||
| Oilers (37‑28‑9) vs Kraken (32‑29‑11) |
3 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 19% | 76% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 18% | 77% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 16% | 79% | ||
| Ducks (41‑28‑5) vs Sharks (34‑31‑7) |
3 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 20% | 75% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 18% | 77% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 17% | 79% | ||
| Flames (31‑35‑8) vs Golden Knights (33‑26‑16) |
3 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 20% | 75% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 18% | 77% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 17% | 78% | ||
| Blackhawks (27‑34‑13) vs Jets (31‑30‑12) |
2 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 19% | 76% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 18% | 77% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 18% | 78% | ||
| Blues (31‑31‑11) vs Kings (29‑26‑18) |
2 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 20% | 76% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 18% | 77% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 18% | 77% | ||
| Avalanche (49‑14‑10) vs Canucks (21‑44‑8) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 18% | 77% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 18% | 77% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 18% | 77% | ||