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 (35‑31‑9) vs Sharks (36‑31‑7) |
27 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 7% | 35% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 24% | 72% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 14% | 84% | ||
| Maple Leafs (32‑31‑13) vs Kings (30‑26‑19) |
4 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 26% | 70% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 24% | 72% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 22% | 74% | ||
| Oilers (39‑28‑9) vs Golden Knights (34‑26‑16) |
2 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 25% | 71% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 24% | 72% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 22% | 73% | ||
| Blackhawks (27‑35‑14) vs Kraken (32‑31‑11) |
2 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 25% | 70% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 24% | 72% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 24% | 72% | ||
| Blue Jackets (38‑26‑12) vs Jets (32‑31‑12) |
1 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 24% | 71% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 24% | 72% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 23% | 73% | ||
| Ducks (41‑29‑5) vs Blues (31‑31‑12) |
1 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 24% | 72% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 24% | 72% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 23% | 73% | ||
| Canucks (22‑45‑8) vs Mammoth (39‑30‑6) |
1 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 7% | 21% | 72% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 24% | 72% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 3% | 25% | 72% | ||
| Senators (39‑26‑10) vs Wild (42‑21‑12) |
0 | Senators Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 24% | 72% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 24% | 72% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 24% | 72% | ||
| Stars (45‑19‑12) vs Avalanche (49‑15‑10) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 24% | 72% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 24% | 72% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 24% | 72% | ||