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 (5‑6‑3) vs Wild (4‑6‑3) |
4 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 8% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 63% | ||
| Kraken (6‑2‑4) vs Sharks (4‑6‑3) |
1 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 63% | ||
| Capitals (6‑5‑1) vs Blues (4‑7‑2) |
1 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Panthers (6‑5‑1) vs Ducks (7‑3‑1) |
1 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 12% | 8% | 7% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Sabres (5‑4‑3) vs Hockey Club (8‑4‑0) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Lightning (6‑4‑2) vs Avalanche (7‑1‑5) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 8% | 62% | ||
| Blackhawks (5‑5‑3) vs Canucks (7‑7‑0) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Jets (9‑3‑0) vs Kings (5‑4‑4) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Red Wings (9‑4‑0) vs Golden Knights (6‑2‑3) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 8% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 8% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 61% | ||
| Stars (6‑3‑3) vs Oilers (6‑5‑3) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 8% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Blue Jackets (7‑5‑0) vs Flames (3‑9‑2) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 9% | 11% | 8% | 7% | 61% | ||