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 (31‑28‑9) vs Golden Knights (31‑24‑14) |
15 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 28% | 66% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 22% | 73% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 2% | 16% | 81% | ||
| Blue Jackets (36‑21‑11) vs Kraken (31‑28‑9) |
3 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 24% | 72% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 22% | 73% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 21% | 75% | ||
| Lightning (42‑21‑4) vs Oilers (34‑27‑9) |
3 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 24% | 72% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 22% | 73% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 21% | 75% | ||
| Flyers (32‑23‑12) vs Kings (28‑24‑15) |
2 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 24% | 71% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 22% | 73% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 22% | 74% | ||
| Avalanche (44‑13‑10) vs Blackhawks (26‑30‑12) |
1 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 5% | 24% | 71% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 22% | 73% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 23% | 72% | ||
| Canucks (21‑39‑8) vs Blues (27‑30‑11) |
1 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 23% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 22% | 73% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 22% | 73% | ||
| Flames (27‑34‑7) vs Panthers (34‑31‑3) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 24% | 72% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 22% | 73% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 23% | 73% | ||
| Penguins (34‑18‑16) vs Jets (28‑29‑11) |
0 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 23% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 22% | 73% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 22% | 73% | ||
| Ducks (37‑27‑4) vs Mammoth (36‑27‑6) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 21% | 72% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 22% | 73% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 24% | 73% | ||
| Stars (43‑15‑10) vs Wild (39‑19‑12) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 5% | 22% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 22% | 73% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 22% | 73% | ||