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 (27‑24‑7) vs Stars (35‑14‑9) |
12 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 17% | 25% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 13% | 21% | 65% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 11% | 19% | 69% | ||
| Wild (35‑14‑10) vs Mammoth (30‑24‑4) |
2 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 15% | 20% | 64% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 13% | 21% | 65% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 11% | 23% | 66% | ||
| Canucks (18‑33‑7) vs Kraken (27‑22‑9) |
1 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 13% | 22% | 64% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 13% | 21% | 65% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 14% | 21% | 65% | ||
| Flames (24‑27‑6) vs Kings (23‑21‑14) |
1 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 14% | 22% | 64% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 13% | 21% | 65% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 13% | 21% | 65% | ||
| Sharks (27‑25‑4) vs Oilers (29‑23‑8) |
1 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 14% | 21% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 13% | 21% | 65% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 13% | 21% | 65% | ||
| Blues (21‑28‑9) vs Devils (28‑29‑2) |
0 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 13% | 22% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 13% | 21% | 65% | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 13% | 21% | 65% | ||
| Jets (23‑26‑8) vs Ducks (31‑23‑3) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 13% | 22% | 64% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 13% | 21% | 65% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 13% | 22% | 65% | ||
| Golden Knights (28‑16‑14) vs Capitals (30‑23‑7) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 14% | 22% | 64% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 13% | 21% | 65% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 14% | 22% | 64% | ||
| Avalanche (38‑10‑9) vs Blackhawks (22‑27‑9) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 13% | 22% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 13% | 21% | 65% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 13% | 22% | 65% | ||