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 (33‑28‑9) vs Sharks (32‑30‑6) |
23 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 13% | 48% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 10% | 40% | 50% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 32% | 62% | ||
| Flames (29‑34‑7) vs Kings (28‑25‑17) |
4 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 42% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 10% | 40% | 50% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 10% | 38% | 53% | ||
| Jets (29‑29‑12) vs Golden Knights (32‑25‑14) |
2 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 41% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 10% | 40% | 50% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 39% | 51% | ||
| Capitals (35‑27‑9) vs Blues (28‑30‑11) |
1 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 10% | 40% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 10% | 40% | 50% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 10% | 39% | 51% | ||
| Mammoth (37‑28‑6) vs Oilers (34‑28‑9) |
1 | Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 7% | 43% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 10% | 40% | 50% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 13% | 36% | 51% | ||
| Stars (43‑16‑11) vs Devils (35‑32‑2) |
1 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 10% | 40% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 10% | 40% | 50% | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 10% | 40% | 51% | ||
| Lightning (43‑21‑5) vs Wild (40‑19‑12) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 40% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 10% | 40% | 50% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 40% | 51% | ||
| Blackhawks (27‑31‑13) vs Flyers (34‑24‑12) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 10% | 40% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 10% | 40% | 50% | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 10% | 40% | 51% | ||
| Canucks (21‑40‑8) vs Ducks (39‑27‑4) |
0 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 10% | 40% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 10% | 40% | 50% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 10% | 40% | 50% | ||