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 (36‑31‑10) vs Ducks (41‑31‑5) |
23 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 4% | 31% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 20% | 78% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 1% | 11% | 88% | ||
| Canucks (22‑46‑8) vs Golden Knights (35‑26‑16) |
3 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 22% | 76% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 20% | 78% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 19% | 80% | ||
| Avalanche (50‑16‑10) vs Blues (33‑31‑12) |
2 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 20% | 78% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 20% | 78% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 18% | 80% | ||
| Flames (32‑36‑8) vs Stars (45‑20‑12) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 20% | 78% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 20% | 78% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 19% | 79% | ||
| Oilers (39‑29‑9) vs Mammoth (40‑30‑6) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 3% | 19% | 78% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 20% | 78% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 1% | 21% | 78% | ||
| Wild (44‑21‑12) vs Kraken (32‑33‑11) |
0 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 20% | 78% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 20% | 78% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 20% | 78% | ||