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) |
16 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 8% | 26% | 66% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 3% | 15% | 82% | ||
| Sabres (43‑20‑6) vs Kings (28‑24‑16) |
3 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 7% | 21% | 72% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 19% | 75% | ||
| Blue Jackets (36‑21‑11) vs Kraken (31‑28‑9) |
3 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 22% | 72% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 19% | 75% | ||
| Flyers (33‑23‑12) vs Sharks (32‑29‑6) |
2 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 22% | 72% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 20% | 74% | ||
| Lightning (42‑21‑4) vs Oilers (34‑27‑9) |
2 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 21% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 20% | 74% | ||
| Canucks (21‑39‑8) vs Blues (27‑30‑11) |
0 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 21% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 20% | 73% | ||
| Wild (39‑19‑12) vs Stars (43‑15‑10) |
0 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 21% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Penguins (34‑18‑16) vs Jets (28‑29‑11) |
0 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 21% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Capitals (35‑27‑8) vs Avalanche (45‑13‑10) |
0 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 21% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 21% | 73% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 21% | 73% | ||