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 (32‑28‑9) vs Blackhawks (26‑31‑12) |
17 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 11% | 37% | 52% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 31% | 60% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 6% | 26% | 69% | ||
| Stars (43‑15‑11) vs Golden Knights (31‑25‑14) |
3 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 10% | 32% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 31% | 60% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 30% | 61% | ||
| Mammoth (36‑28‑6) vs Kings (28‑25‑16) |
3 | Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 7% | 34% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 31% | 60% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 12% | 27% | 61% | ||
| Sabres (44‑20‑6) vs Ducks (38‑27‑4) |
1 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 32% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 31% | 60% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 31% | 60% | ||
| Rangers (28‑33‑8) vs Jets (28‑29‑12) |
0 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 31% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 31% | 60% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 31% | 60% | ||
| Lightning (43‑21‑4) vs Flames (28‑34‑7) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 32% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 31% | 60% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 32% | 59% | ||
| Capitals (35‑27‑8) vs Avalanche (45‑13‑10) |
0 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 31% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 31% | 60% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 9% | 31% | 60% | ||