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 (29‑28‑9) vs Jets (28‑28‑10) |
8 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 13% | 83% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 87% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 1% | 7% | 92% | ||
| Lightning (40‑21‑4) vs Kraken (31‑26‑9) |
1 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 87% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 87% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 9% | 88% | ||
| Sabres (41‑20‑6) vs Golden Knights (31‑22‑14) |
1 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 11% | 86% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 87% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 88% | ||
| Flyers (31‑23‑12) vs Ducks (37‑27‑3) |
1 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 87% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 87% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 88% | ||
| Flames (26‑34‑7) vs Blues (27‑30‑10) |
1 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 87% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 87% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 2% | 10% | 88% | ||
| Oilers (33‑26‑9) vs Sharks (32‑27‑6) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 87% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 87% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 88% | ||
| Blackhawks (25‑30‑11) vs Wild (38‑18‑12) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 87% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 87% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 88% | ||
| Avalanche (44‑13‑9) vs Stars (42‑15‑10) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 87% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 87% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 87% | ||
| Panthers (33‑30‑3) vs Canucks (20‑38‑8) |
0 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 87% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 87% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 10% | 87% | ||