The Most Important Games for the Rangers are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Rangers final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Rangers fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Rangers Resultant Playoff Probabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Divisional Winners | Atlantic 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 | |||
| Bruins (42‑24‑8) vs Stars (44‑18‑12) |
0 | Bruins Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Stars Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Capitals (37‑28‑9) vs Flyers (37‑24‑12) |
0 | Capitals Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Flyers Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Lightning (46‑21‑6) vs Canadiens (42‑21‑10) |
0 | Lightning Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Panthers (35‑35‑3) vs Senators (38‑25‑10) |
0 | Panthers Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Senators Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Penguins (37‑21‑16) vs Red Wings (39‑26‑8) |
0 | Penguins Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Rangers (30‑35‑9) vs Devils (38‑33‑2) |
0 | Rangers Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Devils Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Sabres (45‑21‑8) vs Islanders (42‑28‑5) |
0 | Sabres Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Islanders Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Blue Jackets (38‑24‑12) vs Hurricanes (46‑21‑6) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||