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 | |||
| Islanders (42‑29‑5) vs Flyers (37‑26‑12) |
0 | Islanders Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Flyers Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Rangers (31‑36‑9) vs Red Wings (40‑27‑8) |
0 | Rangers Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Senators (39‑26‑10) vs Wild (42‑21‑12) |
0 | Senators Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Wild Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Lightning (47‑22‑6) vs Bruins (43‑25‑8) |
0 | Lightning Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Bruins Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Penguins (38‑22‑16) vs Panthers (37‑35‑3) |
0 | Penguins Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Panthers Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Blue Jackets (38‑26‑12) vs Jets (32‑31‑12) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Jets Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Capitals (38‑29‑9) vs Sabres (46‑22‑8) |
0 | Capitals Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Sabres Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Devils (39‑34‑2) vs Canadiens (44‑21‑10) |
0 | Devils Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||