The Most Important Games for the Red Wings are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Red Wings final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Red Wings fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Red Wings 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 | |||
| Red Wings (36‑23‑7) vs Stars (41‑14‑10) |
15 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 20% | 30% | 20% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 16% | 27% | 21% | 29% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 13% | 27% | 22% | 34% | ||
| Ducks (36‑26‑3) vs Senators (32‑23‑9) |
3 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 17% | 29% | 21% | 27% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 16% | 27% | 21% | 29% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 16% | 26% | 21% | 30% | ||
| Kings (26‑23‑15) vs Islanders (37‑23‑5) |
1 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 16% | 27% | 22% | 29% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 16% | 27% | 21% | 29% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 16% | 27% | 21% | 30% | ||
| Flyers (31‑23‑11) vs Blue Jackets (33‑21‑11) |
1 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 16% | 28% | 21% | 28% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 16% | 27% | 21% | 29% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 16% | 27% | 21% | 29% | ||
| Hurricanes (41‑18‑6) vs Lightning (40‑20‑4) |
1 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 16% | 28% | 21% | 28% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 16% | 27% | 21% | 29% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 16% | 28% | 21% | 29% | ||
| Rangers (27‑30‑8) vs Wild (38‑16‑12) |
1 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 16% | 27% | 21% | 29% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 16% | 27% | 21% | 29% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 16% | 27% | 20% | 30% | ||
| Sharks (31‑26‑6) vs Canadiens (36‑18‑10) |
1 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 18% | 26% | 20% | 29% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 16% | 27% | 21% | 29% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 14% | 29% | 21% | 29% | ||
| Mammoth (34‑26‑6) vs Penguins (32‑18‑15) |
0 | Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 16% | 27% | 20% | 30% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 16% | 27% | 21% | 29% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 16% | 27% | 20% | 30% | ||
| Sabres (40‑20‑6) vs Maple Leafs (28‑27‑11) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 16% | 28% | 21% | 29% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 16% | 27% | 21% | 29% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 17% | 26% | 20% | 29% | ||
| Capitals (33‑27‑7) vs Bruins (36‑23‑6) |
0 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 16% | 30% | 19% | 29% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 16% | 27% | 21% | 29% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 15% | 26% | 23% | 29% | ||