The Most Important Games for the Sabres are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Sabres final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Sabres fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Sabres 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 | |||
| Rangers (7‑6‑1) vs Oilers (10‑2‑2) |
1 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Panthers (8‑4‑2) vs Red Wings (6‑5‑3) |
0 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Flyers (3‑8‑4) vs Mammoth (9‑5‑0) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Bruins (10‑4‑1) vs Golden Knights (9‑5‑1) |
0 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Senators (9‑5‑1) vs Ducks (5‑7‑1) |
0 | Senators Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Jets (4‑7‑3) vs Hurricanes (11‑2‑2) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Wild (9‑3‑3) vs Capitals (8‑4‑0) |
0 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 8% | 8% | 54% | ||