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 | |||
| Sabres (40‑19‑6) vs Capitals (32‑27‑7) |
2 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 61% | 27% | 9% | 2% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 57% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 48% | 32% | 14% | 5% | 2% | <1% | ||
| Red Wings (36‑22‑7) vs Lightning (39‑20‑4) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 62% | 24% | 9% | 4% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 57% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 54% | 32% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Devils (32‑30‑2) vs Flames (25‑32‑7) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 58% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 57% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | 57% | 28% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Kings (26‑23‑15) vs Islanders (37‑23‑5) |
0 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | 57% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 57% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 56% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Blues (25‑29‑10) vs Hurricanes (41‑17‑6) |
0 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | 58% | 28% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 57% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 57% | 28% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Sharks (30‑26‑6) vs Bruins (36‑22‑6) |
0 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 58% | 29% | 9% | 3% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 57% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 58% | 28% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Jets (26‑27‑10) vs Rangers (26‑30‑8) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | 58% | 28% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 57% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 56% | 30% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Blue Jackets (33‑21‑10) vs Panthers (32‑29‑3) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 58% | 27% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 57% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 57% | 28% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Flyers (30‑23‑11) vs Wild (38‑16‑11) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 58% | 28% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 57% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | 57% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Maple Leafs (27‑27‑11) vs Ducks (36‑25‑3) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 57% | 29% | 9% | 3% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 57% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 56% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Golden Knights (29‑22‑14) vs Penguins (32‑17‑15) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 57% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 57% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 57% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 1% | <1% | ||