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 (3‑3‑1) vs Maple Leafs (3‑3‑1) |
2 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 12% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 55% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 55% | ||
| Kraken (5‑2‑0) vs Lightning (4‑2‑0) |
1 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 12% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 55% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 12% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 55% | ||
| Devils (3‑3‑0) vs Rangers (6‑2‑0) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 55% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 55% | ||
| Capitals (3‑3‑0) vs Canadiens (3‑2‑1) |
0 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 55% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 55% | ||
| Bruins (5‑2‑0) vs Ducks (4‑2‑0) |
0 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 55% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 55% | ||
| Flyers (0‑5‑3) vs Red Wings (1‑3‑2) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 12% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 55% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 54% | ||
| Islanders (3‑3‑0) vs Senators (5‑2‑0) |
0 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 55% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 12% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 55% | ||
| Panthers (3‑2‑2) vs Canucks (2‑6‑0) |
0 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 55% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 12% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 55% | ||