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 (0‑2‑0) vs Kings (0‑0‑0) |
2 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 56% | ||
| Canadiens (0‑0‑0) vs Maple Leafs (0‑0‑0) |
1 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 9% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Wild (0‑0‑0) vs Blue Jackets (0‑0‑0) |
0 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Rangers (0‑0‑0) vs Penguins (0‑0‑0) |
0 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 7% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Senators (0‑0‑0) vs Panthers (1‑0‑0) |
0 | Senators Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 12% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 55% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 8% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 55% | ||