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 (18‑14‑4) vs Bruins (20‑17‑1) |
9 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 8% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 54% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 11% | 6% | 7% | 62% | ||
| Hurricanes (22‑11‑3) vs Red Wings (22‑13‑3) |
1 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 11% | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Maple Leafs (16‑15‑5) vs Senators (18‑13‑5) |
1 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Kraken (15‑14‑6) vs Flyers (19‑10‑7) |
0 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Rangers (19‑16‑4) vs Islanders (20‑13‑4) |
0 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 11% | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Capitals (19‑13‑5) vs Devils (20‑16‑1) |
0 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 11% | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Lightning (20‑13‑3) vs Panthers (20‑14‑2) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 7% | 10% | 11% | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||