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 (2‑2‑0) vs Mammoth (3‑2‑0) |
2 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 10% | 12% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Kraken (3‑2‑0) vs Capitals (3‑1‑0) |
1 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 12% | 13% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Blue Jackets (2‑1‑0) vs Blues (1‑2‑1) |
1 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Predators (2‑1‑1) vs Senators (3‑1‑0) |
1 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 12% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Lightning (3‑1‑0) vs Islanders (2‑2‑0) |
1 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Canadiens (1‑2‑1) vs Red Wings (1‑3‑0) |
0 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Hurricanes (3‑1‑1) vs Blackhawks (1‑4‑0) |
0 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 51% | ||
| Penguins (2‑2‑1) vs Stars (2‑2‑0) |
0 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Wild (2‑1‑1) vs Panthers (2‑0‑2) |
0 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 7% | 51% | ||
| Devils (1‑2‑0) vs Canucks (2‑3‑0) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Bruins (3‑2‑0) vs Flyers (0‑3‑2) |
0 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 12% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Avalanche (3‑1‑0) vs Maple Leafs (2‑2‑1) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 12% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 51% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 11% | 12% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 12% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 51% | ||