The Most Important Games for the Stars are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Stars final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Stars fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Stars Resultant Playoff Probabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Divisional Winners | Central 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 | |||
| Stars (7‑5‑1) vs Blue Jackets (5‑6‑0) |
4 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 43% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 12% | 15% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 46% | ||
| Maple Leafs (7‑6‑2) vs Canucks (3‑11‑1) |
1 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 15% | 6% | 6% | 43% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 15% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Red Wings (6‑4‑3) vs Blues (6‑6‑1) |
1 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 16% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Flames (6‑7‑0) vs Avalanche (7‑5‑1) |
1 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 14% | 6% | 6% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 15% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 45% | ||
| Capitals (8‑4‑0) vs Wild (9‑3‑3) |
1 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 15% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Sabres (6‑4‑3) vs Kings (4‑6‑2) |
1 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 15% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 15% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Predators (4‑4‑5) vs Lightning (8‑3‑1) |
0 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 14% | 7% | 7% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 14% | 6% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Flyers (3‑8‑4) vs Mammoth (9‑5‑0) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 43% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 15% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 43% | ||
| Sharks (7‑6‑1) vs Senators (8‑5‑1) |
0 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 16% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Jets (4‑7‑3) vs Hurricanes (11‑2‑2) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 15% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 16% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 45% | ||
| Oilers (9‑2‑2) vs Islanders (7‑4‑2) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 16% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 15% | 15% | 7% | 7% | 44% | ||
| Bruins (9‑4‑1) vs Blackhawks (4‑9‑0) |
0 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 16% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 44% | ||