The Most Important Games for the Blackhawks are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Blackhawks final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Blackhawks fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Blackhawks 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 | |||
| Blackhawks (19‑20‑7) vs Flames (19‑23‑4) |
5 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 8% | 84% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 4% | 6% | 89% | ||
| Capitals (24‑17‑6) vs Sharks (23‑19‑3) |
1 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||
| Stars (27‑11‑9) vs Hockey Club (23‑20‑4) |
1 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||
| Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||
| Avalanche (33‑4‑8) vs Predators (22‑20‑4) |
1 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||
| Bruins (26‑19‑2) vs Kraken (21‑15‑9) |
0 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||
| Lightning (29‑13‑3) vs Blues (18‑21‑8) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||
| Kings (19‑16‑11) vs Ducks (22‑21‑3) |
0 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||
| Blue Jackets (20‑19‑7) vs Canucks (16‑25‑5) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||
| Islanders (25‑16‑5) vs Oilers (23‑16‑8) |
0 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 85% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||
| Jets (18‑22‑5) vs Wild (26‑12‑9) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||
| Maple Leafs (23‑16‑7) vs Golden Knights (22‑11‑12) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 86% | ||