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 (22‑27‑9) vs Avalanche (38‑10‑9) |
1 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 98% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% | ||
| Sharks (27‑25‑4) vs Oilers (29‑23‑8) |
0 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% | ||
| Stars (35‑14‑9) vs Predators (27‑24‑7) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% | ||
| Flames (24‑27‑6) vs Kings (23‑21‑14) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% | ||
| Kraken (27‑22‑9) vs Canucks (18‑33‑7) |
0 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% | ||
| Devils (28‑29‑2) vs Blues (21‑28‑9) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% | ||