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 | |||
| Flyers (4‑10‑5) vs Canucks (3‑15‑1) |
1 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 93% | ||
| Golden Knights (12‑5‑2) vs Mammoth (10‑7‑1) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% | ||
| Canadiens (11‑3‑3) vs Wild (12‑3‑4) |
0 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% | ||
| Jets (7‑8‑3) vs Devils (13‑5‑0) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% | ||
| Islanders (7‑6‑3) vs Sharks (7‑11‑1) |
0 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% | ||
| Oilers (12‑3‑3) vs Rangers (10‑7‑1) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% | ||
| Red Wings (7‑8‑3) vs Blues (7‑8‑2) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% | ||
| Kings (5‑8‑2) vs Predators (8‑4‑5) |
0 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% | ||
| Maple Leafs (8‑9‑2) vs Avalanche (10‑6‑2) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 92% | ||