The Most Important Games for the Bruins are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Bruins final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Bruins fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Bruins 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 | |||
| Bruins (43‑26‑9) vs Hurricanes (49‑22‑6) |
4 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 4% | 92% | 4% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 85% | 11% | 2% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 80% | 16% | 4% | ||
| Devils (40‑34‑3) vs Flyers (39‑26‑12) |
1 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 85% | 11% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 85% | 11% | 2% | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 85% | 11% | 3% | ||
| Panthers (37‑37‑3) vs Canadiens (45‑22‑10) |
0 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 3% | 84% | 11% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 85% | 11% | 2% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | 1% | 86% | 11% | 2% | ||
| Blue Jackets (38‑27‑12) vs Red Wings (40‑29‑8) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 85% | 11% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 85% | 11% | 2% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 85% | 11% | 2% | ||
| Lightning (48‑22‑6) vs Sabres (46‑23‑8) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | 2% | 84% | 11% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 2% | 85% | 11% | 2% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 1% | 85% | 11% | 2% | ||