The Most Important Games for the Canadiens are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Canadiens final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Canadiens fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Canadiens 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 | |||
| Predators (27‑24‑8) vs Red Wings (34‑20‑6) |
1 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 23% | 26% | 18% | 12% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 22% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 21% | 24% | 20% | 14% | 16% | ||
| Islanders (34‑21‑5) vs Panthers (30‑26‑3) |
1 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 22% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 15% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 22% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 22% | 24% | 19% | 13% | 16% | ||
| Oilers (29‑24‑8) vs Senators (29‑22‑8) |
1 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 22% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 15% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 22% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 22% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 16% | ||
| Rangers (23‑29‑7) vs Blue Jackets (29‑21‑8) |
1 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 22% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 22% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 22% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Kraken (28‑22‑9) vs Hurricanes (38‑15‑6) |
0 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 22% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 15% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 22% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 22% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Golden Knights (28‑17‑14) vs Penguins (30‑15‑13) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 21% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 15% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 22% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 22% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Maple Leafs (27‑24‑9) vs Flyers (27‑21‑11) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 21% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 15% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 6% | 22% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 22% | 24% | 20% | 14% | 15% | ||