The Most Important Games for the Panthers are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Panthers final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Panthers fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Panthers 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 | |||
| Flyers (0‑0‑0) vs Penguins (0‑0‑0) |
1 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 49% | ||
| Rangers (0‑0‑0) vs Bruins (0‑0‑0) |
1 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 49% | ||
| Canadiens (0‑0‑0) vs Maple Leafs (0‑0‑0) |
0 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 12% | 7% | 6% | 48% | ||