The Most Important Games for the Predators are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Predators final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Predators fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Predators 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 | |||
| Predators (21‑20‑4) vs Oilers (23‑16‑7) |
10 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 7% | 19% | 15% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 16% | 14% | 63% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | 5% | 14% | 13% | 68% | ||
| Maple Leafs (23‑15‑7) vs Hockey Club (22‑20‑4) |
1 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 17% | 14% | 63% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 16% | 14% | 63% | ||
| Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 16% | 14% | 64% | ||
| Islanders (25‑15‑5) vs Jets (17‑22‑5) |
1 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 17% | 14% | 63% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 16% | 14% | 63% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 16% | 14% | 64% | ||
| Kings (19‑16‑10) vs Golden Knights (21‑11‑12) |
1 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 17% | 14% | 63% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 16% | 14% | 63% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 16% | 14% | 64% | ||
| Canucks (16‑24‑5) vs Senators (20‑19‑5) |
1 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 16% | 14% | 63% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 16% | 14% | 63% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 5% | 16% | 14% | 64% | ||
| Devils (23‑21‑2) vs Kraken (21‑15‑8) |
1 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 17% | 14% | 63% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 16% | 14% | 63% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 16% | 14% | 64% | ||
| Stars (27‑10‑9) vs Ducks (21‑21‑3) |
1 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 5% | 17% | 14% | 63% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 16% | 14% | 63% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 16% | 14% | 64% | ||
| Blues (17‑21‑8) vs Hurricanes (28‑14‑4) |
0 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 16% | 14% | 63% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 16% | 14% | 63% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 5% | 16% | 14% | 64% | ||
| Blue Jackets (19‑19‑7) vs Flames (19‑22‑4) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 17% | 14% | 63% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 16% | 14% | 63% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 1% | 6% | 17% | 14% | 63% | ||