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 (36‑31‑9) vs Kings (31‑26‑19) |
35 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 8% | 48% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 35% | 60% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 2% | 20% | 78% | ||
| Blackhawks (28‑35‑14) vs Sharks (36‑32‑7) |
7 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 39% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 35% | 60% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 33% | 62% | ||
| Avalanche (50‑15‑10) vs Blues (32‑31‑12) |
2 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 36% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 35% | 60% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 34% | 61% | ||
| Kraken (32‑32‑11) vs Jets (33‑31‑12) |
1 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 36% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 35% | 60% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 34% | 61% | ||
| Canucks (22‑46‑8) vs Golden Knights (35‑26‑16) |
1 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 36% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 35% | 60% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 35% | 60% | ||
| Stars (45‑20‑12) vs Flames (32‑36‑8) |
1 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 35% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 35% | 60% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 35% | 60% | ||
| Oilers (39‑29‑9) vs Mammoth (40‑30‑6) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 8% | 32% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | 5% | 35% | 60% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | 3% | 37% | 60% | ||