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 (30‑28‑9) vs Kraken (31‑27‑9) |
12 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 18% | 77% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 14% | 82% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 2% | 9% | 89% | ||
| Sabres (42‑20‑6) vs Sharks (32‑28‑6) |
2 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 14% | 82% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 14% | 82% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 12% | 84% | ||
| Flyers (32‑23‑12) vs Kings (28‑24‑15) |
1 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 14% | 82% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 14% | 82% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 13% | 83% | ||
| Bruins (37‑23‑8) vs Jets (28‑28‑11) |
1 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 14% | 82% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 14% | 82% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 13% | 83% | ||
| Panthers (33‑31‑3) vs Oilers (34‑26‑9) |
1 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 14% | 82% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 14% | 82% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 13% | 83% | ||
| Mammoth (35‑27‑6) vs Golden Knights (31‑23‑14) |
1 | Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 15% | 82% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 14% | 82% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 12% | 83% | ||
| Lightning (41‑21‑4) vs Canucks (21‑38‑8) |
1 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 13% | 82% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 14% | 82% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 13% | 83% | ||
| Blackhawks (25‑30‑12) vs Wild (39‑18‑12) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 14% | 82% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 14% | 82% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 13% | 82% | ||