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 (29‑27‑9) vs Oilers (32‑26‑9) |
14 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 8% | 24% | 69% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 18% | 76% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 14% | 83% | ||
| Devils (32‑31‑2) vs Kings (27‑23‑15) |
2 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 19% | 76% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 18% | 76% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 17% | 78% | ||
| Canadiens (36‑18‑10) vs Sharks (31‑26‑6) |
2 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 19% | 76% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 18% | 76% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 17% | 77% | ||
| Penguins (32‑18‑15) vs Mammoth (34‑26‑6) |
2 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 7% | 18% | 75% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 18% | 76% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 19% | 77% | ||
| Stars (41‑14‑10) vs Red Wings (36‑23‑7) |
1 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 19% | 76% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 18% | 76% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 18% | 77% | ||
| Canucks (20‑37‑8) vs Kraken (29‑26‑9) |
1 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 18% | 76% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 18% | 76% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 17% | 77% | ||
| Blackhawks (25‑29‑11) vs Golden Knights (30‑22‑14) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 18% | 76% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 18% | 76% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 18% | 77% | ||
| Islanders (37‑24‑5) vs Flames (26‑32‑7) |
0 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 18% | 76% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 18% | 76% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 18% | 77% | ||
| Jets (26‑28‑10) vs Avalanche (44‑11‑9) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 18% | 76% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 18% | 76% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 18% | 77% | ||
| Senators (32‑23‑9) vs Ducks (36‑26‑3) |
0 | Senators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 19% | 76% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 18% | 76% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 18% | 76% | ||
| Rangers (27‑30‑8) vs Wild (38‑16‑12) |
0 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 18% | 77% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 18% | 76% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 18% | 77% | ||