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 | |||
| Oilers (40‑24‑5) vs Kraken (30‑35‑5) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Sharks (18‑42‑9) vs Bruins (30‑31‑9) |
0 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Blackhawks (20‑41‑9) vs Flyers (28‑34‑9) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Jets (48‑18‑4) vs Sabres (27‑35‑6) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Predators (26‑35‑8) vs Blues (36‑28‑7) |
0 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Ducks (30‑31‑8) vs Hurricanes (42‑23‑4) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Golden Knights (41‑20‑8) vs Lightning (40‑24‑5) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||