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 | |||
| Canucks (20‑37‑8) vs Kraken (29‑26‑9) |
3 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 20% | 74% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 19% | 76% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 17% | 77% | ||
| Canadiens (36‑18‑10) vs Sharks (31‑26‑6) |
2 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 19% | 76% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 19% | 76% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 17% | 78% | ||
| Blackhawks (25‑29‑11) vs Golden Knights (30‑22‑14) |
2 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 20% | 75% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 19% | 76% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 18% | 76% | ||
| Blues (26‑29‑10) vs Oilers (32‑26‑8) |
2 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 19% | 75% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 19% | 76% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 19% | 76% | ||
| Islanders (37‑23‑5) vs Kings (26‑23‑15) |
1 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 19% | 76% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 19% | 76% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 17% | 77% | ||
| Penguins (32‑18‑15) vs Mammoth (34‑26‑6) |
1 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 7% | 18% | 75% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 19% | 76% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 19% | 76% | ||
| Red Wings (36‑23‑7) vs Stars (41‑14‑10) |
1 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 19% | 75% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 19% | 76% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 18% | 76% | ||
| Rangers (27‑30‑8) vs Wild (38‑16‑12) |
1 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 19% | 76% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 19% | 76% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 18% | 77% | ||
| Senators (32‑23‑9) vs Ducks (36‑26‑3) |
0 | Senators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 19% | 75% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 19% | 76% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 19% | 76% | ||
| Avalanche (44‑11‑9) vs Jets (26‑28‑10) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 18% | 76% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 19% | 76% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 19% | 76% | ||