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 (27‑26‑8) vs Bruins (34‑21‑5) |
9 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 6% | 19% | 75% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 81% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 3% | 12% | 85% | ||
| Hurricanes (39‑16‑6) vs Oilers (30‑24‑8) |
3 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 17% | 79% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 81% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 14% | 82% | ||
| Blues (23‑29‑9) vs Sharks (30‑25‑4) |
2 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 16% | 79% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 81% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 81% | ||
| Wild (36‑16‑10) vs Golden Knights (29‑19‑14) |
1 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 16% | 80% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 81% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 81% | ||
| Stars (38‑14‑9) vs Avalanche (41‑10‑9) |
1 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 16% | 80% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 81% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 81% | ||
| Lightning (38‑17‑4) vs Jets (24‑26‑10) |
1 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 16% | 80% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 81% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 81% | ||
| Islanders (35‑22‑5) vs Kings (24‑22‑14) |
1 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 80% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 81% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 81% | ||
| Senators (29‑22‑9) vs Flames (24‑29‑7) |
1 | Senators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 16% | 80% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 81% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 81% | ||
| Blackhawks (23‑28‑10) vs Canucks (18‑36‑7) |
1 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 80% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 81% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 81% | ||
| Canadiens (33‑18‑9) vs Ducks (34‑24‑3) |
1 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 16% | 80% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 81% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 81% | ||
| Mammoth (32‑25‑4) vs Flyers (28‑21‑11) |
0 | Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 16% | 80% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 4% | 15% | 81% | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | <1% | 5% | 15% | 80% | ||