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 (33‑28‑9) vs Sharks (32‑30‑6) |
22 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 16% | 42% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 13% | 35% | 53% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 8% | 28% | 64% | ||
| Panthers (34‑32‑3) vs Kraken (31‑29‑9) |
3 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 12% | 36% | 52% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 13% | 35% | 53% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 11% | 34% | 55% | ||
| Mammoth (36‑28‑6) vs Kings (28‑25‑16) |
2 | Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 10% | 38% | 52% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 13% | 35% | 53% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 16% | 29% | 54% | ||
| Jets (29‑29‑12) vs Golden Knights (32‑25‑14) |
2 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 12% | 36% | 52% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 13% | 35% | 53% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 12% | 34% | 54% | ||
| Islanders (40‑26‑5) vs Blackhawks (26‑31‑13) |
1 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 12% | 35% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 13% | 35% | 53% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 12% | 34% | 53% | ||
| Capitals (35‑27‑9) vs Blues (28‑30‑11) |
1 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 12% | 35% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 13% | 35% | 53% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 12% | 34% | 54% | ||
| Devils (35‑32‑2) vs Stars (43‑16‑11) |
1 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 12% | 35% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 13% | 35% | 53% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 12% | 35% | 54% | ||
| Sabres (44‑20‑6) vs Ducks (38‑27‑4) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 12% | 36% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 13% | 35% | 53% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 12% | 35% | 53% | ||
| Lightning (43‑21‑4) vs Flames (28‑34‑7) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 12% | 35% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 13% | 35% | 53% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 12% | 35% | 53% | ||
| Penguins (35‑19‑16) vs Avalanche (46‑13‑10) |
0 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 13% | 35% | 53% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 13% | 35% | 53% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 13% | 35% | 53% | ||