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 (34‑28‑9) vs Devils (36‑32‑2) |
18 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 23% | 45% | 32% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 41% | 41% | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 13% | 38% | 50% | ||
| Canucks (21‑41‑8) vs Kings (28‑25‑18) |
4 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 19% | 43% | 39% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 41% | 41% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 39% | 42% | ||
| Lightning (44‑21‑5) vs Kraken (31‑29‑10) |
2 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 41% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 41% | 41% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 39% | 43% | ||
| Blues (29‑30‑11) vs Sharks (32‑31‑6) |
2 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 42% | 39% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 41% | 41% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 40% | 42% | ||
| Capitals (35‑28‑9) vs Mammoth (37‑29‑6) |
1 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 24% | 36% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 41% | 41% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 14% | 45% | 41% | ||
| Avalanche (47‑13‑10) vs Jets (30‑29‑12) |
1 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 41% | 41% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 41% | 41% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 40% | 42% | ||
| Oilers (35‑28‑9) vs Golden Knights (32‑26‑14) |
1 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 19% | 41% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 41% | 41% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 41% | 41% | ||
| Ducks (40‑27‑4) vs Flames (30‑34‑7) |
1 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 41% | 41% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 41% | 41% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 40% | 42% | ||
| Wild (40‑20‑12) vs Panthers (35‑32‑3) |
1 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 41% | 41% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 41% | 41% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 41% | 42% | ||
| Islanders (40‑27‑5) vs Stars (43‑17‑11) |
1 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 19% | 40% | 41% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 41% | 41% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 41% | 41% | ||
| Flyers (34‑24‑12) vs Blackhawks (27‑31‑13) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 41% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 41% | 41% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | X | <1% | <1% | 18% | 41% | 41% | ||