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 (38‑32‑10) vs Sharks (37‑34‑8) |
39 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 44% | 56% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 27% | 73% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 5% | 95% | ||
| Kraken (34‑34‑11) vs Kings (34‑26‑19) |
16 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 35% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 27% | 73% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 19% | 81% | ||
| Golden Knights (37‑26‑17) vs Jets (35‑32‑12) |
2 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 28% | 72% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 27% | 73% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 26% | 74% | ||
| Blues (34‑33‑12) vs Wild (45‑23‑12) |
0 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 27% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 27% | 73% | ||
| Wild Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 27% | 73% | ||
| Mammoth (42‑31‑6) vs Flames (32‑38‑9) |
0 | Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 27% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 27% | 73% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 27% | 73% | ||
| Oilers (40‑30‑10) vs Avalanche (52‑16‑11) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 27% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 27% | 73% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 27% | 73% | ||
| Stars (48‑20‑12) vs Maple Leafs (32‑34‑14) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 27% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 27% | 73% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 27% | 73% | ||
| Blackhawks (28‑38‑14) vs Sabres (49‑23‑8) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 27% | 73% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 27% | 73% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | 27% | 73% | ||