The Most Important Games for the Red Wings are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Red Wings final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Red Wings fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Red Wings Resultant Playoff Probabilities | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Divisional Winners | Atlantic 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 | |||
| Red Wings (10‑7‑1) vs Rangers (10‑7‑2) |
4 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 15% | 14% | 5% | 5% | 45% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 14% | 14% | 4% | 5% | 48% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 14% | 14% | 5% | 5% | 49% | ||
| Oilers (9‑7‑4) vs Sabres (6‑8‑4) |
1 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 15% | 14% | 4% | 5% | 47% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 14% | 14% | 4% | 5% | 48% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 14% | 5% | 5% | 48% | ||
| Hurricanes (12‑5‑1) vs Bruins (12‑8‑0) |
1 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 15% | 14% | 4% | 5% | 47% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 14% | 14% | 4% | 5% | 48% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 14% | 14% | 5% | 5% | 48% | ||
| Capitals (8‑8‑2) vs Kings (10‑5‑4) |
1 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 14% | 14% | 5% | 5% | 47% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 14% | 14% | 4% | 5% | 48% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 14% | 5% | 5% | 48% | ||
| Canadiens (10‑6‑2) vs Blue Jackets (9‑7‑2) |
1 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 14% | 5% | 5% | 47% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 14% | 14% | 4% | 5% | 48% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 14% | 14% | 4% | 5% | 48% | ||
| Islanders (10‑6‑2) vs Avalanche (12‑1‑5) |
1 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 15% | 14% | 5% | 5% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 14% | 14% | 4% | 5% | 48% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 14% | 13% | 5% | 5% | 48% | ||
| Canucks (8‑9‑2) vs Lightning (9‑6‑2) |
0 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 14% | 14% | 5% | 5% | 47% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 14% | 14% | 4% | 5% | 48% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 14% | 13% | 5% | 5% | 48% | ||
| Predators (6‑9‑4) vs Penguins (9‑5‑4) |
0 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 14% | 13% | 5% | 5% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 15% | 14% | 14% | 4% | 5% | 48% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 14% | 5% | 5% | 48% | ||