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 (16‑11‑3) vs Flames (12‑15‑4) |
5 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 16% | 15% | 4% | 4% | 47% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 15% | 3% | 4% | 49% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | 12% | 14% | 15% | 4% | 4% | 51% | ||
| Devils (16‑12‑1) vs Senators (13‑11‑4) |
1 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 15% | 3% | 4% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 15% | 3% | 4% | 49% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 15% | 15% | 4% | 4% | 49% | ||
| Oilers (13‑11‑5) vs Sabres (11‑14‑4) |
1 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 15% | 3% | 4% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 15% | 3% | 4% | 49% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 15% | 4% | 4% | 49% | ||
| Blackhawks (12‑11‑6) vs Rangers (15‑12‑4) |
1 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 14% | 3% | 4% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 15% | 3% | 4% | 49% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 15% | 15% | 4% | 4% | 49% | ||
| Hockey Club (14‑14‑3) vs Panthers (14‑12‑2) |
1 | Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 15% | 3% | 4% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 15% | 3% | 4% | 49% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 15% | 14% | 4% | 4% | 49% | ||
| Hurricanes (17‑9‑2) vs Blue Jackets (13‑10‑6) |
1 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 14% | 4% | 4% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 15% | 3% | 4% | 49% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 15% | 14% | 3% | 4% | 49% | ||
| Lightning (16‑11‑2) vs Canadiens (15‑10‑3) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 14% | 4% | 4% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 15% | 3% | 4% | 49% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 14% | 3% | 4% | 49% | ||
| Sharks (14‑13‑3) vs Flyers (15‑9‑3) |
0 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 14% | 4% | 4% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 15% | 3% | 4% | 49% | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 16% | 14% | 3% | 4% | 49% | ||
| Golden Knights (14‑6‑8) vs Islanders (16‑11‑3) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 15% | 3% | 4% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 15% | 3% | 4% | 49% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 14% | 3% | 4% | 49% | ||
| Ducks (18‑10‑1) vs Penguins (14‑7‑6) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 14% | 4% | 4% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 15% | 3% | 4% | 49% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 15% | 3% | 4% | 49% | ||
| Bruins (17‑13‑0) vs Blues (11‑12‑7) |
0 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 15% | 4% | 4% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 15% | 3% | 4% | 49% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 15% | 14% | 3% | 4% | 49% | ||