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 | |||
| Bruins (4‑6‑0) vs Senators (4‑4‑1) |
1 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 39% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 23% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 40% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 22% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 40% | ||
| Flames (1‑7‑1) vs Rangers (3‑4‑2) |
1 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 23% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 40% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 22% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 41% | ||
| Kraken (5‑2‑2) vs Canadiens (7‑3‑0) |
1 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 39% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 23% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 40% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 22% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 40% | ||
| Blues (3‑4‑1) vs Penguins (6‑2‑1) |
1 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 39% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 23% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 40% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 22% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 40% | ||
| Ducks (4‑3‑1) vs Panthers (5‑5‑0) |
1 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 23% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 40% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 22% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 40% | ||
| Avalanche (5‑1‑3) vs Devils (7‑1‑0) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 23% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 40% | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | 22% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 40% | ||
| Golden Knights (5‑1‑2) vs Lightning (2‑4‑2) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 22% | 15% | 13% | 5% | 5% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 23% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 40% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 40% | ||
| Sabres (4‑4‑1) vs Blue Jackets (4‑4‑0) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 40% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 23% | 15% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 40% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 16% | 13% | 4% | 5% | 40% | ||