The Most Important Games for the Ducks are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Ducks final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Ducks fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Ducks 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 | |||
| Blue Jackets (24‑20‑7) vs Kings (21‑16‑13) |
2 | Blue Jackets Wins | 24% | 23% | 20% | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 23% | 20% | - | - | - | 6% | 9% | 19% | ||
| Kings Wins | 23% | 23% | 20% | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 20% | ||
| Capitals (25‑21‑7) vs Kraken (23‑19‑9) |
1 | Capitals Wins | 23% | 23% | 21% | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 23% | 20% | - | - | - | 6% | 9% | 19% | ||
| Kraken Wins | 23% | 22% | 21% | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 19% | ||
| Canucks (17‑30‑5) vs Sharks (26‑21‑3) |
1 | Canucks Wins | 24% | 24% | 20% | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 23% | 20% | - | - | - | 6% | 9% | 19% | ||
| Sharks Wins | 22% | 23% | 21% | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 18% | ||
| Blackhawks (21‑23‑8) vs Wild (29‑14‑10) |
1 | Blackhawks Wins | 23% | 23% | 21% | - | - | - | 6% | 9% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 23% | 20% | - | - | - | 6% | 9% | 19% | ||
| Wild Wins | 23% | 23% | 20% | - | - | - | 6% | 9% | 19% | ||
| Canadiens (28‑17‑7) vs Golden Knights (25‑14‑12) |
1 | Canadiens Wins | 24% | 23% | 20% | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 23% | 20% | - | - | - | 6% | 9% | 19% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | 21% | 23% | 21% | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 19% | ||
| Bruins (30‑20‑3) vs Predators (24‑23‑4) |
1 | Bruins Wins | 23% | 23% | 21% | - | - | - | 6% | 10% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 23% | 20% | - | - | - | 6% | 9% | 19% | ||
| Predators Wins | 22% | 24% | 20% | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 19% | ||
| Devils (27‑23‑2) vs Jets (20‑24‑7) |
0 | Devils Wins | 23% | 23% | 21% | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 23% | 20% | - | - | - | 6% | 9% | 19% | ||
| Jets Wins | 23% | 23% | 21% | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 19% | ||
| Panthers (28‑20‑3) vs Mammoth (27‑21‑4) |
0 | Panthers Wins | 23% | 23% | 21% | - | - | - | 6% | 9% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 23% | 20% | - | - | - | 6% | 9% | 19% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | 23% | 23% | 20% | - | - | - | 5% | 9% | 19% | ||
| Stars (29‑14‑9) vs Blues (19‑24‑9) |
0 | Stars Wins | 23% | 23% | 20% | - | - | - | 5% | 10% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 23% | 20% | - | - | - | 6% | 9% | 19% | ||
| Blues Wins | 23% | 23% | 21% | - | - | - | 6% | 9% | 18% | ||