The Most Important Games for the Flames are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Flames final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Flames fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Flames 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 | |||
| Hurricanes (32‑9‑8) vs Kings (28‑18‑6) |
2 | Hurricanes Wins | 3% | 10% | 17% | - | - | - | 10% | 14% | 46% |
| Current Probabilities | 3% | 10% | 16% | - | - | - | 11% | 14% | 47% | ||
| Kings Wins | 3% | 9% | 15% | - | - | - | 11% | 15% | 47% | ||