The Most Important Games for the Golden Knights are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Golden Knights final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Golden Knights fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Golden Knights 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 | |||
| Golden Knights (30‑22‑14) vs Blackhawks (25‑29‑11) |
13 | Golden Knights Wins | 17% | 29% | 25% | - | - | - | 2% | 12% | 15% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 26% | 25% | - | - | - | 2% | 13% | 20% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | 9% | 22% | 26% | - | - | - | 3% | 14% | 26% | ||
| Islanders (37‑23‑5) vs Kings (26‑23‑15) |
3 | Islanders Wins | 14% | 27% | 25% | - | - | - | 2% | 13% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 26% | 25% | - | - | - | 2% | 13% | 20% | ||
| Kings Wins | 14% | 25% | 24% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 22% | ||
| Canucks (20‑37‑8) vs Kraken (29‑26‑9) |
3 | Canucks Wins | 14% | 26% | 26% | - | - | - | 2% | 13% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 26% | 25% | - | - | - | 2% | 13% | 20% | ||
| Kraken Wins | 14% | 25% | 25% | - | - | - | 2% | 14% | 21% | ||
| Canadiens (36‑18‑10) vs Sharks (31‑26‑6) |
2 | Canadiens Wins | 15% | 27% | 25% | - | - | - | 2% | 12% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 26% | 25% | - | - | - | 2% | 13% | 20% | ||
| Sharks Wins | 13% | 24% | 25% | - | - | - | 3% | 14% | 21% | ||
| Blues (26‑29‑10) vs Oilers (32‑26‑8) |
1 | Blues Wins | 15% | 28% | 24% | - | - | - | 2% | 12% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 26% | 25% | - | - | - | 2% | 13% | 20% | ||
| Oilers Wins | 14% | 25% | 26% | - | - | - | 2% | 14% | 20% | ||
| Penguins (32‑18‑15) vs Mammoth (34‑26‑6) |
1 | Penguins Wins | 15% | 25% | 25% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 26% | 25% | - | - | - | 2% | 13% | 20% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | 14% | 26% | 25% | - | - | - | 2% | 13% | 20% | ||
| Red Wings (36‑23‑7) vs Stars (41‑14‑10) |
1 | Red Wings Wins | 14% | 26% | 24% | - | - | - | 2% | 13% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 26% | 25% | - | - | - | 2% | 13% | 20% | ||
| Stars Wins | 14% | 26% | 24% | - | - | - | 2% | 13% | 20% | ||
| Senators (32‑23‑9) vs Ducks (36‑26‑3) |
0 | Senators Wins | 16% | 26% | 24% | - | - | - | 2% | 12% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 26% | 25% | - | - | - | 2% | 13% | 20% | ||
| Ducks Wins | 12% | 27% | 26% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 20% | ||
| Jets (26‑28‑10) vs Avalanche (44‑11‑9) |
0 | Jets Wins | 14% | 26% | 25% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 26% | 25% | - | - | - | 2% | 13% | 20% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | 14% | 26% | 25% | - | - | - | 2% | 14% | 20% | ||
| Rangers (27‑30‑8) vs Wild (38‑16‑12) |
0 | Rangers Wins | 15% | 26% | 25% | - | - | - | 2% | 13% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | 14% | 26% | 25% | - | - | - | 2% | 13% | 20% | ||
| Wild Wins | 14% | 25% | 25% | - | - | - | 3% | 14% | 20% | ||