The Most Important Games for the Oilers are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Oilers final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Oilers fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Oilers 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 | |||
| Oilers (36‑28‑9) vs Ducks (41‑27‑4) |
8 | Oilers Wins | 9% | 66% | 17% | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 61% | 21% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 7% | ||
| Ducks Wins | 1% | 57% | 24% | - | - | - | 1% | 7% | 9% | ||
| Capitals (36‑28‑9) vs Golden Knights (32‑26‑15) |
2 | Capitals Wins | 5% | 65% | 18% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 61% | 21% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 7% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | 5% | 57% | 23% | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 7% | ||
| Sabres (44‑21‑8) vs Kraken (32‑29‑10) |
2 | Sabres Wins | 5% | 62% | 20% | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 61% | 21% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 7% | ||
| Kraken Wins | 5% | 59% | 21% | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 8% | ||
| Mammoth (37‑30‑6) vs Kings (29‑25‑18) |
1 | Mammoth Wins | 5% | 63% | 20% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 61% | 21% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 7% | ||
| Kings Wins | 5% | 58% | 22% | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Blue Jackets (38‑23‑11) vs Sharks (32‑31‑7) |
1 | Blue Jackets Wins | 5% | 61% | 21% | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 61% | 21% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 7% | ||
| Sharks Wins | 5% | 60% | 20% | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Canadiens (40‑21‑10) vs Predators (34‑29‑9) |
1 | Canadiens Wins | 5% | 61% | 20% | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 61% | 21% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 7% | ||
| Predators Wins | 5% | 61% | 20% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 8% | ||
| Canucks (21‑42‑8) vs Flames (30‑34‑8) |
0 | Canucks Wins | 5% | 60% | 21% | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 61% | 21% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 7% | ||
| Flames Wins | 5% | 61% | 20% | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Blues (30‑30‑11) vs Maple Leafs (31‑29‑13) |
0 | Blues Wins | 5% | 61% | 20% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 61% | 21% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 7% | ||
| Maple Leafs Wins | 5% | 60% | 21% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 7% | ||
| Stars (43‑18‑11) vs Penguins (36‑20‑16) |
0 | Stars Wins | 5% | 61% | 21% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 61% | 21% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 7% | ||
| Penguins Wins | 5% | 61% | 20% | - | - | - | 1% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Avalanche (48‑13‑10) vs Jets (30‑30‑12) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | 5% | 60% | 21% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 61% | 21% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 7% | ||
| Jets Wins | 5% | 60% | 21% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 7% | ||
| Wild (41‑20‑12) vs Bruins (40‑24‑8) |
0 | Wild Wins | 5% | 61% | 21% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 61% | 21% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 7% | ||
| Bruins Wins | 5% | 61% | 21% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 7% | ||