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 (5‑1‑1) vs Mammoth (6‑2‑0) |
2 | Oilers Wins | 24% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 6% | 5% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | 22% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 36% | ||
| Hurricanes (6‑1‑1) vs Jets (4‑1‑2) |
1 | Hurricanes Wins | 24% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 6% | 5% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% | ||
| Jets Wins | 24% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% | ||
| Blackhawks (3‑5‑0) vs Stars (3‑3‑1) |
1 | Blackhawks Wins | 24% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% | ||
| Stars Wins | 24% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% | ||
| Bruins (6‑2‑0) vs Kings (0‑3‑2) |
1 | Bruins Wins | 23% | 17% | 15% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% | ||
| Kings Wins | 23% | 16% | 15% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% | ||
| Canucks (2‑6‑1) vs Lightning (5‑2‑0) |
1 | Canucks Wins | 24% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% | ||
| Lightning Wins | 23% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% | ||
| Golden Knights (7‑2‑0) vs Penguins (3‑4‑1) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | 24% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% | ||
| Penguins Wins | 24% | 16% | 15% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% | ||
| Kraken (5‑2‑1) vs Panthers (4‑2‑2) |
0 | Kraken Wins | 23% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% | ||
| Panthers Wins | 24% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% | ||
| Red Wings (2‑3‑2) vs Sharks (4‑3‑0) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | 24% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% | ||
| Sharks Wins | 24% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% | ||
| Blues (3‑3‑1) vs Predators (2‑2‑3) |
0 | Blues Wins | 24% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% | ||
| Predators Wins | 23% | 17% | 14% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 35% | ||