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 (38‑28‑9) vs Blackhawks (27‑34‑14) |
6 | Oilers Wins | 35% | 50% | 11% | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 30% | 50% | 14% | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 2% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | 17% | 51% | 20% | - | - | - | 1% | 7% | 4% | ||
| Flames (31‑35‑8) vs Golden Knights (33‑26‑16) |
1 | Flames Wins | 30% | 53% | 11% | - | - | - | <1% | 3% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 30% | 50% | 14% | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 2% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | 29% | 47% | 17% | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 2% | ||
| Predators (34‑31‑9) vs Kings (30‑26‑18) |
1 | Predators Wins | 29% | 51% | 14% | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 30% | 50% | 14% | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 2% | ||
| Kings Wins | 29% | 49% | 14% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 2% | ||
| Maple Leafs (32‑30‑13) vs Sharks (35‑31‑7) |
1 | Maple Leafs Wins | 29% | 51% | 14% | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 30% | 50% | 14% | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 2% | ||
| Sharks Wins | 29% | 49% | 15% | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 2% | ||
| Blues (31‑31‑12) vs Ducks (41‑29‑5) |
1 | Blues Wins | 40% | 40% | 13% | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 30% | 50% | 14% | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 2% | ||
| Ducks Wins | 24% | 55% | 15% | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 2% | ||
| Mammoth (38‑30‑6) vs Kraken (32‑30‑11) |
1 | Mammoth Wins | 30% | 50% | 14% | - | - | - | <1% | 4% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 30% | 50% | 14% | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 2% | ||
| Kraken Wins | 30% | 49% | 14% | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 2% | ||
| Stars (44‑19‑12) vs Jets (32‑30‑12) |
0 | Stars Wins | 30% | 49% | 15% | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 30% | 50% | 14% | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 2% | ||
| Jets Wins | 30% | 50% | 14% | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 2% | ||
| Canucks (22‑44‑8) vs Wild (41‑21‑12) |
0 | Canucks Wins | 29% | 50% | 14% | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | 30% | 50% | 14% | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 2% | ||
| Wild Wins | 30% | 50% | 14% | - | - | - | 1% | 4% | 2% | ||