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) |
5 | Oilers Wins | 26% | 61% | 11% | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 59% | 15% | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 1% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | 12% | 58% | 21% | - | - | - | 1% | 5% | 3% | ||
| Flames (31‑35‑8) vs Golden Knights (33‑26‑16) |
1 | Flames Wins | 21% | 65% | 10% | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 59% | 15% | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 1% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | 21% | 56% | 17% | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 1% | ||
| Blues (31‑31‑11) vs Kings (29‑26‑18) |
1 | Blues Wins | 22% | 60% | 15% | - | - | - | <1% | 2% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 59% | 15% | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 1% | ||
| Kings Wins | 21% | 59% | 15% | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 2% | ||
| Mammoth (38‑30‑6) vs Kraken (32‑30‑11) |
0 | Mammoth Wins | 21% | 60% | 15% | - | - | - | <1% | 3% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 59% | 15% | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 1% | ||
| Kraken Wins | 20% | 59% | 15% | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 1% | ||
| Stars (44‑19‑12) vs Jets (32‑30‑12) |
0 | Stars Wins | 21% | 59% | 15% | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 59% | 15% | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 1% | ||
| Jets Wins | 21% | 59% | 15% | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 1% | ||
| Ducks (41‑28‑5) vs Sharks (34‑31‑7) |
0 | Ducks Wins | 14% | 67% | 15% | - | - | - | <1% | 3% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 59% | 15% | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 1% | ||
| Sharks Wins | 29% | 52% | 14% | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 1% | ||
| Avalanche (49‑14‑10) vs Canucks (21‑44‑8) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | 21% | 59% | 15% | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | 21% | 59% | 15% | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 1% | ||
| Canucks Wins | 21% | 59% | 15% | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 1% | ||