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 (32‑26‑9) vs Predators (29‑27‑9) |
18 | Oilers Wins | 12% | 21% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 15% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 19% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 34% | ||
| Predators Wins | 7% | 15% | 20% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 42% | ||
| Devils (32‑31‑2) vs Kings (27‑23‑15) |
4 | Devils Wins | 10% | 19% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 14% | 33% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 19% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 34% | ||
| Kings Wins | 10% | 18% | 20% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 36% | ||
| Canucks (20‑37‑8) vs Kraken (29‑26‑9) |
3 | Canucks Wins | 10% | 20% | 23% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 32% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 19% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 34% | ||
| Kraken Wins | 10% | 18% | 21% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 35% | ||
| Canadiens (36‑18‑10) vs Sharks (31‑26‑6) |
3 | Canadiens Wins | 11% | 19% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 32% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 19% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 34% | ||
| Sharks Wins | 10% | 18% | 20% | - | - | - | 3% | 14% | 35% | ||
| Blackhawks (25‑29‑11) vs Golden Knights (30‑22‑14) |
2 | Blackhawks Wins | 11% | 20% | 21% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 32% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 19% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 34% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | 10% | 18% | 21% | - | - | - | 3% | 14% | 34% | ||
| Penguins (32‑18‑15) vs Mammoth (34‑26‑6) |
2 | Penguins Wins | 10% | 18% | 22% | - | - | - | 4% | 13% | 33% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 19% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 34% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | 10% | 18% | 21% | - | - | - | 2% | 13% | 35% | ||
| Avalanche (44‑11‑9) vs Jets (26‑28‑10) |
1 | Avalanche Wins | 10% | 18% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 14% | 33% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 19% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 34% | ||
| Jets Wins | 10% | 18% | 21% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 34% | ||
| Stars (41‑14‑10) vs Red Wings (36‑23‑7) |
1 | Stars Wins | 10% | 19% | 21% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 33% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 19% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 34% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | 10% | 19% | 21% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 34% | ||
| Senators (32‑23‑9) vs Ducks (36‑26‑3) |
0 | Senators Wins | 12% | 18% | 21% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 33% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 19% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 34% | ||
| Ducks Wins | 9% | 19% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 34% | ||
| Rangers (27‑30‑8) vs Wild (38‑16‑12) |
0 | Rangers Wins | 10% | 18% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 19% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 34% | ||
| Wild Wins | 10% | 19% | 21% | - | - | - | 3% | 14% | 34% | ||
| Flames (26‑32‑7) vs Islanders (37‑24‑5) |
0 | Flames Wins | 10% | 19% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 34% |
| Current Probabilities | 10% | 19% | 22% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 34% | ||
| Islanders Wins | 10% | 18% | 21% | - | - | - | 3% | 13% | 34% | ||