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 | |||
| Kings (0‑1‑0) vs Sharks (1‑0‑0) |
1 | Kings Wins | 12% | 13% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Sharks Wins | 11% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 51% | ||
| Bruins (2‑0‑0) vs Wild (1‑0‑0) |
1 | Bruins Wins | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 6% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Wild Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 51% | ||
| Sabres (0‑1‑0) vs Blackhawks (0‑2‑0) |
1 | Sabres Wins | 12% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 6% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 51% | ||
| Panthers (1‑0‑1) vs Ducks (1‑0‑0) |
1 | Panthers Wins | 12% | 12% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Ducks Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Oilers (1‑0‑1) vs Kraken (1‑0‑0) |
1 | Oilers Wins | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Kraken Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Red Wings (0‑1‑0) vs Jets (0‑0‑1) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 6% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Jets Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Stars (0‑1‑0) vs Predators (0‑1‑0) |
0 | Stars Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Predators Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Flames (0‑1‑0) vs Canucks (1‑1‑0) |
0 | Flames Wins | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 6% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Canucks Wins | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Blues (1‑0‑0) vs Avalanche (1‑0‑0) |
0 | Blues Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Blue Jackets (1‑0‑0) vs Mammoth (1‑0‑0) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 50% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 6% | 50% | ||