The Most Important Games for the Sharks are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Sharks final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Sharks fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Sharks 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 | |||
| Hurricanes (32‑9‑8) vs Kings (28‑18‑6) |
0 | Hurricanes Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Kings Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Blues (23‑24‑3) vs Jets (31‑19‑1) |
0 | Blues Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Jets Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | - | - | - | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||