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 | |||
| Stars (49‑20‑12) vs Sabres (50‑23‑8) |
0 | Stars Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Sabres Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Sharks (38‑34‑8) vs Blackhawks (28‑39‑14) |
0 | Sharks Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Golden Knights (38‑26‑17) vs Kraken (34‑35‑11) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Kraken Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Mammoth (43‑32‑6) vs Blues (36‑33‑12) |
0 | Mammoth Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Blues Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Predators (38‑33‑10) vs Ducks (42‑33‑6) |
0 | Predators Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Ducks Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Flames (33‑39‑9) vs Kings (35‑26‑20) |
0 | Flames Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Kings Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Oilers (40‑30‑11) vs Canucks (25‑48‑8) |
0 | Oilers Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Canucks Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||