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 | |||
| Sharks (36‑32‑7) vs Blackhawks (28‑35‑14) |
23 | Sharks Wins | 2% | 6% | 13% | - | - | - | 1% | 20% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 10% | - | - | - | 1% | 18% | 66% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | <1% | 1% | 5% | - | - | - | <1% | 13% | 80% | ||
| Canucks (22‑46‑8) vs Golden Knights (35‑26‑16) |
3 | Canucks Wins | 2% | 5% | 13% | - | - | - | 1% | 15% | 64% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 10% | - | - | - | 1% | 18% | 66% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | 1% | 3% | 9% | - | - | - | 1% | 19% | 66% | ||
| Kings (31‑26‑19) vs Predators (36‑31‑9) |
2 | Kings Wins | 1% | 4% | 10% | - | - | - | 1% | 20% | 64% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 10% | - | - | - | 1% | 18% | 66% | ||
| Predators Wins | 2% | 4% | 11% | - | - | - | 1% | 16% | 66% | ||
| Mammoth (40‑30‑6) vs Oilers (39‑29‑9) |
1 | Mammoth Wins | 2% | 4% | 10% | - | - | - | <1% | 18% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 10% | - | - | - | 1% | 18% | 66% | ||
| Oilers Wins | 1% | 4% | 10% | - | - | - | 2% | 18% | 66% | ||
| Avalanche (50‑15‑10) vs Blues (32‑31‑12) |
1 | Avalanche Wins | 1% | 4% | 11% | - | - | - | 1% | 17% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 10% | - | - | - | 1% | 18% | 66% | ||
| Blues Wins | 1% | 4% | 10% | - | - | - | 1% | 17% | 66% | ||
| Stars (45‑20‑12) vs Flames (32‑36‑8) |
1 | Stars Wins | 1% | 4% | 10% | - | - | - | 1% | 18% | 66% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 10% | - | - | - | 1% | 18% | 66% | ||
| Flames Wins | 1% | 4% | 10% | - | - | - | 1% | 17% | 66% | ||
| Jets (33‑31‑12) vs Kraken (32‑32‑11) |
0 | Jets Wins | 1% | 4% | 11% | - | - | - | 1% | 18% | 65% |
| Current Probabilities | 1% | 4% | 10% | - | - | - | 1% | 18% | 66% | ||
| Kraken Wins | 1% | 4% | 10% | - | - | - | 1% | 18% | 65% | ||