The Most Important Games for the Wild are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Wild final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Wild fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Wild 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 | |||
| Wild (4‑6‑3) vs Predators (5‑6‑3) |
3 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 67% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 5% | 9% | 6% | 7% | 70% | ||
| Kings (5‑4‑4) vs Jets (9‑3‑0) |
1 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 6% | 9% | 6% | 7% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 69% | ||
| Avalanche (7‑1‑5) vs Lightning (6‑4‑2) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 69% | ||
| Ducks (7‑3‑1) vs Panthers (6‑5‑1) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 6% | 7% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 6% | 7% | 69% | ||
| Capitals (6‑5‑1) vs Blues (4‑7‑2) |
0 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Blue Jackets (7‑5‑0) vs Flames (3‑9‑2) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 6% | 7% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 9% | 6% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Kraken (6‑2‑4) vs Sharks (4‑6‑3) |
0 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Stars (6‑3‑3) vs Oilers (6‑5‑3) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 69% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 6% | 7% | 69% | ||
| Red Wings (9‑4‑0) vs Golden Knights (6‑2‑3) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Hockey Club (8‑4‑0) vs Sabres (5‑4‑3) |
0 | Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 69% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 9% | 6% | 7% | 69% | ||
| Blackhawks (5‑5‑3) vs Canucks (7‑7‑0) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 68% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 68% | ||