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 (25‑10‑8) vs Kings (17‑14‑9) |
2 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 40% | 48% | 7% | 2% | 1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 39% | 49% | 7% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 35% | 51% | 8% | 3% | 3% | ||
| Rangers (20‑18‑5) vs Hockey Club (19‑20‑3) |
0 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 38% | 50% | 7% | 2% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 39% | 49% | 7% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 38% | 49% | 8% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Canadiens (22‑13‑6) vs Stars (25‑9‑7) |
0 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 41% | 46% | 7% | 2% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 39% | 49% | 7% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 35% | 51% | 8% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Oilers (20‑16‑6) vs Predators (19‑18‑4) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 39% | 49% | 7% | 2% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 39% | 49% | 7% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 38% | 48% | 8% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Canucks (16‑20‑5) vs Sabres (21‑15‑4) |
0 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 39% | 48% | 8% | 2% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 39% | 49% | 7% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 38% | 49% | 8% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Avalanche (31‑2‑7) vs Panthers (21‑16‑3) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 39% | 48% | 7% | 2% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 39% | 49% | 7% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 38% | 49% | 7% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Golden Knights (17‑11‑11) vs Blackhawks (16‑18‑7) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 38% | 49% | 7% | 2% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 39% | 49% | 7% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 39% | 49% | 7% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Flames (18‑19‑4) vs Kraken (18‑14‑7) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 39% | 48% | 7% | 2% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 39% | 49% | 7% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 38% | 49% | 8% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Capitals (21‑15‑6) vs Ducks (21‑17‑3) |
0 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 38% | 49% | 8% | 2% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 39% | 49% | 7% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 38% | 49% | 8% | 2% | 2% | ||