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 | |||
| Oilers (32‑25‑8) vs Stars (40‑14‑10) |
1 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 34% | 64% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 28% | 70% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 24% | 74% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Predators (29‑27‑8) vs Canucks (19‑37‑8) |
0 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 27% | 71% | 2% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 28% | 70% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 27% | 71% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Maple Leafs (27‑27‑11) vs Ducks (36‑25‑3) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 28% | 70% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 28% | 70% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 28% | 70% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Blackhawks (24‑29‑11) vs Mammoth (34‑26‑5) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 27% | 71% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 28% | 70% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 28% | 70% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Sharks (30‑26‑6) vs Bruins (36‑22‑6) |
0 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 28% | 71% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 28% | 70% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 27% | 70% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Penguins (32‑17‑15) vs Golden Knights (29‑22‑14) |
0 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 28% | 71% | 2% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 28% | 70% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 27% | 71% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Rangers (26‑30‑8) vs Jets (26‑27‑10) |
0 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 27% | 71% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 28% | 70% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 27% | 71% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Kraken (29‑25‑9) vs Avalanche (43‑11‑9) |
0 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 28% | 70% | 2% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 28% | 70% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 28% | 70% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Hurricanes (41‑17‑6) vs Blues (25‑29‑10) |
0 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 28% | 70% | 2% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 28% | 70% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 27% | 70% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Flames (25‑32‑7) vs Devils (32‑30‑2) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 28% | 70% | 2% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 28% | 70% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 28% | 71% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||