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 (11‑3‑3) vs Sharks (7‑9‑1) |
3 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 37% | 19% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 36% | 18% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 19% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 33% | 19% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 20% | ||
| Rangers (9‑7‑1) vs Kraken (9‑5‑1) |
1 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 36% | 19% | 15% | 6% | 6% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 36% | 18% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 19% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 35% | 19% | 15% | 6% | 6% | 19% | ||
| Penguins (5‑9‑2) vs Kings (5‑7‑2) |
1 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 36% | 19% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 36% | 18% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 19% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 36% | 18% | 15% | 6% | 6% | 19% | ||
| Flames (7‑8‑1) vs Ducks (8‑7‑1) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | 36% | 19% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 36% | 18% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 19% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 36% | 18% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 19% | ||
| Hurricanes (13‑3‑2) vs Blackhawks (4‑12‑1) |
0 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 35% | 19% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 36% | 18% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 19% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 36% | 18% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 19% | ||
| Blues (7‑7‑2) vs Predators (7‑4‑5) |
0 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | 36% | 18% | 15% | 7% | 6% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 36% | 18% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 19% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | 36% | 18% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 19% | ||
| Red Wings (7‑7‑3) vs Avalanche (9‑6‑2) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 37% | 19% | 14% | 6% | 6% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 36% | 18% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 19% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 35% | 19% | 15% | 6% | 6% | 19% | ||
| Oilers (11‑3‑3) vs Canucks (3‑14‑1) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 36% | 18% | 15% | 6% | 6% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 36% | 18% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 19% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 36% | 18% | 14% | 6% | 6% | 19% | ||
| Mammoth (10‑6‑1) vs Senators (10‑6‑1) |
0 | Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 35% | 19% | 15% | 6% | 6% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 36% | 18% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 19% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 36% | 19% | 14% | 6% | 6% | 19% | ||