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 (9‑11‑4) vs Oilers (10‑12‑1) |
4 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 76% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 77% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 80% | ||
| Maple Leafs (13‑6‑4) vs Predators (14‑12‑0) |
1 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 77% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 77% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 78% | ||
| Bruins (17‑5‑3) vs Coyotes (13‑10‑2) |
1 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 77% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 77% | ||
| Coyotes Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 7% | 78% | ||
| Devils (13‑10‑1) vs Flames (11‑12‑3) |
1 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 77% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 77% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 77% | ||
| Flyers (14‑10‑2) vs Avalanche (16‑8‑2) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 6% | 5% | 8% | 78% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 77% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 78% | ||
| Kraken (8‑13‑6) vs Lightning (12‑11‑5) |
0 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 77% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 77% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 78% | ||
| Blue Jackets (8‑15‑5) vs Blues (13‑11‑1) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 77% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 77% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 77% | ||
| Islanders (11‑7‑7) vs Kings (16‑4‑3) |
0 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 77% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 77% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 77% | ||
| Canucks (17‑9‑1) vs Hurricanes (14‑11‑1) |
0 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 77% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 77% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 77% | ||
| Stars (15‑7‑3) vs Golden Knights (17‑5‑5) |
0 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 78% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 77% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 3% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 78% | ||