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 (2‑1‑1) vs Panthers (2‑0‑2) |
1 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 12% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 49% | ||
| Mammoth (3‑2‑0) vs Sabres (2‑2‑0) |
1 | Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 49% | ||
| Maple Leafs (2‑2‑1) vs Avalanche (3‑1‑0) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Red Wings (1‑2‑0) vs Kraken (2‑2‑0) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 49% | ||
| Sharks (3‑1‑0) vs Oilers (3‑0‑1) |
0 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 49% | ||
| Blackhawks (1‑4‑0) vs Hurricanes (3‑1‑1) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 49% | ||
| Devils (1‑2‑0) vs Canucks (2‑3‑0) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 49% | ||
| Predators (2‑1‑1) vs Senators (3‑1‑0) |
0 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Jets (3‑0‑1) vs Ducks (2‑1‑0) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Kings (0‑2‑1) vs Golden Knights (4‑1‑0) |
0 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 13% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 48% | ||