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 (27‑17‑4) vs Coyotes (16‑28‑6) |
8 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 20% | 24% | 14% | 11% | 17% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 18% | 23% | 13% | 11% | 20% | ||
| Coyotes Wins | - | - | - | 11% | 16% | 24% | 14% | 12% | 24% | ||
| Penguins (24‑16‑9) vs Avalanche (27‑18‑3) |
1 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 19% | 23% | 13% | 11% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 18% | 23% | 13% | 11% | 20% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 18% | 23% | 15% | 11% | 21% | ||
| Rangers (27‑14‑8) vs Flames (24‑17‑9) |
1 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 18% | 24% | 14% | 11% | 19% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 18% | 23% | 13% | 11% | 20% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 18% | 24% | 13% | 11% | 20% | ||
| Ducks (16‑29‑5) vs Stars (28‑13‑10) |
1 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 19% | 23% | 13% | 11% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 18% | 23% | 13% | 11% | 20% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 18% | 24% | 14% | 11% | 21% | ||
| Golden Knights (29‑18‑4) vs Predators (24‑18‑6) |
1 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 19% | 23% | 13% | 11% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 18% | 23% | 13% | 11% | 20% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 18% | 23% | 14% | 11% | 21% | ||
| Red Wings (21‑19‑8) vs Oilers (28‑18‑4) |
1 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 18% | 23% | 14% | 11% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 18% | 23% | 13% | 11% | 20% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 18% | 24% | 13% | 11% | 20% | ||
| Devils (32‑13‑4) vs Canucks (20‑26‑3) |
1 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 18% | 23% | 14% | 11% | 20% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 14% | 18% | 23% | 13% | 11% | 20% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 13% | 18% | 23% | 14% | 11% | 20% | ||