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 (8‑7‑4) vs Golden Knights (8‑4‑5) |
4 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 61% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 63% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 6% | 10% | 8% | 9% | 65% | ||
| Sabres (6‑8‑4) vs Oilers (9‑7‑4) |
1 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 63% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 63% | ||
| Capitals (8‑8‑2) vs Kings (10‑5‑4) |
1 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 63% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 11% | 8% | 9% | 63% | ||
| Hockey Club (10‑7‑1) vs Ducks (11‑6‑1) |
1 | Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 63% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 11% | 8% | 8% | 63% | ||
| Canucks (8‑9‑2) vs Lightning (9‑6‑2) |
1 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 11% | 8% | 8% | 63% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 63% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 63% | ||
| Islanders (10‑6‑2) vs Avalanche (12‑1‑5) |
0 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 63% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 63% | ||
| Predators (6‑9‑4) vs Penguins (9‑5‑4) |
0 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 63% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 63% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 7% | 11% | 8% | 8% | 63% | ||