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 (19‑6‑4) vs Flyers (14‑12‑4) |
3 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 38% | 29% | 17% | 7% | 4% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 37% | 28% | 17% | 7% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 33% | 28% | 19% | 7% | 5% | 8% | ||
| Golden Knights (19‑7‑3) vs Oilers (17‑10‑2) |
1 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 37% | 29% | 18% | 7% | 4% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 37% | 28% | 17% | 7% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 36% | 28% | 18% | 6% | 4% | 7% | ||
| Lightning (15‑10‑2) vs Kraken (15‑14‑2) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 37% | 29% | 17% | 7% | 4% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 37% | 28% | 17% | 7% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 37% | 28% | 18% | 6% | 5% | 7% | ||
| Bruins (15‑13‑3) vs Canucks (15‑8‑5) |
0 | Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 37% | 28% | 18% | 6% | 4% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 37% | 28% | 17% | 7% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 37% | 28% | 18% | 6% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Flames (14‑11‑5) vs Panthers (18‑10‑2) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | 37% | 29% | 18% | 6% | 4% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 37% | 28% | 17% | 7% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 37% | 29% | 17% | 7% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Canadiens (11‑15‑3) vs Jets (21‑9‑1) |
0 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 39% | 27% | 17% | 6% | 4% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 37% | 28% | 17% | 7% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | 37% | 29% | 18% | 6% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Sharks (11‑16‑5) vs Hockey Club (13‑11‑5) |
0 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 37% | 29% | 17% | 6% | 4% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 37% | 28% | 17% | 7% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | 37% | 28% | 17% | 7% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Predators (8‑16‑6) vs Avalanche (17‑14‑0) |
0 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 37% | 29% | 17% | 6% | 4% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 37% | 28% | 17% | 7% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 37% | 28% | 17% | 7% | 5% | 6% | ||
| Ducks (10‑14‑4) vs Blue Jackets (12‑13‑4) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 37% | 28% | 18% | 6% | 4% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 37% | 28% | 17% | 7% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 36% | 28% | 18% | 6% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Blackhawks (9‑19‑2) vs Islanders (12‑12‑7) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 37% | 28% | 18% | 6% | 5% | 7% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 37% | 28% | 17% | 7% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 37% | 28% | 18% | 6% | 4% | 7% | ||
| Blues (14‑14‑2) vs Stars (17‑11‑0) |
0 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | 38% | 28% | 17% | 6% | 4% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 37% | 28% | 17% | 7% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | 37% | 28% | 18% | 6% | 4% | 6% | ||