The Most Important Games for the Golden Knights are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Golden Knights final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Golden Knights fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Golden Knights 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 | |||
| Golden Knights (16‑8‑10) vs Sharks (17‑16‑3) |
8 | Golden Knights Wins | 21% | 23% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 19% | 22% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% | ||
| Sharks Wins | 16% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 33% | ||
| Lightning (19‑13‑3) vs Blues (14‑15‑8) |
1 | Lightning Wins | 19% | 21% | 17% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% |
| Current Probabilities | 19% | 22% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% | ||
| Blues Wins | 18% | 22% | 17% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 31% | ||
| Hockey Club (18‑17‑3) vs Avalanche (26‑2‑7) |
1 | Hockey Club Wins | 20% | 21% | 17% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% |
| Current Probabilities | 19% | 22% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | 19% | 22% | 17% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 31% | ||
| Red Wings (21‑13‑3) vs Stars (25‑7‑5) |
0 | Red Wings Wins | 19% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% |
| Current Probabilities | 19% | 22% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% | ||
| Stars Wins | 19% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% | ||
| Blue Jackets (14‑15‑6) vs Kings (15‑10‑9) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | 19% | 22% | 17% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% |
| Current Probabilities | 19% | 22% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% | ||
| Kings Wins | 18% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 30% | ||
| Canucks (15‑17‑3) vs Flyers (17‑10‑7) |
0 | Canucks Wins | 19% | 22% | 17% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% |
| Current Probabilities | 19% | 22% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% | ||
| Flyers Wins | 19% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% | ||
| Ducks (21‑13‑2) vs Kraken (13‑14‑6) |
0 | Ducks Wins | 18% | 22% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% |
| Current Probabilities | 19% | 22% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% | ||
| Kraken Wins | 20% | 21% | 17% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% | ||
| Wild (22‑10‑5) vs Predators (15‑16‑4) |
0 | Wild Wins | 19% | 22% | 17% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% |
| Current Probabilities | 19% | 22% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% | ||
| Predators Wins | 19% | 22% | 17% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% | ||
| Oilers (18‑13‑6) vs Flames (15‑17‑4) |
0 | Oilers Wins | 19% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% |
| Current Probabilities | 19% | 22% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% | ||
| Flames Wins | 20% | 22% | 17% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 30% | ||