The Most Important Games for the Oilers are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Oilers final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Oilers fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Oilers 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 | |||
| Panthers (34‑32‑3) vs Kraken (31‑29‑9) |
3 | Panthers Wins | 6% | 28% | 28% | - | - | - | 2% | 11% | 25% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 27% | 27% | - | - | - | 1% | 11% | 27% | ||
| Kraken Wins | 6% | 26% | 27% | - | - | - | 2% | 11% | 28% | ||
| Mammoth (36‑28‑6) vs Kings (28‑25‑16) |
3 | Mammoth Wins | 7% | 28% | 28% | - | - | - | 1% | 11% | 25% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 27% | 27% | - | - | - | 1% | 11% | 27% | ||
| Kings Wins | 6% | 26% | 26% | - | - | - | 2% | 12% | 28% | ||
| Jets (29‑29‑12) vs Golden Knights (32‑25‑14) |
2 | Jets Wins | 7% | 31% | 25% | - | - | - | 1% | 10% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 27% | 27% | - | - | - | 1% | 11% | 27% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | 7% | 23% | 29% | - | - | - | 2% | 12% | 27% | ||
| Predators (33‑28‑9) vs Sharks (32‑30‑6) |
0 | Predators Wins | 7% | 28% | 29% | - | - | - | 1% | 9% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 27% | 27% | - | - | - | 1% | 11% | 27% | ||
| Sharks Wins | 7% | 26% | 26% | - | - | - | 2% | 13% | 26% | ||
| Flames (28‑34‑7) vs Lightning (43‑21‑4) |
0 | Flames Wins | 7% | 27% | 27% | - | - | - | 2% | 11% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 27% | 27% | - | - | - | 1% | 11% | 27% | ||
| Lightning Wins | 6% | 27% | 27% | - | - | - | 2% | 11% | 27% | ||
| Capitals (35‑27‑9) vs Blues (28‑30‑11) |
0 | Capitals Wins | 6% | 28% | 27% | - | - | - | 1% | 11% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 27% | 27% | - | - | - | 1% | 11% | 27% | ||
| Blues Wins | 7% | 27% | 27% | - | - | - | 1% | 11% | 26% | ||
| Blackhawks (26‑31‑13) vs Islanders (40‑26‑5) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | 6% | 28% | 27% | - | - | - | 2% | 11% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 27% | 27% | - | - | - | 1% | 11% | 27% | ||
| Islanders Wins | 7% | 27% | 27% | - | - | - | 1% | 12% | 26% | ||
| Ducks (38‑27‑4) vs Sabres (44‑20‑6) |
0 | Ducks Wins | 5% | 28% | 27% | - | - | - | 2% | 11% | 27% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 27% | 27% | - | - | - | 1% | 11% | 27% | ||
| Sabres Wins | 8% | 26% | 26% | - | - | - | 2% | 11% | 27% | ||
| Stars (43‑16‑11) vs Devils (35‑32‑2) |
0 | Stars Wins | 7% | 27% | 28% | - | - | - | 2% | 11% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 27% | 27% | - | - | - | 1% | 11% | 27% | ||
| Devils Wins | 7% | 27% | 27% | - | - | - | 1% | 11% | 26% | ||
| Penguins (35‑19‑16) vs Avalanche (46‑13‑10) |
0 | Penguins Wins | 7% | 27% | 27% | - | - | - | 1% | 11% | 27% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 27% | 27% | - | - | - | 1% | 11% | 27% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | 7% | 27% | 27% | - | - | - | 1% | 11% | 27% | ||