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 | |||
| Devils (35‑32‑2) vs Stars (43‑16‑11) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 11% | 87% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 93% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Kings (28‑25‑16) vs Mammoth (36‑28‑6) |
0 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 91% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Sharks (32‑30‑6) vs Predators (33‑28‑9) |
0 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 91% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 91% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Penguins (35‑19‑16) vs Avalanche (46‑13‑10) |
0 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Ducks (38‑27‑4) vs Sabres (44‑20‑6) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Sabres Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 91% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Jets (29‑29‑12) vs Golden Knights (32‑25‑14) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 9% | 90% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 91% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Capitals (35‑27‑9) vs Blues (28‑30‑11) |
0 | Capitals Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 2% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 1% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Panthers (34‑32‑3) vs Kraken (31‑29‑9) |
0 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 2% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Flames (28‑34‑7) vs Lightning (43‑21‑4) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 2% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Islanders (40‑26‑5) vs Blackhawks (26‑31‑13) |
0 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 2% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 8% | 90% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||