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 (22‑10‑5) vs Predators (15‑16‑4) |
4 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 20% | 59% | 10% | 4% | 5% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 3% | 20% | 57% | 10% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 17% | 56% | 12% | 5% | 8% | ||
| Lightning (19‑13‑3) vs Blues (14‑15‑8) |
1 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 20% | 58% | 10% | 4% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 3% | 20% | 57% | 10% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 20% | 56% | 10% | 5% | 7% | ||
| Red Wings (21‑13‑3) vs Stars (25‑7‑5) |
1 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 20% | 55% | 11% | 4% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 3% | 20% | 57% | 10% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 17% | 59% | 11% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Golden Knights (16‑8‑10) vs Sharks (17‑16‑3) |
1 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 19% | 58% | 10% | 4% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 3% | 20% | 57% | 10% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 19% | 57% | 10% | 5% | 6% | ||
| Ducks (21‑13‑2) vs Kraken (13‑14‑6) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 19% | 57% | 10% | 5% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 3% | 20% | 57% | 10% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 19% | 57% | 10% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Avalanche (26‑2‑7) vs Hockey Club (18‑17‑3) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 19% | 58% | 10% | 4% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 3% | 20% | 57% | 10% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 19% | 55% | 12% | 5% | 6% | ||
| Blue Jackets (14‑15‑6) vs Kings (15‑10‑9) |
0 | Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 20% | 56% | 11% | 5% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 3% | 20% | 57% | 10% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 19% | 57% | 10% | 5% | 6% | ||
| Canucks (15‑17‑3) vs Flyers (17‑10‑7) |
0 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 2% | 20% | 57% | 10% | 5% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 3% | 20% | 57% | 10% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Flyers Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 19% | 57% | 11% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Oilers (18‑13‑6) vs Flames (15‑17‑4) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 19% | 57% | 10% | 5% | 6% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 3% | 20% | 57% | 10% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | 3% | 19% | 57% | 11% | 4% | 6% | ||