The Most Important Games for the Flames are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Flames final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Flames fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Flames 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 | |||
| Canadiens (30‑27‑6) vs Canucks (29‑23‑11) |
3 | Canadiens Wins | <1% | 3% | 12% | - | - | - | 3% | 24% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 12% | - | - | - | 3% | 23% | 59% | ||
| Canucks Wins | <1% | 3% | 11% | - | - | - | 4% | 22% | 61% | ||
| Capitals (42‑14‑8) vs Ducks (28‑28‑7) |
1 | Capitals Wins | <1% | 3% | 12% | - | - | - | 4% | 23% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 12% | - | - | - | 3% | 23% | 59% | ||
| Ducks Wins | <1% | 3% | 11% | - | - | - | 4% | 23% | 59% | ||
| Islanders (29‑27‑7) vs Kings (33‑20‑9) |
1 | Islanders Wins | <1% | 3% | 13% | - | - | - | 3% | 22% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 12% | - | - | - | 3% | 23% | 59% | ||
| Kings Wins | <1% | 2% | 10% | - | - | - | 4% | 24% | 59% | ||
| Predators (24‑32‑7) vs Sharks (17‑39‑9) |
0 | Predators Wins | <1% | 3% | 12% | - | - | - | 3% | 23% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | 3% | 12% | - | - | - | 3% | 23% | 59% | ||
| Sharks Wins | <1% | 2% | 11% | - | - | - | 4% | 23% | 59% | ||