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 | |||
| Flames (1‑1‑0) vs Blues (0‑1‑0) |
1 | Flames Wins | 12% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Blues Wins | 11% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 51% | ||
| Oilers (0‑0‑1) vs Canucks (1‑0‑0) |
1 | Oilers Wins | 12% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Canucks Wins | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Kings (1‑1‑0) vs Jets (0‑1‑0) |
1 | Kings Wins | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Jets Wins | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Sharks (0‑0‑1) vs Ducks (0‑1‑0) |
1 | Sharks Wins | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Ducks Wins | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Kraken (1‑0‑0) vs Golden Knights (1‑0‑1) |
0 | Kraken Wins | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Wild (1‑0‑0) vs Blue Jackets (0‑1‑0) |
0 | Wild Wins | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% |
| Current Probabilities | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Canadiens (1‑1‑0) vs Blackhawks (0‑1‑1) |
0 | Canadiens Wins | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Hockey Club (0‑1‑0) vs Predators (1‑0‑0) |
0 | Hockey Club Wins | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Predators Wins | 12% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 49% | ||
| Avalanche (2‑0‑0) vs Stars (1‑0‑0) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 49% |
| Current Probabilities | 12% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 50% | ||
| Stars Wins | 12% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 49% | ||