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 (0‑1‑0) vs Canucks (1‑1‑0) |
2 | Flames Wins | 7% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 7% | 6% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Canucks Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Predators (0‑1‑0) vs Stars (0‑1‑0) |
1 | Predators Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Stars Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 7% | 6% | 59% | ||
| Ducks (1‑0‑0) vs Panthers (1‑0‑1) |
1 | Ducks Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 7% | 6% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Panthers Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 59% | ||
| Bruins (2‑0‑0) vs Wild (1‑0‑0) |
1 | Bruins Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Wild Wins | 6% | 10% | 11% | - | - | - | 7% | 6% | 59% | ||
| Sharks (1‑0‑0) vs Kings (0‑1‑0) |
1 | Sharks Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Kings Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 7% | 6% | 59% | ||
| Jets (0‑0‑1) vs Red Wings (0‑1‑0) |
1 | Jets Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 59% | ||
| Oilers (1‑0‑1) vs Kraken (1‑0‑0) |
0 | Oilers Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Kraken Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 59% | ||
| Avalanche (1‑0‑0) vs Blues (1‑0‑0) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | 6% | 10% | 11% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Blues Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 7% | 6% | 59% | ||
| Mammoth (1‑0‑0) vs Blue Jackets (1‑0‑0) |
0 | Mammoth Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 7% | 6% | 59% | ||
| Blackhawks (0‑2‑0) vs Sabres (0‑1‑0) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 59% |
| Current Probabilities | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 58% | ||
| Sabres Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 59% | ||