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 (39‑27‑14) vs Golden Knights (49‑22‑9) |
23 | Flames Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | 5% | 17% | 77% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 91% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | X | 100% | ||
| Ducks (35‑37‑8) vs Wild (44‑30‑7) |
9 | Ducks Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | 6% | 9% | 84% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 91% | ||
| Wild Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | 6% | 94% | ||
| Canucks (37‑29‑14) vs Sharks (20‑49‑11) |
1 | Canucks Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | 2% | 8% | 90% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 91% | ||
| Sharks Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 91% | ||
| Predators (29‑43‑8) vs Hockey Club (37‑30‑13) |
0 | Predators Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 91% | ||
| Hockey Club Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 91% | ||
| Oilers (47‑28‑5) vs Kings (46‑24‑9) |
0 | Oilers Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 91% | ||
| Kings Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 91% | ||
| Senators (44‑30‑6) vs Blackhawks (24‑46‑11) |
0 | Senators Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 91% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 91% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | 2% | 7% | 91% | ||