The Most Important Games for the Oilers are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Oilers final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Oilers fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Oilers 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 | |||
| Oilers (0‑0‑1) vs Canucks (1‑0‑0) |
1 | Oilers Wins | 7% | 10% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Canucks Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 59% | ||
| Jets (0‑1‑0) vs Kings (1‑1‑0) |
1 | Jets Wins | 8% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Kings Wins | 7% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Blues (0‑1‑0) vs Flames (1‑1‑0) |
0 | Blues Wins | 8% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Flames Wins | 7% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Wild (1‑0‑0) vs Blue Jackets (0‑1‑0) |
0 | Wild Wins | 7% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | 8% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Blackhawks (0‑1‑1) vs Canadiens (1‑1‑0) |
0 | Blackhawks Wins | 7% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | 7% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Stars (1‑0‑0) vs Avalanche (2‑0‑0) |
0 | Stars Wins | 7% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | 7% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 7% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Kraken (1‑0‑0) vs Golden Knights (1‑0‑1) |
0 | Kraken Wins | 7% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | 8% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 57% | ||
| Sharks (0‑0‑1) vs Ducks (0‑1‑0) |
0 | Sharks Wins | 7% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 57% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Ducks Wins | 7% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 57% | ||
| Hockey Club (0‑1‑0) vs Predators (1‑0‑0) |
0 | Hockey Club Wins | 7% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 58% |
| Current Probabilities | 7% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||
| Predators Wins | 7% | 11% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 58% | ||