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 (19‑13‑6) vs Flames (15‑18‑4) |
7 | Oilers Wins | 25% | 22% | 19% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 23% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 27% | ||
| Flames Wins | 20% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 29% | ||
| Flyers (19‑10‑7) vs Kraken (15‑14‑6) |
1 | Flyers Wins | 23% | 22% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 27% | ||
| Kraken Wins | 22% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 27% | ||
| Avalanche (27‑2‑7) vs Golden Knights (17‑8‑10) |
1 | Avalanche Wins | 23% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 27% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | 21% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 27% | ||
| Stars (25‑7‑6) vs Blackhawks (13‑17‑6) |
1 | Stars Wins | 22% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 27% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | 22% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 27% | ||
| Sharks (17‑17‑3) vs Canucks (15‑18‑3) |
0 | Sharks Wins | 23% | 22% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 27% | ||
| Canucks Wins | 23% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 26% | ||
| Wild (22‑10‑6) vs Jets (15‑17‑3) |
0 | Wild Wins | 23% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 27% | ||
| Jets Wins | 23% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 27% | ||
| Blues (14‑16‑8) vs Predators (16‑16‑4) |
0 | Blues Wins | 23% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 27% | ||
| Predators Wins | 23% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 26% | ||
| Ducks (21‑14‑2) vs Kings (15‑12‑9) |
0 | Ducks Wins | 22% | 22% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 26% |
| Current Probabilities | 23% | 21% | 18% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 27% | ||
| Kings Wins | 24% | 21% | 17% | - | - | - | 5% | 7% | 27% | ||