The Most Important Games for the Sharks are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Sharks final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Sharks fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Sharks 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 | |||
| Sharks (4‑6‑2) vs Red Wings (8‑4‑0) |
3 | Sharks Wins | 6% | 11% | 13% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 60% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 61% | ||
| Red Wings Wins | 5% | 9% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 63% | ||
| Predators (5‑6‑2) vs Canucks (6‑7‑0) |
0 | Predators Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 61% | ||
| Canucks Wins | 5% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 63% | ||
| Kraken (5‑2‑4) vs Blackhawks (5‑4‑3) |
0 | Kraken Wins | 6% | 9% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 61% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | 5% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 62% | ||
| Jets (9‑3‑0) vs Kings (5‑4‑4) |
0 | Jets Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 61% | ||
| Kings Wins | 5% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 62% | ||
| Hockey Club (8‑3‑0) vs Lightning (5‑4‑2) |
0 | Hockey Club Wins | 5% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 61% | ||
| Lightning Wins | 5% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 62% | ||
| Flyers (6‑4‑1) vs Flames (2‑9‑2) |
0 | Flyers Wins | 6% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 61% | ||
| Flames Wins | 5% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 62% | ||
| Ducks (6‑3‑1) vs Devils (9‑3‑0) |
0 | Ducks Wins | 5% | 10% | 13% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 61% | ||
| Devils Wins | 5% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 62% | ||
| Oilers (6‑4‑3) vs Blues (3‑7‑2) |
0 | Oilers Wins | 5% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 62% |
| Current Probabilities | 5% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 6% | 61% | ||
| Blues Wins | 5% | 10% | 12% | - | - | - | 5% | 5% | 62% | ||