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 (1‑0‑0) vs Kings (0‑1‑0) |
2 | Sharks Wins | 19% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Kings Wins | 16% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 7% | 43% | ||
| Red Wings (0‑1‑0) vs Jets (0‑0‑1) |
1 | Red Wings Wins | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Jets Wins | 18% | 14% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Canucks (1‑1‑0) vs Flames (0‑1‑0) |
1 | Canucks Wins | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 7% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Flames Wins | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Blackhawks (0‑2‑0) vs Sabres (0‑1‑0) |
1 | Blackhawks Wins | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Sabres Wins | 17% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Oilers (1‑0‑1) vs Kraken (1‑0‑0) |
1 | Oilers Wins | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% |
| Current Probabilities | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Kraken Wins | 18% | 14% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Panthers (1‑0‑1) vs Ducks (1‑0‑0) |
0 | Panthers Wins | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% |
| Current Probabilities | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Ducks Wins | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Mammoth (1‑0‑0) vs Blue Jackets (1‑0‑0) |
0 | Mammoth Wins | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 42% |
| Current Probabilities | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Bruins (2‑0‑0) vs Wild (1‑0‑0) |
0 | Bruins Wins | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% |
| Current Probabilities | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Wild Wins | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Avalanche (1‑0‑0) vs Blues (1‑0‑0) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 7% | 6% | 43% |
| Current Probabilities | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Blues Wins | 18% | 13% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Stars (0‑1‑0) vs Predators (0‑1‑0) |
0 | Stars Wins | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% |
| Current Probabilities | 18% | 14% | 13% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||
| Predators Wins | 18% | 14% | 12% | - | - | - | 6% | 6% | 43% | ||