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 (37‑34‑7) vs Canucks (22‑48‑8) |
13 | Sharks Wins | X | <1% | 2% | - | - | - | X | 14% | 84% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 11% | 88% | ||
| Canucks Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | 3% | 97% | ||
| Oilers (40‑29‑10) vs Kings (33‑26‑19) |
9 | Oilers Wins | X | <1% | 2% | - | - | - | X | 15% | 84% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 11% | 88% | ||
| Kings Wins | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 7% | 92% | ||
| Wild (45‑22‑12) vs Predators (37‑32‑10) |
4 | Wild Wins | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 12% | 86% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 11% | 88% | ||
| Predators Wins | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 8% | 90% | ||
| Flyers (40‑27‑12) vs Jets (35‑31‑12) |
2 | Flyers Wins | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 12% | 86% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 11% | 88% | ||
| Jets Wins | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 10% | 88% | ||
| Avalanche (52‑16‑10) vs Golden Knights (36‑26‑17) |
1 | Avalanche Wins | X | <1% | 2% | - | - | - | X | 11% | 87% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 11% | 88% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | X | X | <1% | - | - | - | X | 11% | 88% | ||
| Blues (33‑33‑12) vs Blackhawks (28‑37‑14) |
0 | Blues Wins | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 11% | 88% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 11% | 88% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 10% | 88% | ||
| Kraken (33‑34‑11) vs Flames (32‑37‑9) |
0 | Kraken Wins | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 11% | 88% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 11% | 88% | ||
| Flames Wins | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 11% | 88% | ||
| Mammoth (42‑30‑6) vs Hurricanes (51‑22‑6) |
0 | Mammoth Wins | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 11% | 88% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 11% | 88% | ||
| Hurricanes Wins | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 11% | 88% | ||
| Stars (47‑20‑12) vs Rangers (33‑37‑9) |
0 | Stars Wins | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 11% | 88% |
| Current Probabilities | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 11% | 88% | ||
| Rangers Wins | X | <1% | 1% | - | - | - | X | 11% | 88% | ||