The Most Important Games for the Wild are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Wild final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Wild fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Wild 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 | |||
| Wild (12‑3‑3) vs Oilers (10‑8‑2) |
2 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 22% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 5% | 13% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 20% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 14% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 19% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 15% | ||
| Sharks (6‑11‑4) vs Blues (8‑11‑1) |
1 | Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 5% | 13% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 20% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 14% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 32% | 21% | 8% | 5% | 14% | ||
| Kings (10‑7‑3) vs Kraken (10‑9‑1) |
0 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | 21% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 5% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 20% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 14% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 21% | 31% | 22% | 8% | 5% | 14% | ||
| Jets (16‑3‑0) vs Penguins (7‑10‑4) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 20% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 14% | ||
| Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 21% | 30% | 21% | 8% | 5% | 14% | ||
| Rangers (12‑4‑1) vs Flames (10‑6‑3) |
0 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 13% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 20% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 14% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | 21% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 14% | ||
| Panthers (12‑6‑1) vs Blackhawks (6‑12‑1) |
0 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 21% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 20% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 14% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 14% | ||
| Hockey Club (7‑8‑3) vs Bruins (8‑9‑3) |
0 | Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 20% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 14% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 31% | 22% | 8% | 6% | 14% | ||
| Sabres (9‑9‑1) vs Ducks (8‑8‑2) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 20% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 14% | ||
| Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 14% | ||
| Senators (8‑9‑1) vs Golden Knights (11‑6‑2) |
0 | Senators Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 20% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 14% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 21% | 30% | 22% | 8% | 6% | 14% | ||
| Avalanche (10‑9‑0) vs Capitals (13‑4‑1) |
0 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 20% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 14% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 20% | 31% | 21% | 8% | 6% | 14% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 21% | 32% | 21% | 7% | 5% | 14% | ||