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 (39‑18‑12) vs Blackhawks (25‑30‑12) |
0 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 7% | 92% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 93% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 3% | 93% | 3% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Golden Knights (31‑23‑14) vs Mammoth (35‑27‑6) |
0 | Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 94% | 1% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 93% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 92% | 3% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Flyers (32‑23‑12) vs Kings (28‑24‑15) |
0 | Flyers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 92% | 2% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 93% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 93% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Kraken (31‑27‑9) vs Predators (30‑28‑9) |
0 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 93% | 2% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 93% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 93% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Sabres (42‑20‑6) vs Sharks (32‑28‑6) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 93% | 2% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 93% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 93% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Oilers (34‑26‑9) vs Panthers (33‑31‑3) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 92% | 2% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 93% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Panthers Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 93% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Jets (28‑28‑11) vs Bruins (37‑23‑8) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 93% | 2% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 93% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 93% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Canucks (21‑38‑8) vs Lightning (41‑21‑4) |
0 | Canucks Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 93% | 2% | <1% | <1% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 93% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||
| Lightning Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 5% | 93% | 2% | <1% | <1% | ||