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 (4‑2‑1) vs Blues (3‑2‑1) |
2 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 15% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 43% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 16% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 14% | 14% | 14% | 7% | 6% | 45% | ||
| Blackhawks (2‑5‑0) vs Jets (4‑1‑1) |
1 | Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 14% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 43% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 16% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 14% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Panthers (3‑2‑2) vs Canucks (2‑6‑0) |
1 | Panthers Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 16% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 14% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 45% | ||
| Mammoth (5‑2‑0) vs Oilers (5‑0‑1) |
1 | Mammoth Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 15% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 43% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 16% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Ducks (4‑2‑0) vs Bruins (5‑2‑0) |
1 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 15% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 43% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 16% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 14% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Predators (2‑2‑2) vs Sharks (3‑3‑0) |
0 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 15% | 13% | 6% | 7% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 16% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Penguins (3‑3‑1) vs Avalanche (4‑2‑1) |
0 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 17% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 16% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 14% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Lightning (4‑2‑0) vs Kraken (5‑2‑0) |
0 | Lightning Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 14% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 16% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 15% | 14% | 13% | 7% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Flames (1‑5‑0) vs Golden Knights (6‑2‑0) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 14% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 44% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 16% | 14% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 44% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 16% | 15% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 44% | ||