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 (27‑13‑4) vs Oilers (27‑13‑3) |
3 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 26% | 31% | 26% | 12% | 4% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 23% | 30% | 26% | 13% | 5% | 3% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 19% | 30% | 28% | 14% | 5% | 4% | ||
| Red Wings (20‑18‑4) vs Sharks (13‑26‑6) |
1 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 30% | 27% | 12% | 5% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 23% | 30% | 26% | 13% | 5% | 3% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 30% | 26% | 13% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Rangers (20‑20‑2) vs Avalanche (26‑17‑1) |
0 | Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 24% | 32% | 26% | 11% | 4% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 23% | 30% | 26% | 13% | 5% | 3% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 29% | 27% | 13% | 5% | 3% | ||
| Maple Leafs (27‑15‑2) vs Stars (27‑14‑1) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 24% | 31% | 26% | 12% | 5% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 23% | 30% | 26% | 13% | 5% | 3% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 29% | 27% | 13% | 5% | 3% | ||
| Jets (29‑12‑3) vs Canucks (19‑13‑10) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | 22% | 30% | 27% | 13% | 5% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 23% | 30% | 26% | 13% | 5% | 3% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 25% | 29% | 25% | 12% | 5% | 3% | ||
| Penguins (18‑19‑8) vs Kraken (18‑23‑3) |
0 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 24% | 31% | 26% | 12% | 5% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 23% | 30% | 26% | 13% | 5% | 3% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 29% | 27% | 12% | 5% | 3% | ||
| Blues (20‑20‑4) vs Flames (21‑14‑7) |
0 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 29% | 27% | 13% | 5% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 23% | 30% | 26% | 13% | 5% | 3% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 30% | 27% | 12% | 5% | 3% | ||
| Canadiens (20‑18‑4) vs Hockey Club (18‑17‑7) |
0 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 31% | 26% | 13% | 5% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 23% | 30% | 26% | 13% | 5% | 3% | ||
| Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 31% | 26% | 13% | 5% | 3% | ||
| Predators (13‑22‑7) vs Golden Knights (29‑11‑3) |
0 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 30% | 26% | 12% | 5% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 23% | 30% | 26% | 13% | 5% | 3% | ||
| Golden Knights Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 31% | 26% | 12% | 5% | 3% | ||
| Ducks (18‑20‑5) vs Capitals (28‑10‑5) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 23% | 30% | 26% | 13% | 5% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 23% | 30% | 26% | 13% | 5% | 3% | ||
| Capitals Wins | - | - | - | 24% | 31% | 25% | 13% | 4% | 3% | ||