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 (26‑11‑9) vs Devils (22‑21‑2) |
2 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 38% | 50% | 7% | 2% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 36% | 50% | 8% | 3% | 3% | ||
| Devils Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 32% | 52% | 9% | 3% | 3% | ||
| Maple Leafs (22‑15‑7) vs Avalanche (33‑4‑7) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 36% | 50% | 8% | 3% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 36% | 50% | 8% | 3% | 3% | ||
| Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 36% | 50% | 8% | 3% | 3% | ||
| Islanders (25‑15‑5) vs Jets (17‑22‑5) |
0 | Islanders Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 37% | 49% | 8% | 3% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 36% | 50% | 8% | 3% | 3% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 35% | 51% | 8% | 3% | 3% | ||
| Kings (19‑15‑10) vs Stars (26‑10‑9) |
0 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 39% | 48% | 7% | 3% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 36% | 50% | 8% | 3% | 3% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | <1% | 33% | 53% | 8% | 3% | 2% | ||
| Oilers (22‑16‑7) vs Blackhawks (19‑19‑7) |
0 | Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 36% | 50% | 8% | 3% | 2% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 36% | 50% | 8% | 3% | 3% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 36% | 50% | 8% | 3% | 3% | ||
| Canadiens (25‑14‑6) vs Canucks (16‑23‑5) |
0 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 37% | 49% | 8% | 3% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 36% | 50% | 8% | 3% | 3% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 36% | 50% | 8% | 3% | 3% | ||
| Kraken (20‑15‑8) vs Rangers (20‑20‑6) |
0 | Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 35% | 50% | 8% | 3% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 36% | 50% | 8% | 3% | 3% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 36% | 50% | 8% | 3% | 3% | ||
| Flames (19‑22‑4) vs Blue Jackets (19‑19‑7) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 36% | 51% | 8% | 3% | 3% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 1% | 36% | 50% | 8% | 3% | 3% | ||
| Blue Jackets Wins | - | - | - | 1% | 36% | 50% | 8% | 3% | 3% | ||