The Most Important Games for the Sharks are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Sharks final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Sharks fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Sharks 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 | |||
| Canucks (29‑23‑11) vs Canadiens (30‑27‑6) |
0 | Canucks Wins | X | X | <1% | - | - | - | X | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | - | - | - | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Canadiens Wins | X | X | <1% | - | - | - | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Ducks (28‑28‑7) vs Capitals (42‑14‑8) |
0 | Ducks Wins | X | X | <1% | - | - | - | X | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | - | - | - | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Capitals Wins | X | X | <1% | - | - | - | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Kings (33‑20‑9) vs Islanders (29‑27‑7) |
0 | Kings Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | - | - | - | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Islanders Wins | X | X | <1% | - | - | - | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Sharks (17‑39‑9) vs Predators (24‑32‑7) |
0 | Sharks Wins | X | X | <1% | - | - | - | X | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | <1% | - | - | - | X | <1% | >99% | ||
| Predators Wins | X | X | X | - | - | - | X | <1% | >99% | ||