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 (15‑8‑5) vs Canucks (10‑15‑3) |
5 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 16% | 25% | 14% | 11% | 28% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 15% | 24% | 14% | 11% | 30% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 14% | 24% | 14% | 11% | 33% | ||
| Avalanche (19‑2‑6) vs Rangers (15‑12‑2) |
1 | Avalanche Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 15% | 25% | 14% | 11% | 30% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 15% | 24% | 14% | 11% | 30% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 16% | 23% | 14% | 10% | 31% | ||
| Red Wings (14‑11‑3) vs Kraken (11‑8‑6) |
1 | Red Wings Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 15% | 24% | 15% | 10% | 30% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 15% | 24% | 14% | 11% | 30% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 15% | 24% | 14% | 11% | 31% | ||
| Penguins (14‑7‑5) vs Stars (19‑5‑5) |
1 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 15% | 24% | 14% | 10% | 31% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 15% | 24% | 14% | 11% | 30% | ||
| Stars Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 15% | 24% | 14% | 10% | 31% | ||
| Hurricanes (16‑8‑2) vs Predators (10‑13‑4) |
0 | Hurricanes Wins | - | - | - | 6% | 16% | 24% | 14% | 10% | 30% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 15% | 24% | 14% | 11% | 30% | ||
| Predators Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 15% | 25% | 14% | 10% | 30% | ||
| Kings (12‑8‑7) vs Blackhawks (12‑9‑6) |
0 | Kings Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 15% | 25% | 14% | 11% | 30% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 15% | 24% | 14% | 11% | 30% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 15% | 24% | 15% | 11% | 30% | ||
| Hockey Club (14‑12‑3) vs Flames (10‑15‑4) |
0 | Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 15% | 24% | 14% | 11% | 31% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 15% | 24% | 14% | 11% | 30% | ||
| Flames Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 16% | 24% | 14% | 10% | 31% | ||
| Jets (14‑12‑1) vs Oilers (12‑11‑5) |
0 | Jets Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 15% | 24% | 15% | 11% | 30% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 15% | 24% | 14% | 11% | 30% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 16% | 24% | 14% | 10% | 31% | ||
| Blues (9‑12‑7) vs Senators (13‑10‑4) |
0 | Blues Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 16% | 24% | 14% | 10% | 31% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 5% | 15% | 24% | 14% | 11% | 30% | ||
| Senators Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 16% | 24% | 14% | 10% | 31% | ||