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 (18‑9‑5) vs Bruins (19‑13‑0) |
5 | Wild Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 23% | 38% | 12% | 7% | 16% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 37% | 12% | 8% | 19% | ||
| Bruins Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 20% | 36% | 12% | 8% | 20% | ||
| Penguins (14‑8‑8) vs Hockey Club (15‑15‑3) |
2 | Penguins Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 22% | 37% | 11% | 8% | 17% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 37% | 12% | 8% | 19% | ||
| Hockey Club Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 37% | 12% | 7% | 19% | ||
| Senators (14‑13‑4) vs Jets (15‑15‑1) |
1 | Senators Wins | - | - | - | 5% | 22% | 38% | 11% | 7% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 37% | 12% | 8% | 19% | ||
| Jets Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 37% | 12% | 8% | 19% | ||
| Stars (21‑7‑5) vs Kings (14‑8‑9) |
1 | Stars Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 20% | 38% | 12% | 8% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 37% | 12% | 8% | 19% | ||
| Kings Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 23% | 35% | 12% | 7% | 18% | ||
| Sabres (13‑14‑4) vs Kraken (12‑11‑6) |
0 | Sabres Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 22% | 37% | 12% | 8% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 37% | 12% | 8% | 19% | ||
| Kraken Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 37% | 12% | 7% | 19% | ||
| Devils (18‑13‑1) vs Canucks (11‑17‑3) |
0 | Devils Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 22% | 37% | 12% | 7% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 37% | 12% | 8% | 19% | ||
| Canucks Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 36% | 12% | 8% | 19% | ||
| Ducks (19‑12‑1) vs Rangers (16‑13‑4) |
0 | Ducks Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 37% | 13% | 7% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 37% | 12% | 8% | 19% | ||
| Rangers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 36% | 12% | 8% | 18% | ||
| Maple Leafs (14‑12‑5) vs Blackhawks (13‑13‑6) |
0 | Maple Leafs Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 37% | 12% | 7% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 37% | 12% | 8% | 19% | ||
| Blackhawks Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 36% | 12% | 8% | 18% | ||
| Canadiens (16‑11‑4) vs Oilers (15‑11‑6) |
0 | Canadiens Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 37% | 12% | 8% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 37% | 12% | 8% | 19% | ||
| Oilers Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 37% | 12% | 8% | 19% | ||
| Predators (12‑15‑4) vs Blues (12‑14‑7) |
0 | Predators Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 37% | 12% | 8% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 37% | 12% | 8% | 19% | ||
| Blues Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 22% | 37% | 11% | 7% | 18% | ||
| Flames (13‑16‑4) vs Sharks (16‑14‑3) |
0 | Flames Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 36% | 12% | 8% | 18% |
| Current Probabilities | - | - | - | 4% | 21% | 37% | 12% | 8% | 19% | ||
| Sharks Wins | - | - | - | 4% | 22% | 37% | 12% | 8% | 18% | ||