The Most Important Games are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting Big 10 Hockey games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team standings page.
| Series | Remaining Games |
Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | ||
| Minnesota (18‑4‑2) |
Notre Dame (7‑14‑1) |
2 | 45 |
| Michigan (13‑8‑1) |
Michigan State (18‑2‑2) |
1 | 32 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Michigan (13‑8‑1) |
Michigan State (18‑2‑2) |
32 |
| Minnesota (18‑4‑2) |
Notre Dame (7‑14‑1) |
23 |