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 | ||
| Notre Dame (4‑9‑1) |
Wisconsin (10‑2‑2) |
2 | 46 |
| Michigan State (11‑3) |
Michigan (15‑3) |
1 | 28 |
| Ohio State (5‑9) |
Minnesota (6‑9‑2) |
2 | 10 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Michigan State (11‑3) |
Michigan (15‑3) |
28 |
| Notre Dame (4‑9‑1) |
Wisconsin (10‑2‑2) |
23 |
| Ohio State (5‑9) |
Minnesota (6‑9‑2) |
5 |