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 Hockey East 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 | ||
| Maine (14‑12‑3) |
Merrimack (15‑13‑1) |
2 | 100 |
| Mass.-Lowell (12‑18) |
Northeastern (13‑15‑1) |
2 | 71 |
| Massachusetts (17‑11) |
New Hampshire (12‑15‑1) |
1 | 37 |
| Vermont (12‑17) |
Providence (19‑8‑2) |
2 | 15 |
| Boston College (17‑10‑1) |
Connecticut (17‑7‑4) |
1 | 7 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Maine (14‑12‑3) |
Merrimack (15‑13‑1) |
49 |
| Massachusetts (17‑11) |
New Hampshire (12‑15‑1) |
37 |
| Mass.-Lowell (12‑18) |
Northeastern (13‑15‑1) |
35 |
| Boston College (17‑10‑1) |
Connecticut (17‑7‑4) |
7 |
| Vermont (12‑17) |
Providence (19‑8‑2) |
6 |