The Most Important Games for a conference are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final playoff picture. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting Eastern conference games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
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|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Wild (1‑0‑0) |
Bruins (2‑0‑0) |
5 |
| Maple Leafs (1‑1‑0) |
Senators (0‑0‑0) |
5 |
| Lightning (0‑1‑0) |
Capitals (1‑0‑0) |
5 |
| Red Wings (0‑1‑0) |
Jets (0‑0‑1) |
5 |
| Ducks (1‑0‑0) |
Panthers (1‑0‑1) |
4 |
| Flyers (0‑1‑1) |
Hurricanes (0‑1‑1) |
4 |
| Penguins (1‑0‑0) |
Canadiens (1‑0‑0) |
4 |
| Islanders (0‑1‑0) |
Devils (1‑0‑0) |
4 |
| Sabres (0‑1‑0) |
Blackhawks (0‑2‑0) |
4 |
| Blue Jackets (1‑0‑0) |
Mammoth (1‑0‑0) |
3 |