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) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Penguins (7‑10‑2) |
Senators (12‑6‑2) |
8 |
| Blue Jackets (7‑10‑0) |
Flyers (5‑10‑6) |
7 |
| Lightning (13‑4‑2) |
Red Wings (7‑10‑3) |
6 |
| Hurricanes (15‑3‑2) |
Kraken (9‑7‑1) |
5 |
| Canadiens (12‑3‑4) |
Avalanche (11‑6‑3) |
5 |
| Capitals (10‑7‑0) |
Devils (14‑6‑0) |
5 |
| Blues (9‑8‑2) |
Panthers (11‑7‑2) |
5 |
| Maple Leafs (8‑11‑2) |
Oilers (14‑3‑3) |
5 |
| Bruins (13‑5‑1) |
Wild (14‑3‑4) |
4 |
| Ducks (10‑8‑1) |
Islanders (8‑6‑4) |
4 |
| Stars (10‑6‑2) |
Sabres (8‑7‑4) |
4 |