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 Western 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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|---|---|---|
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| Predators (31‑28‑9) |
Golden Knights (31‑24‑14) |
20 |
| Kings (28‑24‑15) |
Flyers (32‑23‑12) |
18 |
| Oilers (34‑27‑9) |
Lightning (42‑21‑4) |
15 |
| Blue Jackets (36‑21‑11) |
Kraken (31‑28‑9) |
15 |
| Mammoth (36‑27‑6) |
Ducks (37‑27‑4) |
6 |
| Penguins (34‑18‑16) |
Jets (28‑29‑11) |
5 |
| Wild (39‑19‑12) |
Stars (43‑15‑10) |
3 |
| Canucks (21‑39‑8) |
Blues (27‑30‑11) |
2 |
| Blackhawks (26‑30‑12) |
Avalanche (44‑13‑10) |
2 |
| Flames (27‑34‑7) |
Panthers (34‑31‑3) |
2 |