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 (1‑0‑0) |
Hockey Club (0‑1‑0) |
6 |
| Avalanche (2‑0‑0) |
Stars (1‑0‑0) |
6 |
| Sharks (0‑0‑1) |
Ducks (0‑1‑0) |
5 |
| Jets (0‑1‑0) |
Kings (1‑1‑0) |
5 |
| Kraken (1‑0‑0) |
Golden Knights (1‑0‑1) |
4 |
| Oilers (0‑0‑1) |
Canucks (1‑0‑0) |
4 |
| Flames (1‑1‑0) |
Blues (0‑1‑0) |
4 |
| Wild (1‑0‑0) |
Blue Jackets (0‑1‑0) |
4 |
| Blackhawks (0‑1‑1) |
Canadiens (1‑1‑0) |
3 |