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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| Golden Knights (18‑11‑12) |
Blue Jackets (18‑17‑7) |
10 |
| Hockey Club (21‑20‑3) |
Blues (17‑19‑8) |
10 |
| Hurricanes (26‑14‑3) |
Ducks (21‑19‑3) |
10 |
| Kraken (20‑14‑7) |
Wild (25‑11‑8) |
10 |
| Jets (15‑21‑5) |
Oilers (21‑16‑6) |
9 |
| Predators (19‑19‑4) |
Islanders (24‑15‑4) |
8 |
| Blackhawks (18‑18‑7) |
Capitals (22‑16‑6) |
7 |
| Red Wings (25‑15‑4) |
Canucks (16‑21‑5) |
5 |
| Bruins (22‑19‑2) |
Flames (18‑21‑4) |
5 |
| Avalanche (31‑4‑7) |
Senators (20‑17‑5) |
3 |