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) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Blues (37‑28‑7) |
Canadiens (33‑27‑9) |
18 |
| Flames (33‑25‑11) |
Kraken (30‑36‑5) |
17 |
| Islanders (32‑28‑10) |
Canucks (33‑26‑12) |
11 |
| Wild (40‑26‑5) |
Golden Knights (42‑20‑8) |
4 |
| Oilers (41‑24‑5) |
Stars (45‑21‑4) |
4 |
| Kings (39‑21‑9) |
Rangers (34‑31‑6) |
2 |
| Avalanche (43‑25‑3) |
Red Wings (33‑31‑6) |
1 |
| Jets (48‑19‑4) |
Capitals (47‑15‑8) |
1 |
| Ducks (30‑32‑8) |
Bruins (30‑33‑9) |
1 |
| Hurricanes (43‑23‑4) |
Predators (26‑36‑8) |
1 |
| Blackhawks (21‑41‑9) |
Devils (37‑28‑7) |
0 |