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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| Ducks (41‑32‑5) |
Sharks (37‑33‑7) |
32 |
| Kings (32‑26‑19) |
Canucks (22‑47‑8) |
31 |
| Mammoth (41‑30‑6) |
Predators (37‑31‑10) |
30 |
| Kraken (32‑34‑11) |
Golden Knights (36‑26‑16) |
13 |
| Blues (33‑32‑12) |
Jets (34‑31‑12) |
9 |
| Stars (46‑20‑12) |
Wild (45‑21‑12) |
2 |
| Avalanche (51‑16‑10) |
Flames (32‑36‑9) |
1 |
| Blackhawks (28‑36‑14) |
Hurricanes (50‑22‑6) |
0 |