The Most Important Games are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting Big 10 Hockey games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team standings page.
| Series | Remaining Games |
Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | ||
| Notre Dame (5‑7) |
Minnesota (10‑2) |
2 | 27 |
| Penn State (4‑5) |
Michigan (7‑2‑1) |
2 | 25 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Notre Dame (5‑7) |
Minnesota (10‑2) |
14 |
| Penn State (4‑5) |
Michigan (7‑2‑1) |
13 |