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 Hockey East 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 | ||
| Providence (8‑6‑2) |
Maine (10‑7‑1) |
2 | 54 |
| Massachusetts (9‑9) |
Boston University (9‑8‑1) |
1 | 25 |
| Connecticut (9‑5‑3) |
Mass.-Lowell (6‑11) |
1 | 17 |
| Vermont (5‑10) |
Merrimack (7‑10) |
1 | 14 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Providence (8‑6‑2) |
Maine (10‑7‑1) |
27 |
| Massachusetts (9‑9) |
Boston University (9‑8‑1) |
25 |
| Connecticut (9‑5‑3) |
Mass.-Lowell (6‑11) |
17 |
| Vermont (5‑10) |
Merrimack (7‑10) |
14 |