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 | ||
| Maine (6‑3‑1) |
Vermont (3‑5) |
2 | 27 |
| Providence (4‑3‑2) |
Merrimack (3‑5) |
1 | 19 |
| Boston College (4‑4‑1) |
Massachusetts (7‑4) |
1 | 17 |
| Connecticut (4‑4‑2) |
Northeastern (7‑1) |
1 | 15 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Providence (4‑3‑2) |
Merrimack (3‑5) |
19 |
| Boston College (4‑4‑1) |
Massachusetts (7‑4) |
17 |
| Connecticut (4‑4‑2) |
Northeastern (7‑1) |
15 |
| Maine (6‑3‑1) |
Vermont (3‑5) |
13 |