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 | ||
| Mass.-Lowell (9‑14) |
Maine (12‑9‑2) |
2 | 54 |
| Vermont (9‑12) |
Massachusetts (12‑10) |
2 | 53 |
| Providence (13‑7‑2) |
Boston University (12‑10‑1) |
1 | 33 |
| Merrimack (10‑12) |
Northeastern (12‑9) |
1 | 28 |
| Boston College (11‑8‑1) |
New Hampshire (11‑10) |
1 | 28 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Providence (13‑7‑2) |
Boston University (12‑10‑1) |
33 |
| Mass.-Lowell (9‑14) |
Maine (12‑9‑2) |
28 |
| Merrimack (10‑12) |
Northeastern (12‑9) |
28 |
| Boston College (11‑8‑1) |
New Hampshire (11‑10) |
28 |
| Vermont (9‑12) |
Massachusetts (12‑10) |
27 |