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 Eastern 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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|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Panthers (8‑4‑2) |
Red Wings (6‑5‑3) |
6 |
| Bruins (10‑4‑1) |
Golden Knights (9‑5‑1) |
6 |
| Rangers (7‑7‑1) |
Blues (7‑6‑1) |
5 |
| Capitals (8‑5‑0) |
Stars (8‑5‑1) |
5 |
| Canadiens (9‑3‑2) |
Jets (4‑8‑3) |
5 |
| Flyers (4‑8‑4) |
Wild (10‑3‑3) |
5 |
| Devils (9‑5‑0) |
Oilers (11‑2‑2) |
4 |
| Maple Leafs (8‑6‑2) |
Mammoth (9‑6‑0) |
4 |
| Predators (5‑4‑5) |
Hurricanes (12‑2‑2) |
4 |