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 | |
| Blue Jackets (31‑21‑8) |
Panthers (30‑28‑3) |
15 |
| Penguins (31‑16‑13) |
Sabres (36‑19‑6) |
14 |
| Predators (27‑26‑8) |
Bruins (34‑21‑5) |
12 |
| Red Wings (35‑20‑6) |
Golden Knights (28‑19‑14) |
10 |
| Flames (24‑29‑7) |
Senators (29‑22‑9) |
8 |
| Flyers (28‑21‑11) |
Mammoth (32‑25‑4) |
8 |
| Ducks (33‑24‑3) |
Islanders (35‑21‑5) |
7 |
| Devils (30‑29‑2) |
Maple Leafs (27‑24‑10) |
6 |
| Jets (24‑26‑10) |
Lightning (38‑17‑4) |
4 |
| Canucks (18‑35‑7) |
Hurricanes (38‑16‑6) |
3 |