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 Western 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) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Kraken (29‑24‑9) |
Predators (28‑27‑8) |
19 |
| Avalanche (43‑10‑9) |
Oilers (31‑25‑8) |
15 |
| Stars (39‑14‑10) |
Golden Knights (29‑21‑14) |
14 |
| Sabres (39‑19‑6) |
Sharks (30‑25‑6) |
14 |
| Bruins (35‑22‑6) |
Kings (26‑23‑14) |
13 |
| Jets (26‑26‑10) |
Ducks (35‑25‑3) |
7 |
| Wild (37‑16‑11) |
Mammoth (34‑25‑5) |
6 |
| Rangers (25‑30‑8) |
Flames (25‑31‑7) |
2 |
| Blues (25‑29‑9) |
Islanders (36‑23‑5) |
2 |