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) |
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|---|---|---|
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| Oilers (33‑26‑9) |
Sharks (32‑27‑6) |
20 |
| Kraken (31‑26‑9) |
Lightning (40‑21‑4) |
17 |
| Rangers (28‑30‑8) |
Kings (27‑24‑15) |
15 |
| Golden Knights (31‑22‑14) |
Sabres (41‑20‑6) |
13 |
| Stars (42‑14‑10) |
Mammoth (34‑27‑6) |
10 |
| Jets (28‑28‑10) |
Predators (29‑28‑9) |
8 |
| Canucks (20‑38‑8) |
Panthers (33‑30‑3) |
3 |
| Avalanche (44‑12‑9) |
Penguins (33‑18‑15) |
2 |
| Red Wings (36‑23‑8) |
Flames (26‑33‑7) |
2 |
| Blackhawks (25‑30‑11) |
Wild (38‑18‑12) |
2 |