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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| Predators (4‑6‑2) |
Flames (2‑8‑2) |
7 |
| Golden Knights (6‑1‑3) |
Avalanche (6‑1‑4) |
6 |
| Oilers (5‑4‑3) |
Blackhawks (5‑4‑2) |
6 |
| Panthers (5‑5‑1) |
Stars (6‑3‑2) |
6 |
| Wild (3‑6‑3) |
Canucks (6‑6‑0) |
5 |
| Ducks (5‑3‑1) |
Red Wings (8‑3‑0) |
5 |
| Kings (5‑3‑4) |
Devils (8‑3‑0) |
4 |
| Blue Jackets (6‑4‑0) |
Blues (3‑6‑2) |
4 |
| Kraken (5‑2‑3) |
Rangers (5‑5‑2) |
4 |
| Jets (8‑3‑0) |
Penguins (8‑2‑2) |
4 |