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 | |
| Wild (7‑7‑4) |
Ducks (11‑5‑1) |
7 |
| Flames (5‑12‑2) |
Jets (10‑7‑0) |
7 |
| Senators (9‑5‑4) |
Kings (9‑5‑4) |
6 |
| Kraken (8‑4‑5) |
Sharks (8‑7‑3) |
6 |
| Hurricanes (11‑5‑0) |
Canucks (8‑9‑1) |
5 |
| Predators (5‑9‑4) |
Penguins (9‑5‑3) |
5 |
| Hockey Club (10‑7‑0) |
Islanders (9‑6‑2) |
5 |
| Blackhawks (8‑5‑4) |
Maple Leafs (8‑8‑2) |
4 |
| Blues (6‑8‑3) |
Flyers (8‑5‑3) |
4 |