The Most Important Games are those conference games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting Big 10 Hockey games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team standings page.
| Series | Remaining Games |
Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | ||
| Michigan (11‑6‑1) |
Ohio State (13‑4‑1) |
2 | 32 |
| Michigan State (13‑2‑1) |
Wisconsin (7‑10‑1) |
1 | 25 |
| Notre Dame (6‑12) |
Penn State (8‑9) |
2 | 4 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Michigan State (13‑2‑1) |
Wisconsin (7‑10‑1) |
25 |
| Michigan (11‑6‑1) |
Ohio State (13‑4‑1) |
17 |
| Notre Dame (6‑12) |
Penn State (8‑9) |
4 |