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 | ||
| Wisconsin (7‑0‑1) |
Ohio State (3‑5) |
2 | 38 |
| Notre Dame (4‑6) |
Michigan State (6‑2) |
2 | 30 |
| Michigan (8‑1) |
Penn State (2‑7‑1) |
2 | 29 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Wisconsin (7‑0‑1) |
Ohio State (3‑5) |
16 |
| Notre Dame (4‑6) |
Michigan State (6‑2) |
15 |
| Michigan (8‑1) |
Penn State (2‑7‑1) |
14 |