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 Hockey East 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 | ||
| Boston University (7‑7‑1) |
Vermont (4‑8) |
2 | 41 |
| Maine (8‑5‑1) |
New Hampshire (7‑7) |
2 | 40 |
| Merrimack (5‑8) |
Connecticut (7‑5‑3) |
1 | 21 |
| Mass.-Lowell (6‑8) |
Boston College (8‑5‑1) |
1 | 19 |
| Northeastern (9‑4) |
Massachusetts (8‑8) |
1 | 17 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Merrimack (5‑8) |
Connecticut (7‑5‑3) |
21 |
| Boston University (7‑7‑1) |
Vermont (4‑8) |
21 |
| Maine (8‑5‑1) |
New Hampshire (7‑7) |
20 |
| Mass.-Lowell (6‑8) |
Boston College (8‑5‑1) |
19 |
| Northeastern (9‑4) |
Massachusetts (8‑8) |
17 |