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 | ||
| Mass.-Lowell (10‑4‑2) |
Maine (12‑2‑2) |
2 | 27 |
| Massachusetts (8‑7‑2) |
Boston University (8‑6‑1) |
1 | 14 |
| New Hampshire (7‑4‑2) |
Connecticut (8‑7‑1) |
1 | 13 |
| Merrimack (4‑10‑1) |
Northeastern (4‑7‑3) |
1 | 11 |
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Massachusetts (8‑7‑2) |
Boston University (8‑6‑1) |
14 |
| Mass.-Lowell (10‑4‑2) |
Maine (12‑2‑2) |
14 |
| New Hampshire (7‑4‑2) |
Connecticut (8‑7‑1) |
13 |
| Merrimack (4‑10‑1) |
Northeastern (4‑7‑3) |
11 |