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 Eastern 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 | |
| Panthers (8‑4‑2) |
Red Wings (6‑5‑3) |
7 |
| Ducks (5‑7‑1) |
Senators (9‑5‑1) |
6 |
| Rangers (7‑6‑1) |
Oilers (10‑2‑2) |
5 |
| Bruins (10‑4‑1) |
Golden Knights (9‑5‑1) |
5 |
| Capitals (8‑4‑0) |
Wild (9‑3‑3) |
4 |
| Flyers (3‑8‑4) |
Mammoth (9‑5‑0) |
4 |
| Hurricanes (11‑2‑2) |
Jets (4‑7‑3) |
4 |