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) |
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|---|---|---|
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| Rangers (6‑3‑1) |
Ducks (4‑3‑0) |
5 |
| Stars (4‑3‑1) |
Bruins (7‑2‑0) |
5 |
| Kraken (5‑3‑1) |
Red Wings (3‑3‑2) |
5 |
| Flyers (1‑6‑3) |
Avalanche (5‑2‑1) |
5 |
| Capitals (5‑3‑0) |
Kings (0‑4‑2) |
4 |
| Flames (1‑6‑0) |
Hurricanes (7‑1‑1) |
4 |
| Wild (5‑2‑1) |
Blue Jackets (3‑3‑0) |
4 |
| Mammoth (6‑3‑0) |
Penguins (3‑5‑1) |
4 |
| Maple Leafs (3‑4‑2) |
Sharks (4‑3‑1) |
3 |
| Golden Knights (8‑2‑0) |
Lightning (6‑2‑0) |
3 |