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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| Lightning (50‑25‑6) |
Rangers (33‑39‑9) |
0 |
| Panthers (39‑38‑4) |
Red Wings (41‑30‑10) |
0 |
| Sabres (50‑23‑8) |
Stars (49‑20‑12) |
0 |
| Senators (43‑27‑11) |
Maple Leafs (32‑35‑14) |
0 |