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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| Flyers (13‑12‑4) |
Red Wings (11‑13‑4) |
8 |
| Sabres (11‑13‑4) |
Rangers (14‑12‑1) |
7 |
| Blue Jackets (12‑13‑3) |
Capitals (19‑6‑2) |
7 |
| Kraken (14‑14‑2) |
Bruins (15‑12‑3) |
7 |
| Canadiens (11‑14‑3) |
Penguins (12‑14‑4) |
6 |
| Flames (14‑10‑5) |
Lightning (14‑10‑2) |
6 |
| Devils (18‑10‑3) |
Kings (17‑8‑3) |
6 |
| Senators (12‑13‑2) |
Ducks (10‑12‑4) |
5 |
| Islanders (11‑12‑7) |
Blackhawks (9‑17‑2) |
5 |
| Canucks (14‑8‑5) |
Panthers (18‑9‑2) |
4 |