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 (1‑3‑1) |
Capitals (3‑1‑0) |
6 |
| Canadiens (2‑3‑1) |
Rangers (4‑0‑1) |
6 |
| Islanders (2‑1‑2) |
Red Wings (2‑3‑0) |
5 |
| Devils (5‑2‑1) |
Lightning (3‑2‑0) |
5 |
| Blue Jackets (2‑3‑0) |
Maple Leafs (4‑2‑0) |
5 |
| Sabres (2‑4‑1) |
Stars (5‑1‑0) |
4 |
| Predators (0‑5‑0) |
Bruins (3‑2‑1) |
4 |
| Flames (4‑0‑1) |
Penguins (3‑4‑0) |
4 |
| Panthers (4‑2‑1) |
Wild (3‑0‑2) |
4 |
| Oilers (2‑4‑0) |
Hurricanes (2‑2‑0) |
4 |
| Hockey Club (4‑1‑1) |
Senators (3‑2‑0) |
3 |