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 | |
| Maple Leafs (30‑12‑8) |
Capitals (26‑19‑6) |
10 |
| Penguins (24‑15‑9) |
Sharks (14‑25‑11) |
10 |
| Wild (26‑17‑4) |
Sabres (26‑19‑3) |
9 |
| Islanders (24‑22‑5) |
Golden Knights (29‑18‑3) |
6 |
| Panthers (23‑22‑6) |
Bruins (38‑6‑4) |
6 |
| Senators (22‑23‑3) |
Canadiens (20‑25‑4) |
3 |
| Jets (31‑18‑1) |
Flyers (20‑21‑9) |
3 |
| Lightning (31‑15‑1) |
Kings (28‑17‑6) |
2 |
| Kraken (28‑15‑5) |
Blue Jackets (15‑31‑3) |
2 |