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 Western 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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| Ducks (9‑7‑1) |
Penguins (6‑9‑2) |
6 |
| Flames (7‑9‑1) |
Flyers (4‑10‑4) |
6 |
| Sharks (7‑11‑1) |
Islanders (7‑6‑3) |
5 |
| Oilers (12‑3‑3) |
Rangers (10‑7‑1) |
5 |
| Sabres (8‑5‑3) |
Golden Knights (11‑5‑2) |
5 |
| Jets (6‑8‑3) |
Lightning (11‑3‑2) |
5 |