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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| Golden Knights (11‑6‑8) |
Blackhawks (11‑9‑5) |
8 |
| Oilers (11‑10‑5) |
Wild (14‑7‑5) |
8 |
| Ducks (16‑9‑1) |
Hockey Club (12‑12‑3) |
7 |
| Predators (8‑13‑4) |
Flames (9‑14‑4) |
7 |
| Kings (12‑6‑7) |
Capitals (15‑9‑2) |
6 |
| Avalanche (18‑1‑6) |
Canucks (10‑13‑3) |
5 |
| Rangers (13‑12‑2) |
Stars (17‑5‑4) |
5 |