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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| Sharks (37‑34‑7) |
Canucks (22‑48‑8) |
7 |
| Flames (32‑38‑9) |
Mammoth (42‑31‑6) |
1 |