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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| Kings (23‑20‑14) |
Oilers (28‑23‑8) |
16 |
| Sharks (27‑24‑4) |
Flames (23‑27‑6) |
13 |
| Blues (20‑28‑9) |
Kraken (27‑21‑9) |
13 |
| Predators (26‑24‑7) |
Blackhawks (22‑26‑9) |
10 |
| Ducks (31‑23‑3) |
Jets (23‑26‑8) |
8 |
| Capitals (30‑23‑7) |
Golden Knights (28‑16‑14) |
7 |
| Avalanche (38‑9‑9) |
Wild (34‑14‑10) |
2 |