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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| Predators (24‑18‑6) |
Golden Knights (29‑18‑4) |
11 |
| Stars (29‑13‑10) |
Wild (27‑18‑4) |
9 |
| Penguins (24‑16‑9) |
Avalanche (27‑18‑3) |
8 |
| Red Wings (21‑19‑8) |
Oilers (28‑18‑4) |
8 |
| Islanders (26‑22‑5) |
Kraken (29‑15‑5) |
4 |
| Lightning (32‑16‑1) |
Sharks (15‑25‑11) |
2 |
| Rangers (28‑14‑8) |
Canucks (20‑26‑4) |
2 |
| Blackhawks (15‑29‑4) |
Ducks (16‑29‑6) |
2 |