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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| Stars (7‑3‑3) |
Ducks (8‑3‑1) |
7 |
| Canucks (7‑7‑0) |
Blackhawks (5‑5‑3) |
7 |
| Kraken (6‑2‑4) |
Sharks (4‑6‑3) |
6 |
| Flames (3‑9‑2) |
Blue Jackets (7‑5‑0) |
6 |
| Kings (6‑4‑4) |
Panthers (6‑6‑1) |
5 |
| Capitals (6‑5‑1) |
Blues (4‑7‑2) |
5 |
| Predators (5‑6‑4) |
Flyers (7‑5‑1) |
5 |
| Hurricanes (8‑4‑0) |
Wild (5‑6‑3) |
5 |
| Golden Knights (7‑2‑3) |
Lightning (6‑5‑2) |
5 |
| Maple Leafs (7‑5‑1) |
Hockey Club (9‑4‑0) |
4 |