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 (16‑8‑10) |
Sharks (17‑16‑3) |
11 |
| Oilers (18‑13‑6) |
Flames (15‑17‑4) |
9 |
| Avalanche (26‑2‑7) |
Hockey Club (18‑17‑3) |
8 |
| Kings (15‑10‑9) |
Blue Jackets (14‑15‑6) |
8 |
| Wild (22‑10‑5) |
Predators (15‑16‑4) |
8 |
| Flyers (17‑10‑7) |
Canucks (15‑17‑3) |
7 |
| Ducks (21‑13‑2) |
Kraken (13‑14‑6) |
7 |
| Lightning (19‑13‑3) |
Blues (14‑15‑8) |
5 |
| Red Wings (21‑13‑3) |
Stars (25‑7‑5) |
3 |