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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| Ducks (30‑23‑3) |
Oilers (28‑22‑8) |
15 |
| Golden Knights (26‑16‑14) |
Kings (23‑18‑14) |
14 |
| Stars (34‑14‑9) |
Kraken (27‑20‑9) |
13 |
| Capitals (28‑23‑7) |
Predators (26‑23‑7) |
10 |
| Mammoth (30‑23‑4) |
Avalanche (37‑9‑9) |
7 |
| Canucks (18‑33‑6) |
Jets (22‑26‑8) |
3 |