KHL - Four teams battling for the top spot in the East, Kazan in pole

KHL - Quattro squadre in lotta per il primo posto ad Est, Kazan in pole
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KHL - Four teams battling for the top spot in the East, Kazan in pole

If the West teams dell''Esercito are imposing their law, the Conference eastern KHL lives on the top of the battles for the puck first position and a fight between six teams for two places in the playoffs.

A four East teams are contesting the first place in the conference at the end of the regular season, four teams that currently in equality & agrave; of games played (49) are enclosed in a patch of 6 points (two wins in regulation time). The ranking & egrave; guided by & rsquo; Ak Bars Kazan (.673), a team the math gi & agrave; guarantees the post-season, chasing the first position after it already & agrave; obtained in the last season when for & ograve; stopped & ograve; the first round of the playoffs against the Siberian Sibir Novosibirsk (.646) occupying the second position on par with the winners of the & rsquo; last Gagarin Cup, the Metallurg Magnitogorsk. The fourth team engaged in the sprint for first place & egrave; l & rsquo; Avangard Omsk (0633) which will be able & agrave; savor l & rsquo; atmosphere of the playoffs after missing the & rsquo; goal last season. In conference pi & ugrave; & Ldquo; conservative & rdquo ;, the Eagles might be the & rsquo; only new entry in the main draw of the 2015 post-season. From their comfortable fifth and sixth place & nbsp; seem indeed that can confirm the Bashkirs Salavat Yulaev the Ufa (.513) and the Kazakh Astana Barys (0490). In the race for the last two places available for the & nbsp; playoffs have some length advantage (7 points) the Traktor Chelyabinsk (.465) that, after reaching the final in 2013, last season remained outside while & egrave; hot fight between Admiral Vladivostok (.417), Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (.417), the new franchise Lada Togliatti (.381), the Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk (.374) and Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (.373). Taillights to which only the math still gives some hope but in fact cut off from the post-season the Metallurg Novokuznetsk (.279) who has ever played in the playoffs and l & rsquo; Amur Khabarovsk (.268), a mere presence in & rsquo; now far in 2012. & Nbsp; EAST - Ranking updated to January 27                   & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; & nbsp; GP & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; & nbsp; W & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; & nbsp; WOT & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; & nbsp; LOT & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; & nbsp; L & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Pts & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; % 1 Ak Bars Kazan 49 28 5 5 11 99 .673 2 Metallurg Magnitogorsk 49 26 7 3 13 95 0.646 3 Sibir Novosibirsk 49 29 3 2 15 95 0.646 4 Avangard Omsk 49 27 3 6 13 93 0.633 5 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 50 22 3 5 20 77 0.513 6 Barys Astana 49 18 5 8 18 72 0,490 7 Traktor Chelyabinsk 48 17 5 6 20 67 0.465 8 Admiral Vladivostok 48 14 8 2 23 60 0.417 9 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 48 16 3 6 23 60 0.417 10 Lada Togliatti 49 14 6 2 27 56 0,381 11 Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk 49 13 5 6 25 55 0.374 12 Neftekhimik N. 50 12 7 6 25 56 0.373 13 Metallurg Novokuznetsk 49 8 7 3 31 41 0,279 14 Amur Khabarovsk 51 10 3 5 33 41 0.268
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