Out of the six teams battling it out for the last two playoff spots in Group B, Michalovce retains its leading position with 78 points after defeating Budapest 3-0 on Sunday.

With one goal scored in each period, the league's newcomer gradually built its lead, capitalizing on two-man advantages and killing all of their own penalties.

Michalovce's goalie Filip Surak made a respectable 39 saves on his first Tipsport Liga shutout.

Miskolc, the other Hungarian team in the league, currently boasts the best form, winning its fourth in a row, overwhelming Nitra 6-1 in a match that could turn out to be key in the fight for the upcoming playoffs.

The home team was going into the final period down 3-1 and gambled on a man advantage by pulling its goalie but Miskolc managed to score into the empty net through Ryan Harrison on his second of the night and definitely break Nitra's resistance, finishing the rest of the match in cruise mode.

Despite sitting in the last spot in the rankings, the struggling team from Detva managed to turn its match around after being down by two and earn an overtime victory against Nove Zamky.

Ladislav Scurko completed his hat-trick in the last minute of OT to please the home fans, snapping Detva's five-game losing streak in the process.

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