While the six teams in Group A have already secured a spot in the playoffs and are only fighting for the most favorable position, the other six in Group B are battling it out for the last two open positions but only three of them retained a chance of securing a spot.

Michalovce is still leading the pack with 78 points and two more clubs are still in the fight with only four more rounds to play prior to the playoffs - Miskolc (75 points), one of the two Hungarian teams playing in the Slovak league, and Nitra (74 points).

Michalovce's fragile three-point lead remains the same after Friday's fixtures because the newcomer of the current season surprisingly lost 4-3 in last-ranked Detva.

The teams were going into the final period tied 2-2 but Detva scored twice within 50 seconds to gain the decisive lead.

The Hungarian derby between Budapest and Miskolc was decided in the second period when the home team built a 3-0 lead the visitors failed to negate.

Budapest has no chance of securing a playoff spot but this fact did not keep it from triumphing and making life difficult for its opponent.

Tomas Klempa was the key figure in Budapest's triumph, scoring twice for the home team.

The only team from the trio fighting for the playoffs to register a victory on Friday was Nitra, albeit it only gained two points for an OT triumph in Nove Zamky.

With both teams scoring twice in the first and last period, overtime had to decide the outcome.

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