CSKA Moscow is 6th in Western Conference and only six points up to 9th position and with one less game to play.

Lada Togliatti is 11th in Eastern Conference, but still just three points behind 8th position to try clinch playoff.

This game is special, cos two teams with very low average of scoring goals need points. Only 9-10 games, teams in KHL need to play, to finish regular season. This is not middle of the season, but desparately all teams fighting for positions and for playoff need points.

Only one situation is giving me an attention here, that Lada got only one point in last games and there are problems with salary for players. There is expected to finish season with juniors, but still it is not decided about it and regular players are in roster. I would say home team can win, but not that easy as odds are saying and it is expected lower number of goals. CSKA knows that losing this game gave great chances to teams behind them to tight gap and there will be important to be in leading and to score first goal in this game.

As we could see yesterday punters are making huge mistakes and do not use big value of odds, but placing their bets only because of teams name value.
Dynamo Riga fighted back yesterday and got three points to move them to 8th position in Western Conference (Riga win 3,80 to 4,30!).
Lokomitv Yaroslavl and HC MVD played head-to-head game for the second best team in Western Conference (winner of Tarasov Division - we were writing about it in our previews only two weeks ago!). And all odds were going up for HC MVD win (4,00!) and double chance X2 as well. There were huge odds and the best value this year 2010 in betting i could see. This will be one of the most equal fights. Both teams have three upcoming games at same opponents (Ufa, Barys and Omsk) and February 5th Lokomotiv will travel to HC MVD. I can't forget, that Atlant Moscow is still there, too.