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Club | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
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1. | CSKA Moscow | 32 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 202 | 94 | 57 |
2. | Dynamo Moscow | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 127 | 95 | 44 |
3. | Spartak Moscow | 32 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 140 | 123 | 36 |
4. | Krylya Sovetov Moscow | 32 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 112 | 121 | 32 |
5. | Traktor Chelyabinsk | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 123 | 136 | 30 |
6. | SKA Leningrad | 32 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 100 | 125 | 28 |
7. | Khimik Voskresensk | 32 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 98 | 112 | 27 |
8. | Torpedo Gorky | 32 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 108 | 127 | 23 |
9. | Lokomotiv Moscow | 32 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 79 | 156 | 11 |
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