Champions Hockey League Regular Season Winners HC Pilsen are the team to beat so far this season and ready to take them on are Swiss challengers HC Davos. While the Czechs enter this Round of 16 series with a perfect 6-0 record and are unbeaten so far, the traditional hosts of the Spengler Cup enter the Playoffs from 16th position in the Regular Season Standings.

18 points, 6/6 wins and four reigning national champions beaten. What more is there to say about the surprise form of Czech Extraliga side Pilsen? High-scoring and a strong PP (28%) have been the staple of Pilsen's play in the CHL. Their forwards have all been taking chances when presented with them and some attack-minded blue liners have also stepped up with some top assists - like Team of the Regular Season D-man Carter Robertson with his seven helpers.This will be a tough team to crack for Davos!

The Swiss side were so excited to be back on the European stage and come early September, everything was looking perfect. Davos started their season with an OT win over Storhamar Hamar an epic 8-2 win over Eisbären Berlin that really made Europe notice and then they beat a tough and rough GKS Tychy on the road, but then disaster struck and the Swiss lost three straight - including a very important home game in the race for the Playoffs against Bílí Tygři Liberec.

With luck, they squeezed past HK Nitra into the final 16th position in the standings but now need to properly work for their chance to make it further. They're behind Pilsen in most areas, though when things were going their way, they were a strong and formidable opponent. They will look to strike Pilsen with their quick turnovers and speedy rushes but would do well to slightly improve on their discipline and PK (sub 80%).