Rögles beat Davos 3:2 in the Champions Hockey League on Tuesday evening. The hosts took all three points at home, while the visitors left without a win despite arriving on the back of three victories in four games.
By then, Rögles had already shown they could be unpredictable. They lost 2:3 to Vextjö Lakers on Friday but had won four of their previous five matches, including a 4:1 victory over Timrå and a narrow 2:1 win against Linköping.
And here's the thing about Davos — they'd pulled away in their own right. Three wins from four games, with a 3:0 shutout against Ambri-Piotta and a 4:2 win over Lausanne before that 3:4 loss to Bils on Wednesday.
To be fair, we had backed the visitors. Our prediction gave Davos a 63% chance of victory, but the match went a different way entirely. Rögles found a way back into it, and the home crowd stayed until the final whistle.
The standings tell you little at this stage. Both sides sit on zero points after four games each — Rögles in eleventh place with two wins and two defeats, Davos in seventh with three wins and one loss. The table goes out of the window in these games, really.
What matters is the run each side is on. Rögles haven't won since that 4:1 victory over Timrå, but they pulled off something different here. Davos have not won since that 3:1 win against Ajaccio, and this result extends that drought.
