NLL 2024-25 Week 14 Preview
All 5 games on deck for week 14 of the 2024-25 NLL season
Photo Credit: Micheline Veluvolu/Rochester Knighthawks
After plenty of flights to get me to and through the Ontario province, I’ve been recuperating from illness and could use a lighter weekend to get back to 100 percent. Fortunately for me, the National Lacrosse League was incredibly accommodating, as they only scheduled five games for week 14 of the regular season.
I know it says down below in italics that I don’t do any analysis or storylines, just stats, but I’m breaking that rule a bit here: You need to watch the Calgary Roughnecks game on Saturday just to get used to Nick Rose wearing black and steel. Oh, and I guess the battle for first place overall in SaskTel Centre is pretty cool…then there’s Holden Cattoni joining the Desert Dogs…man, Georgia and Ottawa is going to be a fun rematch…
It’s five games, get a second screen going and watch everything.
Here’s how this works: I’ll tell you the matchups, the results of their five most recent contests (if applicable), top three scorers on each team, probable starting netminders, and team offensive and defensive shift stats as slash lines (S%/SOG%/E%) (offense on the left, defense on the right). All stats are based off my work for this site.
This is intended to be bare bones, quick and easy content to get you caught up before the weekend’s games. No analysis or storylines, just the stats.
If you’re in the US, all games are available on ESPN+; if you’re in Canada, you can catch the games on the TSN app or NLLplus.com.
Here’s what’s ahead.
Photo Credit: Christian Bender/Toronto Rock
Georgia Swarm (6-4) vs. Ottawa Black Bears (5-5)
Friday, Feb. 28 at 7:00 p.m. ET at Canadian Tire Centre
Sole Meeting:
14-10 win for Black Bears
Swarm
11.6 GF/GAME | 12.0 GA/GAME
Black Bears
9.7 GF/GAME | 10.0 GA/GAME
Swarm Top Scorers
Lyle Thompson, 57 PTS (26G, 31A)
Andrew Kew, 41 PTS (12G, 29A)
Two tied with 35 PTS
Black Bears Top Scorers
Jeff Teat, 53 PTS (22G, 31A)
Jacob Dunbar, 35 PTS (21G, 14A)
Connor Kearnan, 31 PTS (10G, 21A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Swarm
Brett Dobson — 11.64 GAA | .776 Sv% | -1.16 GSAA | 587:34 min.
Black Bears
Zach Higgins — 9.58 GAA | .810 Sv% | 16.28 GSAA | 595:05 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Swarm O | D
TrueES — 14.6/69.4/12.8 | 16.7/71.7/13.3
TruePP — 17.1/73.3/16.5 | 18.6/66.3/20.8
TrueFB — 17.7/69.0/15.2 | 24.4/81.1/19.0
TrueSH — 16.7/83.3/10.0 | 4.3/69.6/3.7
Black Bears O | D
TrueES — 11.7/70.6/9.7 | 13.0/71.2/10.7
TruePP — 24.5/71.3/23.2 | 9.5/66.4/10.8
TrueFB — 20.0/70.0/15.4 | 19.7/76.1/17.4
TrueSH — 7.7/59.0/5.0 | 6.7/70.0/4.7
Albany FireWolves (3-8) vs. Rochester Knighthawks (5-7)
Friday, Feb. 28 at 7:00 p.m. ET at Blue Cross Arena
Last 5 Meetings:
4-1 in Knighthawks’ favor
FireWolves
11.4 GF/GAME | 12.2 GA/GAME
Knighthawks
11.6 GF/GAME | 12.6 GA/GAME
FireWolves Top Scorers
Alex Simmons, 64 PTS (24G, 40A)
Tye Kurtz, 56 PTS (23G, 33A)
Ethan Walker, 48 PTS (19G, 29A)
Knighthawks Top Scorers
Connor Fields, 77 PTS (25G, 52A)
Ryan Lanchbury, 74 PTS (19G, 55A)
Thomas McConvey, 50 PTS (22G, 28A)
Probable Starting Netminders
FireWolves
Doug Jamieson — 11.63 GAA | .785 Sv% | 4.06 GSAA | 593:12 min.
Knighthawks
Rylan Hartley — 12.85 GAA | .734 Sv% | -6.13 GSAA | 172:44 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
FireWolves O | D
TrueES — 12.1/68.6/10.9 | 15.5/74.3/13.8
TruePP — 20.5/73.8/19.8 | 22.5/73.9/23.4
TrueFB — 21.5/79.6/17.4 | 16.1/74.1/14.8
TrueSH — 17.6/76.5/14.8 | 7.8/58.8/5.8
Knighthawks O | D
TrueES — 13.5/68.2/12.4 | 14.9/69.6/13.7
TruePP — 13.8/71.1/15.8 | 17.7/67.7/19.7
TrueFB — 18.2/74.2/16.6 | 19.6/73.9/17.1
TrueSH — 9.3/66.7/8.1 | 13.9/77.8/9.6
Buffalo Bandits (8-1) vs. Saskatchewan Rush (9-2)
Saturday, March 1 at 8:00 p.m. ET at SaskTel Centre
Last 5 Meetings :
3-2 in Bandits’ favor
Bandits
15.0 GF/GAME | 10.6 GA/GAME
Rush
12.6 GF/GAME | 10.1 GA/GAME
Bandits Top Scorers
Dhane Smith, 78 PTS (20G, 58A)
Josh Byrne, 71 PTS (25G, 46A)
Ian MacKay, 34 PTS (22G, 12A)
Rush Top Scorers
Zach Manns, 52 PTS (25G, 27A)
Ryan Keenan, 48 PTS (14G, 34A)
Robert Church, 47 PTS (20G, 27A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Bandits
Matt Vinc — 10.55 GAA | .780 Sv% | 0.96 GSAA | 540:15 min.
Rush
Frank Scigliano — 9.60 GAA | .795 Sv% | 7.40 GSAA | 556:00 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Bandits O | D
TrueES — 18.6/70.7/16.9 | 13.1/66.7/11.9
TruePP — 18.7/65.4/20.0 | 15.7/56.0/17.9
TrueFB — 22.4/88.2/19.6 | 18.3/70.4/16.5
TrueSH — 18.2/72.7/10.5 | 8.5/57.4/7.5
Rush O | D
TrueES — 16.0/70.8/13.4 | 11.7/65.0/9.8
TruePP — 17.3/65.5/19.0 | 16.9/75.3/16.3
TrueFB — 20.2/74.2/17.9 | 20.8/70.3/16.7
TrueSH — 18.5/70.4/12.8 | 12.8/72.3/9.4
Photo Credit: Colorado Mammoth
Calgary Roughnecks (6-5) vs. Colorado Mammoth (6-5)
Saturday, March 1 at 9:00 p.m. ET at Ball Arena
Last 5 Meetings :
3-2 in Mammoth’s favor
Roughnecks
13.0 GF/GAME | 12.7 GA/GAME
Mammoth
12.0 GF/GAME | 11.6 GA/GAME
Roughnecks Top Scorers
Curtis Dickson, 72 PTS (31G, 41A)
Jesse King, 67 PTS (19G, 48A)
Dane Dobbie, 50 PTS (30G, 20A)
Mammoth Top Scorers
Ryan Lee, 55 PTS (15G, 40A)
Will Malcom, 55 PTS (24G, 31A)
Connor Kelly, 54 PTS (27G, 27A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Roughnecks
Nick Rose (w/ Toronto Rock) — 10.81 GAA | .785 Sv% | 3.84 GSAA | 638:12 min.
Mammoth
Dillon Ward — 10.93 GAA | .794 Sv% | 9.50 GSAA | 658:47 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Roughnecks O | D
TrueES — 16.2/69.8/13.6 | 15.6/70.7/13.9
TruePP — 22.4/69.1/23.4 | 19.8/76.9/19.4
TrueFB — 19.8/79.0/17.4 | 21.9/75.2/18.7
TrueSH — 8.3/72.2/6.1 | 18.4/60.5/13.7
Mammoth O | D
TrueES — 17.0/66.5/14.4 | 13.2/71.9/11.9
TruePP — 13.9/62.8/15.6 | 24.8/76.1/23.5
TrueFB — 16.3/77.6/14.0 | 19.8/80.2/15.6
TrueSH — 7.7/71.8/5.9 | 13.5/70.3/9.6
Halifax Thunderbirds (6-4) vs. Las Vegas Desert Dogs (3-8)
Saturday, March 1 at 10:00 p.m. ET at Lee’s Family Forum
Sole Meeting:
12-10 win for Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds
13.1 GF/GAME | 12.1 GA/GAME
Desert Dogs
10.6 GF/GAME | 14.1 GA/GAME
Thunderbirds Top Scorers
Randy Staats, 63 PTS (17G, 46A)
Clarke Petterson, 49 PTS (17G, 32A)
Two tied with 34 PTS
Desert Dogs Top Scorers
Jack Hannah, 60 PTS (27G, 33A)
Jon Donville, 49 PTS (12G, 37A)
Casey Jackson, 35 PTS (19G, 16A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Thunderbirds
Warren Hill — 11.07 GAA | .774 Sv% | -1.59 GSAA | 476:45 min.
Desert Dogs
Landon Kells — 13.69 GAA | .746 Sv% | -12.93 GSAA | 447:09 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Thunderbirds O | D
TrueES — 12.5/70.1/11.2 | 15.7/68.8/13.2
TruePP — 21.6/76.5/21.2 | 18.6/67.8/18.2
TrueFB — 27.6/83.5/24.1 | 22.3/76.8/19.7
TrueSH — 20.6/70.6/12.3 | 13.3/76.7/10.0
Desert Dogs O | D
TrueES — 13.0/71.6/10.9 | 17.6/71.3/15.3
TruePP — 20.5/69.7/20.0 | 24.3/79.4/25.0
TrueFB — 17.1/73.6/13.8 | 17.7/75.7/15.4
TrueSH — 20.0/53.3/13.6 | 16.2/67.6/12.5