NLL 2024-25 Week 17 Preview
All 7 games on deck for week 17 of the 2024-25 NLL season
Photo Credit: Jordan Leigh/Vancouver Warriors
If you normally wear green, take a seat this week. Everyone else, get out of that St. Patrick’s Day mindset — it’s time for some action.
It’s another seven-game weekend spread across three days for NLL week 17, although those contests tend to overlap more than last week’s games did. Second screens are mandatory, and they’ll feature plenty of the Bandits and Black Bears, who both have doubleheaders this weekend.
The Las Vegas Desert Dogs are officially eliminated from the postseason. Others are closer to the edge with every loss and passing week — the potential to see more eliminated from playoff contention before the month’s over is very real. Week 17 will factor into that future — if you’re not the Bandits, Rush, Mammoth, or Thunderbirds, then you’re fighting for your playoff lives right now.
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: Andrea Cardin/Ottawa Black Bears
Ottawa Black Bears (5-7) vs. Halifax Thunderbirds (8-5)
Friday, March 21 at 6:00 p.m. ET at Scotiabank Centre
Last Meeting:
14-9 Thunderbirds’ win
Black Bears
9.5 GF/GAME | 11.1 GA/GAME
Thunderbirds
13.0 GF/GAME | 11.5 GA/GAME
Black Bears Top Scorers
Jeff Teat, 66 PTS (28G, 38A)
Connor Kearnan, 40 PTS (12G, 28A)
Jacob Dunbar, 38 PTS (23G, 15A)
Thunderbirds Top Scorers
Randy Staats, 71 PTS (20G, 51A)
Clarke Petterson, 67 PTS (23G, 44A)
Thomas Hoggarth, 44 PTS (23G, 21A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Black Bears
Zach Higgins — 10.64 GAA | .793 Sv% | 7.91 GSAA | 704:56 min.
Thunderbirds
Warren Hill — 10.80 GAA | .780 Sv% | 0.21 GSAA | 633:17 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Black Bears O | D
TrueES — 11.8/71.1/9.9 | 14.5/71.9/12.1
TruePP — 21.8/70.9/20.5 | 9.6/66.2/10.3
TrueFB — 18.6/72.5/15.0 | 22.5/76.8/19.9
TrueSH — 6.0/68.0/4.1 | 10.5/63.2/7.8
Thunderbirds O | D
TrueES — 13.2/70.8/11.7 | 14.3/68.1/12.1
TruePP — 20.8/76.2/20.5 | 17.4/69.1/16.7
TrueFB — 27.2/83.5/23.6 | 21.4/79.9/18.5
TrueSH — 19.6/63.0/11.4 | 16.2/73.0/11.5
Las Vegas Desert Dogs (3-11) vs. Buffalo Bandits (10-2)
Friday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. ET at KeyBank Center
Last Meeting:
14-5 Bandits’ win
Desert Dogs
10.4 GF/GAME | 14.6 GA/GAME
Bandits
13.8 GF/GAME | 10.4 GA/GAME
Desert Dogs Top Scorers
Jack Hannah, 70 PTS (32G, 38A)
Jonathan Donville, 62 PTS (15G, 47A)
Casey Jackson, 44 PTS (22G, 22A)
Bandits Top Scorers
Dhane Smith, 91 PTS (22G, 69A)
Josh Byrne, 88 PTS (32G, 56A)
Chase Fraser, 38 PTS (18G, 20A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Desert Dogs
Landon Kells — 14.12 GAA | .750 Sv% | -16.87 GSAA | 590:36 min.
Bandits
Matt Vinc — 10.46 GAA | .788 Sv% | 4.61 GSAA | 717:19 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Desert Dogs O | D
TrueES — 13.5/71.9/11.3 | 17.4/72.2/15.4
TruePP — 18.9/69.6/18.3 | 24.3/78.4/25.2
TrueFB — 16.3/74.5/13.5 | 21.1/75.4/17.4
TrueSH — 17.5/57.5/12.1 | 12.8/57.4/9.1
Bandits O | D
TrueES — 17.5/71.8/15.9 | 12.7/65.9/11.8
TruePP — 16.4/65.6/17.2 | 15.5/56.9/17.6
TrueFB — 23.4/88.8/20.3 | 17.9/72.6/15.5
TrueSH — 15.6/71.1/9.2 | 8.0/58.0/7.0
Philadelphia Wings (5-8) vs. Toronto Rock (4-9)
Saturday, March 22 at 7:00 p.m. at Paramount Fine Foods Centre
Last 5 Meetings:
4-1 in Rock’s favor
Wings
12.2 GF/GAME | 12.8 GA/GAME
Rock
10.1 GF/GAME | 11.4 GA/GAME
Wings Top Scorers
Mitch Jones, 95 PTS (29G, 66A)
Joe Resetarits, 94 PTS (31G, 63A)
Brennan O’Neill, 44 PTS (19G, 25A)
Rock Top Scorers
Josh Dawick, 48 PTS (29G, 19A)
Tom Schreiber, 43 PTS (13G, 30A)
Chris Boushy, 43 PTS (26G, 17A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Wings
Nick Damude — 12.58 GAA | .789 Sv% | 6.96 GSAA | 739:13 min.
Rock
Troy Holowchuk — 12.30 GAA | .741 Sv% | -4.47 GSAA | 146:18 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Wings O | D
TrueES — 18.2/71.7/15.9 | 13.0/69.7/11.8
TruePP — 23.8/75.2/22.2 | 18.1/74.8/19.0
TrueFB — 12.7/69.0/11.4 | 21.2/80.1/18.9
TrueSH — 21.2/72.7/14.0 | 13.3/71.1/9.0
Rock O | D
TrueES — 10.6/68.2/9.4 | 14.4/69.8/12.2
TruePP — 21.1/73.2/21.0 | 15.3/63.5/15.6
TrueFB — 20.5/75.8/17.1 | 20.0/83.2/17.1
TrueSH — 6.9/65.5/5.3 | 18.2/65.9/11.0
Buffalo Bandits vs. Albany FireWolves (5-9)
Saturday, March 22 at 7:00 p.m. ET at MVP Arena
Last 5 Meetings:
3-2 in Bandits’ favor
FireWolves
11.1 GF/GAME | 12.0 GA/GAME
FireWolves Top Scorers
Alex Simmons, 79 PTS (30G, 49A)
Tye Kurtz, 65 PTS (25G, 40A)
Ethan Walker, 60 PTS (21G, 39A)
Probable Starting Netminders
FireWolves
Doug Jamieson — 11.54 GAA | .788 Sv% | 5.38 GSAA | 769:31 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
FireWolves O | D
TrueES — 11.4/68.3/10.3 | 14.9/73.6/13.1
TruePP — 21.6/73.9/21.4 | 19.4/74.5/20.8
TrueFB — 21.4/76.9/17.4 | 18.5/72.2/17.0
TrueSH — 13.0/72.5/11.3 | 8.1/62.9/6.2
Photo Credit: Alexis Goeller/San Diego Seals
San Diego Seals (7-6) vs. Calgary Roughnecks (7-7)
Saturday, March 22 at 9:00 p.m. ET at Scotiabank Saddledome
Last 5 Meetings:
4-1 in Seals’ favor
Seals
11.9 GF/GAME | 11.4 GA/GAME
Roughnecks
12.4 GF/GAME | 12.4 GA/GAME
Seals Top Scorers
Rob Hellyer, 69 PTS (27G, 42A)
Wes Berg, 64 PTS (35G, 29A)
Ryan Benesch, 48 PTS (19G, 29A)
Roughnecks Top Scorers
Curtis Dickson, 89 PTS (39G, 50A)
Jesse King, 83 PTS (24G, 59A)
Tyler Pace, 56 PTS (15G, 41A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Seals
Chris Origlieri — 11.27 GAA | .771 Sv% | -5.64 GSAA | 739:54 min.
Roughnecks
Nick Rose — 10.93 GAA | .789 Sv% | 6.26 GSAA | 812:22 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Seals O | D
TrueES — 15.0/69.7/13.4 | 15.4/71.1/12.4
TruePP — 17.9/72.4/19.4 | 18.6/68.9/18.3
TrueFB — 21.8/80.0/17.6 | 21.0/77.1/18.8
TrueSH — 4.5/62.7/3.7 | 10.5/68.4/6.9
Roughnecks O | D
TrueES — 15.6/68.9/13.5 | 15.7/71.8/14.0
TruePP — 19.7/67.7/21.1 | 15.8/78.1/15.7
TrueFB — 18.2/78.8/16.1 | 22.8/78.0/19.2
TrueSH — 7.7/71.8/5.6 | 16.0/64.0/11.8
Georgia Swarm (7-6) vs. Vancouver Warriors (6-7)
Saturday, March 22 at 10:00 p.m. ET at Rogers Arena
Last 4 Meetings:
3-1 in Swarm’s favor
Swarm
11.4 GF/GAME | 11.4 GA/GAME
Warriors
10.4 GF/GAME | 9.9 GA/GAME
Swarm Top Scorers
Lyle Thompson, 70 PTS (31G, 39A)
Shayne Jackson, 49 PTS (20G, 29A)
Andrew Kew, 49 PTS (16G, 33A)
Warriors Top Scorers
Keegan Bal, 71 PTS (28G, 43A)
Adam Charalambides, 56 PTS (22G, 34A)
Kevin Crowley, 38 PTS (15G, 23A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Swarm
Brett Dobson — 11.10 GAA | .781 Sv% | 0.38 GSAA | 767:34 min.
Warriors
Christian Del Bianco — 8.00 GAA | .867 Sv% | 5.20 GSAA | 60:00 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Swarm O | D
TrueES — 14.2/68.5/12.4 | 15.2/70.5/12.8
TruePP — 13.1/73.7/12.7 | 17.6/63.9/19.4
TrueFB — 20.5/71.9/17.4 | 22.8/78.0/18.2
TrueSH — 14.3/71.4/10.0 | 3.2/73.0/2.7
Warriors O | D
TrueES — 12.2/71.5/9.8 | 11.2/65.7/9.6
TruePP — 15.3/61.3/17.0 | 20.8/68.2/21.2
TrueFB — 23.9/77.5/21.2 | 14.4/72.9/11.9
TrueSH — 17.1/65.9/11.5 | 16.2/75.7/11.5
Colorado Mammoth (8-5) vs. Ottawa Black Bears
Sunday, March 23 at 3:00 p.m. ET at Canadian Tire Centre
Last 2 Meetings (as New York Riptide):
2-0 in Mammoth’s favor
Mammoth
11.8 GF/GAME | 11.1 GA/GAME
Mammoth Top Scorers
Ryan Lee, 68 PTS (21G, 47A)
Will Malcom, 62 PTS (27G, 35A)
Connor Robinson, 56 PTS (20G, 36A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Mammoth
Dillon Ward — 10.48 GAA | .801 Sv% | 14.30 GSAA | 778:47 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Mammoth O | D
TrueES — 16.8/67.8/14.3 | 13.4/70.7/12.2
TruePP — 12.7/66.7/14.1 | 20.7/73.6/20.1
TrueFB — 15.6/78.9/13.2 | 17.1/78.0/13.7
TrueSH — 6.5/71.7/4.8 | 11.9/66.7/8.5