NLL 2024-25 Week 4 Preview
All four games on deck for week 4 of the 2024-25 NLL season
Photo Credit: Philadelphia Wings
A light week’s ahead after the first weekend of every NLL team playing. It’s a Christmas miracle or something. But even with a lighter load, this weekend’s impact is still significant.
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: Philadelphia Wings
Philadelphia Wings (1-1) vs. Las Vegas Desert Dogs (0-3)
Friday, Dec. 20 at 10:30 p.m. ET at Lee’s Family Forum
Last 3 Meetings:
3-0 in Wings’ favor
Wings
17.0 GF/GAME | 14.0 GA/GAME
Desert Dogs
10.3 GF/GAME | 16.0 GA/GAME
Wings Top Scorers
Joe Resetarits, 16 PTS (5G, 11A)
Mitch Jones, 16 PTS (6G, 10A)
Holden Cattoni, 16 PTS (5G, 11A)
Desert Dogs Top Scorers
Jon Donville, 15 PTS (1G, 14A)
Jack Hannah, 14 PTS (9G, 5A)
Casey Jackson, 13 PTS (6G, 7A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Wings
Nick Damude — 14.53 GAA | .761 Sv% | -2.63 GSAA | 111:31 min.
Desert Dogs
Landon Kells — 15.52 GAA | .743 Sv% | -7.25 GSAA | 173:57 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Wings O | D
TrueES — 24.7/76.5/20.4 | 14.0/74.2/12.4
TruePP — 34.8/87.0/29.6 | 27.8/88.9/31.3
TrueFB — 22.7/72.7/19.2 | 15.4/88.5/13.3
TrueSH — 50.0/75.0/25.0 | 11.1/44.4/6.7
Desert Dogs O | D
TrueES — 9.0/77.6/7.9 | 20.6/75.2/17.9
TruePP — 16.3/72.1/18.4 | 22.6/93.5/24.1
TrueFB — 16.3/81.4/13.0 | 9.1/72.7/7.4
TrueSH — 14.3/28.6/11.1 | 25.0/66.7/18.8
Saskatchewan Rush (2-0) vs. Rochester Knighthawks (1-2)
Saturday, Dec. 21 at 7:00 p.m. ET at Blue Cross Arena
Last 2 Meetings:
1-1
Rush
9.5 GF/GAME | 8.5 GA/GAME
Knighthawks
9.3 GF/GAME | 12.3 GA/GAME
Rush Top Scorers
Zach Manns, 13 PTS (10G, 3A)
Brock Haley, 7 PTS (3G, 4A)
Austin Shanks, 7 PTS (3G, 4A)
Knighthawks Top Scorers
Ryan Lanchbury, 15 PTS (6G, 9A)
Connor Fields, 14 PTS (5G, 9A)
Ryan Smith, 12 PTS (8G, 4A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Rush
Frank Scigliano — 7.64 GAA | .841 Sv% | 6.08 GSAA | 133:30 min.
Knighthawks
Riley Hutchcraft — 11.40 GAA | .807 Sv% | 3.96 GSAA | 178:59 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Rush O | D
TrueES — 11.0/62.6/9.3 | 5.9/63.4/5.0
TruePP — 13.3/76.7/12.9 | 19.0/71.4/19.0
TrueFB — 16.0/68.0/14.8 | 25.0/75.0/18.2
TrueSH — 16.7/66.7/14.3 | 18.2/90.0/11.8
Knighthawks O | D
TrueES — 11.4/70.5/10.6 | 11.1/68.8/10.3
TruePP — 9.5/71.4/11.5 | 12.9/64.5/16.3
TrueFB — 6.3/75.0/5.9 | 23.7/78.9/20.0
TrueSH — 15.8/63.2/12.0 | 20.0/70.0/18.2
Photo Credit: New York Riptide/NLL
Halifax Thunderbirds (0-2) vs. Colorado Mammoth (2-1)
Saturday, Dec. 21 at 9:00 p.m. ET at Ball Arena
Last 2 Meetings:
2-0 in Thunderbirds’ favor
Thunderbirds
12.5 GF/GAME | 13.5 GA/GAME
Mammoth
12.3 GF/GAME | 10.0 GA/GAME
Thunderbirds Top Scorers
Clarke Petterson, 11 PTS (2G, 11A)
Randy Staats, 12 PTS (2G, 10A)
Dawson Theede, 12 PTS (8G, 4A)
Mammoth Top Scorers
Connor Kelly, 18 PTS (8G, 10A)
Eli McLaughlin, 14 PTS (4G, 10A)
Zed Williams, 14 PTS (8G, 6A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Thunderbirds
Warren Hill — 12.35 GAA | .768 Sv% | -1.84 GSAA | 126:16 min.
Mammoth
Dillon Ward — 9.34 GAA | .810 Sv% | 3.71 GSAA | 179:48 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Thunderbirds O | D
TrueES — 13.5/64.6/11.6 | 15.2/67.7/13.4
TruePP — 23.5/76.5/22.2 | 23.1/65.4/22.2
TrueFB — 29.2/75.0/25.9 | 18.5/74.1/17.2
TrueSH — 33.3/66.7/20.0 | 0.0/60.0/0.0
Mammoth O | D
TrueES — 16.8/60.6/13.8 | 10.0/73.6/8.6
TruePP — 11.8/70.6/13.3 | 18.8/62.5/19.4
TrueFB — 15.4/73.1/14.3 | 30.0/80.0/20.7
TrueSH — 12.5/75.0/10.0 | 27.3/54.5/21.4
Georgia Swarm (2-0) vs. San Diego Seals (2-1)
Saturday, Dec. 21 at 10:00 p.m. ET at Pechanga Arena
Last 3 Meetings:
2-1 in Swarm’s favor
Swarm
11.5 GF/GAME | 10.5 GA/GAME
Seals
14.7 GF/GAME | 13.0 GA/GAME
Swarm Top Scorers
Lyle Thompson, 11 PTS (7G, 4A)
Andrew Kew, 10 PTS (5G, 5A)
Two players with 6 PTS
Seals Top Scorers
Rob Hellyer, 17 PTS (8G, 9A)
Ryan Benesch, 16 PTS (7G, 9A)
Wes Berg, 15 PTS (7G, 8A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Swarm
Brett Dobson — 10.25 GAA | .809 Sv% | 2.73 GSAA | 122:55 min.
Seals
Chris Origlieri — 13.19 GAA | .737 Sv% | -6.45 GSAA | 163:46 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Swarm O | D
TrueES — 14.3/70.2/11.9 | 11.2/67.2/9.7
TruePP — 9.5/71.4/8.0 | 23.5/84.1/25.0
TrueFB — 30.0/73.3/26.5 | 27.3/81.8/23.1
TrueSH — 50.0/50.0/28.6 | 0.0/63.6/0.0
Seals O | D
TrueES — 16.9/70.4/14.1 | 19.6/72.2/14.5
TruePP — 25.7/74.3/29.0 | 16.7/71.4/15.9
TrueFB — 27.3/86.4/21.4 | 23.3/74.4/22.2
TrueSH — 6.3/62.5/4.8 | 28.6/71.4/20.0