NLL 2024-25 Week 5 Preview
All six games on deck for week 5 of the 2024-25 NLL season
Photo Credit: K. Morrow/Las Vegas Desert Dogs
2024 closes with a bang, as six NLL games are on the docket for week 5 of the 2024-25 NLL season. The Christmas break didn’t cause the preceding week to be quiet, filled with history and headaches that will impact the upcoming games. Four teams remain undefeated and will look to continue those trends; two teams are trying to buck their losing streaks.
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: Toronto Rock
Albany FireWolves (1-2) vs. Halifax Thunderbirds (0-3)
Saturday, Dec. 28 at 6:00 p.m. ET at Scotiabank Centre
Last 5 Meetings:
4-1 in FireWolves’ favor
FireWolves
12.0 GF/GAME | 9.0 GA/GAME
Thunderbirds
13.0 GF/GAME | 15.3 GA/GAME
FireWolves Top Scorers
Alex Simmons, 16 PTS (5G, 11A)
Tye Kurtz, 13 PTS (6G, 7A)
Sam Firth, 11 PTS (6G, 5A)
Thunderbirds Top Scorers
Randy Staats, 21 PTS (2G, 19A)
Dawson Theede, 19 PTS (11G, 8A)
Clarke Petterson, 19 PTS (3G, 16A)
Probable Starting Netminders
FireWolves
Doug Jamieson — 8.84 GAA | .822 Sv% | 6.65 GSAA | 183:19 min.
Thunderbirds
Warren Hill — 13.51 GAA | .746 Sv% | -3.99 GSAA | 137:43 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
FireWolves O | D
TrueES — 12.2/68.7/10.3 | 12.6/77.5/10.3
TruePP — 17.9/76.9/17.1 | 16.3/79.6/17.8
TrueFB — 28.0/92.0/22.6 | 13.8/69.0/12.9
TrueSH — 16.7/70.8/14.3 | 5.9/47.1/4.8
Thunderbirds O | D
TrueES — 16.4/66.4/14.1 | 21.1/69.2/17.9
TruePP — 19.4/75.0/18.4 | 16.7/70.4/17.6
TrueFB — 25.0/77.8/21.4 | 21.9/78.1/20.0
TrueSH — 23.1/61.5/15.0 | 0.0/66.7/0.0
Rochester Knighthawks (1-3) vs. Buffalo Bandits(2-0)
Saturday, Dec. 21 at 6:30 p.m. ET at KeyBank Center
Last 5 Meetings:
5-0 in Bandits’ favor
Knighthawks
10.0 GF/GAME | 12.8 GA/GAME
Bandits
16.5 GF/GAME | 7.0 GA/GAME
Knighthawks Top Scorers
Ryan Lanchbury, 22 PTS (9G, 13A)
Connor Fields, 19 PTS (6G, 13A)
Ryan Smith, 16 PTS (11G, 5A)
Bandits Top Scorers
Dhane Smith, 20 PTS (5G, 15A)
Josh Byrne, 15 PTS (4G, 11A)
Two tied with 8 PTS
Probable Starting Netminders
Knighthawks
Riley Hutchcraft — 11.98 GAA | .794 Sv% | 3.26 GSAA | 225:27 min.
Bandits
Matt Vinc — 7.29 GAA | .841 Sv% | 5.48 GSAA | 115:13 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Knighthawks O | D
TrueES — 12.0/67.2/11.1 | 13.0/69.0/12.0
TruePP — 9.6/74.0/11.1 | 13.2/66.2/16.1
TrueFB — 12.8/74.4/11.9 | 22.9/77.1/19.3
TrueSH — 14.3/61.9/10.3 | 15.4/69.2/11.8
Bandits O | D
TrueES — 19.4/67.3/16.4 | 9.6/63.9/9.0
TruePP — 14.3/57.1/17.6 | 5.7/54.3/6.9
TrueFB — 26.3/89.5/23.8 | 11.1/66.7/9.5
TrueSH — 16.7/100.0/12.5 | 10.0/40.0/7.1
Ottawa Black Bears (1-1) vs. Toronto Rock (0-3)
Saturday, Dec. 28 at 7:00 p.m. ET at Paramount Fine Foods Centre
Last 5 Meetings:
4-1 in Rock’s favor
Black Bears
9.0 GF/GAME | 11.5 GA/GAME
Rock
6.0 GF/GAME | 12.0 GA/GAME
Black Bears Top Scorers
Jeff Teat, 10 PTS (4G, 6A)
Connor Kearnan, 8 PTS (3G, 5A)
Jacob Dunbar, 8 PTS (5G, 3A)
Rock Top Scorers
Josh Dawick, 7 PTS (5G, 2A)
Mark Matthews, 6 PTS (6A)
Chris Boushy, 6 PTS (4G, 2A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Black Bears
Zach Higgins — 10.94 GAA | .753 Sv% | -2.18 GSAA | 115:08 min.
Rock
Nick Rose — 11.55 GAA | .767 Sv% | -1.56 GSAA | 161:00 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Black Bears O | D
TrueES — 10.1/71.9/8.3 | 14.7/64.7/11.1
TruePP — 20.0/64.0/19.2 | 14.3/57.1/17.6
TrueFB — 14.3/28.6/9.1 | 27.3/86.4/22.2
TrueSH — 0.0/33.3/0.0 | 9.1/81.8/6.7
Rock O | D
TrueES — 5.0/67.5/4.5 | 11.7/68.3/9.7
TruePP — 8.6/71.4/9.7 | 18.9/73.0/17.1
TrueFB — 20.0/71.4/16.7 | 29.6/74.1/25.0
TrueSH — 4.5/54.5/3.8 | 20.0/53.3/13.6
Photo Credit: Saskatchewan Rush
Philadelphia Wings (2-1) vs. Saskatchewan Rush (3-0)
Saturday, Dec. 28 at 8:00 p.m. ET at SaskTel Centre
Last 3 Meetings:
3-0 in Rush’s favor
Wings
16.3 GF/GAME | 12.3 GA/GAME
Rush
11.0 GF/GAME | 9.7 GA/GAME
Wings Top Scorers
Joe Resetarits, 29 PTS (9G, 20A)
Mitch Jones, 23 PTS (7G, 16A)
Holden Cattoni, 21 PTS (8G, 13A)
Rush Top Scorers
Zach Manns, 19 PTS (13G, 6A)
Austin Shanks, 14 PTS (7G, 7A)
Brock Haley, 11 PTS (5G, 6A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Wings
Nick Damude — 12.59 GAA | .771 Sv% | -1.25 GSAA | 171:31 min.
Rush
Frank Scigliano — 8.95 GAA | .814 Sv% | 5.53 GSAA | 194:30 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Wings O | D
TrueES — 24.8/72.3/20.7 | 14.3/71.4/12.2
TruePP — 29.0/77.4/25.7 | 18.8/71.9/20.7
TrueFB — 20.8/70.8/17.2 | 13.7/76.5/11.9
TrueSH — 28.6/57.1/16.7 | 14.3/50.0/9.1
Rush O | D
TrueES — 13.6/65.3/11.9 | 8.6/61.8/7.3
TruePP — 13.9/77.8/13.2 | 16.1/77.3/15.6
TrueFB — 17.1/68.6/15.4 | 30.4/73.9/23.3
TrueSH — 11.1/66.7/7.7 | 15.4/84.6/9.5
Vancouver Warriors (1-1) vs. Calgary Roughnecks (2-0)
Saturday, Dec. 28 at 9:00 p.m. ET at Scotiabank Saddledome
Last 5 Meetings:
5-0 in Roughnecks’ favor
Warriors
8.5 GF/GAME | 9.0 GA/GAME
Roughnecks
15.5 GF/GAME | 14.5 GA/GAME
Warriors Top Scorers
Keegan Bal, 6 PTS (5G, 1A)
Owen Grant, 5 PTS (4G, 1A)
Three tied with 4 PTS
Roughnecks Top Scorers
Dane Dobbie, 17 PTS (13G, 4A)
Jesse King, 17 PTS (2G, 15A)
Curtis Dickson, 15 PTS (7G, 8A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Warriors
Aden Walsh — 8.50 GAA | .821 Sv% | 4.03 GSAA | 119:59 min.
Roughnecks
Cam MacLeod — 15.71 GAA | .722 Sv% | -5.53 GSAA | 103:07 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Warriors O | D
TrueES — 5.6/69.7/4.9 | 9.0/58.4/7.8
TruePP — 16.7/66.7/20.0 | 14.7/70.6/16.7
TrueFB — 36.8/78.9/30.4 | 15.8/73.7/14.3
TrueSH — 37.5/62.5/25.0 | 11.1/88.9/9.1
Roughnecks O | D
TrueES — 21.5/81.0/17.9 | 20.0/71.6/18.3
TruePP — 29.0/74.2/32.1 | 18.2/86.4/16.0
TrueFB — 19.0/85.7/18.2 | 28.6/85.7/26.1
TrueSH — 0.0/55.6/0.0 | 20.0/40.0/20.0
Georgia Swarm (3-0) vs. Colorado Mammoth (3-1)
Sunday, Dec. 29 at 4:00 p.m. ET at Ball Arena
Last 5 Meetings:
3-2 in Mammoth’s favor
Swarm
11.3 GF/GAME | 9.7 GA/GAME
Mammoth
14.0 GF/GAME | 11.0 GA/GAME
Swarm Top Scorers
Lyle Thompson, 16 PTS (10G, 6A)
Andrew Kew, 14 PTS (5G, 9A)
Bryan Cole, 11 PTS (5G, 6A)
Mammoth Top Scorers
Connor Kelly, 25 PTS (12G, 13A)
Will Malcom, 22 PTS (11G, 11A)
Two tied with 19 PTS
Probable Starting Netminders
Swarm
Brett Dobson — 9.51 GAA | .820 Sv% | 6.64 GSAA | 182:55 min.
Mammoth
Dillon Ward — 10.38 GAA | .794 Sv% | 3.05 GSAA | 237:03 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Swarm O | D
TrueES — 12.9/67.7/10.6 | 11.1/68.1/9.6
TruePP — 15.2/75.8/13.2 | 23.8/95.2/22.7
TrueFB — 24.4/70.7/21.7 | 25.0/83.3/20.0
TrueSH — 33.3/66.7/20.0 | 0.0/64.7/0.0
Mammoth O | D
TrueES — 21.1/63.2/17.1 | 12.8/73.3/11.0
TruePP — 11.3/72.6/13.0 | 17.6/66.7/17.6
TrueFB — 19.4/77.4/17.6 | 25.0/81.3/18.2
TrueSH — 6.7/73.3/5.6 | 22.2/55.6/16.7