NLL 2024-25 Week 6 Preview
All three games on deck for week 6 of the 2024-25 NLL season
Photo Credit: Georgia Swarm/NLL
2025 kicks off with a whimper, as only three games will be played in week 6 of the 2024-25 National Lacrosse League season. But considering we’ve had 27 games of incredible action and upsets left, right, and center, a brief respite isn’t the worst thing in the world. So, a lone Saturday consisting of a trio of NLL games awaits us, but despite the small slate, the game weight remains hefty.
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: Las Vegas Desert Dogs
Las Vegas Desert Dogs (0-4) vs. Albany FireWolves (1-3)
Saturday, Jan. 4 at 7:00 p.m. ET at MVP Arena
Last 3 Meetings:
2-1 in Desert Dogs’ favor
Desert Dogs
10.0 GF/GAME | 15. GA/GAME
FireWolves
11.3 GF/GAME | 10.0 GA/GAME
Desert Dogs Top Scorers
Jack Hannah, 18 PTS (11G, 7A)
Jon Donville, 18 PTS (1G, 17A)
Casey Jackson, 15 PTS (7G, 8A)
FireWolves Top Scorers
Alex Simmons, 20 PTS (7G, 13A)
Tye Kurtz, 15 PTS (6G, 9A)
Ethan Walker, 14 PTS (7G, 7A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Desert Dogs
Landon Kells — 15.39 GAA | .729 Sv% | -11.76 GSAA | 233:57 min.
FireWolves
Doug Jamieson — 9.37 GAA | .823 Sv% | 8.93 GSAA | 243:17 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Desert Dogs O | D
TrueES — 10.2/74.9/8.7 | 21.7/72.9/18.8
TruePP — 14.0/66.7/15.7 | 20.5/84.6/21.6
TrueFB — 14.7/75.0/12.0 | 8.3/70.8/6.7
TrueSH — 16.7/41.7/12.5 | 20.0/60.0/15.0
FireWolves O | D
TrueES — 11.0/64.6/9.8 | 12.1/75.9/10.5
TruePP — 17.6/74.5/17.0 | 19.3/77.2/20.4
TrueFB — 27.0/82.8/21.7 | 12.8/71.8/11.4
TrueSH — 20.0/76.7/18.2 | 5.0/45.0/4.0
Rochester Knighthawks (1-4) vs. Georgia Swarm (4-0)
Saturday, Jan. 4 at 7:30 p.m. ET at Gas South Arena
Last 5 Meetings:
4-1 in Knighthawks’ favor
Knighthawks
9.2 GF/GAME | 12.8 GA/GAME
Swarm
11.8 GF/GAME | 10.3 GA/GAME
Knighthawks Top Scorers
Ryan Lanchbury, 26 PTS (9G, 17A)
Connor Fields, 24 PTS (8G, 16A)
Ryan Smith, 19 PTS (12G, 7A)
Swarm Top Scorers
Lyle Thompson, 22 PTS (12G, 10A)
Andrew Kew, 19 PTS (7G, 12A)
Two tied with 15 PTS
Probable Starting Netminders
Knighthawks
Riley Hutchcraft — 12.10 GAA | .789 Sv% | 1.94 GSAA | 282:33 min.
Swarm
Brett Dobson — 10.13 GAA | .802 Sv% | 4.19 GSAA | 242:55 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Knighthawks O | D
TrueES — 11.0/68.0/10.3 | 13.9/69.7/13.1
TruePP — 9.5/69.5/11.4 | 13.4/64.6/15.7
TrueFB — 9.4/69.8/8.9 | 20.0/76.7/17.1
TrueSH — 12.5/62.5/10.3 | 15.8/73.7/11.5
Swarm O | D
TrueES — 13.0/68.4/11.0 | 12.8/67.9/11.2
TruePP — 19.6/78.3/18.0 | 19.4/75.0/21.2
TrueFB — 24.0/70.0/21.1 | 25.0/84.4/19.0
TrueSH — 25.0/62.5/13.3 | 0.0/65.0/0.0
Ottawa Black Bears (2-1) vs. San Diego Seals (2-2)
Saturday, Jan. 4 at 10:00 p.m. ET at Pechanga Arena
Last 3 Meetings (as New York Riptide):
2-1 in Seals’ favor
Black Bears
10.0 GF/GAME | 11.3 GA/GAME
Seals
13.0 GF/GAME | 12.5 GA/GAME
Black Bears Top Scorers
Jeff Teat, 17 PTS (7G, 10A)
Jacob Dunbar, 14 PTS (9G, 5A)
Connor Kearnan, 9 PTS (3G, 6A)
Seals Top Scorers
Rob Hellyer, 21 PTS (9G, 12A)
Ryan Benesch, 20 PTS (11G, 9A)
Wes Berg, 19 PTS (8G, 11A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Black Bears
Zach Higgins — 10.96 GAA | .770 Sv% | -1.66 GSAA | 175:08 min.
Seals
Chris Origlieri — 12.34 GAA | .749 Sv% | -6.05 GSAA | 223:45 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Black Bears O | D
TrueES — 11.6/70.3/9.9 | 13.2/70.2/10.3
TruePP — 21.4/64.3/20.0 | 17.6/61.8/22.2
TrueFB — 20.0/70.0/15.4 | 22.9/74.3/18.6
TrueSH — 9.1/45.5/5.9 | 8.3/75.0/5.9
Seals O | D
TrueES — 15.4/70.2/13.0 | 16.8/69.3/12.7
TruePP — 25.6/76.9/27.0 | 18.5/74.1/17.5
TrueFB — 25.0/8887.5/18.8 | 20.4/72.2/19.3
TrueSH — 4.5/63.6/3.6 | 22.2/77.8/15.4