NLL 2024-25 Week 8 Preview
All eight games on deck for week 8 of the 2024-25 NLL season
Photo Credit: Micheline Veluvolu/Rochester Knighthawks
Eight games in week 8 — synergy. It’s a spread-out weekend, with the lion’s share coming on Saturday night and culminating in Monday Night Lacrosse with Vancouver and Philadelphia meeting for the back end of their doubleheaders.
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: Ottawa Black Bears
Vancouver Warriors (3-1) vs. Ottawa Black Bears (3-2)
Friday, Jan. 17 at 7:00 p.m. ET at Canadian Tire Centre
Last 3 Meetings (as New York Riptide):
2-1 in Warriors’ favor
Warriors
10.5 GF/GAME | 9.3 GA/GAME
Black Bears
9.8 GF/GAME | 10.0 GA/GAME
Warriors Top Scorers
Keegan Bal, 19 PTS (12G, 7A)
Kevin Crowley, 14 PTS (6G, 8A)
Adam Charalambides, 10 PTS (3G, 7A)
Black Bears Top Scorers
Jeff Teat, 27 PTS (11G, 16A)
Jacob Dunbar, 20 PTS (13G, 7A)
Connor Kearnan, 13 PTS (5G, 8A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Warriors
Aden Walsh — 9.00 GAA | .811 Sv% | 6.15 GSAA | 239:59 min.
Black Bears
Zach Higgins — 9.76 GAA | .803 Sv% | 6.13 GSAA | 295:08 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Warriors O | D
TrueES — 9.1/74.1/7.6 | 9.4/61.2/8.3
TruePP — 18.2/65.5/20.4 | 14.1/64.1/14.9
TrueFB — 30.2/79.1/27.1 | 18.8/71.9/16.2
TrueSH — 18.2/77.3/12.9 | 7.1/85.7/4.5
Black Bears O | D
TrueES — 12.7/71.1/10.7 | 12.4/79.8/10.4
TruePP — 18.2/68.2/17.8 | 12.1/69.0/13.5
TrueFB — 29.6/66.7/21.1 | 21.1/68.4/17.9
TrueSH — 4.8/57.1/13.0 | 6.3/68.8/4.5
Rochester Knighthawks (2-5) vs. Halifax Thunderbirds(2-3)
Saturday, Jan. 18 at 6:00 p.m. ET at Scotiabank Centre
Last 5 Meetings:
4-1 in Thunderbirds’ favor
Knighthawks
11.4 GF/GAME | 13.1 GA/GAME
Thunderbirds
14.2 GF/GAME | 14.6 GA/GAME
Knighthawks Top Scorers
Ryan Lanchbury, 41 PTS (12G, 29A)
Connor Fields, 39 PTS (13G, 26A)
Thomas McConvey, 31 PTS (11G, 20A)
Thunderbirds Top Scorers
Randy Staats, 38 PTS (7G, 31A)
Clarke Petterson, 32 PTS (8G, 24A)
Dawson Theede, 27 PTS (15G, 12A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Knighthawks
Riley Hutchcraft — 11.85 GAA | .786 Sv% | 2.76 GSAA | 374:40 min.
Thunderbirds
Drew Hutchison — 14.71 GAA | .717 Sv% | -6.93 GSAA | 130:31 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Knighthawks O | D
TrueES — 13.3/69.2/12.2 | 14.7/69.5/13.7
TruePP — 11.5/69.2/13.8 | 14.7/67.4/16.7
TrueFB — 18.1/72.3/16.5 | 21.6/77.3/19.2
TrueSH — 10.5/65.8/8.7 | 15.8/73.7/10.7
Thunderbirds O | D
TrueES — 16.8/69.3/15.2 | 17.4/66.1/15.2
TruePP — 23.4/74.5/22.0 | 17.6/68.9/18.6
TrueFB — 22.6/79.0/19.7 | 28.3/78.3/24.3
TrueSH — 18.8/56.3/11.5 | 10.0/80.0/8.7
Saskatchewan Rush (4-1) vs. Toronto Rock (0-5)
Saturday, Jan. 18 at 7:00 p.m. ET at Paramount Fine Foods Centre
Last 5 Meetings:
3-2 in Rock’s favor
Rush
11.8 GF/GAME | 10.0 GA/GAME
Rock
8.4 GF/GAME | 12.6 GA/GAME
Rush Top Scorers
Zach Manns, 29 PTS (17G, 12A)
Austin Shanks, 20 PTS (10G, 10A)
Brock Haley, 17 PTS (6G, 11A)
Rock Top Scorers
Chris Boushy, 17 PTS (10G, 7A)
Josh Dawick, 17 PTS (11G, 6A)
Mark Matthews, 12 PTS (1G, 11A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Rush
Frank Scigliano — 9.49 GAA | .793 Sv% | 3.69 GSAA | 316:05 min.
Rock
Nick Rose — 12.31 GAA | .754 Sv% | -5.31 GSAA | 268:08 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Rush O | D
TrueES — 14.5/67.7/12.5 | 11.1/63.8/9.3
TruePP — 12.3/72.6/12.9 | 20.5/79.5/18.6
TrueFB — 21.0/71.0/19.4 | 22.7/75.0/17.5
TrueSH — 16.7/75.0/10.5 | 17.4/78.3/11.1
Rock O | D
TrueES — 9.1/68.4/8.3 | 13.5/69.8/11.5
TruePP — 14.5/64.5/16.4 | 16.9/66.1/16.1
TrueFB — 21.6/66.7/17.7 | 29.5/81.8/24.5
TrueSH — 3.6/46.4/2.7 | 31.6/63.2/16.2
Colorado Mammoth (4-2) vs. Albany FireWolves (1-5)
Saturday, Jan. 18 at 7:00 p.m. ET at MVP Arena
Last 2 Meetings:
1-1
Mammoth
13.8 GF/GAME | 11.7 GA/GAME
FireWolves
11.5 GF/GAME | 11.2 GA/GAME
Mammoth Top Scorers
Connor Kelly, 37 PTS (20G, 17A)
Will Malcom, 30 PTS (13G, 17A)
Connor Robinson, 29 PTS (12G, 17A)
FireWolves Top Scorers
Alex Simmons, 34 PTS (12G, 22A)
Tye Kurtz, 29 PTS (14G, 15A)
Ethan Walker, 26 PTS (9G, 17A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Mammoth
Dillon Ward — 11.10 GAA | .785 Sv% | 2.11 GSAA | 356:37 min.
FireWolves
Doug Jamieson — 10.74 GAA | .798 Sv% | 6.44 GSAA | 363:10 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Mammoth O | D
TrueES — 20.8/65.7/17.4 | 12.0/72.4/10.5
TruePP — 12.8/67.4/14.1 | 24.3/71.4/23.9
TrueFB — 20.0/78.0/17.2 | 25.0/77.1/18.5
TrueSH — 4.5/72.7/3.6 | 21.7/60.9/15.2
FireWolves O | D
TrueES — 10.3/66.4/9.3 | 14.3/75.4/12.8
TruePP — 24.6/76.9/22.2 | 18.9/73.0/18.4
TrueFB — 24.5/79.2/20.0 | 15.2/68.2/13.9
TrueSH — 21.1/78.9/19.5 | 6.9/51.7/5.4
Photo Credit: Buffalo Bandits
Philadelphia Wings (4-1) vs. Buffalo Bandits (4-0)
Saturday, Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m. ET at KeyBank Center
Last 5 Meetings:
5-0 in Bandits’ favor
Wings
14.8 GF/GAME | 11.8 GA/GAME
Bandits
15.3 GF/GAME | 8.3 GA/GAME
Wings Top Scorers
Joe Resetarits, 41 PTS (12G, 29A)
Mitch Jones, 39 PTS (14G, 25A)
Holden Cattoni, 33 PTS (14G, 19A)
Bandits Top Scorers
Dhane Smith, 38 PTS (9G, 29A)
Josh Byrne, 33 PTS (9G, 24A)
Ian MacKay, 18 PTS (13G, 5A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Wings
Nick Damude — 11.87 GAA | .789 Sv% | 3.01 GSAA | 293:06 min.
Bandits
Matt Vinc — 8.42 GAA | .824 Sv% | 8.49 GSAA | 235:13 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Wings O | D
TrueES — 21.0/71.6/18.5 | 13.1/72.5/11.0
TruePP — 28.9/80.0/27.1 | 17.7/67.7/20.0
TrueFB — 13.5/67.6/11.4 | 17.3/76.0/15.9
TrueSH — 21.4/57.1/13.0 | 18.2/63.6/13.3
Bandits O | D
TrueES — 18.6/70.7/16.4 | 11.1/64.9/10.9
TruePP — 13.0/55.6/14.6 | 9.9/52.1/11.9
TrueFB — 22.9/85.7/20.0 | 11.4/62.9/10.3
TrueSH — 28.6/92.9/14.8 | 7.7/46.2/6.1
Georgia Swarm (4-2) vs. Calgary Roughnecks (2-2)
Saturday, Jan. 18 at 9:00 p.m. ET at Scotiabank Saddledome
Last 5 Meetings:
3-2 in Swarm’s favor
Swarm
11.0 GF/GAME | 11.8 GA/GAME
Roughnecks
13.0 GF/GAME | 14.0 GA/GAME
Swarm Top Scorers
Lyle Thompson, 34 PTS (19G, 15A)
Andrew Kew, 26 PTS (9G, 17A)
Bryan Cole, 21 PTS (13G, 8A)
Roughnecks Top Scorers
Jesse King, 28 PTS (4G, 24A)
Curtis Dickson, 27 PTS (15G, 12A)
Dane Dobbie, 20 PTS (15G, 5A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Swarm
Brett Dobson — 11.55 GAA | .777 Sv% | -0.44 GSAA | 337:40 min.
Roughnecks
Cam MacLeod — 13.99 GAA | .749 Sv% | -6.08 GSAA | 223:05 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Swarm O | D
TrueES — 12.6/68.6/11.1 | 15.2/70.7/13.4
TruePP — 16.4/77.6/14.9 | 22.5/75.0/24.3
TrueFB — 22.7/69.3/20.0 | 28.6/79.6/22.2
TrueSH — 25.0/62.5/13.3 | 0.0/65.5/0.0
Roughnecks O | D
TrueES — 15.0/72.5/12.5 | 16.7/71.4/15.5
TruePP — 23.0/66.2/25.0 | 22.7/86.4/21.3
TrueFB — 20.0/82.9/18.9 | 20.0/77.5/19.5
TrueSH — 6.3/62.5/4.0 | 21.1/63.2/17.4
San Diego Seals (3-3) vs. Las Vegas Desert Dogs (1-5)
Saturday, Jan. 18 at 10:00 p.m. ET at Lee’s Family FOrum
Last 5 Meetings:
4-1 in Seals’ favor
Seals
11.2 GF/GAME | 11.0 GA/GAME
Desert Dogs
10.2 GF/GAME | 14.8 GA/GAME
Seals Top Scorers
Rob Hellyer, 28 PTS (11G, 17A)
Wes Berg, 27 PTS (14G, 13A)
Ryan Benesch, 25 PTS (12G, 13A)
Desert Dogs Top Scorers
Jack Hannah, 27 PTS (14G, 13A)
Jon Donville, 26 PTS (5G, 21A)
Casey Jackson, 20 PTS (10G, 10A)
Probable Starting Netminders
Seals
Chris Origlieri — 10.65 GAA | .781 Sv% | 0.90 GSAA | 343:44 min.
Desert Dogs
Landon Kells — 14.78 GAA | .741 Sv% | -10.78 GSAA | 308:35 min.
Offensive & Defensive Stats
Seals O | D
TrueES — 13.5/71.3/11.5 | 14.0/70.0/10.6
TruePP — 19.1/73.5/20.0 | 16.7/70.2/16.9
TrueFB — 25.0/77.5/20.0 | 22.5/71.8/20.5
TrueSH — 3.3/66.7/2.6 | 9.5/76.2/7.4
Desert Dogs O | D
TrueES — 10.5/72.1/9.1 | 19.2/71.3/16.8
TruePP — 16.4/67.1/17.1 | 20.3/79.7/21.2
TrueFB — 16.0/73.0/13.4 | 13.6/72.7/11.5
TrueSH — 22.7/54.5/16.7 | 19.0/66.7/14.3
Vancouver Warriors vs. Philadelphia Wings
Monday, Jan. 20 at 5:00 p.m. ET at Wells Fargo Center
Last 3 Meetings:
2-1 in Warriors’ favor