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Complete 2025 NLL Playoffs Scenarios for Week 21

Complete 2025 NLL Playoffs Scenarios for Week 21

Buffalo Bandits (13-4)

Have clinched the top overall seed and homefield advantage throughout the playoffs.

Saskatchewan Rush (12-5)

Have clinched the #2 seed and homefield advantage through the first two rounds of the playoffs.

Halifax Thunderbirds (10-7)

Have clinched a playoff berth.

Can clinch a quarterfinal home playoff game with:

  • A win vs. Toronto, OR
  • One Calgary loss AND one of the following:
    • A Rochester loss vs. Toronto, OR
    • A Vancouver loss vs. Philadelphia.

Vancouver Warriors (10-7)

Have clinched a playoff berth.

Can clinch a quarterfinal home playoff game with:

  • A win vs. Philadelphia, OR
  • A Rochester loss vs. Toronto.

Rochester Knighthawks (10-7)

Have clinched a playoff berth.

Can clinch a quarterfinal home playoff game with:

  • A win vs. Toronto AND one of the following:
    • A Halifax loss vs. Toronto, OR
    • A Vancouver loss vs. Philadelphia;
  • OR a Halifax loss to Toronto AND Two Calgary wins.

Calgary Roughnecks (8-8)

Can clinch a playoff berth with:

  • A win vs. Colorado, OR
  • A win vs. Las Vegas AND one of the following:
    • A San Diego loss vs. Albany, OR
    • An Ottawa loss vs. Saskatchewan AND a Georgia loss vs. Buffalo;
  • OR an Ottawa loss vs. Saskatchewan AND one of the following:
    • A San Diego loss vs. Albany AND a Philadelphia loss vs. Vancouver, OR
    • A San Diego loss vs. Albany AND a Georgia loss vs. Buffalo, OR
    • An Albany loss vs. San Diego AND a Georgia loss vs. Buffalo AND a Philadelphia loss vs. Vancouver.

Can clinch a quarterfinal home playoff game with:

  • Two wins AND a Halifax loss vs. Toronto AND a Rochester win vs. Toronto AND a Vancouver loss vs. Philadelphia.

Georgia Swarm (8-9)

Can clinch a playoff berth with a win AND one of the following:

  • A Colorado loss vs. Calgary, OR
  • A Calgary loss vs. Las Vegas, OR
  • A Calgary loss vs. Colorado AND a San Diego win vs. Albany, OR
  • A Calgary loss vs. Colorado AND an Ottawa loss vs. Saskatchewan.

San Diego Seals (8-9)

Can clinch a playoff berth with a win vs. Albany.

Ottawa Black Bears (8-9)

Can clinch a playoff berth with:

  • A win vs. Saskatchewan AND one of the following:
    • A San Diego loss vs. Albany, OR
    • A Georgia loss vs. Buffalo, OR
    • Two Calgary losses;
  • OR a Colorado loss vs. Calgary AND one of the following:
    • A San Diego loss vs. Albany, OR
    • A Georgia loss vs. Buffalo.

Colorado Mammoth (8-9)

Can clinch a playoff berth with a win AND one of the following:

  • A Calgary win vs. Las Vegas, OR
  • A Georgia loss vs. Buffalo, OR
  • A San Diego loss vs. Albany, OR
  • An Ottawa loss vs. Saskatchewan.

Albany FireWolves (7-10)

Can clinch a playoff berth with a win AND one of the following:

  • A Georgia loss vs. Buffalo AND A Colorado loss vs. Calgary, OR
  • A Georgia loss vs. Buffalo AND an Ottawa loss vs. Saskatchewan, OR
  • A Georgia loss vs. Buffalo AND Two Calgary losses, OR
  • Two Calgary losses AND a Philadelphia win vs. Vancouver AND an Ottawa loss vs. Saskatchewan.

Philadelphia Wings (7-10)

Can clinch a playoff berth with a win vs. Vancouver AND Two Calgary losses AND an Albany loss vs. San Diego AND a Georgia loss vs. Buffalo AND an Ottawa loss vs. Saskatchewan.

Toronto Rock (5-11)

Have been eliminated from playoff contention.

Las Vegas Desert Dogs (4-13)

Have been eliminated from playoff contention.

The NLL Playoffs begin Friday, April 24

The NLL is debuting a new multiview streaming option for NLL+ subscribers. Viewers will be able to watch up to four live games simultaneously as teams compete for the remaining playoff spots.

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