Six National Lacrosse League (NLL) teams have clinched 2024 playoff spots leaving two open slots for the five teams still in the hunt. The NLL decided to implement a new unified standings and playoff format for the 2023-24 NLL regular season. The League’s decision makers vision was to have the final weekend matter for the teams still looking to qualify for the final postseason berths before the playoffs start on April 26-28. The Sports Techie community blog fans, this master scheduling plan indeed worked. This final week, five teams are still alive and vying for the final two spots in the 2024 NLL Playoffs at the conclusion of the The March to May this weekend. The NLL postseason schedule, including the ESPN and TSN broadcast slate, will be released following the regular season. Exact scenarios will be announced later in the week.
Playoff Seeding and Match-Ups
The Toronto Rock (14-3) and San Diego Seals (12-5) have clinched seeds #1 and #2, and thus home floor advantage for the single-elimination quarterfinals (April 26-28) and the semifinals (May 3-5) should either team advance.
Several other teams have clinched playoff berths, but their seeds and first-round matchups are still to be determined.
The Albany FireWolves (10-7), Georgia Swarm (10-7), defending champion Buffalo Bandits (10-7), and Halifax Thunderbirds (9-8) have secured postseason spots.
While the final two berths will be claimed by either the Panther City Lacrosse Club (9-8), Vancouver Warriors (8-9), Saskatchewan Rush (8-9), New York Riptide (8-9), or Rochester Knighthawks (6-10).
All eight games in Week 21 will feature playoff or seeding implications:
Friday, April 19:
Rochester (6-10) at Georgia (10-7), 7:30 p.m. ET
Vancouver (8-9) at San Diego (12-5), 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT
Saturday, April 20:
Colorado (5-12) at Halifax (9-8), 6:30 p.m. ET / 7:30 p.m. AT
Albany (10-7) at New York (8-9), 7:30 p.m. ET
Panther City (9-8) at Calgary (7-10), 9 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. MT
Toronto (14-3) at Saskatchewan (8-9), 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CT
Buffalo (10-7) at Las Vegas (5-12), 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT
Sunday, April 21
Philadelphia (6-11) at Rochester (6-10), 3 p.m.ET
As previously announced, the exact dates and times of games will be determined as soon as practical before each playoff round. Teams are not re-seeded after each round, resulting in a true “bracket style” format.
The single-elimination quarterfinals will be held between Friday, April 26, and Sunday, April 28, at the home sites of the #1 through #4 seeds, hosting #8 through #5, respectively.
The best-of-three semifinals will commence on Thursday, May 2, through Sunday, May 5, and continue Thursday, May 9, through Sunday, May 12.
The best-of-three 2024 NLL Finals are scheduled for Thursday, May 16, through Sunday, May 19, and Thursday, May 23, through Sunday, May 26.
Additionally, should both semifinal series end in two games, the League may move the 2024 NLL Finals up to the preceding week.
For the latest scores and developments, please visit: NLL.com and find the NLL on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok.
Sports Techie, the above slate of high profile games this weekend is sure to help the NLL, North America’s largest professional lacrosse league, break the existing record of 1,165,528 fans that attended games in 2022-23.
Founded in 1986, the NLL is comprised of 15 franchises across the United States and Canada.
The league unveiled its largest brand campaign ever, “Welcome to The Next Major League™” and introduced its comprehensive grassroots initiative, NLL UnBOXed™, that will expand the League’s footprint to more than 60 communities across North America by 2027. Read our NLL UnBOXed Sixes blog to learn more.
The Swarm play around 20 minutes from where I live at Gas South Arena.
Perhaps, you’ll see me and my family there come Friday night.
Enjoy the conclusion of ‘The March to May’.
It will be a box lax doozy!
See you later sportstechie in Seattle, Atlanta and around the world!
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