PLL Week 7 preview: Key stats, players for Throwback Weekend

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ESPN staffJul 11, 2025, 07:00 AM ET

Week 7 of the 2025 Premier Lacrosse League season is connected tap, and it's Throwback Weekend successful Chicago!

Four games are connected the docket Friday and Saturday, with each squad wearing peculiar uniforms to commemorate the occasion.

Read connected for details connected each crippled including however to watch, storylines and cardinal stats courtesy of the PLL.

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New York Atlas (3-2) vs. Boston Cannons (3-2)

Friday, 7 p.m. ET | ESPN2/ESPN+

Injury report:

Atlas: A Jeff Teat questionable (left Achilles)
Cannons: SSDM Bubba Fairman IR

The victor of this crippled takes 1 measurement person to earning the No. 1 effect (and a first-round bye successful the playoffs). According to projections by the PLL, present are the No. 1 effect chances for each squad based connected scenario:

Boston's chances with a win: 46%
Boston's chances with a loss: 11%
New York's chances with a win: 50%
New York's chances with a loss: 14%

Atlas

Jeff Teat is approaching a important milestone, with 99 goals successful his PLL vocation heading into the weekend.

Atlas FO Trevor Baptiste is besides adjacent to a milestone. He needs 2 faceoff wins to deed 1,220 and instrumentality implicit the No. 4 spot connected the PLL's all-time list. Next up is No. 3 Joe Nardella, with 1,523.

Cannons

Marcus Holman enters the play 3rd all-time successful goals successful PLL history, with 351. Paul Rabil is adjacent up, with 355, and No. 1 Paul Grant Jr. is astatine 393.

With 2 much caused turnovers, Zach Goodrich volition person 50 for his career. He'd beryllium the 2nd short-stick to scope that benchmark; Zach Currier (59) was the first.

Utah Archers (2-3) vs. Philadelphia Waterdogs (3-2)

Friday, 9:30 p.m. ET | ESPN+

Injury report:

Archers: A Connor Fields questionable, M Tre Leclaire questionable (PUP), A Matt Moore IR (right hip), FO Mike Sisselberger IR (right hand), A Devon McLane retired (PUP), G Nick Washuta retired (PUP), M Cole Williams IR (left knee), M Challen Rogers IR (right hamstring)
Waterdogs: A Zed Williams retired (PUP), A CJ Kirst retired (PUP), D Liam Byrnes retired (PUP), D AJ Mercurio retired (left foot), SSDM Jake Higgins retired (PUP), A Jack Traynor retired (PUP)

The matchup to ticker successful this crippled is Philly's MVP campaigner Michael Sowers against Utah's stalwart defenseman Graeme Hossack. In 5 games, Hossack has constricted his superior matchups to 3-for-37 shooting and 4 assists, portion causing 14 turnovers.

Archers

The D is not each Hossack; the Archers presently person the lowest opposing shooting percent successful PLL past (20.8%), besting themselves from past play (21.6%).

Unfortunately, the discourtesy hasn't held up their extremity of the bargain; the discourtesy is scoring 8.76 points per 45 possessions, which is little than the stingy Archers' defence is allowing (8.77).

Waterdogs

Speaking of Sowers, helium registered 18 assists done 5 games, which is connected gait for 36 this season. If helium reaches that level, it would necktie the single-season grounds acceptable past play by Jeff Teat.

Teammate Kieran McArdle is moving his mode up the all-time goals and points leaderboards. His 313 goals are presently sixth, with Brendan Mundorf (316) adjacent connected the list. His 498 goals are seventh, with Marcus Holman (501) the adjacent connected the list.

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East vs. West: Game Highlights

Carolina Chaos (2-3) vs. California Redwoods (2-3)

Saturday, 7 p.m. ET | ESPN+

Injury report:

Chaos: M Shane Knobloch IR (right hamstring), M Chris Aslanian retired (torso)
Redwoods: SSDM Chris Merle IR (ACL), A Wes Berg retired (PUP), SSDM Marquez White retired (PUP), G Jack Kelly retired (PUP), A Ryan Lee retired (PUP), FO Zach Cole retired (PUP)

This isn't precisely a "loser leaves municipality match" erstwhile it comes to playoffs -- but each squad volition greatly amended it's chances with a victory. Per the PLL, present are immoderate script projections:

California with a win: 92% accidental to marque playoffs
California with a loss: 51% accidental to marque playoffs
Carolina with a win: 77% accidental to marque playoffs
Carolina with a loss: 35% accidental to marque playoffs

Chaos

Goaltender Blaze Riorden has stayed engaged -- again -- this season. He has the highest saves per crippled since 2019 (14.8, up of Brett Dobson astatine 14.2), and that complaint has been adjacent higher this season, astatine 16.2 saves per game.

Redwoods

Romar Dennis is 1 to ticker from beyond the arc. He enters this play with 24 vocation two-point goals, which is 1 shy of tying Jeff Sonke for eighth all-time successful that stat.

Denver Outlaws (3-2) vs. Maryland Whipsnakes (2-3)

Saturday, 9:30 p.m. ET | ESPN+

Injury report:

Outlaws: None
Whipsnakes: M Ryan Conrad retired (PUP), M Tucker Dordevic IR (jaw)

The Saturday Night Lacrosse nightcap features 2 ace sophomores: Maryland's TJ Malone and Denver's Pat Kavanagh.

Per the PLL, Malone ranks 2nd successful points (21), archetypal successful goals (13), sixth successful assists (7), and sixth successful touches (178). Kavanagh ranks 3rd successful points (19), 2nd successful goals (12), sixth successful assists (7), and archetypal successful touches (224).

This volition besides beryllium the "Bernhardt Bowl," arsenic brothers Jesse and Jared (Denver) instrumentality connected Jake (Maryland).

Outlaws

Goalie Logan McNaney mightiness beryllium earning a caller nickname of "Mr. Clean" -- helium has the highest single-season "clean save" percent since 2015 (55.6%), good up of No. 2, 2020 Tim Troutner (50.0%).