The Saskatchewan Rush staved off elimination with a dramatic 11-10 victory over the Buffalo Bandits Sunday night at SaskTel Centre, knotting the 2025 NLL Finals at one game apiece and setting up a decisive Game 3. Austin Shanks had three goals and five assists to lead the Rush, while NLL goaltender of the year Frank Scigliano made 40 saves.
The best‑of‑three series heads back to KeyBank Center in Buffalo, where the championship will be decided this Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
Game 3 will air live on TSN in Canada and ESPN2 in the United States, with streaming on ESPN+, TSN+, and NLL+ worldwide.
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is North America’s largest professional lacrosse league and welcomed more than one million fans for the third consecutive year during the 2024-25 season. Founded in 1986, the NLL is comprised of 14 franchises across Canada and the United States, and recently 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 60 communities across North America by 2028.
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