What to watch for vs. San Diego Seals – Game 3

Game 3 of the Best-of-3 NLL Semifinals

HAMILTON, ON – The Toronto Rock and San Diego Seals will meet in a third and decisive game tonight in their Best-of-3 NLL Semifinals series that is deadlocked at one game apiece at TD Coliseum in Hamilton.

Fans can watch the game vs. San Diego at 7:00pm ET on TSN 1 & 3.  Alternatively, tune in on TSN’s digital platform TSN+ via TSN.ca and the TSN App as well as ESPN+.  To stream the game on TSN+ or ESPN+, a paid subscription is required.

Here’s what to watch for in Saturday’s matchup.

• Following shoot around this morning, the Rock placed D Josh Jackson on the Active Roster from the Injured Reserve List. Jackson played in Game 1 but missed Game 2 of the series due to a lower body injury.  Moving to the Practice Roster is D Jake Darlison.
• The Toronto Rock and San Diego Seals are set for a 5^th meeting of the season. The Rock have won three of the four previous matchups which included two regular season wins.  Does that matter at this point?  No, probably not, but once again, just stats.
• The Rock’s Nick Rowlett won the faceoff battle vs. San Diego’s Trevor Baptiste in Game 2 winning 57% of the draws. It’s been a slow and steady improvement through the season and this series by Rowlett and the Rock.  Tonight’s matchup at the dot will once again be a major point of focus.
• The Rock have made to the NLL Finals 9 times with the last trip being a 2015 NLL Finals clash with the Edmonton Rush. The Rock’s Mark Matthews was on the other side of that matchup and he’ll be a key piece tonight if the Rock are to get back to the NLL Finals for the first time in 11 years.
• Earlier this week, the Rock had four members of the organization announced as Finalists for NLL Awards. CJ Kirst (Rookie), Sam English (Transition), Brad Kri (Defensive), and Jamie Dawick (GM) are all in the mix to win individual awards.  The NLL will begin to announce winners early next week.
• INJURY REPORT: TD Ierlan is on the PUP List. Zack Kearney, Kobe Handsor, and Robert Hudson are on the Season Ending Injured Reserve List. Justin Martin (Lower) and Phil Mazzuca (Upper) are on the Injured Reserve List.  Rock defender Josh Jackson is questionable for tonight’s game.
• The 2026 NLL Finals will begin next weekend as the winner of tonight’s game will face the winner of the Halifax vs. Georgia semifinals series which Halifax leads 1-0.

A new episode of the Toronto Rock Total Access Podcast is out now!  Mike Hancock gets you primed for Game 3 on this solo edition of the podcast.

Check out the latest episode of Rock City Unplugged which dropped last week!  New episode coming next week to recap the NLL Semifinals series vs. San Diego.

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