- The Las Vegas Desert Dogs (7-7) will face the Colorado Mammoth (10-5) in a crucial playoff push game on Friday.
- The Desert Dogs are riding a 3-game winning streak, scoring 44 goals over that span, while the Mammoth are coming off a bye week.
- This game features two evenly matched teams with a history of bad blood, and a win would give the Desert Dogs their longest winning streak in franchise history.
- The Desert Dogs are led by Mitch Jones, Jonathan Donville, and Chris Cloutier, while the Mammoth are paced by league-leading scorer Andrew Kew.