Saturday, February 27 - 7:30 p.m. EST, 5:30 p.m. MST

Edmonton, AB -- The second-place teams in the National Lacrosse League's East and West Division will clash when the Edmonton Rush play their first-ever road game against the Rochester Knighthawks.

In fact, this will be only the second meeting between the clubs. Mike Hominuck scored 1:13 into overtime to give the Rush a 10-9 victory over the Knighthawks at Rexall Place during the 2008 season.

The Rush moved back over the .500 mark on the season with a much-needed 14-13 victory over the Toronto Rock last weekend. It was a bit of sweet revenge for the Rush who were clobbered 16-7 in Toronto one week earlier. Ryan Powell led the Rush as he equaled a team record with eight points in the game. After notching two second-quarter markers, Powell scored a pair of critical goals early in the fourth quarter to push the Rush ahead. Powell also chipped in four assists to help him tie the franchise record shared by Chris Gill (2008), Ryan Benesch (2009), Andy Secore (2009), and Ryan Ward (2010).

With the win the Rush moved back into second place in the NLL's West Division, tied with the Calgary Roughnecks, and both clubs trailing league-leading Washington by 1.5 games. The Rush are one game up on fourth-place Minnesota and lead Colorado by two games. Rochester has slid in just a half-game behind East Division-leading Toronto, but are just a half-game up on Orlando and one game up on Boston.

Ryan Ward and Gavin Prout are tied atop the Rush leaderboard, each with 30 points on the season. Ward is 13th in the league in goals with 13 on the season. Ward also leads the league with three shorthanded markers. Prout sits amongst the league-leaders in a pair of categories. He is in a log-jam for second spot with two game-winning goals and he is 14th in the league with 21 assists - seven of those coming on the power play.

Also among the league-leaders is all-world transition star Brodie Merrill, who is second in loose-ball collection with 85. Merrill is second on the Rush in points at 24 (six goals, 18 assists). Andy Secore (12) and Dean Hill (10) are the Rush's top marksmen behind Ward.

Some of the NLL's top names are pacing the Rochester attack again this season. John Grant leads the team and is sixth in the league with 48 points (19 goals, 29 assists). Shawn Williams (nine goals, 24 assists) and the legendary Gary Gait (14 goals, nine assists) also rank high on the Rochester leaderboard.

Statistically Speaking: Following the win over Toronto last weekend, the Rush improved to 6-12 all-time versus East Division teams ... The Rush are fourth in the West Division with 75 goals scored. The Knighthawks and Boston are tied for second in the East Division with 81 goals scored ... Four members of the Rush have cracked the top 20 in NLL rookie scoring. Thanks to his half-dozen helpers against the Rock, Corey Small is seventh among first-year players with 11 points (two goals, nine assists). Brett Mydske (two goals, three assists), Dane Stevens (two goals, two assists), and Scott Tinning (one goal, two assists) are the other Rush newcomers finding a home in the top 20 ... Netminder Matt Disher has seen his goals-against average take a beating in recent weeks, falling to 16th in the league at 12.25, but he continues to be one of the busiest stoppers in the NLL, ranking third in saves with 256 - just four behind league-leaders Brandon Miller of Philadelphia and Boston's Anthony Cosmo.

By The Numbers: The Rush have moved up to seventh in the NLL on the power play at 39.4% (13-for-33). Edmonton's penalty-killing has climbed of late as well, now standing eighth at 52.6% (18 goals in 38 shorthanded situations). Rochester has the fourth-ranked power play at 49.1% (26-for-53) and the fourth-ranked penalty-killing at 63.8% (21 goals in 58 shorthanded situations) ... The Rush have scored the second-most shorthanded goals in the league with five, trailing Washington by two goals. Rochester has given up the fewest shorthanded goals in the league with just two ... The Knighthawks are the fourth-most penalized team in the NLL, averaging 26.6 minutes in the penalty box per game.