Though the matchup is yet to be determined, the NHL has released the schedule for the 2015 Stanley Cup Final.
The Presidents' Trophy-winning New York Rangers will host the Tampa Bay Lightning at Madison Square Garden in a pivotal Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final on Friday and the West's top-seed the Anaheim Ducks will drop the puck against the Chicago Blackhawks in a do-or-die game in the Western Conference Final at the Honda Center on Saturday night.
The winners of the two series' will then face-off in the best-of-seven 2015 Stanley Cup Final.
The series will start on Wednesday, June 3 and if it goes the distance, it will end exactly two weeks later on Wednesday, June 17. The games are scheduled mostly every other day except there is an extra day between Games 1 and 2 and Games 4 and 5.
Due to the amount of points each team collected in the regular season, if the Rangers (113 points in 2014-15) defeat the Lightning in Game 7, they're guaranteed to have home-ice and host Games 1 and 2 and then Games 5 and 7 if necessary against the winners of the west.
The Ducks (109) would hold home-ice over the Lightning (108) in a possible matchup while the Blackhawks (102) would visit Tampa Bay to open up their potential series.
NHL.com has released the schedule for the championship series, and here are the dates and times of each game. The channels haven't been listed yet, but most games are likely to be on NBC Sports Network while some will find their way on NBC, likely the Saturday games.
Here is the full schedule for the 2015 Stanley Cup Final:
***Note: All games will start at 8 p.m. ET:
Game 1: Wednesday, June 3
Game 2: Saturday, June 6
Game 3: Monday, June 8
Game 4: Wednesday, June 10
*Game 5: Saturday June, 13
*Game 6: Monday, June 15
*Game 7: Wednesday June 17
*If necessary
One of the most coveted trophies in sports will be contested when the puck drops on the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday, June 3.
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