2016 Stanley Cup Final Set to Faceoff Monday May 30

The National Hockey League announced the schedule for the 2016 Stanley Cup Final, on Tuesday.

The team which finished the regular season with the most points will open the fourth and final round of the 2016 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at home on Memorial Day, Monday May 30.

Stanley Cup Media Day will take place on Sunday May 29, in the host city of the team that wins the right to open the series. 

The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Tampa Bay Lightning are battling each in the Eastern Conference Finals for the right to take on either the San Jose Sharks or St. Louis Blues, who are representing the Western Conference in their championship series.

The Blues finished the regular season with 107 points, followed by the Penguins with 104, the Sharks at 98 and the Lightning who had 97. 

All games in the 2016 Stanley Cup Final will begin at 8:00 PM eastern time. NBC Sports Group has the exclusive television rights in the United States, while CBC and TVA Sports has the broadcast rights in Canada. 

Game one will take place on May 30 and Game two on Wednesday, June 1, in the home arena of the higher seeded team. Games three and four will shift venues to the team that acquired less points during the regular season, on Saturday June 4 and Monday June 6. 

If necessary, games five, six and seven will alternate back and forth until one team captures the last four wins they need to raise the Stanley Cup. Game five would be scheduled for Thursday, June 9 and game six on Sunday, June 12. 

If the Stanley Cup Final needs to go the distance, a decisive game seven would take place on Wednesday, June 15, in the barn of the higher seeded team.

The Eastern Conference Finals is currently tied at three games apiece, with a one game winner take all game seven at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania set for Thursday. 

The Sharks can wrap up their best of seven game series, at home on Wednesday, while the Blues will try to extend the series, and send the series back to the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri for another game seven, on Friday. 

2016 STANLEY CUP FINAL SCHEDULE

(all start times 8 p.m., ET)

Game 1: Monday, May 30

Game 2: Wednesday, June 1

Game 3: Saturday, June 4

Game 4: Monday, June 6

*Game 5: Thursday, June 9

*Game 6: Sunday, June 12

*Game 7: Wednesday, June 15

*if necessary