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2024 Stanley Cup Final Calendar

Here is the full schedule for the 2024 NHL Stanley Cup Finals:

Date	Game	Location of the game
Saturday, June 8th	Game 1 (Oilers vs Panthers)	Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise, Florida.
Monday, June 10th	Game 2 (Oilers vs Panthers)	Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise, Florida.
Thursday, June 13th	Game 3 (Panthers vs Oilers)	Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Saturday, June 15th	Game 4 (Panthers vs Oilers)	Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Tuesday, June 18th	Game 5 (Oilers vs Panthers)*	Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise, Florida.
Friday, June 21st	Game 6 (Panthers vs Oilers)*	Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Monday, June 24th	Game 7 (Oilers vs Panthers)*	Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise, Florida.

* If necessary

How does the NHL Schedule Works?

The National Hockey League (NHL) is a North American professional ice hockey league with 32 clubs, 25 in the United States and seven in Canada. It is regarded as the world’s best professional ice hockey league.

At the end of each hockey season, the Stanley Cup, North America’s oldest professional sports trophy, is presented to the league playoff champion. With thrilling matchups and fierce competition, today NHL games promise to deliver excitement on the ice.

Understanding Pro-Hockey Season

How does the NHL entire season work:

Venue	Date	Details
NHL Entry Draft	Late June	This venue is where teams recruit young players for the next season.
Preseason	Mid-September	NHL teams play around six games. It’s a good chance for coaches to evaluate their team before the beginning of the hockey regular Season.
Regular Season	October to April	Each team plays 82 games in order to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Points structure: 2 pts by win 1 point by OT/SO loss 0 points by loss. The best team in the regular Season is awarded with the Presidents’ Trophy.
Stanley Cup Playoffs	April to June	It’s the final tournament where the best eight teams of each NHL conference battle, in a best-of-seven games series, in order to reach the Stanley Cup Trophy.

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Stanley Cup History

The Stanley Cup, over two decades older than the NHL, is the league’s championship trophy. It originated in 1892 as the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, given by Lord Stanley of Preston.

The NHL took control in 1926, making it the sole North American pro league naming its playoffs after its championship trophy.

Since its inception in 1917, the NHL has determined its champion through playoffs, evolving the tournament system over time.

NHL Main Venues

The Bell Centre

- Home to the Montreal Canadiens
- Can accommodate up to 21,302 people.
- Opened in 1996.
- It hosted the 2009 NHL All-Star Game and Entry Draft.
- The Canadiens haven’t won a Stanley Cup here.

The United Center

Opened in 1994.
Replaced the demolished Chicago Stadium.
Owned equally by the Blackhawks and Bulls
It saw the Stanley Cup Finals in 2010, 2013, and 2015.
The Blackhawks won all three, with the 2015 victory on home turf.

NHL Schedule FAQs

The Stanley Cup playoffs.

They compete for the Stanley Cup trophy.

The playoffs run from April to early June.

The NHL was created in 1917.

82 games are played in the regular season.

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