NBC Sports Begins STANLEY CUP FINAL Coverage Tonight

NBC Sports Group drops the puck on its 10th consecutive year of Stanley Cup Final coverage tonight at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, when Steven Stamkos and Tampa Bay Lightning host Jonathan Toews and the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 1 of the 2015 Stanley Cup Final. Pre-game coverage begins tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBCSN with a 90-minute edition of NHL Live.

Three-time Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED 2014 Media Person of the Year Mike 'Doc' Emrick, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame member and analyst Eddie Olczyk, and Emmy Award-winning Inside-the-Glass analyst Pierre McGuire will call Game 1 from Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. This marks the ninth consecutive year that Emrick, Olczyk and McGuire will combine to call the Stanley Cup Final for NBC Sports Group.

Host Liam McHugh will anchor NHL LIVE from inside the arena, alongside analysts and former players Mike Milbury and Keith Jones. Dave Briggs will host coverage from a set outside the arena alongside analysts and former players Jeremy Roenick and Anson Carter. In addition, analyst Brian Boucher and NHL insiders Bob McKenzie and Darren Dreger will join NBC Sports Group's pre- and post-game studio coverage throughout the Final.

In addition to in-depth analysis of the Final, tonight's pre-game coverage on NBCSN will feature a pair of exclusive sit-down interviews with the captains of both teams, as Pierre McGuire goes one-on-one with Toews and Stamkos.

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