Blackhawks Raise Banner, Beat Capitals

SportsCenter Highlight of the Night: The Blackhawks scored three goals in the third period to win the opener against the Capitals 6-4.

Grabovski had a huge game in his regular-season Caps debut, scoring a hat trick and adding an assist in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to the Blackhawks.

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Greenberg: Value bets in the NHL

ESPN Insider Neil Greenberg examines value bets for the 2013-14 NHL season, including Cup picks, over/unders and trophy winners.

FHL: Familiar faces, new places in East

Victoria Matiash breaks down the value of familiar fantasy hockey players that have landed with new teams in the Western Conference, including Jarome Iginla, Tim Thomas and Mikhail Grabovski.

Fantasy Hockey Forecaster: Week 1

Sean Allen previews Week 1's fantasy hockey action, and has tips on how to manage your team for the first week of the season.

Greenberg: 10 boom or bust players

Neil Greenberg assesses which NHL players will up their production this season, and which will be busts, including Mikhail Grabovski, Gabriel Landeskog and Nail Yakupov.

NHL Future Power Rankings

Craig Custance, Frank Provenzano, Neil Greenberg, Corey Pronman, Robert Vollman and Ryan Schwepfinger rank every NHL team based on how well they're set up for future success.

Visa issues keeping Grabovski from Capitals

Mikhail Grabovski's only real link to the Washington Capitals has come in the form of text messages from Alex Ovechkin.

NHL expansion team projections

Timo Seppa of Hockey Prospectus uses VUKOTA to project how the two mock NHL expansion teams would fare in 2013-14.

Projections: Grabovski a big boost

Hockey Prospectus takes a look at who is trending up and who is trending down on the Washington Capitals for 2013-14, then identifies a prospect to keep an eye on.

NHL Morning Links - Sept. 2

Tickets for the January 25 outdoor game between the Kings and the Ducks at Dodger Stadium are going fast. It should be a lot more comfortable sitting outside in LA than it will be the following day in Yankee Stadium when the Rangers play the Devils.