This is a 10* OPENING-NIGHT TOTAL on the UNDER Kraken/Knights.

As a professional sports handicapper (meaning, someone who makes prognostications on professional sports, and college as well obviously), I think it's impossible to keep 100% track of every player transaction in the offseason, of every up and coming rookie and every player and coaching change.

It's impossible. The people at ESPN that report on these things concentrate on just ONE sport, and also have a TEAM of writers to help them write their "scripts."

After doing this for 20 years, I've found its much easier to be "selective" over the first week when a sport starts up again, until I'm then able to get a proper "read" on the teams and get a "feel" for what the new season is all about.

And so with that in mind, I'll definitely be playing selectively here to open up the 2023/24 NHL campaign, and here as well on Opening night.

Here's a great "situational" play in my opinion. One of the biggest surprises last year was the exceptional play of the Seattle Kraken, especially on the road.

Las Vegas strength is on the defensive end, especially at home though. The Kracken also have exceptional goaltending and was a big reason for Seattle's success last year.

We have some large totals here on Opening night, but in my opinion everything points to a very defensive affair here in the desert on Tuesday night.

This number is high, the play is the UNDER.

Good luck, NP