Seattle Kraken vs Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas has won six of seven after a 4-2 win at Edmonton as a +135 dog. The offense is second in goals scored (4.46 per game) and third on the power play, while the defense is 11th in goals given up. Seattle has lost seven of eight getting outscored 28-18. The offense is 21st in goals scored and 18th on the power play, while the defense is 21st in goals given up and 19th in penalty killing. Play Vegas. 

Vegas has won eight of 10 meetings with the Kraken, but the Golden Knights are in a revenge spot after losing 3-0 to Seattle in January. The Kraken have a history of not scoring much against Vegas as they have only 19 goals in 10 games. The Golden Knights snapped a four-game slide with a 5-3 win over Detroit on Saturday as Jonathan Marchessault scored a hat trick, and Adin Hill had 23 saves for Vegas. Hill is 16-8-2 with a 2.53 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage. Seattle comes off a 3-0 loss to Winnipeg and the Kraken are tied for fifth place in the Pacific Division eight points behind the Golden Knights. Philipp Grubauer is expected in net with a 10-10-1 record and a 2.76 goals-against average. Take the Golden Knights as a Max Play. 

This is the Winter Classic being played outdoors at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. Vegas has won eight of the nine meetings with the Kraken, who have scored a total of only 14 goals in those 10 games. The Golden Knights come off a much-needed 3-2 win over Los Angeles that snapped a four-game losing streak on Thursday and the game went UNDER the total. Logan Thompson had 32 saves as he settled down after a few shaky performances. Vegas is tied for first place with Vancouver in the Pacific Division and it will try to end a four-game win streak by Seattle, which has gone UNDER four straight games. The Kraken have scored only nine goals during the streak. Thompson is 11-6-3 with a 2.80 GAA and likely Seattle starter Joey Daccord is 8-5-8 with a 2.46 GAA and .915 save percentage. Vegas has won 35 of 51 games as a favorite. Take the Golden Knights and the UNDER.

The Stanley Cup champion will raise the banner tonight at T-Mobile Arena as Las Vegas plays its season opener, and the Golden Knights don't expect a letdown with an experienced roster including Ivan Barbashev, Chandler Stephenson, and Alex Pietrangelo to show them the way. Adin Hill is the probable starter in net following his stellar performance throughout the playoffs that led to the Cup. The defensive corps is one of the best in the league and that was illustrated in the Finals when it dominated the Florida Panthers. Seattle comes off a spectacular season with a 40-point turnaround from the previous year and it stunned Colorado in the first round of the playoffs before falling to Dallas in seven games in Round 2. Philipp Grubauer will again be the starting goalie after a 17-14-4 record and 2.85 goals-against average and an .895 save percentage in 2022-23. Las Vegas has won seven of the past eight meetings and it has won 21 of 27 home games overall. Seattle scored a total of only eight goals in the four meetings last season. Take the Golden Knights.