ANALYSIS: The Dodgers are on fire right now, and they finally seem to be scoring. They are going with a bullpen day today with Jimmy Nelson making the start. Pablo Lopez is 0-3 with a 3.07 ERA but he is coming off an outing where he allowed six runs in 4.1 innings. He has been much worse on the road this season and the Marlins bats haven’t been helping much. Take the value in the Dodgers at home.

ANALYSIS: During the regular season these teams were both very good at home but just average on the road. I expect that trend to continue today with an Islanders team that struggled down the stretch. The Penguins won six of eight games against the Islanders this season and they won all four games at home. Tristan Jarry is hot right now, while Semyon Varlamov has been iffy down the stretch. Take the Penguins at home to open up this series.

ANALYSIS: The Cardinals walked 12 batters yesterday, yet somehow still only lost by one with only five runs scoring. The Padres are still without top players in Fernando Tatis Jr., Will Myers, and Eric Hosmer. Chris Paddack is 1-3 with a 4.78 ERA this season and he has yet to pitch six innings in a game this season. Adam Wainwright is 2-3 with a 3.80 ERA but he has gone at least seven innings allowing two runs or less in three of his last four starts. The Cards are second in the league with 11 road wins this season and they shouldn’t walk that many batters with Wainwright starting. Take the value in the Cards.

ANALYSIS: With how this line looks for Game 1 and they way the public is betting, there is going to be a lot of value on the Capitals this series. Alex Ovechkin returned for the Caps in their last game of the season with no limitations, John Carlson is expected to play, and TJ Oshie has been practicing and could return tonight. The Bruins played well down the stretch but the Caps actually played better going 7-2-1 in their last 10 games. And for the Rask is a massive advantage crowd, Tuuka Rask is 4-11-7 with a 3.03 GAA in his career against the Caps. I just don’t see how you can’t take the value in the home, higher-seeded underdog here, and I have a feeling the value will be on this side all series.

ANALYSIS: Mike Minor is 2-2 with a 5.75 ERA this season and he has yet to pitch a quality start. He recently allowed five runs in five innings against the White Sox. The White Sox have their best pitcher this season in Carlos Rodon pitching, he is 5-0 with a 0.58 ERA this season. Rodon is coming off six scoreless innings against the Royals and the White Sox are the best team in the league at hitting lefties with a .896 OPS and .312 batting average. This is an expensive price, but the White Sox should be at least -200 here.