Below are game breakdowns of each of the four games on tonight’s NHL DFS slate followed by example lineups.

Blue Jackets @ Lightning

The first game of this series was by far the most surprising result from the first night of the playoffs with the Jackets coming from three goals down to win 4-3. Tampa severely outplayed Columbus in the first period scoring three goals, winning the even strength Corsi battle 19-11 and out-chancing them 10-6 at even. But the game flipped after the first intermission with Columbus winning the Corsi battle 32-21 in the last two periods. Some of that is due to the fact that Tampa had a multi-goal lead for a long stretch, but even the score-adjusted Corsi numbers favored Columbus in the last two periods.

Tampa is again a massive favorite for Game 2 opening at -250. The over/under is 6.5, so Tampa easily has the highest projected goal total of the slate and must be used in cash as a result. Nikita Kucherov is again worth paying up for in cash if affordable, and Victor Hedman is a similarly chalky option on the blue line, though rostering both could be tough. You can get cheaper, indirect exposure to Kuch with his center, Brayden Point, who also joins him on the top PP unit. Cheaper options include Ondrej Palat, who skates on Steven Stamkos’ line and who played on the top PP unit in Game 1, or J.T. Miller, whose line was Tampa’s best in terms of possession at even strength in Game 1. Miller also saw 1:52 of ice time on the power play.

Columbus’ best line in Game 1 was Matt Duchene’s line with Cam Atkinson and Ryan Dzingel on his wings as they generated a 73 percent Corsi share at even strength. They’re all three priced well on both sites, so they’re a GPP stack option tonight. Dzingel doesn’t see PP work, so you could keep it to a mini-stack if you’d like. The D-men that played most with that line were David Savard and Markus Nutivaara. Neither guy sees PP work, but Savard is priced well on FD and Nutivaara is the minimum on DK, so you could include them in the stack if you need salary relief.

Andrei Vasilevskiy is the only goalie we’re recommending from this game. The Bolts are still a huge home favorite, so Vas is certainly an option in cash games. He’s my top projected goalie of the slate, and he’s probable easier to fit in on FD than DK.

Penguins @ Islanders

Despite the Isles winning Game 1, the Pens were the better team. Pittsburgh won the even strength Corsi battle in every period and out-chanced the Isles in the first two periods before a draw in that category in the third. Pitt’s best line was Evgeni Malkin’s, and Patric Hornqvist played with him at even as well as on the top PP unit. Malkin is priced well on DK, so they are a mini-stack option there. Hornqvist is priced well on both sites and is a value option on either. Phil Kessel is also worth a look on DK where he is priced well. He plays on the top PP unit, and he jumped up and played some with Sidney Crosby’s line at even. On the blue line, Justin Schultz is a good value on FD. He saw 2:10 of PP ice time, and he skated plenty with both top six lines. Olli Maatta is a punt option on DK where he’s only $200 above the minimum.

We’re not big on the Isles given that they got outplayed in Game 1, but there is a value mini-stack to consider on FD. Mathew Barzal is priced well on FD, and his line did generate a 50 percent Corsi share in Game 1, so they weren’t the culprits for NYI getting outplayed. Also priced well on FD is defenseman Ryan Pulock, who plays on Barzal’s PP unit. Pulock plays more with the Casey Cizikas line at even, but that was New York’s best possession line in Game 1, and Barzal’s line was the line Pulock spent the second most ice time with.

Both goalies in this one are in play, Robin Lehner on FD and Matt Murray on DK. Lehner is not a cash option, but he does have GPP upside as he displayed in Game 1 when he stopped 41 of 44 shots and picked up a win. He’s only $7800 on FD, and he could be paired with the Barzal-Pulock mini stack there. Murray has some cash appeal with Pitt being a slight favorite in this one, and he has GPP appeal on DK because he arguably has more value in his price tag than any other goalie.

Blues @ Jets

Unsurprisingly to me, the Blues were the better team in Game 1 as they won the possession battle and generated more chances than the Jets. The margins weren’t huge, and the Jets did narrowly win the Corsi battle in the first two periods, but the Blues dominated the third. St. Louis is one of the better defensive teams in the league, and they’re arguably the best defensive team on this slate along with San Jose. However, once you factor in STL’s above average goaltending compared to San Jose’s poor goaltending, the Blues become the worst matchup on this slate for opposing skaters.

The only Jet we’re really into is Game 1 goal scorer Patrik Laine, who continues to be severely underpriced on DK. He could be paired with Dustin Byfuglien who is also underpriced on DK, and Byfuglien’s pair skated the most with Laine’s line in the opener.

Though the Blues are likely the superior team, they’re hard to lean on in DFS tonight. They’re still a road underdog, and we can’t be sure they’ll get the same line matchups in Game 2. Winnipeg could mix things up after dropping the first game. One option would be a mini-stack of Ryan O’Reilly and Brayden Schenn on FD where they’re both priced well. They play together on the top line and on the top PP unit. The other option would be Tyler Bozak’s line, which was STL’s best possession line in Game 1 as they throttled Kevin Hayes’ line. Bozak is joined by Pat Maroon and Robert Thomas, and they all play together on the second PP unit. If you were using that stack on FD, D-man Vince Dunn could be included as he’s priced well there and plays some with that line both at even and on the PP.

In net, Connor Hellebuyck is priced well on FD and is an alternative in GPPs to Lehner there. Jordan Binnington is priced reasonably on DK, but he has little room for error as the Blues suppress shots so well. In fact, neither goalie is overly appealing as the teams only generated 51 shots on goal combined in the first game.

Golden Knights @ Sharks

Game 1 of this series was much closer than the 5-2 score would lead you to believe. The Sharks narrowly won the even-strength Corsi battle, but the Knights generated more scoring chances. The difference was goaltending as Marc-Andre Fleury had a bad night. That said, Martin Jones is by far the worst goalie playing on this slate. Jones had a save percentage of .896% in the regular season compared to .913 for Fleury. The Sharks still probably have to be used in cash games as a home favorite in a game with an over/under of 6.5. But we’re going back to the well in GPPs with VGK to pick on Jones.

When picking Sharks in cash, let’s just go by value on each site. Joe Pavelski and Logan Couture are priced better on DK than FD while Tomas Hertl along with his wingers Evander Kane and Gustav Nyqusit are priced better on FD than DK. Brent Burns plays plenty with both lines in cash and played a little more on the power play than Erik Karlsson in Game 1.

For the Knights, the Paul Stastny line with Mark Stone and Max Pacioretty on his wings was Vegas’ best. You probably could have assumed that given Stone scored both of Vegas’ goals, but they were also the team’s best possession line. Their collective value is about the same between the two sites, so they’re a stack option on either. Shea Theodore would be a good option to include in the stack given that he plays with that line at even and on the top PP unit.

There’s no way we’re trusting Jones in net, but Fleury could be an option in GPPs on DK where he’s priced reasonably. We’d probably only go with Fleury if you’re stacking Golden Knights.