Pepsi7's NHL Core Plays: Tuesday, January 2nd

Each day, one of our NHL experts will be providing recommended player picks for your daily fantasy hockey lineups. The goal is to help you build the optimal cash game (50/50s/double-ups/head-to-head) lineup.

Tuesday, January 2nd

As we kick off the New Year, the National Hockey League presents us with a fantastic 12-game slate on this Tuesday evening. The St. Louis Blues, Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild are tonight’s biggest favorites, and none of the 24 teams in action are playing on consecutive nights.

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Carter Hutton, St. Louis Blues – The St. Louis Blues are the biggest favorite on the board tonight, moving goaltender Jake Allen to the top of our cash game goalie list. The Blues are one of the National Hockey League’s best defensive teams and Hutton is having a career year, posting a 1.68 GAA and a .946 SV%. The Blues second line (featuring defensive specialists Paul Stastny and Alex Steen) should be able to keep the Devils top line in check tonight, and as a one line team, that spells trouble for the Devils offense. I expect Hutton to cruise to an easy victory tonight, and I cannot see the Devils scoring more than one goal, making the Blues netminder an excellent choice for your cash game lineup.
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Chris Lowery aka Pepsi7 has a long of history of proven success in fantasy sports getting his start in season long leagues where he won many high stakes expert leagues across baseball, football, and hockey. He made the jump to DFS in 2012 and dominated MLB in 2013 in a huge way by winning the FanDuel Daily Fantasy Baseball Championship for a six-figure payday. The RotoGrinders Director of NHL content, Pepsi7 can frequently be found on RotoGrinders GrindersLive shows, videos, and written articles providing expert insight for hockey and baseball.