WARNING: THERE ARE PUCKDOKU SPOILERS AHEAD. DO NOT CONTINUE SCROLLING IF YOU DON’T WANT TODAY’S PUZZLE SPOILED FOR YOU.
The new game “Puckdoku” is taking the hockey world by storm. Here’s how it works. There’s a 3×3 grid, and each row and column are marked with either a team or a statistic of some sort. You have to guess players who meet the criteria for both the column and the row for the square you’re on. For example…if your square is in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ column and the St. Louis Blue row…Ryan O’Reilly would work. If it’s in the Washington Capitals column and the row says “40+ goals in a season”, Alex Ovechkin would work. You can play the daily Puckdoku puzzle here:
There’s also a rarity score in the form of a percentage next to the player you guess…the lower the percentage, the more rare the guess. Once you start getting used to the game, you want to shoot for a low rarity score.
Without further ado, here are some hints for today’s Puckdoku puzzle. You can play the game for yourself here.
Rangers/Red Wings: He’s the president of an Atlantic Division team
Kings/Red Wings: He’s a former first round pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins
Red Wings/40+ Playoff Goals Career: He’s in the NHL top-10 for all-time points
Rangers/Penguins: He last played in the NHL at age 46
Kings/Penguins: He’s a four-time 30+ goal scorer between four different teams
Penguins/40+ Playoff Goals Career: He last played for the Penguins in Sidney Crosby’s rookie year
Rangers/World Championship Gold: His nickname while playing was “King _____”
Kings/World Championship Gold: He currently plays for a Metro Division team
40+ Playoff Goals Career/World Championship Gold: He was the first overall pick in the 2005 draft
The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!
Rangers/Red Wings: Brendan Shanahan
Kings/Red Wings: Olli Maatta
Red Wings/40+ Playoff Goals Career: Steve Yzerman
Rangers/Penguins: Jaromir Jagr
Kings/Penguins: Jeff Carter
Penguins/40+ Playoff Goals Career: Mario Lemieux
Rangers/World Championship Gold: Henrik Lundqvist
Kings/World Championship Gold: Tyler Toffoli
40+ Playoff Goals Career/World Championship Gold: Sidney Crosby
