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.
Blues/Jets: His father is one of the all-time great Slovak players
Maple Leafs/Jets: He leads all Kazakh players in career points by a long shot
Kings/Jets: He was originally drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets
Blues/Capitals: He once scored four shootout goals in an Olympic hockey game
Maple Leafs/Capitals: He was a first-round pick of the Maple Leafs in 2018
Kings/Capitals: He has an established reputation for being a clutch player
Blues/5+ teams played career: He’s a current Nashville Predator, the fifth team he’s played for
Maple Leafs/5+ teams played career: His father was an enforcer for the Maple Leafs
Kings/5+ teams played career: He was a crucial part of the Kings’ 2014 Cup run
The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!
Blues/Jets: Paul Stastny
Maple Leafs/Jets: Nik Antropov
Kings/Jets: Pierre-Luc Dubois
Blues/Capitals: T.J. Oshie
Maple Leafs/Capitals: Rasmus Sandin
Kings/Capitals: Justin Williams
Blues/5+ teams played career: Ryan O’Reilly
Maple Leafs/5+ teams played career: Max Domi
Kings/5+ teams played career: Marian Gaborik
