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.
Ducks/Kings: Player won a Stanley Cup with both of these teams
Hurricanes/Kings: Player is nicknamed “Mr. Game 7”
Kings goaltender: Player was between the pipes for both Kings Cup wins in 2012 and 2014
Ducks/Penguins: Player was an all-star in 2018 and has only played for these two teams
Hurricanes/Penguins: Player has two brothers who are also NHL players
Penguins goaltender: Player won a Stanley Cup with the Penguins in 2009
Ducks Canadian nationality: Player was one of two Ducks first round picks in 2003
Hurricanes Canadian nationality: Player was a member of the Florida Panthers for their Cup run in 2023
Canadian goaltender: Player spent his whole career with the Montreal Canadiens
The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!
Ducks/Kings: Dustin Penner
Hurricanes/Kings: Justin Williams
Kings goaltender: Jonathan Quick
Ducks/Penguins: Rickard Rakell
Hurricanes/Penguins: Jordan Staal
Penguins goaltender: Marc-Andre Fleury
Ducks Canadian nationality: Ryan Getzlaf
Hurricanes Canadian nationality: Eric Staal
Canadian goaltender: Carey Price
