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.
Sabres/Canucks: He was in net for the USA when Sidney Crosby scored the Golden goal
Stars/Canucks: He also played for the Boston Bruins and Arizona Coyotes
Capitals/Canucks: He won a Cup with the Capitals
Sabres/Sharks: He was a top-5 pick in the 2009 NHL Draft
Stars/Sharks: He holds the record for most playoff goals scored by an American
Capitals/Sharks: He’s currently an assistant coach with the Vegas Golden Knights
Sabres/Golden Knights: He was drafted immediately after Connor McDavid
Stars/Golden Knights: He carved out a decent NHL career after returning to Russia for five years
Capitals/Golden Knights: He won a Stanley Cup with both of these teams
The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!
Sabres/Canucks: Ryan Miller
Stars/Canucks: Loui Eriksson
Capitals/Canucks: Braden Holtby
Sabres/Sharks: Evander Kane
Stars/Sharks: Joe Pavelski
Capitals/Sharks: Joel Ward
Sabres/Golden Knights: Jack Eichel
Stars/Golden Knights: Evgenii Dadonov
Capitals/Golden Knights: Chandler Stephenson
