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.
Stars/Bruins: He was the Tyler part of the Taylor vs Tyler draft
Wild/Bruins: He was a first round pick in the 2010 NHL Draft
Bruins/1000+ points career: He recently retired after a 20-year career with the Bruins
Stars/Lightning: He’s a goaltender known for his height
Wild/Lightning: He won three Stanley Cups in a row between 2019 and 2021
Lightning/1000+ points career: He played for the Sarnia Sting in Junior
Stars/Undrafted: His nickname was “The Eagle”
Wild/Undrafted: He spent the first nine years of his NHL career with the New York Rangers
1000+ points career/Undrafted: He’s one of the greatest players of all-time
The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!
Stars/Bruins: Tyler Seguin
Wild/Bruins: Charlie Coyle
Bruins/1000+ points career: Patrice Bergeron
Stars/Lightning: Ben Bishop
Wild/Lightning: Pat Maroon
Lightning/1000+ points career: Steven Stamkos
Stars/Undrafted: Ed Belfour
Wild/Undrafted: Mats Zuccarello
1000+ points career/Undrafted: Wayne Gretzky
