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/Avalanche: He’s a goaltender who’s only ever played for these two teams
Sabres/Avalanche: He was part of the Leafs’ 2023 trade deadline acquisitions
Maple Leafs/Avalanche: The Leafs traded him to Colorado in the summer of 2019
Rangers/Blue Jackets: He’s arguably the greatest player in Blue Jackets franchise history
Sabres/Blue Jackets: He’s the highest-scoring Austrian player of all time
Maple Leafs/Blue Jackets: He’s currently on the Chicago Blackhawks
Rangers/20+ goals single season: He scored 52 goals in 2021-22
Sabres/20+ goals single season: The Sabres acquired him in the trade that sent Ryan O’Reilly to St. Louis
Maple Leafs/20+ goals single season: He has a moustache
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/Avalanche: Alexandar Georgiev
Sabres/Avalanche: Ryan O’Reilly
Maple Leafs/Avalanche: Nazem Kadri
Rangers/Blue Jackets: Rick Nash
Sabres/Blue Jackets: Thomas Vanek
Maple Leafs/Blue Jackets: Nick Foligno
Rangers/20+ goals single season: Chris Kreider
Sabres/20+ goals single season: Tage Thompson
Maple Leafs/20+ goals single season: Auston Matthews
