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/Senators: He’s a goaltender who played 19 years in the NHL
Canucks/Senators: He’s currently an assistant coach for the Montreal Canadiens
Senators/1000+ career GP: He leads all Senators players in scoring all-time
Sabres/Wild: He only ever played for these two teams over the course of a 17-year career
Canucks/Wild: He’s top-5 in all-time scoring among Slovak players
Wild/1000+ career GP: His brother is one of the highest-scoring Finnish players of all time
Sabres/under 50 career playoff GP: He won a Cup with the Vegas Golden Knights
Canucks/under 50 career playoff GP: He was a first round pick in 2017
1000+ career GP/under 50 career playoff GP: He’s a Finnish forward who’s primarily known for his time with the Florida Panthers
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/Senators: Craig Anderson
Canucks/Senators: Alex Burrows
Senators/1000+ career GP: Daniel Alfredsson
Sabres/Wild: Jason Pominville
Canucks/Wild: Pavol Demitra
Wild/1000+ career GP: Mikko Koivu
Sabres/under 50 career playoff GP: Jack Eichel
Canucks/under 50 career playoff GP: Elias Pettersson
1000+ career GP/under 50 career playoff GP: Olli Jokinen
