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.
Canadiens/Coyotes: He’s a former top-three pick
Avalanche/Coyotes: He won a Stanley Cup with Colorado
Red Wings/Coyotes: He was the subject of a controversial goal in the Stanley Cup Final
Canadiens/Flyers: He’s a three-time 50-goal scorer
Avalanche/Flyers: He’s one of the top-10 highest-scoring Swedes of all time
Red Wings/Flyers: He also played for the Carolina Hurricanes/Hartford Whalers in between these two teams
Canadiens/Hurricanes: He was the subject of the pettiest offer sheet of all time
Avalanche/Hurricanes: He’s a seven-time 20+ goal scorer
Red Wings/Hurricanes: He’s a goaltender who currently plays for one of these two 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!
Canadiens/Coyotes: Alex Galchenyuk
Avalanche/Coyotes: Darcy Kuemper
Red Wings/Coyotes: Brett Hull
Canadiens/Flyers: John LeClair
Avalanche/Flyers: Peter Forsberg
Red Wings/Flyers: Keith Primeau
Canadiens/Hurricanes: Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Avalanche/Hurricanes: Paul Stastny
Red Wings/Hurricanes: Alex Nedjelkovic
