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.
Sharks/Jets: He was a top-5 pick in the 2009 NHL Draft
Stars/Jets: He’s second all-time in wins by a Finnish goaltender
Canadiens/Jets: He was originally a first round pick of the Buffalo Sabres
Sharks/Blues: He’s a six-time 20+ goal scorer
Stars/Blues: His father was nicknamed The Golden Jet
Canadiens/Blues: He’s a goaltender who only ever played for these two teams
Sharks/300+ assists career: He’s a former first overall pick of the Boston Bruins
Stars/300+ assists career: He was infamously benched by Mike Babcock one game shy of 1500
Canadiens/300+ assists career: His brother was a longtime forward for the Minnesota Wild
The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!
Sharks/Jets: Evander Kane
Stars/Jets: Kari Lehtonen
Canadiens/Jets: Joel Armia
Sharks/Blues: Mike Hoffman
Stars/Blues: Brett Hull
Canadiens/Blues: Jake Allen
Sharks/300+ assists career: Joe Thornton
Stars/300+ assists career: Mike Modano
Canadiens/300+ assists career: Saku Koivu
