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.
Ducks/Devils: He has four Cups, a Norris, and a Conn Smythe Trophy to his name
Stars/Devils: He’s from Czechia and has more points than anyone not named Wayne Gretzky
Blackhawks/Devils: He was once traded one-for-one for Adam Larsson
Ducks/Sabres: He won the Vezina Trophy in 2010
Stars/Sabres: He’s a Finnish defenceman who tallied 40+ points in seven different seasons
Blackhawks/Sabres: He’s got the NHL’s all-time highest career save percentage
Ducks/.910 save percentage single season: He also had stints with the Maple Leafs, Flames, and Avalanche
Stars/.910 save percentage single season: He holds the NHL record for most shutouts in a single playoff series
Blackhawks/.910 save percentage single season: He has three Cups with the Blackhawks
The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!
Ducks/Devils: Scott Niedermayer
Stars/Devils: Jaromir Jagr
Blackhawks/Devils: Taylor Hall
Ducks/Sabres: Ryan Miller
Stars/Sabres: Teppo Numminen
Blackhawks/Sabres: Dominik Hasek
Ducks/.910 save percentage single season: Jean-Sebastien Giguere
Stars/.910 save percentage single season: Marty Turco
Blackhawks/.910 save percentage single season: Corey Crawford
