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/Blue Jackets: Player has 13 goals in 31 games against the Toronto Maple Leafs, more than any other team
Blackhawks/Blue Jackets: Player is a former top-5 pick of the Predators
Blue Jackets/Played on one team whole career: Player is a defenceman who was drafted eighth overall
Canadiens/Penguins: Player spent most of his career with the Canadiens and Edmonton Oilers
Blackhawks/Penguins: Player was on the losing side of both Red Wings/Penguins Cup finals in 2008 and 2009
Penguins/one team whole career: Player hails from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
Canadiens/NCAA: Player scored 26 goals in 46 games for the Canadiens in 2022-23
Blackhawks/NCAA: Player is originally from Winnipeg but played for the University of North Dakota
One team whole career/NCAA: Player won the Norris Trophy in 2021-22
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/Blue Jackets: Josh Anderson
Blackhawks/Blue Jackets: Seth Jones
Blue Jackets/Played on one team whole career: Zach Werenski
Canadiens/Penguins: Jeff Petry
Blackhawks/Penguins: Marian Hossa
Penguins/one team whole career: Sidney Crosby
Canadiens/NCAA: Cole Caufield
Blackhawks/NCAA: Jonathan Toews
One team whole career/NCAA: Cale Makar
