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.
Stars/Ducks: He’s currently playing for the Chicago Blackhawks
Sharks/Ducks: He’s the highest-scoring Finnish player of all-time
Flames/Ducks: He’s a Swiss goaltender
Stars/Blackhawks: He was traded from the Blackhawks to the Stars at a recent trade deadline
Sharks/Blackhawks: He’s a Stanley Cup winner with the Blackhawks
Flames/Blackhawks: He was originally a first round pick of the Buffalo Sabres
Stars/100+ wins career: He’s second all-time in wins by Finnish goaltenders
Sharks/100+ wins career: He also spent time with the New York Islanders and Tampa Bay Lightning
Flames/100+ wins career: He won the Vezina Trophy in 2006
The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!
Stars/Ducks: Corey Perry
Sharks/Ducks: Teemu Selanne
Flames/Ducks: Jonas Hiller
Stars/Blackhawks: Max Domi
Sharks/Blackhawks: Antti Niemi
Flames/Blackhawks: Nikita Zadorov
Stars/100+ wins career: Kari Lehtonen
Sharks/100+ wins career: Evgeni Nabokov
Flames/100+ wins career: Miikka Kiprusoff
