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.
Hurricanes/Sabres: He’s scored 30 or more goals five tunes
Senators/Sabres: He’s got the NHL’s all-time highest career save percentage
Oilers/Sabres: He was a top-5 pick in the 2009 draft
Hurricanes/Flyers: He’s currently on his second stint with the Hurricanes
Senators/Flyers: He’s a seven-time NHL all-star
Oilers/Flyers: He was an all-star and won both the Hart and the Norris in 2000
Hurricanes/3+ shutouts single season: He won the Conn Smythe trophy on the Hurricanes’ 2006 Cup run
Senators/3+ shutouts single season: He signed a one-day contract to retire a Senator on October 24th, 2023
Oilers/3+ shutouts single season: He’s a five-time Stanley Cup Champion
The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!
Hurricanes/Sabres: Jeff Skinner
Senators/Sabres: Dominik Hasek
Oilers/Sabres: Evander Kane
Hurricanes/Flyers: Tony DeAngelo
Senators/Flyers: Claude Giroux
Oilers/Flyers: Chris Pronger
Hurricanes/3+ shutouts single season: Cam Ward
Senators/3+ shutouts single season: Craig Anderson
Oilers/3+ shutouts single season: Grant Fuhr
