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.
Flames/Stars: Player won three Stanley Cups with three different teams
Sabres/Stars: Player is a former grinder who also played for St. Louis, Detroit, and Montreal
Canucks/Stars: Player had a stop with the Boston Bruins in between these two teams
Flames/Islanders: Player is a defenceman who currently plays in the Atlantic Division
Sabres/Islanders: Player has only played for these two teams during his career
Canucks/Islanders: Player was traded from one team to the other during the 2022-23 season
Flames/400+ assists career: Player is the most iconic player in Flames history
Sabres/400+ assists career: Player only ever played for teams based in the state of New York
Canucks/400+ assists career: Player is one man in a pair of twins, pick either one
The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!
Flames/Stars: Joe Nieuwendyk
Sabres/Stars: Steve Ott
Canucks/Stars: Loui Eriksson
Flames/Islanders: Travis Hamonic
Sabres/Islanders: Kyle Okposo
Canucks/Islanders: Bo Horvat
Flames/400+ assists career: Jarome Iginla
Sabres/400+ assists career: Pat LaFontaine
Canucks/400+ assists career: Daniel Sedin/Henrik Sedin
