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.
Panthers/Bruins: Player is second all-time in NHL scoring
Sabres/Bruins: Player is a former first overall pick
Bruins one team whole career: Player just retired following the 2022-23 season
Panthers/Kings: Player scored 30 or more goals four times between 1997 and 2015
Sabres/Kings: Player was drafted by the Kings and last played for the Toronto Maple Leafs
Kings one team whole career: Player is the highest-scoring Slovenian player of all time
Panthers 500+ career GP: Player is a goaltender who was originally a top-5 pick of the New York Islanders
Sabres 500+ career GP: Player is the NHL’s all time save percentage leader
One team whole career/500+ GP: Player is currently the general manager of an Atlantic Division team
The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!
Panthers/Bruins: Jaromir Jagr
Sabres/Bruins: Taylor Hall
Bruins one team whole career: Patrice Bergeron
Panthers/Kings: Olli Jokinen
Sabres/Kings: Wayne Simmonds
Kings one team whole career: Anze Kopitar
Panthers 500+ career GP: Roberto Luongo
Sabres 500+ career GP: Dominik Hasek
One team whole career/500+ GP: Steve Yzerman
