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.
Bruins/Predators: Player recently signed with a Central Division team
Rangers/Predators: Player had a stop with the Tampa Bay Lightning between these two teams
3+ teams played career/Predators: Player was a top-3 pick of the Colorado Avalanche
Bruins/Canucks: Player started his career with the Dallas Stars
Rangers/Canucks: Player won a Cup with the Rangers but not the Canucks
3+ teams played career/Canucks: Player is a goaltender who was drafted fourth overall by the New York Islanders
Bruins/10+ wins single season: Player was acquired by Boston for Andrew Raycroft
Rangers/10+ wins single season: Player’s nickname began with “King”
3+ teams played career/10+ wins single season: Player is a former first overall pick
The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!
Bruins/Predators: Craig Smith
Rangers/Predators: Ryan McDonagh
3+ teams played career/Predators: Matt Duchene
Bruins/Canucks: Loui Eriksson
Rangers/Canucks: Mark Messier
3+ teams played career/Canucks: Roberto Luongo
Bruins/10+ wins single season: Tuukka Rask
Rangers/10+ wins single season: Henrik Lundqvist
3+ teams played career/10+ wins single season: Marc-Andre Fleury
