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.
Blackhawks/Penguins: Player is one of the great Slovak players of all-time
Kings/Penguins: Player started his career & broke out with the Philadelphia Flyers
Coyotes/Penguins: Player was told he’d never win anything and now has three Cup rings
Blackhawks/Rangers: Player spent his whole career as a Blackhawk until the 2023 trade deadline
Kings/Rangers: Player is known as one of if not the greatest NHL player of all-time
Coyotes/Rangers: Player has also played for the Ottawa Senators and Carolina Hurricanes
Blackhawks 3+ teams played career: Player recently signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs
Kings 3+ teams played career: Player is a Swiss forward who is also a first round pick
Coyotes 3+ teams played career: Player was a top-three pick in 2012
The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!
Blackhawks/Penguins: Marian Hossa
Kings/Penguins: Jeff Carter
Coyotes/Penguins: Phil Kessel
Blackhawks/Rangers: Patrick Kane
Kings/Rangers: Wayne Gretzky
Coyotes/Rangers: Derek Stepan
Blackhawks 3+ teams played career: Max Domi
Kings 3+ teams played career: Kevin Fiala
Coyotes 3+ teams played career: Alex Galchenyuk
