NHL Puckdoku answers and clues: October 14th, 2023

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

Avalanche/Golden Knights: Player is one of two current NHLers that hail from France

Red Wings/Golden Knights: Player had three separate stints with the St. Louis Blues

Predators/Golden Knights: Player is an eight-time 20-goal scorer who last played in 2021-22

Avalanche/Stars: Player was a top-10 pick in the 2013 draft

Red Wings/Stars: Player was benched one game shy of 1500 by Mike Babcock

Predators/Stars: Player is entering his 19th season in the NHL

Avalanche/5+ goals single playoffs: Player won two Stanley Cups as a forward and two as an executive

Red Wings/5+ goals single playoffs: Player was the first 18-year-old to be named to an all-star game

Predators/5+ goals single playoffs: Player was acquired by Nashville for Martin Erat

The most popular answers to today’s Puckdoku puzzle are below this picture of referees. Don’t scroll if you don’t want spoilers!